Subtitles

Or lack of them

from Elemental Forums

I hope there are plans to add subtitles for spoken dialogue at some point. I am deaf and it is extremely frustrating when I purchase a game and am unable to enjoy it due to lack of subtitles for spoken dialogue (both in cutscenes and the game itself).  I have been looking forward to Elemental for a long while but unfortunately I feel as if I have wasted 80 dollars (I ordered the boxed special edition).  I know Stardock is very good about supporting their games after release so I figured I would make this post to make it known that this is a serious problem for some people (granted a relatively small amount iI'm sure).  If it is not feasible technically or some such that would be great to know too. Anyways I look forward to hopefully enjoying the game sometime in the future.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

bah, they are not in there? (I didnt get to the game yet) Subtitles helps us non-native speakers a lot as well. Actually, they usually make the difference...

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes, they would be useful for me too, it's much easier for me to understand written than spoken English.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I did not even think of non native english speakers, that is another very good reason for them to hopefully add them in the future.  Also I found it is possible to play single player non campaign games which is pretty fun and subtitles are not needed there.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

There may be some in the campaign (haven't tried it yet) but in the normal game the only thing I can think of is unit selection dialog. You aren't really missing much there.