SLUGFly Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I know some Korean and when I saw Korea Town in GTA 4 it was absolutely ridiculous. What they did was take a bunch of Korean signs, cut the letters apart and randomly remix them. So they may have started with signs like "internet cafe," "department store" and "fresh bakery" but when mixed they made things like "intment eshoreca," "partstnetfe" and "deterkery mentba." BUT!! Then I saw this! The sign on the left says "supermarket" and the one on the right says "wanka internet" - that's the actual Korean characters - they spell the English words (which is par for realism). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melonfarmerz Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Glad I wasn't the only one who was bothered by that in IV! Good to see it fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sept17th2013 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Realism if you understand written Korean. Otherwise is like better graphics for a blind player But nice touch by Rockstar nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanieljJ Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Realism if you understand written Korean. Otherwise is like better graphics for a blind player But nice touch by Rockstar nonetheless. Best,post,evah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyspoid Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 This is great. It isn't much, and doesn't mean much in isolation, but if Rockstar is implementing high detail for things of little significance, how much detail are they going to give us when it comes to more important aspects of the game? Fantastic. Perhaps they will get accurate accents for Australian people this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooshtoomun Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Haha 'Wan Ka' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chsJO Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) At first, I was disappointed to see that... Moment , I think "Google Translate". Edited June 26, 2013 by chsJO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope_0110 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) Knowing Serbian, in IV I was disappointed with Niko speaking american lines obviously translated using google translate (I even tested it and got the exact results). It was annoying every time he said something in Serbian as it was always completely wrong and I wondered why didn't Rockstar just hire a serbian actor, they'd probably pay him less and get an accurate character at the same time. So I understand you OP, glad they actually did it properly, those little details count for people who know about them. Edited June 26, 2013 by Dope_0110 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Pink Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Knowing Serbian, in IV I was disappointed with Niko speaking american lines obviously translated using google translate (I even tested it and got the exact results). It was annoying every time he said something in Serbian as it was always completely wrong and I wondered why didn't Rockstar just hire a serbian actor, they'd probably pay him less and get an accurate character at the same time. So I understand you OP, glad they actually did it properly, those little details count for people who know about them. Dude... this annoyed the hell out of my about IV. Not that I understand Serbian but I disappointing in the fact they hired an American actor to voice Niko. For authenticity, realistic and quality purposes, they should have hired a Serb and used more broken English ＲＵＢＢΣＲ░Ｊ♢ＨＮＮＹ （スオッ） Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope_0110 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Knowing Serbian, in IV I was disappointed with Niko speaking american lines obviously translated using google translate (I even tested it and got the exact results). It was annoying every time he said something in Serbian as it was always completely wrong and I wondered why didn't Rockstar just hire a serbian actor, they'd probably pay him less and get an accurate character at the same time. So I understand you OP, glad they actually did it properly, those little details count for people who know about them. Dude... this annoyed the hell out of my about IV. Not that I understand Serbian but I disappointing in the fact they hired an American actor to voice Niko. For authenticity, realistic and quality purposes, they should have hired a Serb and used more broken English Yeah.. I could never understand it. But believe me, hearing him and a few times Roman trying to speak it or reading some parts of it in emails from his mother makes your head explode. Couldn't believe Rockstar, who usually perfect even the smallest of details, did that to the main protagonist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalavendredi Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Knowing Serbian, in IV I was disappointed with Niko speaking american lines obviously translated using google translate (I even tested it and got the exact results). It was annoying every time he said something in Serbian as it was always completely wrong and I wondered why didn't Rockstar just hire a serbian actor, they'd probably pay him less and get an accurate character at the same time. So I understand you OP, glad they actually did it properly, those little details count for people who know about them. Dude... this annoyed the hell out of my about IV. Not that I understand Serbian but I disappointing in the fact they hired an American actor to voice Niko. For authenticity, realistic and quality purposes, they should have hired a Serb and used more broken English Yeah.. I could never understand it. But believe me, hearing him and a few times Roman trying to speak it or reading some parts of it in emails from his mother makes your head explode. Couldn't believe Rockstar, who usually perfect even the smallest of details, did that to the main protagonist. Yep, it's the same as US-actors playing germans in movies. Thankfully most of the directors pick german actors in the meantime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamieleng Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) Haha 'Wan Ka' Slightly more original than: Yep, it's the same as US-actors playing germans in movies. Thankfully most of the directors pick german actors in the meantime It's funny that an American actor playing a German seems silly, but an English actor playing a German (usually a Nazi) isn't as ludicrous. I haven't seen it, but I couldn't take Tom Cruise playing Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in Valkyrie seriously (I find it difficult to take Tom Cruise seriously in anything though). It's only when you watch the WWII movie 'Downfall' that you realize how it's supposed to be done. Edited June 26, 2013 by jamieleng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Knowing Serbian, in IV I was disappointed with Niko speaking american lines obviously translated using google translate (I even tested it and got the exact results). It was annoying every time he said something in Serbian as it was always completely wrong and I wondered why didn't Rockstar just hire a serbian actor, they'd probably pay him less and get an accurate character at the same time. So I understand you OP, glad they actually did it properly, those little details count for people who know about them. Dude... this annoyed the hell out of my about IV. Not that I understand Serbian but I disappointing in the fact they hired an American actor to voice Niko. For authenticity, realistic and quality purposes, they should have hired a Serb and used more broken English I agree with that. I really could not understand why Rockstar chose an American actor to voice Niko. They could have used that guy from ER, he lives in American, but he's Croatian (close enough) and his name is Goran Višnjić. