Visual Novel Translated For Free Trial

gp32 writes "Our translation group has just wrapped up work on an English translation of the visual novel Fate/Stay Night. If you are at all interested in this genre of games, this one isn't a bad place to start."

Comments

web demo only

[NanoGriever]

This group didn't translate the whole game, they only translated the web demo.

Re:web demo only

[DaggerWare]

That's correct, this is just the demo, containing a modified (spoiler-free) version of the game's prologue. Still a hefty bit of text, though.

Newlife Anime is working on translating the full game.

What is it?

[ameoba]

What is it? I look at the website & don't see a description of what it really is or any screenshots - just a torrent of an EXE. There's some mention of a 'genre of game' - perhaps a little blurb on what this is might be useful...

Call me paranoid, but I'm not about to run random EXE files from people I don't know without even being given a simple explaination of what they're supposed to be.

Re:What is it?

[DaggerWare]

This game is a Japanese "visual novel" game demo, i.e. a lot of minimally-animated pictures, some sound effects, and a lot of text. If you're an anime fan you might appreciate the art style.

You can see some screenshots at Type Moon's Fate page, as they're the original publisher.

Re:What is it?

[Anonymous Coward]

"If you're an anime fan you might appreciate the art style."

http://www.typemoon.com/fate/event/image/eh02.jp g

Um, yeah, just look at the stylish cum on that girl's tits...

Re:What is it?

[Pluvius]

from the at-least-it's-not-a-love-simulator dept.

Whoops. Though to be honest, I wasn't sure whether or not the submitter was using "visual novel" euphemistically either until I saw this post.

Rob

Re:What is it?

[mykdavies]

Well this sample screenshot (NSFW!) makes me think you were on the right tracks. That's a baaad cold she's got.

Re:What is it?

[Haeleth]

Yes - it has adult content. Well done, you score 100% for observation.

Presumably you will now discount the game completely, and ignore the fact that the adult content represents a tiny fraction of an epic storyline, a feast of love, magic, and betrayal, steeped in mythology from around the world.

Funny how people can't see past the "anime porn" label where games which place sex within relationships and give it a meaningful place in the plot are concerned, yet have no qualms about playing the ones where screwing hookers is just a way of regaining health...

Re:What is it?

[DaggerWare]

Just to clarify, the demo portion of the game has no adult content. The screenshots on Type Moon's page cover the full game.

Re:What is it?

[Godeke]

"Presumably you will now discount the game" ...

Well, I don't know about that, but the article was very deceptive about this. Perhaps I'm labeling myself somehow by this comment, but the pictures at the main site are not *soft* porn. Far more graphic than I expected, I would feel uncomfortable installing in a home with a ten year old boy. Likewise, I *don't* own any of the Grand Theft Auto series for the same reason.

"Well done, you score 100% for observation."

My question is why did it take more than cursory research to discover that information? I think it was simple deceit to present it in this fashion. I'm not a prude and my son is already aware of sex (at least in an abstract way) because we talk openly in my home. However, I'm not sure depictions of degrading sex (which may "place sex within relationships") are really where I want to go at this time with products I bring home.

Thanks for your arrogant backlash at people who are trying to understand the type of content they are about to view though. It sure makes it a lot easier to defend the "people should police thier own families consumption of media" when people are deliberately misrepresenting the content. At least GTA *doesn't* do that.

Re:What is it?

[Anonymous Coward]

"My question is why did it take more than cursory research to discover that information?"

Hmm. Their FAQ and their Projects pages both clearly state that these games are meant for an 18+ audience. I am not sure whether this constitutes "more than cursory research".

"I think it was simple deceit to present it in this fashion."

Actually, I think the poster's mistake was in assuming that this audience knew what the term "Visual Novel" means; in the Japanese gaming industry it represents a fairly distinct genre of games with text overlaid on static images, almost all of which are 18+ in nature.

Anyway, I've played the demo. There's no sexual content in it at all.

Project Complete....are you sure?

[Dolphy]

Project Objectives

• To translate and localize the Fate/stay night web demo
• ...
• To release a finished, bug-free product to the masses

Known Issues

There have been several reports of the installer not working with AppLocale. For now, please set your default ANSI codepage to Japanese instead for the duration of the install. If you wish, you can revert to English after the install is finished and play the game through AppLocale.

Ahem.

Copyrights, Lawsuits, etc

[Anonymous Coward]

So... a group is translating a commerical game from Japanese developer TYPE-MOON, to be released publicly, for free...

Other such projects have been given cease and desist orders. GAINAX did it to the fansubbed Iron Girlfriend, ...

I think this will disappear in short order.

Re:Copyrights, Lawsuits, etc

[DaggerWare]

At least in the immediate case, the demo version of the game was released for free on the web by the original publisher to promote the game, as demos often are. Technically a translated version is a violation of the "do not reverse engineer" provisions in the README file (which, ironically, have been faithfully translated for the English README, heh heh), but it's probably unlikely that this will cause a major legal fuss.

The copyright issues surrounding a translation of a full commercial game are different, and often the solution is to only release a patch file with the new script so that users must first purchase the original game to play the translated version.

What about... ?

[Anonymous Coward]

Did someone translate "Tsukihime" already or something?

Re:What about... ?

[DaggerWare]

Revolve and Mirror Moon are currently working on Tsukihime. At the moment they report the translation as 28% complete, though they haven't released a partial patch yet.