@madness3v3 Dunno if it helps, but it seems the new forums started with a pretty active support staff. Maybe those people might help you out?

On topic: for me it would be weird not to have swords. Like unimaginable weird to be honest. The sword is just .. it needs be there. I mean we get the dual wield option. If it is a real AC, the basics should be us wielding swords and daggers at the core of it. With all those "extra" weapons being those that are more (or even less) common in the specific period we find ourselves in. Now that Vikings do plunder, we should use a lot of swords, even those that are in use of the knights. Now when it comes to legendary gear and stuff, here too, we should be getting our hands on some exclusive mythical weapons from Viking legends, but .. there is a lot of legends about knights and their swords too, so they can just go crazy with their mythological (and fictional ^^) weapons. As long, of course, as there is some more weapon classes. Mythic axes 1 to 17 would be .. rather lame :3

Nevertheless, Ubi normally did rather well with weapons and I actually expect them to up there game again with this title. We'll soon see what we got.

@ubi-mullac Wow, that was one fast reply and I did find what I was looking for - and I am surprised. It tells me that the game does support a lot of extra languages, including Japanese, on the Playstation 5. It does not do so on the Playstation 4. Anyway, I can assume that the store page is correct and that the day I do update the game to Playstation 5, I will have the language support I am looking for (Japanese in my case)?

First: This is a "repost" of a thread that seemed to get in some activity before the original Forums closed. I will post some words in regards to "dying languages" at the end of .. say "the main gist" that I wanted to tell with this posting.

As the title says - I am convinced that UbiSoft games, especially the Assassins Creed series, can be incredible for education. From a historical point of view as well as from a language learners point of view. See, I had the pleasure to enjoy AC:Odyssey on Stadia. All of those accessibility options, everything subtitled, easily readable, very well voiced - really awesome! Now, we are going into a new generation. Stadia .. from a tech point of view, for now at least, seems kinda left behind. So going with my Playstation 4 (soon 5) might be the way to go. However - AC games are known for not supporting various languages in the west, including, but likely not limited to Japanese.

Here I ask myself: Why do this? It might not be too many learners. Or not too many that really are interested in languages other then those they did grow up with. However - and this is me speaking out of experience - the number of people using games as a tool of gaining fluence in language is growing. I dunno by how much, but people get into Korean, Chinese, Japanese, they love the sound of their chosen language, they want to immerse themselves in it as much as possible, so .. why not give them the option? I mean the game already has support for all those languages. So .. why not make them available to people everywhere when those people do want to access those languages?

UbiSoft really does seam to be aware of their games capability of educating in regards to history. But they really, really seem to underestimate their ability to play a big support role in regards to language learning as well.

With this post, I of course am selfish in trying to convince UbiSoft to maybe implement a feature that I would really like. But maybe others do think like me, do see opportunities that come with multiple language supportet? If so, please do comment here, make this a big thread that maybe even gets an official reply. Who knows?

Anyway, thanks for keeping up with me for one longer read and thanks for your comments in advance

So, now for "updating" on the issue of that some languages over time will become extinguished and thus supporting many is not beneficial:
I, honestly, believe in the beauty of different culture, language and aesthetics. Reason is simple: it does enrich and will continue to enrich our lives. Not saying that there not might be some languages disappearing in the future. However, take Valhalla as an example: old Runes, old language concepts, old concepts of belief - this is what peeks peoples interests. Nordic languages themselves have seen quite some rise in popularity. If you don't believe me, just check how university courses on those topics are doing.

And that's not even it. I mean, take Japanese. It is difficult. You can even call the Kanji usage outdated. However, despite it being rather difficult and having what might seem an archaic writing system, it does have a lot of benefits in regards to readability and the speed in which one can process written information when the person is capable of fluently doing so. Besides, those Kanji have some history on their own, they evolved, having many ways to pronounce them opened up opportunities for a special kind of humor - it's awesome what humans do with language.

Now imagine a world with English and Chinese. Kids might relish. Because, you know, the educated people will speak 2 languages. You could choose to skip on language learning and still rather easily make your way. But with languages gone parts of culture would go away. Text forms go away. Expression in music goes away. I really, really hope humanity, as it stands right now, is capable of preserving at least the "bigger" languages that are still spoken today in the form that they are used today - as living languages.

But .. anyway, take this as some straying to the side in response to another posting in the now already closed "old" forums

Dear UbiSoft team, I wonder what the supported languages will be for the console release in EU / US region. There does not seem to be a way for us to check on this right now, so an answer would be highly appreciated.

@torfinr In old Norse? :3 I guess there might still be a few people out there that studied well enough to be what might be considered fluent. But people for a full voice cast? Would be awesome, but I just can't imagine it :3
However, Norse, Old Norse, is something that might be coming back in some way. Northern mythology and history is and was in focus of the media, of popular movies and series for quiet some time - and is likely to stay this way or even gain in popularity some more.
Meaning: we ain't for knowing what the future holds for us.

@ubi-mullac I do agree, the Japanese interpretation might be rather interesting. Overall, they do astonishing jobs on voice-acting in general, so I am really looking forward to it!

