Non-english GW: Factions? - Guild Wars Forums

Stabwound · May 06, 2006, 05:07 AM // 05:07

I live in Canada, and up here we get both French and English version of games/software. The only copies of Factions I can find are French.

If I buy the French Factions, will it install correctly on my original English GW?

More importantly, will the voice acting etc be in English? I know you can change the language and all that.

Rathcail · May 06, 2006, 05:41 AM // 05:41

Your question got me thinking and I did a small test. I have english European version of Faction and I changed the language from the menu to french. All the text changed to french and I tried replaying the cutscene at Minister Cho's Estate. The result was that voice acting also had changed to french.

So my guess is that it probably doesn't matter if you buy the french version and have the language set to english from the menu.

Edit: And with this discovery, I'm having way too much fun listening to the voice acting on other than english. Probably due to lack of sleep.

Rodrigo · May 06, 2006, 08:37 AM // 08:37

Press F11 next time you are playing and select the language you want to hear/read.

The text will immediatly switch to the language you selected, but in order to hear the voices in the language you just selected you must restart GW.

So no, it doesn't matter what version of GW you buy.

Ishmaeel · May 06, 2006, 09:23 AM // 09:23

My guess is that localized version boxes contain the out-game items in their respective languages, such as a French art book, reference card or whatever. Guild Wars itself is already multi-lingual.

Rathcail · May 06, 2006, 12:49 PM // 12:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodrigo

The text will immediatly switch to the language you selected, but in order to hear the voices in the language you just selected you must restart GW.

Actually I didn't even need to restart to hear the voice language change. It just downloaded new files when entering the area, so changing before the loading screen should be enough.

Stabwound · May 06, 2006, 01:28 PM // 13:28

Awesome, thanks a lot Rathcail and everyone else.

Rodrigo · May 06, 2006, 02:27 PM // 14:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rathcail

Actually I didn't even need to restart to hear the voice language change. It just downloaded new files when entering the area, so changing before the loading screen should be enough.

Oh, I guess that's new, it used to be that way when I played original GW.

Stabwound · May 06, 2006, 05:26 PM // 17:26

Just as an update, I installed the "French" GW Factions and I couldn't even tell it was a French copy. Everything was in english.

Oh well. Works for me!

May 06, 2006, 05:07 AM // 05:07	#1
Stabwound Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	Non-english GW: Factions? I live in Canada, and up here we get both French and English version of games/software. The only copies of Factions I can find are French. If I buy the French Factions, will it install correctly on my original English GW? More importantly, will the voice acting etc be in English? I know you can change the language and all that.

May 06, 2006, 05:41 AM // 05:41	#2
Rathcail Jungle Guide Join Date: Jan 2006	Your question got me thinking and I did a small test. I have english European version of Faction and I changed the language from the menu to french. All the text changed to french and I tried replaying the cutscene at Minister Cho's Estate. The result was that voice acting also had changed to french. So my guess is that it probably doesn't matter if you buy the french version and have the language set to english from the menu. Edit: And with this discovery, I'm having way too much fun listening to the voice acting on other than english. Probably due to lack of sleep. Last edited by Rathcail; May 06, 2006 at 05:45 AM // 05:45..

May 06, 2006, 08:37 AM // 08:37	#3
Rodrigo Academy Page Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mexico Profession: Me/Mo	Press F11 next time you are playing and select the language you want to hear/read. The text will immediatly switch to the language you selected, but in order to hear the voices in the language you just selected you must restart GW. So no, it doesn't matter what version of GW you buy.

May 06, 2006, 09:23 AM // 09:23	#4
Ishmaeel Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2006	My guess is that localized version boxes contain the out-game items in their respective languages, such as a French art book, reference card or whatever. Guild Wars itself is already multi-lingual.

May 06, 2006, 01:28 PM // 13:28	#6
Stabwound Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	Awesome, thanks a lot Rathcail and everyone else.

May 06, 2006, 05:26 PM // 17:26	#8
Stabwound Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	Just as an update, I installed the "French" GW Factions and I couldn't even tell it was a French copy. Everything was in english. Oh well. Works for me!