Grammar, adjectives, verbs?

[Keelojee]

does this help me actually learn the language or does this just give me the name of whatever objects happen to be implemented? because if so that sucks :/

[Head Butt]

"Influent is a Language Learning Game focusing primarily on vocabulary acquisition and pronunciation. It was initially developed in Japan at the University of Tsukuba's Entertainment Computing Laboratory under the Monbukagaksho Government Research Scholarship."

Straight from the store page. It's for learning vocab. Why does that suck? Does a watch suck because it's crap at cleaning frost off a windscreen?

[Danken Duncan]

Originally posted by BuzzsawBandit:

"Influent is a Language Learning Game focusing primarily on vocabulary acquisition and pronunciation. It was initially developed in Japan at the University of Tsukuba's Entertainment Computing Laboratory under the Monbukagaksho Government Research Scholarship."

Straight from the store page. It's for learning vocab. Why does that suck? Does a watch suck because it's crap at cleaning frost off a windscreen?

Because vocabulary does not equal a language. You'd need to learn the grammar somewhere else.
I think that's why OP would think it would suck. I don't really mind though as I can increase my German vocabulary and I learn the grammar in a book I have lying around.

[Keelojee]

It's because they make it sound like it's only vocabulary sometimes and other times it's learning the language as a whole. I don't know why nobody can ask a genuine question anymoe :/

[Husky]

Originally posted by Shahanshah:

Originally posted by BuzzsawBandit:

"Influent is a Language Learning Game focusing primarily on vocabulary acquisition and pronunciation. It was initially developed in Japan at the University of Tsukuba's Entertainment Computing Laboratory under the Monbukagaksho Government Research Scholarship."

Straight from the store page. It's for learning vocab. Why does that suck? Does a watch suck because it's crap at cleaning frost off a windscreen?

Because vocabulary does not equal a language. You'd need to learn the grammar somewhere else.
I think that's why OP would think it would suck. I don't really mind though as I can increase my German vocabulary and I learn the grammar in a book I have lying around.

I have bought the swedish version of this, it helps learn words more then a book - its like a google translate that works well but yeah - I like it, you might not.

[Murph Fish]

If you are looking to learn a language this is a good start. It'll only give you words that are items in the house, However, it will help you develop the tongue for the language. After the game you could perhaps speak a very broken version of it but it is a gret precourse for something like rosetta stone or a highschool or college class

[Husky]

Originally posted by Murph Fish:

If you are looking to learn a language this is a good start. It'll only give you words that are items in the house, However, it will help you develop the tongue for the language. After the game you could perhaps speak a very broken version of it but it is a gret precourse for something like rosetta stone or a highschool or college class

If you wanna really master the accent and all I would say go for a list of 10 words - master it a full day - really helps me on my swedish.

[Kyrian]

Anyone who is fluent in another language will likely tell you that the hardest part is just learning vocab - it's a dry, boring process full of repetition. Grammar is something you can learn fairly easily from a book, but there's only so much you can do with it if your vocabulary is limited. So don't downplay anything that helps you learn vocabulary in a fun way - for ten bucks, you're effectively getting a small interactive dictionary complete with pronunciation and vocabulary drills. That's pretty cool.

[Monomyth]

Then don't buy it. Next?

[Procyon]

Maybe the company should release a more advanced version of each language, as DLC.

This game should include numbers, name of the days, months and games about buying/selling and calendar.

[wiidad]

Originally posted by Shahanshah:

Originally posted by BuzzsawBandit:

"Influent is a Language Learning Game focusing primarily on vocabulary acquisition and pronunciation. It was initially developed in Japan at the University of Tsukuba's Entertainment Computing Laboratory under the Monbukagaksho Government Research Scholarship."

Straight from the store page. It's for learning vocab. Why does that suck? Does a watch suck because it's crap at cleaning frost off a windscreen?

Because vocabulary does not equal a language. You'd need to learn the grammar somewhere else.
I think that's why OP would think it would suck. I don't really mind though as I can increase my German vocabulary and I learn the grammar in a book I have lying around.

its a game dude and not a language curriculum. If it were a curriculum for ten bucks it would be worthless anyway...

This is in its current form a great learning tool and anyone who wants to learn a new language can use this to help them greatly by adding vocabulary to their limited starting conversational base...

[Aron_dc]

It helps me a lot refreshing my french from school (that I didn't use for several years now... and so it became a bit rusty ^^)

[Keelojee]

So basically although it only teaches vocabulary it's still more useful as a teaching tool than you would think?

[HekaDooM]

Originally posted by BuzzsawBandit:

Does a watch suck because it's crap at cleaning frost off a windscreen?

Dat analogy

[Husky]

Originally posted by Rice Krispie²:

So basically although it only teaches vocabulary it's still more useful as a teaching tool than you would think?

Yeah, if you know how to use it. Once you have a made a list - master it and even after mastering it keep doing it but this time with only voice or with only the text.