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Message: [QUOTE="Somnia, post: 65466, member: 26523"] Most of these people don't know if its better or worse and unless you're someone who has played both versions of one of these games idk why you'd feel comfortable saying it. I think its more accurate to say that "having a more accurate translation/localization sounds like a better idea and since most people don't know the beginning of how to read Japanese, they'll never really know how accurate or inaccurate something is until the internet tells them." Because really thats the main reason it has become so controversial lately. There are just more people online pointing out how almost every Japanese game has liberties taken with the English script whereas 10+ years ago it wasn't a common talking point unless the translation was clearly dogshit. The old Working Designs scripts stood out even at the time for being so clearly and obviously not based on the original scripts all that much. Fwiw games like Trails in the Sky and Skies of Arcadia do a pretty good job of keeping the story and personalities of the characters in tact. I haven't played all of Trails 1 in japanese tbf but from the 10-15 hours I put into it a couple years back there were very clearl liberties being taken but the core of most scenes were kept in tact (keyword being most but still). And yea I more or less agree that so long as the core of script is maintained, I don't mind advanced liberties despite preferring games to be a bit more faithful. If I wrote something and heavy liberties/changes were constantly made when localizing it elsewhere I'd be pretty damn bummed. Its mostly just a matter of where someone draws the line. [/QUOTE]

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