No subtitles ?

[fredingue]

Sorry but they speak too fast and with bass voices...

[Cymerio]

+1

They should add subtitles for the non native speakers.

[lylat]

+2

[QuantaCat]

Lack of subtitles was on purpose; however, we are working on a version that includes subtitles, not earlier than end of february, though.

[fredingue]

Thanks :)

[Diogo]

Quantacat, why would you not include subtitles on purpose?
(Also, I have not played it, yet)

[QuantaCat]

I found that, for me, an avid subtitle reader, having no subtitles, forces me to be on edge a bit more. Not so much straining to understand, but actually listening more as opposed to reading ahead and clicking away ;D But! I didnt want to "just" make subtitles. So it'll come with something special.

[Diogo]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but how is that good, to focus on listening instead of understanding?
Perhaps it's not a big problem for native english speakers, but for most people, I'd say that having subtitles makes the story much clearer, since it's easier to understand what the characters are saying.

A better way of doing it was simply having passive subtitles, an option on the menu and maybe a little hint for the players not to use the subtitles, unless they have difficulty with the language.

Furthermore, I can understand how having the lines voiced could give a better understanding of the characters, in how they talked, rather than what they said. I don't think the voice-acting holds up to that point in this game, though.
(I've now played it to completion.)

[Dracian]

Originally posted by QuantaCat:

I found that, for me, an avid subtitle reader, having no subtitles, forces me to be on edge a bit more. Not so much straining to understand, but actually listening more as opposed to reading ahead and clicking away ;D But! I didnt want to "just" make subtitles. So it'll come with something special.

Too bad not everyone in the world is a native English speaker nor has lived long enough in an English speaking country to understand oral English as well as written English...

Just sayin'

[󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡Shiver]

Originally posted by Dracian:

Originally posted by QuantaCat:

I found that, for me, an avid subtitle reader, having no subtitles, forces me to be on edge a bit more. Not so much straining to understand, but actually listening more as opposed to reading ahead and clicking away ;D But! I didnt want to "just" make subtitles. So it'll come with something special.

Too bad not everyone in the world is a native English speaker nor has lived long enough in an English speaking country to understand oral English as well as written English...

Just sayin'

And to add to this, it's also too bad that not everyone has great hearing...

[MannyStobbart]

Is there any chance that the video game gets subtitles eventually?

I think they must be necessary for many of the non-native English speakers who want to play the game.

[Pepe]

I would appreciate Czech subtitles! :)

[QuantaCat]

Hey everyone, I can totally understand the need for subtitles, but the original reason for not including them was a choice of style. That being said, I am looking into implementing them, but it will still take a while due to our programmer being involved in the later stages of his own game and he will need to finish up on that work first. I cant promise a date, but I do *want* it done by the summer. Sorry for the wait!

[S.T.A.R.S Leon S. K.]

Originally posted by QuantaCat:

Hey everyone, I can totally understand the need for subtitles, but the original reason for not including them was a choice of style. That being said, I am looking into implementing them, but it will still take a while due to our programmer being involved in the later stages of his own game and he will need to finish up on that work first. I cant promise a date, but I do *want* it done by the summer. Sorry for the wait!

Any news about it? QuantaCat is there a chance for 5 Steam Trading Cards (over 1,5 Million Collectors)?

[MestreLion]

+1 for that. Non-native speaker here, altough the speeches are understandable, I really feel like missing bits here and there due to the lack of written text. Please add them!

[Himitsu]

They're all about that bass ...