A Very Regional Review

K, got the WCM DVD, Region 2 - German today. Pretty much a disappontment at the first glance (compared to the US release).

DVD-case is the same as the English version. A bit different size of images and different text. They rather concentrate on advertising it as extension of the game as as a crossover of StarshipTrooper and Top Gun. BTW: German version is FSK-12... So we can see it one year earlier then you :P

Opening the box I noticed the lack of a a booklet. Also immediately a writing error jumped into my eye: "Chapter 5 - The Tigerk Claw" Ah, yeah - well...

The case of the DVD again lies (The english version said that there is French language which isn't) about the content - or I am just to dumb to find them? In case of the R2 DVD they say English and German 5.1 sound. That one is correct. However Subtitles are only in German while they claim English ones. Ditto for the menu. I could only see a German menu, no switch for it. The claimed Widescreen 16:9 also doesn't seem to be present. Only 2,35:1.

But as I said I did only have a first look.

The menu on the DVD is even worse then the English ones. They skipped any animations when switching through the (very few subpages). Also there are no trailers on the German version.

Mmmm, that is pretty much it. Oh, yes. As expected the dubbing is kinda odd. Especially Paladin sounded awful to my eyes. Actually all actors I did hear in a quick glance got too much of mickey mouse voices for me.