English or Russian?

[D.A.R.K.]

I just speak English, but I feel hearing Russian would be better.
It has subtitles that I'll set on English, of course, but what do you think?

[Laicus]

It has already been discussed many times, and according to numerous answers, the opinion has developed that it is more interesting to play not with your native language. My native language is Russian, and I like English voice acting much more, moreover, not only in this game, but in almost all. It is also a foreign language proficiency training, which is very useful.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by Laicus:

It has already been discussed many times, and according to numerous answers, the opinion has developed that it is more interesting to play not with your native language. My native language is Russian, and I like English voice acting much more, moreover, not only in this game, but in almost all. It is also a foreign language proficiency training, which is very useful.

I though the most important thing would be immersion since this game is about Chernobyl and Russian makes more sense. I'm wonder how good the legend are, because I do understand English, but if the legends are too fast, or too small, I would rather play on English audio.

[Laicus]

Originally posted by D.A.R.K.:

I though the most important thing would be immersion since this game is about Chernobyl and Russian makes more sense. I'm wonder how good the legend are, because I do understand English, but if the legends are too fast, or too small, I would rather play on English audio.

For me, the language does not affect immersion, I like English, and I believe that in many games English dubbing is performed at a higher level than in other languages, and Chernobylite is no exception, in my opinion, the English voice acting here is performed by more professional actors.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by Laicus:

Originally posted by D.A.R.K.:

I though the most important thing would be immersion since this game is about Chernobyl and Russian makes more sense. I'm wonder how good the legend are, because I do understand English, but if the legends are too fast, or too small, I would rather play on English audio.

For me, the language does not affect immersion, I like English, and I believe that in many games English dubbing is performed at a higher level than in other languages, and Chernobylite is no exception, in my opinion, the English voice acting here is performed by more professional actors.

Thanks for the advice =)

[Swissski]

Russian for me.

[RA]

Definitely, the English voice-over is much better, it fully reflects Igor's character in the game in English, but I couldn't feel it in Russian.

[JH]

Definitely better with Russian dialogue
-(English speaker)

[Father Goat]

A unique opinion - Polish is my first language, and the Russian dialogue is exactly what you would expect from a Polish person speaking in Russian.

As a Canadian I must admit that the English dialogue isn't terrible, but it doesn't hold a candle to the Russian voice acting. More importantly, a lot of unique Slavic expressions, jokes, and rhymes cannot be expressed in a Germanic language.

Last point I'd like to add: everyone seems to portray Igor as an incompetent fool, based on stereotypes attached to the name (Dracula's treacherous henchmen) and just the way they scripted the English version of the character. Russian Igor is a bad-ass who wastes fools, drinks vodka, and tells other people how ♥♥♥♥ is gonna go down!

So in conclusion: Western English Igor, Snowflake. Eastern Russian Igor, Badass.

I believe our opinions, as male gamers, will ultimately come down to the size of our massive genitals. Peace out, sun brews!

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by Father Goat:

A unique opinion - Polish is my first language, and the Russian dialogue is exactly what you would expect from a Polish person speaking in Russian.

As a Canadian I must admit that the English dialogue isn't terrible, but it doesn't hold a candle to the Russian voice acting. More importantly, a lot of unique Slavic expressions, jokes, and rhymes cannot be expressed in a Germanic language.

Last point I'd like to add: everyone seems to portray Igor as an incompetent fool, based on stereotypes attached to the name (Dracula's treacherous henchmen) and just the way they scripted the English version of the character. Russian Igor is a bad-ass who wastes fools, drinks vodka, and tells other people how ♥♥♥♥ is gonna go down!

So in conclusion: Western English Igor, Snowflake. Eastern Russian Igor, Badass.

I believe our opinions, as male gamers, will ultimately come down to the size of our massive genitals. Peace out, sun brews! :chirp::praisesun::cactusrum:

Thanks for the deep analyzes.

Is this game Russian? I don't know where the developers are from, but it seems to me, this change of personality is because of bad translation, or adaptation on translation, and if it changes so much in the personality of the character, they should pay more attention to it.

[Legileg]

Originally posted by D.A.R.K.:

Is this game Russian? I don't know where the developers are from, but it seems to me, this change of personality is because of bad translation, or adaptation on translation, and if it changes so much in the personality of the character, they should pay more attention to it.

We are from Poland and the game was written in English. Almost nobody in the studio can speak Russian. English is therefore closer to "our vision" than Russian. However, you must know that we recorded English remotely during the pandemic. The process and circumstances weren't perfect. In contrast, Russian was recorded later, classically, in a professional studio.

As a designer, I also have one more thing to add. The fact that you prefer to play in a language other than your own is due to the fact that you have to devote part of your cognitive buffer to translating a given word. For a Pole, "Sword of Darkness" will always sound cool and dark, and "Miecz ciemności" will sound cheap and strange. There is nothing to argue about, this is how our brain works.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by Legileg:

Originally posted by D.A.R.K.:

Is this game Russian? I don't know where the developers are from, but it seems to me, this change of personality is because of bad translation, or adaptation on translation, and if it changes so much in the personality of the character, they should pay more attention to it.

We are from Poland and the game was written in English. Almost nobody in the studio can speak Russian. English is therefore closer to "our vision" than Russian. However, you must know that we recorded English remotely during the pandemic. The process and circumstances weren't perfect. In contrast, Russian was recorded later, classically, in a professional studio.

As a designer, I also have one more thing to add. The fact that you prefer to play in a language other than your own is due to the fact that you have to devote part of your cognitive buffer to translating a given word. For a Pole, "Sword of Darkness" will always sound cool and dark, and "Miecz ciemności" will sound cheap and strange. There is nothing to argue about, this is how our brain works.

I'm from Brazil, my main language is Brazilian Portuguese, and I must say, I hate it. All Latino languages are really bad for a lot of reasons, but mostly because of the accent. Everything on my PC is English, and I really prefer English when playing games, watching movies, hearing music...

The thing is... This game, like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and others, has a specific theme, about the Chernobyl catastrophe, and some of them are really good at maintaining the natural language of the nation.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R, for example, my friends and I like to play in Russian, even if we know nothing (legends are required), the immersion of hearing Russian in a Chernobyl theme game is grateful. As I said, we don't know Russian, if there's any barrier that doesn't allow us to understand what's going on, unfortunately, we need to change to English.

I told the translation seems to be a problem, since it changes so much in the personality of the character, because most of the series from the orient, like Japan and Korea, are first translated to English, then translated to Portuguese, so you can imagine the number of mistakes it happens when reaching us here on Brazil.

Sometimes the character does a joke that makes no sense to us, or when there's a saying, or a rhyme, or music, usually it's hard to maintain the same thing, translate it would be horrible to hear, and then they change words, which change the meaning, it's a whole can of worms... That's why I always like to hear the native language, and read the translation, even if there are mistakes, at least there are fewer mistakes.

[thekins]

you have to sit there and stare at the bottom of your screen reading all the subtitles if you like i do dont speak russian. the games kinda pretty and things are happening on screen while you are missing pretty much all of it

[Gunseng]

I just switched to english voice overs because I didn't even realize it was an option. Sure enough, the difference is jarring.....but not terrible. Having said that, as soon as I heard Igor speak, knowing what his original voice sounds like, I thought "man, they could have had preserved the tone perfectly if they had gotten the TF2 heavy weapons guy to do the english lines". Oh well.

[Tsunero]

I think the way to go is Russian voices with English subs for that authentic stalker experience.

[srennnnnn]

i just started and immediately switched from russian to english. i was way too busy reading the english subtitle instead of enjoying my surroundings and immerse into the story