The first two chapters of an epic Viking trilogy which features long and multi-branched single player campaigns. The gameplay is based on strategic combat and extensive dialogues; every decision the player makes, every conversation and fight has a meaningful effect on the outcome of the unfolding story.

We translated the first chapter for fun, and the developers were so pleased with our work that they hired us for the localization of the second chapter and even paid for the first one. This is really unprecedented! Not only does it mean that Stoic appreciated our translation, but also that they are unusually generous.

 

Toughest challenge: getting acquainted with the peculiar lore and maintaining a linguistic coherence while localizing it.

We had most fun: distinguishing a character’s speech from another and maintaining that uniqueness.

This ARPG released on September 2012 is one of the most prominent examples of the hack ‘n’ slash subgenre. It features randomly generated dungeons, and huge amounts of items and monsters. The game had extended modding capabilities, which allowed users to add personal content, such as unofficial translations.

This was our first high-profile localization. Although we worked as amateurs, we focused on quality to deliver our fans a professional-like translation. We even contacted a dubbing team to translate the intro cinematic and the cut scenes.

 

Toughest challenge: dealing with randomly generated names of magical items, with prefixes and suffixes that have different word order in the source and target language.

We had most fun: spotting and localizing all the Easter eggs, movie and videogame quotes (the game is packed with them!).