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[NRieh]

I'd really love to hear  about them before preordering or buying this game.

Origin DAI store page currently has only two supported languages - Polish and Russian.

 

Are we going to have international English version available? 

[Allan Schumacher]

I need to find the right person to poke about this.  Thanks.

[Derek French]

Heyo, all. Derek French here. You might remember me from such things as the Neverwinter Nights Live Team and pretty much every BioWare PC title for the past many years. Let me see if I can answer some questions for Dragon Age: Inquisition and languages.

 

Now a word of caution. We are still working on finalizing these systems and some things may change between now and then, but my answers will be for how things either are or how we want them to be when we ship the game. For happy fun time quoting purposes, today is Wednesday April 23rd, 2014.

 

Here are the current languages we support in Dragon Age: Inquisition PC.

 

VO (voice over): English, German, and French

Text: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese.

 

There are 2 parts to language selection that come into play. One is the the Origin language that the client defaults to the OS language. The Origin client will install the matching language for the game. At this time, all installed versions of Dragon Age: Inquisition will include English text, as well as your regional language. Language selection will be available in some manner within the game.

 

All text languages that do not have a matching VO language will get English VO. If you are in the Polish region, you will get Polish text, English text, and English VO.

 

What does this mean for VO? At this point, if you are in German or French regions, you will get your respective VO languages. What are your options for English VO right now? I don't know, but we are looking into a number of solutions. Also our language selectable will be dynamic, so it should offer you a choice from all discovered languages.

 

Now, onto the questions!

 

 

I'd really love to hear  about them before preordering or buying this game.

Origin DAI store page currently has only two supported languages - Polish and Russian.

 

Are we going to have international English version available? 

 

You will get English text as well, and English VO on your install.

 

After reading this topic I went to check on Origins and the only language supported is Portuguese, That's cool but i really want the English version, would be awesome if someone from Bioware could answer this.

 

You will get English text and VO and Brazilian Portuguese text. Text language selectable in-game.

 

Wait, what? I do have the Spanish version (from Spain, that's it) of DA:O and DA2, and the games aren't dubbed, they are subbed. The games use the original English voices, it's the subtitles and menus the ones which are in Spanish. Or did I miss some (terrible) news about the upcoming DA:I? I hope it's going to be just subbed, not dubbed.

 

For Spanish you will get Spanish text and English text and VO.

 

Err..it seems Origin has some problem with setting different languages for games . :s

I'm thinking of canceling my pre order , and just buy a material copy on Amazon.

I really don't want to pull my hair out on release date because I can't play the game in English , I never had to worry about this with Steam.

You only need to click on game property and select what you want.

It seems with Origins , you need to change the language for the client and cross your finger it works.

 

Purchasing the PC game via another retailer will not help you in this situation. You will still go through the install process via the Origin client based on your language and region settings. Purchasing a disc version is just installing from local media instead of downloading from the internet.

 

What languages are you concerned with? If I haven't answered your concern with the above information, please let me know.

 

This is one of my biggest worries, but it'll probably turn out to be nothing. I'm moving to Japan in July and I don't know if I'll be able to get a digital copy of the game in English due to region issues with Origin.

 

OMG Lady Shayna! How are you doing? Long time no see!

 

You shouldn't have any problems, as while the Japanese build would include Japanese text and English text and VO, I would suspect that you would leave your Origin client in English, thus you would get the English text and VO build of the game.

 

If there is anything I have missed, please let me know.

[Derek French]

I don't think I am who you think, I'm new to the forums  Thanks for the reply! 

 

Ah. There was a person from back in Neverwinter Nights days with the name Lady Shayna, so I just made the assumption.

 

Well welcome anyways!

[Derek French]

Hello!Thanks for the quick answer.

Well I'm from France and I want to play the game in English, VO and Subtitles.

Thing is with a material copy I'll probably get all the sounds files  and at worst I guess I'll need to find some ini. files and change some things to play the game in English.

If Origin won't let me download those sound files , I can imagine things getting way more complicated .

