Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad

[Ben_S]

ben, english not the only language on the planet. I have always preferred the original language over some randomly generated accents which is something i find hilarious.

It is the same thing where most EU countries have the movies doubled on TV and in cinema. I have really grateful that in my country we only have subtitles for those. You can only understand it when you go see a western where everyone is speaking german, or say a russian clasic such as Tarkovskiy's Stalker where everyone is speaking english...

In the end, i really see no problem, so the whole thing around the player chatter is just a knee jerk IMO.

Oh, this is one only game besides Deus EX(which i am fairly dissapointed with) and BIS games that i have pre-ordered in a LONG time...

You talk as if I'm an idiot on that first line, Obviously English is not the only language, but many people are not bilingual or know Russian/German.

Yes, But the problem is, In the end TWI have to make gameplay decisions over realism/authenticy ones. People can easily pick up simple lines and phrases, but is being able to hear the guy talk German where you then have to fiddle about looking at the bottom of the screen at some subtitles before realizing he said "Grenade" better than being able to understand what is being said?

I don't really mind either way, As I know some German and are continuing to learn it (alongside French, I know No Russian, so I'm screwed with them), So I can understand some of what's being said by them. It's just inconvenient to have to pause and look at subtitles whilst someones yelling "Grenade, Get to cover" at you, Either in German or Russian.

How does one even respond to this absurd statement?

He's right though, The voices aren't there to set the scene or tell a story, they're there to tell you to Move your ass cause there's a grenade at your feet.

[PuFu]

Obviously English is not the only language, but many people are not bilingual or know Russian/German.

Yes, i agree...and what is your point there? That everything should be in english because simple stuff as move and grenade is hard to comprehend, even when subtitles are available?

well, you got the same issue in A2 just as well, and i haven't heard many complaining. (russians speaking russian, chedaki speaking czech and so forth)

really this the sort of thing ppl write when they get bored and spend to much time on the internetz. It is not like they are telling a story using thousands words, and it is not like there are no subtitles. You can understand most of the stuff by the tone anyways.

Oh, bear in mind that my german skills are low, and my russian ones are non existant

[Ben_S]

Yes, i agree...and what is your point there? That everything should be in english because simple stuff as move and grenade is hard to comprehend, even when subtitles are available?

No, It's just that's TWI's view of it, it's better for gameplay to be able to understand your teammates than not to. Whether you agree or not.

well, you got the same issue in A2 just as well, and i haven't heard many complaining. (russians speaking russian, chedaki speaking czech and so forth)

Yes, Lots of games have people speaking their native languages such as Germans speaking German and Russians speaking Russian. Even some older CoD's did it, alternatively, there's plenty of games that are in English and noone complains. Odd.

really this the sort of thing ppl write when they get bored and spend to much time on the internetz. It is not like they are telling a story using thousands words, and it is not like there are no subtitles. You can understand most of the stuff by the tone anyways.

Maybe ...

Oh, bear in mind that my german skills are low, and my russian ones are non existant

Same with me, I can understand some simple German phrases, but cannot understand anything in Russian.

To me, so long as there's subtitles, It's not that much of a problem.

[Montanaro]

How does one even respond to this absurd statement?

Voice Overs = Voice Recordings

Battle Chatter = Random statements from avatar during game

One is a gameplay feature, the other are audio files

Big difference

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Yes, i agree...and what is your point there? That everything should be in english because simple stuff as move and grenade is hard to comprehend, even when subtitles are available?

well, you got the same issue in A2 just as well, and i haven't heard many complaining. (russians speaking russian, chedaki speaking czech and so forth)

really this the sort of thing ppl write when they get bored and spend to much time on the internetz. It is not like they are telling a story using thousands words, and it is not like there are no subtitles. You can understand most of the stuff by the tone anyways.

Oh, bear in mind that my german skills are low, and my russian ones are non existant

Again, the complaints on the TWI forums are not about what lanaguage the voices are in. The complaints are that the avatars chatting is inappropriate in certain situations.

[PuFu]

Again, the complaints on the TWI forums are not about what lanaguage the voices are in. The complaints are that the avatars chatting is inappropriate in certain situations.

Ahhh, it's a first time i hear about it as such...my bad then, reading ben_s posts i had the feeling that the ger/rus languages were to blame for the bickering.

[Ben_S]

Ahhh, it's a first time i hear about it as such...my bad then, reading ben_s posts i had the feeling that the ger/rus languages were to blame for the bickering.

Well there is no arguing there anymore, they're more hyped over the Beta coming in around a day or two, but it was ping-ponging between both. I was just more interested with the DE/RU voices as that caused more conversation.

Again, the complaints on the TWI forums are not about what lanaguage the voices are in. The complaints are that the avatars chatting is inappropriate in certain situations.

I actually didn't see that much 'bickering' over the actual chatter in TWI's forum?

[Smurf]

BC2 also has this "auto combat chat" and its annoying, it gives away your position and makes you an easy target. Eg: Throw a granade in a general area, if someone screams you can go with weapons blazing.

It sure adds some immersion but its a major problem when trying to sneak around.

[Mr. Charles]

You can set the language in options...

And again, your character will only speak when there are friendlies nearby.

[Montanaro]

You can set the language in options...

And again, your character will only speak when there are friendlies nearby.

Do you read what anyone posts?

[Mr. Charles]

Do you read what anyone posts?

Yea I do. Just when will your character say something? When he is reloading or throwing a grenade. Now, when do you typically reload? Exactly, after you shot somebody. The sound of your K98k or MP40 will be enough to alert the enemy of your existence.



More Tank gameplay, you also see the damage system working there