7.62 mm

[Dosenben]

I wish i could share your optimism, nightprowler - and i don't mean that in a derogatory sense...

considering the timespan between the russian release (damn, it's been so long ago i've forgotten it!) this seems to be a classic case of "we hand-pick the most incompetent and uncaring european publishers exclusively, which don't give a damn about our game because their marketing departments tell them innovative russian titles don't swing over in Europe". Next, the publisher is kicked for another publisher of the same league. Goddamn, i hate what the gaming industry has become.

Just my guess. Besides, those guys might be right, but i reckon it's just an idiotic, self-fulfilling prophecy.

With every passing day, the sales for 7.62 will be worse. Losing the guys from the graphics crowd - not that this would be the main customers, but the more graphics advance, the more bleak 7.62 looks.

[Nightprowler]

Well Dosenben, I don't think 7.62 is the kind of game the graphic whores are buying anyhow, you're right on that
Now what'd be really stupid imo, marketting wise, would be to release 7.62 in the Christmas wave...
Lots of people who'd eventually buy it at least out of curiosity when there's nothing major aside won't at Christmas, when the block-busters will be around. And that's what 7.62 needs... new blood. As for the real fans of the genre, we'll buy it no matter when it's released, so waiting for Christmas is definatly a mistake in my books.

As for the translation, I hope you're wrong, since as fans (with most non Russian speaking, using Bablefish or some other online translators, it took us 3 weeks or so to translate it to english.
Of course, that's nothing like the quality of an english release, but it makes the game understandable and playable.

[Dosenben]

You're definitly right... curiosity buyers and die-hard fans from the JA groups.
I just hope one day games like 7.62 will get the attention they deserve, from producers as well as prospective buyers.

Of course, a few energetic fans can translate games like these with babelfish, a dictionary and a little help, but BE5 was delayed four motnhs because of it's "translation". It was still horrible grenglish, i presume they hired a north korean rice farmer and gave him an suaheli - english dictionary. Nevertheless, i'd take this guy again, since the game came out playable.

Please not december...

[Nightprowler]

Well, if you want to play 7.62 in english without waiting for the official release, you can head here (to apply on 7.62 russian version) and download our translation. Now, you have to know that, when the official english release will come, you'll have to start anew, as the save includes some infos related to the game files.

And actually, what the games such as 7.62 really need to get more attention is a localisation... I live in France, and I can say for sure that 7.62 won't sell in english language as it should have if it was translated to french. And I tend tho think it goes the same everywhere (except in England and US )

[Dosenben]

Hehe, depends mate! I'm right over the river in Germany, and over here you got 2 choices: either you understand english and get the import versions (as long as you're 18+) or you don't and get the horrible german version.
I don't know where they hire the guys to perform the german synchronisation... my guess is they ask the janitor to deliver a few lines, then the pizza delivery guy, then they do random picks from the street.

Although i really admire the effort, i'll wait for the english version. Problem is, i always miss deliveries when i'm out of town, and the german postal system tends to send them right back after a few days. I'd like the digital version.

Hm, here's to hope for October/November!

[Nightprowler]

Well, I wouldn't swear, but could possibly get the digital (Russian) version from the Russian 1C website. That's (once again) if you can't wait for the english release
Our translation makes it really playable, you won't face much of Bableglish... we used it to translate, then fixed the text.
As for German versions, yeah I heard about the fact everything is sensored to the core out there
Stuff as robots instead of humans in some STRs and so on if I'm not mistaking... kinda blows, I agree.
TBH, I don't see the point of such a thing, do they also replace humans with robots on TV news ? O.ô

[Dosenben]

no idea mate. Actually, i don't care much for blood as long as it doesn't get ridicolously censored. The original C&C was the first victim - laughable, barely distinguishible pixel soldiers were swapped for pixel cyborgs, which went "bleargh" when uhm... "ceasing to function" and disappeared in a green puddle (instead of a red one).

Our TV programs aren't particularly bloody (though much less censored then games) but incredibly goofy. I stopped watching that crap when i was 4, it hasn't gotten any better since.

Hmm... a digital version from russia... now that would be something. I'll have a look around. Thx Nightprowler!

[Nightprowler]

Gamer's Gate announces the release for October 10th, can you confirm that date ?

[Barrabas]

Come on Nike-it, give us some info here, please...???