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Chapter 124 Existence is Everything

There was no other way, so Zhou Kuang could only settle for the second best and see if there were other companies willing to take on the English localization of "Netherworld Mountains and Seas".

This is the dilemma that a fledgling company has to face. Although "The Netherworld" is already very popular in China, if others say they will not take it, then they will not take it.

It stands to reason that when the first demo trailer of "Netherworld Mountain and Sea" appeared, it also became a small hit on YouTube, but the number of views of subsequent trailers has stabilized.

For Minoli Interactive, a localization company, no matter how much potential you have, it will be of no use.

Because now the top game companies are lining up to let Minoli Interactive be responsible for localization. There are even game companies that signed contracts a year in advance, but when the time comes for localization, their games are still not finished.

Faced with such a situation, Minori Interactive's arrogance is understandable.

Their localization level may not necessarily be much higher than other localization companies, but these big companies are willing to find them.

You ask why?
Of course, it is because the other party's level is very stable. No matter what language your game is in, no matter what type of game it is, he can translate it for you to the highest level in the industry. Except for being expensive and difficult to make an appointment, there are almost no disadvantages.

It is hard to say whether these shortcomings are caused by Minoli Interactive or the game production company.

Other localization companies have their own problems to varying degrees.

In some cases, the localization level fluctuates. One game may be translated very well, but another game may be translated very poorly.

And it's really not targeting anyone. It's not like I just take on a well-known game and translate it carefully, and then just make a small game casually.

Their localized levels fluctuate without any pattern, and this sheer randomness is even more terrifying.

This is just a simple lack of ability.

Their abilities are not enough to support them in maintaining the same level in all their works. If you encounter a time when their level is not up to par, you will be in trouble.

You can only admit defeat.

There are also some translation companies that simply cannot translate from Chinese to English, and this type of company is the most common.

This is just the localization of English, and as one of the most widely spoken languages ​​in the world, this situation is still relatively good.

For some minor languages, there are simply no localization companies for them to choose from. After all, how many games would consider translating into such minor languages?
Even Zhou Kuang was considering whether to go to the Foreign Languages ​​University to recruit a few college students from the minor language departments.

Therefore, just this localization company alone gave Zhou Kuang a headache, even nine out of ten.

But fortunately, if he really couldn't do it in the end, he could always go directly to ask Niu Tieming.

Sure enough, after hearing his question, Niu Tieming immediately had the answer in his mind.

"Hey, if you need a localization company, please tell me earlier. I have a ready-made channel here. I'll contact you."

Niu Tieming patted his chest and picked up the phone on the table to make a call.

After he made the arrangements, a localization manager came over after a while.

Niu Tieming pulled Zhou Kuang over and said to the employee opposite: "This is Mr. Zhou from Kuangshi Shanhai. Please help him solve the localization problem."

Then he was handed over to Zhou Kuang.

After Zhou Kuang talked with the person in charge, he found out that it was not that there were no localization companies for those small languages, but that there were no game localization companies that specialized in translating into Chinese.

If you broaden the scope to localization companies for TV series, movies, or even TV commercials, it will be much easier to find them.

Not all of these companies are willing to take on game localization, and not all of them can do a good job of game localization, so the experience of predecessors is very important at this time.

Specifically, it refers to the experience that the studios under Antarctic Interactive Entertainment and the companies they have invested in have had with these localization companies.

It can almost be said that the road is full of thorns and it is difficult to move forward!

After these companies have gone through the minefield, Antarctic Interactive Entertainment will naturally know which companies it can cooperate with and which companies it cannot cooperate with.

Zhou Kuang directly took the list of candidates from the other party and looked for them one by one.

After he finished searching, he found that these localization companies were not only cheap, had good attitudes, high efficiency, and quick work arrangements, but also extremely experienced. If he listed all the games they had translated before, it would almost be the complete collection of Antarctic Interactive Entertainment's mobile games.

If Antarctic Interactive Entertainment had not invested in Megvii Games, he would never have been able to get this list.