And there's just no way I'm playing this game in French.

 

Yeah, I hear you. We don't want it to be this painful for you and allow you to play the game the way you want with respect to languages. We are investigating a few options and nothing is final on this right now.

 

In the end, I would like you to be able to easily get the English VO, without any manual work or hand editing of files. Hopefully we will have more information in the coming months.

[Derek French]

 

Thank you derek! , that helps a lot.

and... humm did Allan poke you?

 

 

Yes, but not painfully so.

[Derek French]

@ Derek French. Thanks so much for setting some of my doubts to rest

 

I'm still leery of pre-ordering due to the fact that even if my Origin client is set to English the store will only show in Italian. I may be overcautious but going through a purchasing process in a language I'm not completely fluent in just ticks me off. I had the same problem with ME3 and ended up ordering a physical copy.  

I know you're probably not the person to ask but will EA ever fix the problem? More a rhetorical question than anything else, really.

 

I understand, but I can assure you that no matter what language the store shows, that it has no direct effect on what languages are available in the game in your situation. If I understand you correctly, you are physically in Italy and you have the Origin client set to English. In your situation, whether disc or digital, you will get an English VO and text game.

 

Will the Polish text be available for every platform? 

 

I don't know one way or the other right now on consoles, but I know that Polish is certain for PC. I am sure that information is coming sometime in the next month.

[Allan Schumacher]

Thank you Derek and Allan for the quick and clear answer.

I just sent him an email saying "Yo Derek."  I'm the hero you all wanted... but he was the hero you needed

 

 

Fun aside: Derek once helped me out with some PC CD-Key issues with KOTOR waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaay back on the old BioWare forums, long before I was working here

[Derek French]

I really hope you guys find a way to solve this! I am living in Austria, so that would mean that I'd get both the VO and subs in German, no? I mean, if I have to I can always simply turn the subs off, but then there is still the problem with the VO. Not saying that the German VO is bad but it simply can't compare to the English one.
So, heres hoping that there will be a way to get the original VO!

 

You would probably end up with English and German text and German VO. We are working on a solution for getting you English VO.

 

Are Russian customers purchasing from Russian Origin getting their game with English VO and text as well?? I can remember Russian Origin blocking English language in several EA titles like ME3, Titanfall, Battlefield 4. ...can you clarify to this regard Derek??

 

The plan is that you will get Russian and English text and English VO.

 

My OS language is French, my PC is in France, my Origin language is EN and I play all BW games with EN VO and subtitles.

 

From what you describe, having an English Origin client will get you English text and VO. I cannot test and verify this in Canada for you at this time, but it is something that I can verify closer to final.

 

Unfortunately, I live in Germany - so I'm out of luck considering english VO? Seriously? Even if I went and imported the physical DVD from the UK, the Origin client would go and replace the (existing!) english files for me because I live in Germany? At least that's how I understood Derek French's answer. Please correct me if I'm wrong?

 

I cannot speculate about ordering out of country builds. It is not something I can test myself, so I just can't speak authoritatively on this. For access to English VO, we are currently working on a solution because we don't want this to be difficult for our customers and force them to do complicated things in order to play our games in the manner that they want. We are working on it.

 

Yeah, that's interessing. As I said before, the PS4 seems to change the game language if it set to English. ( Well, it does so with Killzone, Ghosts and AC IV ), will the PS4 change DA:I aswell? Or will there be an English dialog package like ME3 via PSN store?

 

The only deciding factor if I should pre order it from origins or if I should buy it for the PS4 is the VO thing right now.

 

Well PS4 titles can use 50 Gig Blu-ray discs, so I am pretty sure that everything would fit on one disc. Making multiple language exclusion discs in this situation feels like it would put a strain on our build process for not much gain. Games on consoles usually pick up their language based on the console language.

 

This isn't something that I have looked into yet, but I can probably do it as we get closer to final.