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macabro Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Realism if you understand written Korean. Otherwise is like better graphics for a blind player But nice touch by Rockstar nonetheless. It's still realism even if you dont understand it, lol. That's like me saying the chinesee language is gibberish cause I dont understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalavendredi Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 It's funny that an American actor playing a German seems silly, but an English actor playing a German (usually a Nazi) isn't as ludicrous. I think I haven't seen a movie where a british actor is playing a german till now. Can you tell me one that is worth a look? But you can call yourself lucky that you haven't seen a movie from german TV where german actors play british characters. This is horrible and embarassing I'm a big fan of the uk and I always get angry when I switch through the channels and see such strange german tv productions - at least they do not try to imitate a british accent. This can't be done properly by anyone who is not a native speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshield Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 It's funny that an American actor playing a German seems silly, but an English actor playing a German (usually a Nazi) isn't as ludicrous. I think I haven't seen a movie where a british actor is playing a german till now. Can you tell me one that is worth a look? /off topic http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118636/ Two right off the bat (funny enough, Michael Byrn is in both - he's a Nazi in Crusade and a Holocaust survivor in Apt Pupil) I've never seen the issue with people portraying characters from other countries with native accents as long as they can convincingly pull them off. English actors do that with American accents all the time, why not the other way around? That said, people like Keaneau Reeves with his hilariously bad English accent in movies like Dracula are always appreciated as well, but for the opposite reason. Anyway, I'm kind of glad there's a little more attention to detail with this kind of stuff - if they're spending time on little details like this, that means they're spending way more time on the larger stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game2048 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) I know some Korean and when I saw Korea Town in GTA 4 it was absolutely ridiculous. What they did was take a bunch of Korean signs, cut the letters apart and randomly remix them. So they may have started with signs like "internet cafe," "department store" and "fresh bakery" but when mixed they made things like "intment eshoreca," "partstnetfe" and "deterkery mentba." BUT!! Then I saw this! The sign on the left says "supermarket" and the one on the right says "wanka internet" - that's the actual Korean characters - they spell the English words (which is par for realism). I feel you man I always laugh when they are trying to write something in Russian, in movies or games Edited June 26, 2013 by Game2048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game2048 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) What really surprises me is that why, for f*cking sake, they can't write in some non-English languages correctly in American/Western movies/games? Is it really f*cking hard to write several words properly and not just replace them with some random bullsh*t? Why such indifference to the quality of your product? It looks very dumb for those who know those languages. Edited June 26, 2013 by Game2048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game2048 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) For example, "The Bourne Identity". Great movie with large budget. His name is just random bullsh*t which makes no sense. In English it sounds like "Ash'f Lshtshfum" In fact, they just changed the keyboard layout, lol Edited June 26, 2013 by Game2048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0eladn Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 hope they include this in the game: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalavendredi Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 /off topic http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118636/ Two right off the bat (funny enough, Michael Byrn is in both - he's a Nazi in Crusade and a Holocaust survivor in Apt Pupil) I've never seen the issue with people portraying characters from other countries with native accents as long as they can convincingly pull them off. English actors do that with American accents all the time, why not the other way around? That said, people like Keaneau Reeves with his hilariously bad English accent in movies like Dracula are always appreciated as well, but for the opposite reason. Anyway, I'm kind of glad there's a little more attention to detail with this kind of stuff - if they're spending time on little details like this, that means they're spending way more time on the larger stuff too. thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorsMom Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 wtf when did this screenshot come out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalavendredi Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) wtf when did this screenshot come out? During and at the E3 exhibition. There are 8 more. Check out the gtav.net page Edited June 26, 2013 by vivalavendredi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4RR4NZ4 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 wtf when did this screenshot come out? During and at the E3 exhibition. There are 8 more. Check out the gtav.net page Not at E3, it was way before that. Can't remember when... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miami-Florida. Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Glad they did it right this time, these little things make games more real-2-life. If they include Little Armenia & Little Ethiopia i hope they do research and copy it near enough like their real life counterparts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southparkmayor Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Knowing Serbian, in IV I was disappointed with Niko speaking american lines obviously translated using google translate (I even tested it and got the exact results). It was annoying every time he said something in Serbian as it was always completely wrong and I wondered why didn't Rockstar just hire a serbian actor, they'd probably pay him less and get an accurate character at the same time. So I understand you OP, glad they actually did it properly, those little details count for people who know about them. Dude... this annoyed the hell out of my about IV. Not that I understand Serbian but I disappointing in the fact they hired an American actor to voice Niko. For authenticity, realistic and quality purposes, they should have hired a Serb and used more broken English I agree with that. I really could not understand why Rockstar chose an American actor to voice Niko. They could have used that guy from ER, he lives in American, but he's Croatian (close enough) and his name is Goran Višnjić. Imagine if tracy was voiced by a man. Or if Trevor is played by a Chinese guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
œaœa Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Everyone, they originally asked this guy to be Niko, Vladmir Mashkov. He turned it down, and explains why here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS 17 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Everyone, they originally asked this guy to be Niko, Vladmir Mashkov. He turned it down, and explains why here: I thought they are talking English, but after the first words, I thought there are at least some subtitles, but not even that. Don't understand anything at all, besides Niet. Nastrovje! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope_0110 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Everyone, they originally asked this guy to be Niko, Vladmir Mashkov. He turned it down, and explains why here: Hm.. still he's Russian. While he'd certainly have proper accent when speaking serbian, still I doubt he knows the language and would probably say the same google translate stuff the current actor did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bannington Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 hope they include this in the game: Lolololol omg i hope china town in V is all signs like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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