I had a clever idea. You see, I need to buff up on some foreign languages and I thought playing some games in different languages would be helpful. I need to become more fluent in both French and Spanish, both languages I have educational experience with. So, I hit up Le Grenier du Mac and was surprised to find more English games than French. I've not come across anything in Spanish.
I'm posting to see if anyone knows of a good game that's scripted in either of these languages. I'm looking for something with a narrative, an actual plot that drives the story and be a continual challenge of my comprehension.
here's what I've tried out and if it has benefited me
HyperCube - I'm not quite sure how this is a game. The only language skills needed are to understand the instructions. So, once I get that down, it will be nothing but images. Therein lies the end of it's usefulness.
Myth TFL - I really do hate RTS games. that's one turn off but a major down side is the text of the story just scrolls on by without a chance for me to digest anything. Once the game is going, there's no need to understand any form of communication. My main complaint on every RTS is it's just 'make one group of pixels attack another group of pixels'.
SimEarth and SimLife - both are great to test fluency but I'm so familiar with these games that I can easily click and play.
System Shock - well, it's actually in English, the link at the Attic claimed it was in French but it's not. But hey, now I have System Shock - sweet!
I'm soon going to try Alone in the Dark, Another World and Captain Blood - but not today, i'm all gamed out.