This saves a lot of trouble.

After the localization translation work is arranged, there is naturally voice localization.

"Netherworld Mountains and Seas" itself is a soul-like game. Although the enemies are all monsters from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there are actually very few humanoid monsters, but they do exist.

In other words, there is voice-over in this game, and the original voice-over script is naturally written in simplified Chinese.

Zhou Kuang hired Aurora Soundstage, a top domestic dubbing studio.

This was not recommended by Niu Tieming, but the other party came to him on his own initiative.

Yes, as the hottest game project in China right now, there is an endless stream of studios wanting to dub for "Netherworld Mountains and Seas". Almost every day there are studios volunteering to dub for "Netherworld Mountains and Seas".

The Aurora Sound Stage was also introduced to him by someone at a dinner party. This studio is not the top dubbing studio in China, but they have a feature that Zhou Kuang particularly likes.

That is, they have cooperated with many foreign 3A game production companies and done dubbing for simplified Chinese localized voices.

In other words, they already have experience in doing Chinese dubbing for stand-alone games. Although they are doing Chinese dubbing for foreign stand-alone games, the logic is the same.

So Zhou Kuang finally chose this studio for dubbing.

He also went to the scene to audition several times and saw the working conditions of the voice actors. In his opinion, the level is still quite high.

Zhou Kuang hopes that their dubbing will not make the players feel distracted. After all, many people think that Chinese voice sounds very awkward, making people want to dig out a three-bedroom apartment with their toes.

But that is more about the loss of meaning after language translation. After all, no matter how other languages ​​are translated into Chinese, they will definitely not conform to the way Chinese people usually speak.

"Netherworld Mountains and Seas" has a great advantage in this regard. After all, the original text is in Chinese, and the production template is also in Chinese. If the Chinese translation can still be embarrassing, then it is really a problem of ability.

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February 2th, 28: p.m.

The pre-order trailer for "Netherworld Mountains and Seas" has been released.

The digital standard edition is 298 yuan and includes the game itself and a free soundtrack.

The digital deluxe edition is 368 yuan and includes the game itself, the soundtrack, unique weapons, costumes, suit components, and two independent game modes that are unlocked after completing the game.

Ten:01, in the Antarctic Interactive Entertainment Building.

Niu Tieming sat in his office rubbing his hands nervously.

Although he is confident in "Netherworld Mountains and Seas", it does not mean that he is not worried about the game's pre-sale sales suffering a Waterloo.

It is not the first or second time that industry insiders and players have completely different opinions on the same game.

What's more, this is a very rare situation!
The first 3A stand-alone game in China.

No one can say whether players will really buy it.

At this time, Niu Tieming could only pray at his desk.

On the other side, in the office of Megvii Games, all employees sat in their seats, waiting for the specific numbers.

Their work was not yet done, but no one was in the mood to continue working tonight.

Presales are everything.

All for pre-sale.

Feng Qi was in Zhou Kuang's office at this time, and the two of them kept refreshing the Steam background.

However, the background of steam keeps showing an error.

Feng Qi leaned over and said, "Brother Kuang, is it because the accelerator was not turned on?"

Zhou Kuang showed a puzzled look.

"No, I could see it directly before."

"Steam is sometimes like this, try refreshing it again."

"Okay, I'll try."

Zhou Kuang refreshed the page several times, but every time he tried to enter steam, an error message would appear and he would be unable to enter the backend.

It had been three minutes since the pre-sale started, but they still hadn't seen any data.

Feng Qi shrugged, and Zhou Kuang had no choice but to sigh and turn on the accelerator.

I turned around and tried to open the steam background again, but it still didn't work. The same error page was still displayed.

Zhou Kuang was very confused. Could it be that his accelerator was not working? He had bought it for dozens of dollars a month. If it didn't work, he would definitely go to customer service to complain.

At this time, Feng Qi was browsing something on his mobile phone.

Suddenly, he raised his head and said to Zhou Kuang with surprise.

"Brother Kuang, Steam seems to have crashed."

(End of this chapter)