What is the Difference Between Original Symphonic Rain and HD Remaster?

[PenX]

I recently finished the HD remaster of Symphonic Rain, and I am curious about the original version.

Are there are any significant differences between the two versions, besides the cg and character art (and the issues with backlog and typos in the HD remaster)?

I would love to know.

[Zakamutt]

The remaster also has a new translation. @Fred the Barber read some of it and seems to consider the new translation worse, but I haven't seen much of it myself.

[Fred the Barber]

On 7/17/2017 at 0:59 AM, Zakamutt said:

The remaster also has a new translation. @Fred the Barber read some of it and seems to consider the new translation worse, but I haven't seen much of it myself.

I wasn't very critical when I read the original fan TL, so I really couldn't say if the official TL with the remaster was better or worse in my opinion. OP covered backlog issues and typos, both of which were quite annoying to me, but there is one specific thing I'd call out about the official localization: they kind of screwed up some of the characterization of Chris's wishwashiness early on, which rubbed me the wrong way. In the JP, he's always falling back on his catchphrase 一応, and this is really noticeable since a couple of voiced characters (the teacher and Torta) actually chide him on it in rapid succession, and even start dropping that phrase on him, in those early scenes. In the official localization, the phrase was handled haphazardly (inconsistent translation, non-obvious flow of conversation around it), so the impact was basically lost. I distinctly remember the fan TL handling those exchanges better: IIRC, they consistently used "I guess" to mirror that phrase, and they got it right when Torta called Chris out on it by actually throwing the phrase back at him. The official localization basically dropped that last bit on the floor entirely, from what I recall.

Anyway, that's all basically one specific example from the early game. I seriously only played the official release for about an hour and then didn't feel like going back for more. I really loved the game when I played the fan TL a couple years ago, but when I tried the official release, the really quite large number of typos was off-putting, and the less-than-stellar TL was upsetting, given I've gotten kind of picky about those things recently. All told, it was frankly not that pleasant to read; it had its moments, but it was still more misses than hits. I just didn't feel like sticking with it.

Edited July 19, 2017 by Fred the Barber