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I loved so much this game that I stopped games! I could see myself spending days and days playing games like this and doing nothing in my life. Does it have a

by neves 11y ago

I loved so much this game that I stopped games! I could see myself spending days and days playing games like this and doing nothing in my life. Does it have a version in other languages? I'd love to play it with my kids.

eru 11y ago
I remember first playing Monkey Island and DotT in German way back when.
tluyben2 11y ago
Serious remark: I am Dutch and when I was very young and computers and games were rare I played text adventures and they were English only: I do not think I can imagine a more efficient way of learning reading and writing as a young child. Why not let them play the games in English? I live in Spain now and the major complaint the youth makes about learning English is that everything is available and usually forced (dubbing in movies and tv shows included) in Spanish so even if they write/speak English I cannot really understand it; too little real case practice. Edit: also I see in daily life how my Portuguese colleagues struggle finding answers because they read docs/learn and have errors/feedback in PT and so search answers in Google in PT as well which often works but in some cases does not and usually I have to figure out what the problem is in English which will usually provide the answer. I see that the better coders in our team and switch their computers to EN and follow the English tutorials so why not do that straight away... For maintenance, even in small companies, comments need to be in English so why use PT/ES in the first place for codoing. Not saying you should teach your kids programming (although, why not) :)
- NetStrikeForce 11y ago
  Glad you've brought up the dubbing/translating issue in Spain, because as I was reading the start of your comment I could remember how I played DOTT in perfect Spanish... And a lot of other LucasArts games (Indy Last Crusade & Indy Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island, etc). Now my computer doesn't even have a Spanish keyboard, let alone OS or any software running on it. Life is much easier now :)
- the_af 11y ago
  A thousand times this! I learned English by playing games by LucasArts and Sierra! (Ok, and also taking classes, but you get the point). Text adventures were particularly good for learning, since the parser encouraged me to find synonyms for verbs it didn't understand... I still remember I learned the word "rub" in Space Quest 2, for the part where you need to rub berries over Roger Wilco's body so that he wouldn't get eaten by a monster. Games seem like a particularly good way of encouraging young people to learn other languages.
rantanplan 11y ago
Such wishful thinking on you part. You really thought all other games would be at the same level ? :P After so many years and DOTT is still the best graphic adventure game ever made.

by neves 11y ago

eru 11y ago

I remember first playing Monkey Island and DotT in German way back when.

tluyben2 11y ago

Serious remark: I am Dutch and when I was very young and computers and games were rare I played text adventures and they were English only: I do not think I can imagine a more efficient way of learning reading and writing as a young child. Why not let them play the games in English? I live in Spain now and the major complaint the youth makes about learning English is that everything is available and usually forced (dubbing in movies and tv shows included) in Spanish so even if they write/speak English I cannot really understand it; too little real case practice. Edit: also I see in daily life how my Portuguese colleagues struggle finding answers because they read docs/learn and have errors/feedback in PT and so search answers in Google in PT as well which often works but in some cases does not and usually I have to figure out what the problem is in English which will usually provide the answer. I see that the better coders in our team and switch their computers to EN and follow the English tutorials so why not do that straight away... For maintenance, even in small companies, comments need to be in English so why use PT/ES in the first place for codoing. Not saying you should teach your kids programming (although, why not) :)

NetStrikeForce 11y ago
Glad you've brought up the dubbing/translating issue in Spain, because as I was reading the start of your comment I could remember how I played DOTT in perfect Spanish... And a lot of other LucasArts games (Indy Last Crusade & Indy Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island, etc). Now my computer doesn't even have a Spanish keyboard, let alone OS or any software running on it. Life is much easier now :)
the_af 11y ago
A thousand times this! I learned English by playing games by LucasArts and Sierra! (Ok, and also taking classes, but you get the point). Text adventures were particularly good for learning, since the parser encouraged me to find synonyms for verbs it didn't understand... I still remember I learned the word "rub" in Space Quest 2, for the part where you need to rub berries over Roger Wilco's body so that he wouldn't get eaten by a monster. Games seem like a particularly good way of encouraging young people to learn other languages.

rantanplan 11y ago

Such wishful thinking on you part. You really thought all other games would be at the same level ? :P After so many years and DOTT is still the best graphic adventure game ever made.