Re: [RJ131569] Hunter's Quest - Aina's Fighting Story
@YummyTiger:
I'm not really saying that the changes are always good or bad; however if some of the things that you saw as flaws could have been be regarded differently by others, then it isn't really the place of a translator to make those changes (For example, if they wanted to keep something vague or unimportant, but you expanded upon it).
At the risk of offending you... I think you're being a bit overly sensitive about it. I say that, because the notion that any changes will distract you so much that you can't play is a bit crazy to me. But, I'm not saying your opinion is without value or merit.
I'm also developing my own game, and I thought about what I would think if someone took my game and did the same thing. To me, the important part was keeping my vision for the game intact. If they added little bits, creating new side quests, tried to improve on weak areas, I would like it. If they heavy-handedly rewrote and change the purpose of my game, that would annoy me. If you read the original and read the translation, you'll see a ton of changes, but you'd also see that the primary story and endings read the same. I felt this was the most important part, and I disagree that a translator should ignore obvious flaws in the writing or game just to keep it exactly the same.
Still, not all translations or games are going to be what you or I want. So, I understand if this is not one you'd like to play. I appreciate your comment and will consider it in the future. Perhaps, if I tackle another translation, I'll set things up from the get-go to keep a true translation and then offer two versions. This one is simply too far down the line for me to go back.
@NLL: The primary difference is in my version, Aina takes the lead and uses her hand, mouth and pussy to halt the zombies. Basically, she desperately tries giving the zombie a handjob as a last resort, and the creature responds to the pleasure, stopping its advance.
In the original version, the zombies were the ones who took the lead. Meaning, they attacked Aina and forced themselves on her. As the zombies were portrayed as "zombies" not sex-crazed creatures, it just rubbed me wrong for a braindead, flesh-eating creature to want to have sex with Aina. My thought process was that if Aina initiated it, the creatures might respond to the good feelings, but they wouldn't have the intelligence to seek them out.
@bigtoror0: thanks, noted. I knew about those, some are script translations that I'm avoiding due to what happened at the end of May, others are ones I might try to translate later, but decided it was not worth trying to figure out the developer's inefficient eventing structure to translate properly.