Terra Alia: The Language Discovery RPG

I really really want to like this game, especially as I'm learning Chinese and I think a gamified approach is a great way to get you engaging with the language a lot. However it has a big flaw with being used as a tool for learning Chinese, in that it doesn't display tone markings, which are incredibly useful for those learning the language, maybe those will come with a future update, and I will be happy to try any future updates they make to this and update this review once again, but as it stands this isn't the most fit for purpose. Also if you could add traditional Chinese characters as an option that would be incredibly helpful too. If they add the tone markings or if someone replies with something that I have missed I would be happy to update this review. Please keep trying, I was happy to pay some money to try this as there is a dearth of high quality language learning games, something that I think is incredibly important in an increasingly globalized world.

Não consigo recomendar este jogo no estado em que está, tem muitas traduções erradas (CH), bugs constantes, e caminhadas desnecessárias por mapas que não aumentam em nada o vocabulário. Parece que os desenvolvedores apenas lançaram as palavras no Google Tradutor e copiaram de volta no jogo (as vezes até fora de ordem). Durante os desafios de diálogo é possível notar a falta de interesse em checar a tradução correta das palavras, muitas vezes com áudios ou textos errados, fazendo deste jogo mais um maleficio do que beneficio para quem está aprendendo o idioma. O tempo de Gameplay é curtíssimo e não ajuda a aprender nem metade das palavras que estão no jogo, existem diversas mecânicas de RPG mas que não tem tempo para serem devidamente exploradas pois antes mesmo de chegar ao fim de uma arvore de Skills a história já se concluiu. E também, o combate é uma oportunidade perdida pois não se aproveita da temática do jogo para fazer as lutas se integrarem com a língua que está sendo estudada, em maior parte são apenas magias até que eventualmente seja liberado o "modo foco" onde você tem o mínimo de estudo da língua.

7/10 + works just fine on windows 7 - could use a quest item this way pointer

Ok, I played this game with "German -> Japanese" first. That was on my Steam-Deck. I already found that the translations of some words were off and the controls are absolutely awful. Then I've wanted to switch to my PC and found out, that the saves are NOT synced... So I restarted the game with "English -> Japanese" in hopes the translation would be more on point. Spoiler, it wasn't! For example "こんにちは" (konnichiwa) only means "hello" NOT "Hello. How are you?" Otherwise it would be "こんにちは。元気ですか" (konnichiwa. genkidesuka). And keisatsu teepi is "police tape" not "tape". To just name a few. Also it's kinda counterproductive that you see the translation when hovering over words while doing a vocab test on the ATM... I don't really need to rembember what's what that way... For the controls, it's just an endless series of mouseclick (or keeping the mouse button pressed down). When walking where I can't because there are walls, I'm often moving somewhere I totally did not want to. And in the desert I've got around some big mountain, and almost did not get back. (Although by returning to the home screen you could always reset your position). Oh and the orientation you're facing is dictated by the position you're standing at, you can just look around. And opening those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ chests is more of a test of patience than it is for the vocabs, even when you know them all, you're still wasting time, rolling those frickin slots... Why not do a similar system as with the passwords for the computers? That was way better! As for the content, it's a little short, you're rushing from shard to shards (7 in total) for some bossfights and the game is over depending on how fast you are, and how good in the language already (you wont really not to be really good though) it's roughly a playtime between 6 and 10 hours. So overall, I would not recommend this game for learning japanese. I for my part, think I'll just get back to the manga I'm reading specially made for learning japanese.

Not a well polished game but effective in learning new vocabs.

Good game and really helpful in expanding your vocabulary with words you're not typically taught when learning a new language. I've only done Korean so far and I've only got just over 2.5 hours recorded and I'd say I've already added about 25-30 new words to my Korean vocabulary. It makes learning fun and that's always a helpful for me to retain the information more effectively :D

Если бы не ошибки в переводе слов это была бы вполне себе хорошая игра может не для изучения языка, но расширения словарного запаса. При этом ошибки не исправляются. последний патч был 3 Ноября 2023. А ошибок тут не мало. и при этом всём разработчики выпускают vr версию этой игры. судя по всему с теми же ошибками. я не готов поддерживать разработчика рублём если основная продающая механика игры попросту плохо работает.

I bought this game a while ago and I really enjoyed it. I played the Spanish role first and found it helpful. It is a great alternative to phone apps and much more fun than basic flashcards or Duolingo. Since I'm not a big gamer, I appreciate the game for what it is. Then I tried the Chinese Mandarin role... It was far more difficult. Once I play the Mandarin role again, I can leave an actual critique. I will go back again to play through both languages and maybe others. I would recommend this game to help reinforce words taught/learned in HS and college course or as a fun refresher. I hope the developers have not given up on this game and continue to do updates!!! Many of us want to see a continuation of the story line and have been waiting for the closed off parts of the town to open up. There is sooo much potential for this game and it's far more fun that other language learning games on Steam..... Please update the game for us that really enjoy playing. ENJOY THE GAME FOR WHAT IT IS AND UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE WORLDS BEST FANTASY RPG. Play the game to learn and have fun!