The other week, we talked about how inFAMOUS would not be shipping with an English voice option in certain European territories, something that was met with disdain by the largely English-speaking European gamers who didn't want inferior localized voices in the PS3 exclusive. Well, it would seem that SCEE has listened to the outcries, and has developed a patch to include an English voice option.
This is sure to come as very welcome news to a number of European gamers, many of whom speak English perfectly (better than most English people, in fact) and prefer to have the authentic voiceovers instead of some guy named Hans who doesn't know what he's talking about. Quite why SCEE decided not to include them from the start is beyond me.
[Thanks, Teun]
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7:20 PM on 05.28.2009
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I used to live in France (now in NY) and that would have pissed me off to no end.
"Hey, I hev 'lectric powersh, ish cul! Ei cen be gut? or eevl? Yeah! Cul!".
I'm sorry... I don't know what I'm talking about.
Its not about wether or not localised voice acting is bad but Its about having the choice. Besides dutch voice actors generally aim their performance towards kids so it kind of ruins the experience...