@torfinr In old Norse? :3 I guess there might still be a few people out there that studied well enough to be what might be considered fluent. But people for a full voice cast? Would be awesome, but I just can't imagine it :3
However, Norse, Old Norse, is something that might be coming back in some way. Northern mythology and history is and was in focus of the media, of popular movies and series for quiet some time - and is likely to stay this way or even gain in popularity some more.
Meaning: we ain't for knowing what the future holds for us.

@mshedpotatoes I would assume 30 fps on Stadia. Valhalla I would assume will be a little hungrier then Odyssey. But Stadia seems to be equal in power to XBox One X. That ain't bad. But that still is not next gen power. So unless they give you some more resources to work with, 60 fps on Stadia is unlikely.

@madness3v3 Dunno if it helps, but it seems the new forums started with a pretty active support staff. Maybe those people might help you out?

On topic: for me it would be weird not to have swords. Like unimaginable weird to be honest. The sword is just .. it needs be there. I mean we get the dual wield option. If it is a real AC, the basics should be us wielding swords and daggers at the core of it. With all those "extra" weapons being those that are more (or even less) common in the specific period we find ourselves in. Now that Vikings do plunder, we should use a lot of swords, even those that are in use of the knights. Now when it comes to legendary gear and stuff, here too, we should be getting our hands on some exclusive mythical weapons from Viking legends, but .. there is a lot of legends about knights and their swords too, so they can just go crazy with their mythological (and fictional ^^) weapons. As long, of course, as there is some more weapon classes. Mythic axes 1 to 17 would be .. rather lame :3

Nevertheless, Ubi normally did rather well with weapons and I actually expect them to up there game again with this title. We'll soon see what we got.

@ubi-mullac I do agree, the Japanese interpretation might be rather interesting. Overall, they do astonishing jobs on voice-acting in general, so I am really looking forward to it!

@ubi-mullac Wow, that was one fast reply and I did find what I was looking for - and I am surprised. It tells me that the game does support a lot of extra languages, including Japanese, on the Playstation 5. It does not do so on the Playstation 4. Anyway, I can assume that the store page is correct and that the day I do update the game to Playstation 5, I will have the language support I am looking for (Japanese in my case)?

Dear UbiSoft team, I wonder what the supported languages will be for the console release in EU / US region. There does not seem to be a way for us to check on this right now, so an answer would be highly appreciated.

First: This is a "repost" of a thread that seemed to get in some activity before the original Forums closed. I will post some words in regards to "dying languages" at the end of .. say "the main gist" that I wanted to tell with this posting.

As the title says - I am convinced that UbiSoft games, especially the Assassins Creed series, can be incredible for education. From a historical point of view as well as from a language learners point of view. See, I had the pleasure to enjoy AC:Odyssey on Stadia. All of those accessibility options, everything subtitled, easily readable, very well voiced - really awesome! Now, we are going into a new generation. Stadia .. from a tech point of view, for now at least, seems kinda left behind. So going with my Playstation 4 (soon 5) might be the way to go. However - AC games are known for not supporting various languages in the west, including, but likely not limited to Japanese.

Here I ask myself: Why do this? It might not be too many learners. Or not too many that really are interested in languages other then those they did grow up with. However - and this is me speaking out of experience - the number of people using games as a tool of gaining fluence in language is growing. I dunno by how much, but people get into Korean, Chinese, Japanese, they love the sound of their chosen language, they want to immerse themselves in it as much as possible, so .. why not give them the option? I mean the game already has support for all those languages. So .. why not make them available to people everywhere when those people do want to access those languages?

UbiSoft really does seam to be aware of their games capability of educating in regards to history. But they really, really seem to underestimate their ability to play a big support role in regards to language learning as well.

With this post, I of course am selfish in trying to convince UbiSoft to maybe implement a feature that I would really like. But maybe others do think like me, do see opportunities that come with multiple language supportet? If so, please do comment here, make this a big thread that maybe even gets an official reply. Who knows?

Anyway, thanks for keeping up with me for one longer read and thanks for your comments in advance

So, now for "updating" on the issue of that some languages over time will become extinguished and thus supporting many is not beneficial:
I, honestly, believe in the beauty of different culture, language and aesthetics. Reason is simple: it does enrich and will continue to enrich our lives. Not saying that there not might be some languages disappearing in the future. However, take Valhalla as an example: old Runes, old language concepts, old concepts of belief - this is what peeks peoples interests. Nordic languages themselves have seen quite some rise in popularity. If you don't believe me, just check how university courses on those topics are doing.

And that's not even it. I mean, take Japanese. It is difficult. You can even call the Kanji usage outdated. However, despite it being rather difficult and having what might seem an archaic writing system, it does have a lot of benefits in regards to readability and the speed in which one can process written information when the person is capable of fluently doing so. Besides, those Kanji have some history on their own, they evolved, having many ways to pronounce them opened up opportunities for a special kind of humor - it's awesome what humans do with language.

Now imagine a world with English and Chinese. Kids might relish. Because, you know, the educated people will speak 2 languages. You could choose to skip on language learning and still rather easily make your way. But with languages gone parts of culture would go away. Text forms go away. Expression in music goes away. I really, really hope humanity, as it stands right now, is capable of preserving at least the "bigger" languages that are still spoken today in the form that they are used today - as living languages.

But .. anyway, take this as some straying to the side in response to another posting in the now already closed "old" forums