Metro 2033 will also speak Russian

by Randy Nelson on Feb 1st 2010 6:30PM

According to its Facebook page, Metro 2033, the upcoming post-apocalyptic FPS from 4a Games, will feature a full (optional) Russian voiceover track with equally optional English subtitles. Seeing as how Metro 2033 is set in Russia, this option could really add to the game's atmosphere, granted you don't mind reading subtitles -- or hey, maybe you even speak Russian. It's a shame other games developed by foreign studios and set in foreign countries so often neglect authentic language options when localized for North America. Yes, Yakuza, we're looking at you.

Since Metro 2033 will offer a Russian language option, we think it only makes sense that this post does, too:

По данным Facebook свою страницу, Метро 2033, предстоящий пост-апокалиптические FPS от 4A Games, будут представлены полные (не обязательно) русский закадровый трек с не менее Факультативный английскими субтитрами. Видя, как какой Метро 2033 установлен в России, этот вариант может действительно добавить в атмосферу игры, допуская, что вы не возражаете чтения субтитров -- или Эй, вы, может быть, даже владеющие русским языком. Это позор, другие игры, разработанные иностранными студиями и установить в зарубежных странах часто пренебрегают таким подлинным параметры языка, когда локализована в Северной Америке. Да, якудза, мы смотрим на вас.

[Via Gameswire]

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Tags: 4a-games, langauge, metro-2033, Microsoft, russia, russian, thq, voiceover, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (84)

That's pretty awesome. I love the Russian language. Good stuff.

Oh, but it's too bad the Commies will probably have some involvement in this. I smell Communist subliminal messages.

It also looks awesome in writing.

I used to love the way Linka talked dirty to me in Russian. Then she got with that prick Wheeler. Who the hell names their kid Wheeler? I mean who is he, Professor X's long lost son? Come on.

In Russia, language loves YOU!

Shadowbender, I'm more concerned about whether they'll beat us to the moon. Sputnik and Vostok were bad omens.

lol :) Too many mistakes in auto-translated text in russian :)

I may have to buy this now just for the voice acting. It's been ages since a played a properly russificated game.
Looking forward to this.

What happened to 'remember, no Russian.'?

they forgot.

Never forget.

If I play this, i'm so running the Russian Dialouge.
Like Joystiq said it will certainly add to the atmosphere

Same here. And I can't wait to check out that Russian atmosphere. Really awesome culture.

Russian is just gibberish if you dont understand it. Why would all of you play a game with gibberish-language? Don't you care about whats being said?

That's not the point. Language immersion doesn't require you to/ understand/ what's being said, it just requires that the language fits the location. In this case, Russia.
And indeed I will probably have it set on Russian. That's one of the things that I liked about playing Crysis on Delta (and Hard? I can't remember if they did or not.) The North Koreans spoke Korean!
And I normally have subtitles on anyway, in case a bit of audio skips, or I missed something that was said for whatever reason.

if it weren't so close to FFXIII, i'd be picking this up.

Well that was a given.

No matter what language you pick, Nolan North will still be the main character

Well, that just makes it more awesome.

Say what you like, the man is a vocal chameleon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-d8mJh8hLI&feature=related

That's right, the not-so-funny robot Sigmund is voiced by north.

see? He really is great, and my joke is even better because he actually did some of the random russian screaming in in CoD, but every game just has him do the Nathan Drake voice when he's capable of so much more

Really, missed that one.

Also I noticed Fred Tatasciore is in a lot of games too, but not in Northian quantities.

He's never really in a starting role, except for Saren, and then he sounded radically different from his usual Thug 2 voice.

I'm betting that your google translation will merely insult the russian speakers on this website.

Hopefully not enough for them to invade the US and destroy that true American institution, Burger Town.

What they should have done is write the text in English, google translate it into Russian and then google translate it back into English. And just post the two translations. That would have been equal opportunity insult.

Actually I take it back, re-translating it shows me it's not too bad, but then again I haven't factored in grammar:

According to her Facebook page, Metro 2033, the upcoming post-apocalyptic FPS from 4A Games, will be presented to the full (not required) Russian voice-track with no less than the Optional English subtitles. Seeing as how Metro 2033 is set in Russia, this option can really add to the atmosphere of the game, assuming you do not mind reading subtitles - or "Hey, you might even speak Russian. It's a shame other games developed by foreign studios and set in foreign countries are often neglected in such a genuine language settings, when localized in North America. Yes, the Yakuza, we are looking at you.

Should they have translated 'Yakuza' into Russian? It is a proper noun describing the video game, not the gang.

As a Commie representative, I approve of this post and this game.

Hopefully the game is more than just STALKER and Fallout in a blender.

It should be fun to hear Russky in a video game for a change. COD had some in one of the scenes - its was pretty transporting.

Rock on, Comrade Cheburashka.

Yours
Crocodile Gene.

YAY!

Google translation made me lol.

The Google translation - the goggles do nothing!

(All the tenses are messed up and everything.)

Speaking Russian fluently I read the Russian version as follows

According to her Facebook page, Metro 2033, the upcoming post-apocalyptic FPS from 4A Games, will be presented to the full (not required) Russian voice-track with no less than the Optional English subtitles. Seeing as how Metro 2033 is set in Russia, this option can really add to the atmosphere of the game, assuming you do not mind reading subtitles - or "Hey, you might even speak Russian. It's a shame other games developed by foreign studios and set in foreign countries are often neglected in such a genuine language settings, when localized in North America. Yes, the Yakuza, we are looking at you.

Nah, I just translated it back to English

Pretty cool feature, for a painfully average looking game.

Big words coming from somebody with an Assassins Creed avatar.

Zing!

No way, the known sony fanboy thinks a 360 exclusive looks average..shocking.

So the game doesn't look average because its a 360 exclusive?

dammit! i got all excited about this game, but y'all just helped me realize it's 360 & PC exclusive. great. :/

Ezio has to have the worst tastes in gaming ever.

I mean, the idiot prefers Just Dance to Mass Effect 2.

The game doesn't look average because...it doesn't look average, it looks like it could be very good. I was just merely commenting that a well known Sony fanboy conviently thinks a non ps3 game looks "average".

No! This is not a 360 exclusive! It will also be available on PC. So it's rather a multiplatform. I hate it when you forget about the PC.

I think it looks interesting. But, not all that polished. Seemed to kind of come out of nowhere and then boom its releasing here soon. I guess because he's a sony fanboy that he can't say the game looks uninteresting? What if he'd said the game looked interesting, would anyone have said he's a known Sony fanboy then? Point is that unless he is being overtly fanboyish or biased then it shouldn't matter. Being a fanboy doesn't mean it still isn't true.

zay... i said that didn't i?

Oh, yes, I usually dont read most of the comments before I comment myself :P

This is great! I'm currently learning the Russian language! This could be a great way to immerse myself even further! I'll keep an eye on this game now!

Я тоже сейчас изучю русский язык. Это язык трудный, да?

(Forgive me if that was terrible, I haven't been at this long.)

Ok, I'm not familiar with all those words, but you seem to be saying you also are learning Russian and that it is a difficult language. I agree, it's a challenge, but it is a bit easier to learn to read in Russian, for me at least. I love the alphabet. Very simple, except I sometimes confuse the English looking characters. :P

Yeah, the alphabet's pretty nice. Except for the lack of "w", "h", and "th" as sounds, I wish we could replace our alphabet with it.

And what I was supposed to be saying (hopefully I got it right) was "I too am currently learning Russian. Russian's a difficult language, yes?"

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