Deliberate PS 3 Plot changes?

[Lord Khyron]

The fact is, in the japanese game, Dark Force isn't mentioned till the end.<p>In the English, they throw the name out right there. <p>I find it a change.<p>

[Mizehrith]

This is precisely what is meant when said that the Japanese and English versions of the PS series are "different narrative continuities." They're all one story, but it's one story being told two different ways, hence "different narrative continuities." When someone says that they're "different continuities" they're just not being specific, and it seems such failure to be specific is the source of all the confusion between those who say the games are different and those who say they are not.<p>[size=small][Edit by Mizehrith on [TIME]1116198099[/TIME]][/size]

[Kars!]

<blockquote><i>Originally posted by LaconianShot</i><br>That's not a plot change in the least.It's merely worded differently. The facts: Orakio seals Dark Force away with his sword. Neither version changes or alters that fact. The English version is merely simplified... the translators likely omitted the details they thought were least important.<br></blockquote><p><blockquote><i>Originally posted by PSP</i><p>Couldn't have said it better myself.<p>-Corey<br></blockquote><p>but it's however a bad translation , i can't forgive a bad work like this<p>think! what do you say if the translator cuts off 200 pages of random words from a book like lord of the rings?<br>simply because he wants made a short version?<br>

[Lord Khyron]

That and the fact that it's a FORTRESS and not a TEMPLE, is another plot change.<p>Dalia and Azura are fortresses as well.<p>The place where DF is housed, is a fortress, Not a temple.<p>There is a big difference.

[LaconianShot]

<blockquote> The fact is, in the japanese game, Dark Force isn't mentioned till the end.<p>In the English, they throw the name out right there.<p>I find it a change. </blockquote> <br>Is that really a change? Let's see... "Darkness known by that name" sounds more like a synonym to me. It's plausible to suggest that those on Alisa III called it by a different name... we have to ask: would it's true name be known after so long? Again, the translator likely had a different intention in mind... throw out a vague reference and replace it with a recognizable name in a Phantasy Star game that wasn't all that recognizable. We have to keep in mind that the translation is at the translator's descretion, and they may make changes that aren't logical to us. <br><blockquote>That and the fact that it's a FORTRESS and not a TEMPLE, is another plot change.</blockquote> <br>That doesn't change the actual plot itself, just a detail, so "plot change" is inaccurate. Again, we can chalk this up to loose translation by the translator who didn't pay all that much attention to detail. However, in the same vein: an Abbey is both a temple and a fortress. Given the "Holy War" type context to the Layan Orakian wars, I would say that both temple and fortress are correct.<p>Again, we have to keep in mind that along with a rather novice development team, there was likely a novice translation/localization staff. PSIII didn't get the attention to detail that a FF game would. Also keep in mind that the translators use <i>their</i> descretion. They implement changes that <i>they</i> view to be advantageous. We <b>must</b> keep this in mind.

[Alis in Wonderland]

i dont think that menioning DF early on is a bad idea.<br>if you havent played a phantasy star before, you won't know what the hell Dark Force is anyway.<br>if you have played phantasy star before, theres nothing particularly new in the plot that's such a great spoiler.