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MetalGear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty (PlayStation 2) [European]
MetalGear Solid 2: Substance (PlayStation 2) [Japanese]
MetalGear Solid 2: Substance + The Document of MGS2 (PlayStation 2) [European]
MetalGear Solid 2: Substance (Xbox) [European]
MetalGear Solid 2: Substance (PC) [European]
MetalGear AC!D (PSP) [European]
MetalGear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PlayStation 2) [European]
MetalGear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Premium Pack (PlayStation 2) [Japanese]
MetalGear AC!D2 (PSP) [European]
MetalGear Solid 3: Subsistence - 1st Edition (PlayStation 2) [Japanese]
MetalGear Solid 3: Subsistence - Promo copy (PlayStation 2) [European]
MetalGear Solid 3: Subsistence - 1st Edition (PlayStation 2) [European]
MetalGear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel (PSP) [European]
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MetalGear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Limited Edition (+ Bonus Disc, Soundtrack and 6" Old Snake Action Figure) [European]

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Zone Of the Enders (PlayStation 2) [European]
Zone Of the Enders: The Second Runner - Special Edition (PlayStation 2) [European]

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boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hand! (Gameboy Advance) [European]
boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (Gameboy Advance) [European]

OTHER SERIES
Penguin Adventure (MSX) [European]
Kabushiki Baibai Trainer Kabutore (DS) [Japanese]

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Post by 87th »

shidoni wrote:I bet you lucky European bastards got to turn off that God-aweful English dub...
Don't think we'll ever get the option on a game so dialogue-heavy. Oh, and we didn't really feel like lucky bastards during the 7 month localisation wait (compared to America's 1 month).
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Henry Spencer wrote: And thanks Solide, Murata is a very talented, underrated writer I think, he's always helping Kojima with the writing on the MGS games these days.
Yup, i know.
He has writed MGS3 story with Kojima.
And now hes working on MGS4 as well.
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Henry Spencer wrote:^ It's alright, the dubbing is good really I think, bnothing that bad with it. I'm hoping to acquire a Japanese version however, with luck soon. :smile:
Y'know what'd be cool? If somehow one could rip the Japanese dialogue tracks and patch 'em to the English version...
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Why does everybody hate the english voice actors? I always thought that they did an excellent job. The problem with having games in Japanese with subtitles is that most people won't ever buy a product with that as the only option. Not to mention (this is for the ps2) there's not really enough space to have double the amount of dialogue in every single game. Now I do like the option, like they gave on Odin Sphere and Dracula X chronicles, but it's not really a mainstream thing that most people care about. Now that we have blu-ray we could fit the dual language audio and stuff like that, so maybe that would be a bit more hopeful in the future.
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JimboKudo wrote:Why does everybody hate the english voice actors? I always thought that they did an excellent job. The problem with having games in Japanese with subtitles is that most people won't ever buy a product with that as the only option. Not to mention (this is for the ps2) there's not really enough space to have double the amount of dialogue in every single game. Now I do like the option, like they gave on Odin Sphere and Dracula X chronicles, but it's not really a mainstream thing that most people care about. Now that we have blu-ray we could fit the dual language audio and stuff like that, so maybe that would be a bit more hopeful in the future.
I hate the ZOE2 dub, not because of the actors, but because of the dialogue. It's terrible, terrible dialogue. The actors actually did a good job considering the material they had to work with, but fuck the writing in that game sucked.
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Raizen1984 wrote:
JimboKudo wrote:Why does everybody hate the english voice actors? I always thought that they did an excellent job. The problem with having games in Japanese with subtitles is that most people won't ever buy a product with that as the only option. Not to mention (this is for the ps2) there's not really enough space to have double the amount of dialogue in every single game. Now I do like the option, like they gave on Odin Sphere and Dracula X chronicles, but it's not really a mainstream thing that most people care about. Now that we have blu-ray we could fit the dual language audio and stuff like that, so maybe that would be a bit more hopeful in the future.
I hate the ZOE2 dub, not because of the actors, but because of the dialogue. It's terrible, terrible dialogue. The actors actually did a good job considering the material they had to work with, but fuck the writing in that game sucked.
I guess the dialogue didn't really bother so much. Maybe because I've never looked at a different translation from another source. Plus, I've been a bit desensitized due to playing games like (the original translation) symphony of the night, in which both the dialogue AND the voice actors were crap.
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