[Derek French]

Hi Derek

I was just wondering what version people in Scandanavian countries will get. I do hope we get the UK version like we always seem to do. And also that the game, the manual and the subtext is in English. I'd rather not play this game in German in Denmark, please. I'm not sure if I have an english origin client, the origin client in my country (Denmark) does end end .com - does this I have a English Origin account?

 

We only do "English" as it is a fantasy game, and not different regional English versions. I am not sure off the top of my head, if you would get German VO, but as you said you have an Origin client set to English, you should get English VO and text. Accounts aren't flagged as a certain language or region, but rather determined dynamically.

 

@ Derek French.

 

I know it's a longshot but is there any possibility to add Korean language for DA:I? No? Not even for a text?

 

Sorry, I missed this one earlier. There are no plans for a Korean text version of Dragon Age: Inquisition at this time.

[Allan Schumacher]

I will never understand what is supposed to be so awful about having to watch something with subtitles. It's not like reading takes such a strong effort. It goes automatically. Maybe I don't know any better. In the Netherlands kiddie movies and shows get dubbed, but anything else just gets subtitles.

 

I think the fact that children movies get dubbed is a pretty astute point....  Some people, for whatever reason, may have language difficulties.  I actually remember seeing it come up with Alpha protocol, where people in different language regions came in to share that the subtitles, especially given the timed nature of that dialogue system, became a barrier because the particular subtitle the game was in (and games don't get translated into every language) couldn't be read and understood quickly enough.  Since the game had timed conversation, it was prohibitive.

[Allan Schumacher]

I'd blame that on the truly awful way Alpha Protocol handled its conversation system, paraphrases and dialogues, though -- it wasn't reading that'd slow people down, but the time spent on sitting there and trying to figure out just what the heck those options meant. The Wolf Among Us which also uses timed conversation doesn't seem to generate this sort of complaints.

 

The feedback given for AP wasn't because they couldn't tell what the options were.  The person literally described that they couldn't keep up with the subtitles.

 

I don't know The Wolf Among Us, but Alpha Protocol's timed conversations were very aggressive, and the subtitles were additionally problematic because the game's design revolved around not having time to mull over your decisions (with mixed results) which means that unless the line was particularly short, you couldn't pause the game with the full line on the screen so you could stop and read it.

 

 

If The Wolf Among Us is similar to The Walking Dead, the timer would be a lot more generous than Alpha Protocol's.  I also don't think that the options for Alpha Protocol would have been the problem, since for the vast majority of the game they were the same 3 words.

 

 

 

 

I'm not entirely sure I get the relevance of your Alpha Protocol example to my post.

 

I'm just saying that people that want dubbing may want it because their ability to read the language effectively isn't very strong.  I didn't think your post was offensive or anything like that.  I just thought it was interesting that shows for younger audiences tended to have dubbing, and had the assumption that it'd be useful because a younger audience would likely have less developed reading skills.

 

No need to apologize, there was nothing I was bothered by for your post.  Just thought that what you said may give an indicator as to why others may feel that the dubbing would be useful.

[Derek French]

Just bumping this thread to see if there is any update on the availability of English VO in all regions through Origin before pre-ordering. It has me a bit worried, as EA has been offering Dead Space and Titanfall for free lately - but only in German. Installed, uninstalled... I'm in Switzerland with 4 national languages and 40% foreigners, so having German-only stores and games is incredibly silly. May I also point out that EA global publishing headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland, with English as their working language, so it's also incredibly ironic?

 

Please just make the original English version available to all regions through Origin. Believe it or not, we English speakers are not confined to the UK and North America. Thank you. 

Since the game isn't final, I will once again guard this by stating that the following is true as of June 23rd, 2014. The plan is to offer English text in all possible regions regardless of the Origin client language. Again, we don't have everything final and there might be regional requirements from EA groups (Legal, Sales, Bob from Accounting) that I don't know about at this time that could force us to change our plans.

 

Specifically in your situation in Switzerland with an English Origin client, you should end up with an English install by default. A person in Switzerland with an German Origin client would get German text and German VO, with the option to change the text to English.