Game News Terra Alia vocabularies its Release

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: 30 Parallel; Terra Alia

Terra Alia has been released on Steam. What the heck is this? It's an odd one, that's for sure. Basically, it's a CRPG you play that also teaches you to be a foreign language dictionary. Create a character, solve mysteries, fight bad guys, all while learning some of the common words in a handful of languages in a magic academy setting. Yes, it's definitely an odd one.

• Master a vocabulary of hundreds of words in 10 different languages!
• Follow the clues to progress the story and unravel the mystery
• Solve challenging puzzles and complete all the quests
• Defeat your enemies with powerful spells in a dynamic turn-based combat system
• Level up and equip your character with increasingly more powerful abilities and items
• With 10 different languages and hundreds of words, you’ll become a master of your vocabulary!
• Complete quest lines filled with gripping stories while solving challenging puzzles!
• Unravel a mystery that threatens all of Terra Alia by following clues and hints.
• Cast powerful spells as you battle enemies in a dynamic turn-based combat system.
• As you explore, you’ll earn increasingly powerful abilities and rare items with each new level reached.

Not a huge fan of JRPG style combat, but that's not the point of this thing.

 

[Pink Eye]

An educational role playing game, neat.

 

[luj1]

Terra Noobalia

 

[Bester]

Terra Alia vocabularies it's Release

Saint_Proverbius

1.
It's is a contraction of "it is".

Its is a possessive of "it".

So the correct spelling: "its release".

2.
"Vocabularies"? There is no such verb.

3.
Why is Release with a capital letter?

What the hell is going on with this title?

 

[polo]

Yeah i had a hard time reading it tbh.

 

[Delterius]

is this the Hero-U killer?

 

[MrBuzzKill]

Honestly I'm behind this. Theoretically. I believe that educational games can be great, even though no one has achieved it before

 

[Alter Sack]

How is the quality of the educational part?

The title of the game doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

How is the quality of the educational part?

The title of the game doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

She promotes a healthy lifestyle. No sugar, physical exercises and a lot of friends.

 

[Rean]

How many volunteers to give the lady what she's asking for?

 

[Joggerino]

I like the idea of learning a new language but the gameplay looks boring

 

[Alter Sack]

I like the idea of learning a new language but the gameplay looks boring

Do you also like Coke?

 

[Joggerino]

I like the idea of learning a new language but the gameplay looks boring

Do you also like Coke?

Coke is disgusting

 

[Rean]

I like the idea of learning a new language but the gameplay looks boring

Do you also like Coke?

Coke is disgusting

Would you say you're Coke-less?

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

 

[aratuk]

Finally executed on your idea to capitalize on the Harry Potter craze, but fifteen or twenty years too late

 

[waken]

How is the quality of the educational part?

The title of the game doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

That's a thirsty sheila.

 

[SlamDunk]

Why is Release with a capital letter?

Perhaps Saint_Proverbius is German.

 

[Calthaer]

Honestly I'm behind this. Theoretically. I believe that educational games can be great, even though no one has achieved it before

Number Munchers wasn't too bad back in the day. Oregon Trail was fun. I remember one called Odell Lake, too.

Educational games don't necessarily have to be as fun as regular games - they just have to be more engaging than listening to a teacher drone on. I definitely remember more about playing those games on an Apple ][ than I remember of the day-to-day blah blah of the teacher.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Shit

Also, I know Spanish already so fuck off.

 

[Rean]

Also, I know Spanish already so fuck off.

Fuckin Mexican

 

[Burning Bridges]

Oye gringo, quieres cocaína?

 

[Pink Eye]

Yo no hablos espanol. Solo americano o arabic.

 

[Jrpgfan]

Spanish Class The Game.

 

[Daemongar]

I'm all for gamification, but eh - not so sure how reliable it would be to teach someone a little of 10 languages. Maybe a lot of a few languages or a ton of just one new language would probably lead to greater retention. I seriously doubt there is any science behind this approach to language learning, and I doubt playing this game would lead to substantial long term retention.

What I'm saying that using games to teach things does work, but not when the idiots designing it decide to try to "teach" 10 languages at the same time. There is no science behind that, and there is a reason nobody teaches 10 languages at the same time.