The Lost Crown auf Deutsch 3: Zu der Zukunft!

I did it! I played the whole game in German (well, I had to switch to English once to get by a bug, but only for a moment).

I'm rather proud of myself! After the first day I stopped looking at the English YouTube WT for translations. Sure, I didn't understand a bunch of major words, but I was able to follow the game very well in spite of that, and I was able to understand almost 100% in some scenes. 

Plus, I encountered a lot of conversational phrases that I had learned in my studies. It was really nice to see them actually used.

And they really did a fantastic job with the translation. Mein Gott, they spent massive amounts of time translating all the text that you read, including poems. It was a huge effort and it really works.

I still encountered a few bugs during the last couple of days, but I got by those fairly easily. I think it's because the cache is too full. Only once did I have to quit and reload--getting through the metal door in the Ulcombe tower basement. The middle hot spot wouldn't respond, but quit-and-reload solved the problem.

I almost achieved all my objectives: I did get all the photos, and I did get all the EVPs. I got the Steam achievement for the photos, but not for the EVPs--the "Spirit Voices" achievement--until I finished the game. Then after I got the achievement for finishing, about one second later the achievement for the Spirit Voices unlocked. How weird. But it worked and I got it!

I missed the "Good Listener" achievement because I missed the first night of listening to the phone. My list of achievements didn't show it until I was past that time (yeah, I should have read through the whole thing first). I went back to a saved game and did the action, thinking that Steam might record it, but it didn't.

Well, I guess I just might have to replay those four days auf Deutsch at some point. It was a really good experience, so I think I might, just to get that last one!

Update: I did it! I replayed the days (which is about half the game at least) and I got the Good Listener achievement. I got 'em all, as well as all the EVPs and the Photos, which was my major goal. Yay! And it was good for me to get that much more exposure to the German.

So I'm quite pleased! 

This game really is a masterpiece. I knew it was good, of course, but somehow this playthrough impressed me even more than my earlier ones. 

And now I'm ready for Blackenrock! (Although I might also play Midnight Horror auf Deutsch too! Update: Turns out that Midnight Horror only has German subtitles. They didn't do new voices. Still, I'll play it! Up-Update: more than subtitles! They also translated a lot of the reading material. Nice!)

Ja! Zu der Zukunft!