The Thaumaturge - supernatural RPG set in early 20th century Warsaw from Seven: The Days Long Gone devs

[Lord_Potato]

Nice review, Lord_Potato the only thing I'd add is that something was definitely lost in translation, as the dialogue doesn't sound natural in English. Fool's Theory is Polish, right? Did anyone play the game in Polish? If so, does the writing improve, comparatively?

I played the game in Polish and it's probably the best way to experience it. The script was obviously written in Polish and then translated to other languages - most likely with something lost.

Also the game recently received a Polish dubbing (it was shipped without it) and it's pretty well made.

Sad to hear English version does not sound natural. It can be a real problem for the games from the Slavlands, although I hear the Chinese also have problems with competent translations of their games.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Seven: The Days Long Gone was actually pretty good, but this game is a your classic Eurojank. Overscoped at the beginning, then gutted during production with too many compromises and you end up with weird thing that just seems to lack a clear direction.

So, recently I completed the Thaumaturge.

Geez - Infinitron should this be posted as an official Codex review?

No, it's not about Obsidian.

Infi is posting non-Obsidian news all the time, but they typically get like 2 comments, because most users are busy arguing in the Obsidian subforum while claiming not to care about Obsidian.

 

[TwoEdge]

Nice review, Lord_Potato the only thing I'd add is that something was definitely lost in translation, as the dialogue doesn't sound natural in English. Fool's Theory is Polish, right? Did anyone play the game in Polish? If so, does the writing improve, comparatively?

I played the game in Polish and it's probably the best way to experience it. The script was obviously written in Polish and then translated to other languages - most likely with something lost.

Also the game recently received a Polish dubbing (it was shipped without it) and it's pretty well made.

Sad to hear English version does not sound natural. It can be a real problem for the games from the Slavlands, although I hear the Chinese also have problems with competent translations of their games.

Yeah, I just needed to confirm my hypothesis, as something was feeling off. Not that big of a deal, any grognard worth their eurojank has come to accept the fact that you either know the language or you're getting a lesser experience. Chinese games, though, tend to be a whole other can of worms. Whereas European games are usually a case of lacking resources to localize properly, Chinese ones regularly get the machine translation treatment, for a quick buck from Western markets.

 

[Infinitron]

Some promotions for the game's console release:

The Lead Audio Designer of Fool’s Theory, Agnieszka Wlazły, will guide you through the intricacies of the sound design of #TheThaumaturge. Discover the various influences of the soundtrack & learn how we breathed life into 20th-century Warsaw with this audio deep dive, first live-streamed during the online musical festival Save&Sound.

Recommended headphone use.