Thread 718743209

Is it true? Is there genuinely no good untranslated game that's worth it?
And should i believe that every available translation is even good enough to use over the original text?

99% of good NTR games are untranslated

if you're really into VNs then it's worth it

>>718743209 (OP)
That has always been cope, since ancient times you were always reading a dogshit westoid trannylation instead of the original text.

>>718743209 (OP)
It's just cope.

You don’t have what it takes, OP. Learning a language takes time, effort, and willpower even for a person with a normal 100 IQ, let alone you.

With an asterisk. Most older games without official localizations have fan translations by now.

>>718743573
True

>>718743804
feels like i hear this exact same news every month but don't hear about the countless times the jeets get fired for not knowing basic civilization manners

>>718743209 (OP)
Yes, don't learn anything new, just consume whatever they give you.

>>718743804
oh no, not the honorable and prestigious JET program...

>>718743209 (OP)
It depends. Basically you can get through any game even RPGs if you don't care about the story or read a basic script translation on gamefaqs. Just translate the menus with machine translation. If you do care about story then yeah learn Japanese.

>>718743209 (OP)
There are a bunch of untranslated hentai games.

I know it's popular to talk about Japanese games and anime but I always fear for other latin translations.

>>718743524
Vic and Woolsey were right

>>718743804
>JET
>just 1 E away from jeet
kek

>>718743209 (OP)
If you're gonna learn Japanese at least use it for something more than just playing video games.
Going through all that effort for the handful of untranslated game that are good does not seem worth it.

>>718743209 (OP)
Rance X is untranslated
Xenogears translation is irredeemable dogshit

I have encountered zero translations that were a passable representation of the original game in the field of J>E. The same also goes for E>J.

I have encountered ONE entertaining localisation that I consider worth playing as a companion piece to the original game, and that's the first MGS.

>>718744634
As you should.

>>718743209 (OP)
It's cope.
>And should i believe that every available translation is even good enough to use over the original text?
No.

>>718743209 (OP)
There are some really bad "translations" that are basically fanfiction and there are some really good ones that almost match the original. If you want to learn Japanese then the best way to do it is Anki + playing videogames, reading VNs and manga, and watching anime. You should at least give learning kana and some basic grammar a shot if you're unsure about fully committing.

>>718745793
>and there are some really good ones that almost match the original
do this day i have yet to find any examples of this

>>718745793
>tranki
lol. lmao even.

Don't care. I just like the language itself.

>>718743926
Most migrants don't want to stay in Japan even though Japan really wants them to. They don't understand that migrants won't stay in a country that will never give them citizenship and even id they do they will never have the same rights as the local. Also not enough aids.

>>718743209 (OP)
Wait for ChatGPT 6, bro.

>>718743209 (OP)
No, because the games that are translated are not translated. They are localized. Aka they are rewritten.
Once you start learning japanese you actually start noticing how much inane shit gets changed. Like "omiyage" changed into "take this".
In the better translations at best it just changes the tone of a character a bit, at worst it rewrites the character.

>>718743209 (OP)
Learning Japanese is a waste because only 125 million people speak the language

>>718747659
>Most migrants don't want to stay in Japan
good, jeets can fuck off

>>718743209 (OP)
Learning Japanese is a waste of time if you don't regularly use the language.

>>718747930
Japan will collapse in less than 50 years then

>>718743209 (OP)
Learning Japanese is a good alternative to all those f2p gacha you waste your time on. You log in every single day not to miss on daily and weekly rewards? Those "rewards" don't mean anything. Imagine if instead you did Anki with such dedication. Drop your gacha anon, and replace it with one hour of learning Japanese every day. You will thank me two years from now.

>>718748084
>muh birth rates goy! 2 weeks this time for real
i have been hearing this since i got into jp media in the early 00s

>>718743209 (OP)
>learning japanese is a waste because all good games are translated
the question is a bit of a paradox. here's why:
in order to reach a natural level of fluency to be able to fully understand the scripts of a game. (meaning not just the words and sentences themselves but all the subtle nuances inbetween the lines)
one must do more than study a language. it's a long journey that requires you to become part of Japanese culture yourself.
and once you have attained this level of fluency, regardless of the initial question, you will be using the language for so much more.