Okay...to make things clear from the beginning: this thread isn't meant as a place to vent jealousy or (god forbid) anger.
So the Germans have the retail game in stores first. A cut version, but retail nonetheless. Nice for them. But why?
In the past, games, movies, and so on always either start in the US or Japan. Because they're the most tech-savvy? Because of import restrictions in Europe? Time for translations? I don't know. That's just the world as it is. Economy stuff...
So how come the German version is released earlier than the one in the rest of the world?
Yes, I've heard of the legal thing, and that the game doesn't have the gore or the needed multilanguage files. Does that mean this extra content is still in the making right now?
I'd like to think so, but that would contradict with the fact that the game already went gold. That would also bring up the question as to why English wasn't first choice. Especially since the demo is all-out English.
And the German in the game...erm...could have been better, judging by the impressions. That makes things even harder to understand. If there's a German localisation team at Epic quarters that finished their stuff ahead of the others, why didn't they take the time to properly test their outcome?
Another reason I've heard (though not officially...I don't follow all the press releases) is that it was done because the Germans always supported the UT-series very well. I most certainly won't contest that. But is that sufficient to grant them an earlier release date?
Most Germans I've played with haven't been able to find it in stores, by the way. Pre-orders arrived in time (at least: the ones from Amazon), but more than a few large hardware stores still don't have it.
I dunno...if the demo wasn't released in advance, I'd come to the conclusion that you're using them as voluntary Guinea pigs to test out the game. But now...I honestly don't know.
Any suggestions?
So the Germans have the retail game in stores first. A cut version, but retail nonetheless. Nice for them. But why?
In the past, games, movies, and so on always either start in the US or Japan. Because they're the most tech-savvy? Because of import restrictions in Europe? Time for translations? I don't know. That's just the world as it is. Economy stuff...
So how come the German version is released earlier than the one in the rest of the world?
Yes, I've heard of the legal thing, and that the game doesn't have the gore or the needed multilanguage files. Does that mean this extra content is still in the making right now?
I'd like to think so, but that would contradict with the fact that the game already went gold. That would also bring up the question as to why English wasn't first choice. Especially since the demo is all-out English.
And the German in the game...erm...could have been better, judging by the impressions. That makes things even harder to understand. If there's a German localisation team at Epic quarters that finished their stuff ahead of the others, why didn't they take the time to properly test their outcome?
Another reason I've heard (though not officially...I don't follow all the press releases) is that it was done because the Germans always supported the UT-series very well. I most certainly won't contest that. But is that sufficient to grant them an earlier release date?
Most Germans I've played with haven't been able to find it in stores, by the way. Pre-orders arrived in time (at least: the ones from Amazon), but more than a few large hardware stores still don't have it.
I dunno...if the demo wasn't released in advance, I'd come to the conclusion that you're using them as voluntary Guinea pigs to test out the game. But now...I honestly don't know.
Any suggestions?
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