Witcher III - English vs Polish
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Do you ever like watching something from its original production? For example, Japanese animation in "Japanese" with English subtitles? The Witcher is originally from Polish folklore. Here is the difference between English and Polish. Big thanks to my compadre and partner in crime, Shinkei Dei, for pointing this out!
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I played my run in polish with eng subs and I loved it.
+thejakeside never heard of the option menu?
Sounds like how I watched the Polish Witcher TV series.
Awesome dude! :D
No, no... please, no. Do not mention TV series. They don't exist. Never been made. What you've seen was just a really bad illusion, induced by heavy food poisoning.
Sooo now u can speak polsih ?:D KURWA :D
polish is just the perfect language for dark medieval witchcraft tales
Well... Polish is a quick language but they are saying it with a slow dark accent (Im polish btw)
Is that a wrong way to speak it?
I mean french also tend to speak fast but I'm the opposite when I speak and it's definitely correct. I suppose that's the same in polish.
+Vyal _ No! its not wrong way, i think he means that polish is ideal for dark witcher's world
Well polish is original
Game was made by PL people
as far as i know polish is a salvic, not a nordic language(iI am polish citizen)
For me polish is the perfect dubbing to the wicher 3 cause it is the original one.
Reality according to Geralt:
"I don't generally poke my nose in other people's business."
Actual reality:
"Except when I do, almost every time."
Yeah, it's one of many Open world RPG charms :D
Jacen Solo p
Actually, it is how Geralt is in the books too. He is always going on, and on, how he doesn't care, is numbed emotionally, and is SO neutral to everything... and then he gets involved, every, single time! Of course, half the time, if not most of it, showing a soft side bites him in the ass. (One might think things don't work out well, because Geralt tries so hard to not care, while he cares too much)
Geralt is generally dragged along to do whatever people want him to in order to get what he wants. He is everyone's busybuddy.
The thing that not everybody knows is that the novel explains why is he having two swords. The both are for monsters, witchers are not expected to fight people. Just different types of monsters need to be treated with different type of steel. The "one is for human" was a folk rumor and prejudice, that Geralt needed to struggle with all the time. If he had to have a fight with human he was always saying "the iron sword is not for humans... it's for monsters, too" (implying his opponent is a monster - a horrible man). So when he says "the one is for humans" to the thugs he is just being sarcastic and implies if they could gently fuck off
Wow, never knew that. That.s pretty cool to know!
There is one thing though that they changed probably for gaming mechanic reasons. While Geralt has two swords in the books as well, he usually only carries one on him and not two on his back like in the games.
yeah if i remember correctly only the steel one. (actually like all witchers in Tw1 except Geralt for some reason)
There is steel and silver sword and if you know the universe and nearly every dialog, then everything in every Witcher game is just obvious to you.
Ah that explain why Geralt fight style is so aggressive. I played Witcher 2 and kinda confuse why Geralt fight style so aggressive... Thx for explanation
I am Czech, and I can't imagine myself ever playing Witcher series in any way other that Polish dub+Czech subs. Both languages are pretty similar so I quickly get the hang of Polish just enough to not have to stare at the sub all the time, and the Czech names for places and items and characters match those from the books, which is a plus as well.
All in all, after the three games, I must say Polish Geralt is THE witcher for me, English one sounds just wrong. Hell, I'd say the whole game voiced in English sounds wrong to me. It seems like it loses some of its atmosphere by bringing in fake English accents. But that's just me.
When i was in Czech Republic i was talking in Polish and everybody understand me when so yes Polish and czech are very simular
Our languages are smilar when i was in Czech Republice i talk with People in polish and they repeat to me in Czech
Depends on what you’re background is. The point of localization is for everything to feel cohesive from the cultural perspective of the people that speak the language or their assumptions about other dialects. So it would make sense most Eastern Europeans would prefer the Polish version over the English version but as an American it is directly the opposite. The grit in Geralt’s voice in the English version makes more sense to me with my background. At the end of the day though it is just preference mixed with whatever bias you accumulated from whichever you first played the game with.
@Qimodis I feel you completely missed my entire point. It’s a shame so many people lack the ability to think in moderate abstraction. Alas, I have no time to argue about something so meaningless with random people on the internet.
I would love to but my brain feels like it's shortcurcuiting when I try. It's like hearing simlish lmao
"Innkeep! Vodka!"
All you need to hear to know this is Polish.
You are wrong xd
fuck you
Karczmarzu! Wódki!
TheBreakingBenny the oryginał version is „Сука Блыат” no „cyka blyat”
@@floki8540 r/iamverysmart
Polish dubbing only! Like russian in metro redux.
My thoughts exactly
You know what, I actually have all the Metro's Redux that I have not played and you gave me a great idea. I would love to hear it in Russian.
I am planning to start this game over again now that I have all the DLC's. I will keep this in mind, thanks mate!
good on ya mate, See im Polish but ive tryed Both versions PL and ENG and i understand english very well but still i prefer PL version its a completely two different worlds. Trust me you`ll be positively surprised (sorry bout my english writtning )
Kinda like S.T.A.L.K.E.R HAVE to be original dubb and lector... all of it combined made Polish version so awesome...
And all the signs and any writting on textures made in Alien Alphabet... that is in Cyryllic... :P
I cannot imagine not knowing the polish version. Rozenek is amazing. And it would be great to hear him from a perspective of someone who doesn't know the language
I agree. That would be an interesting perspective.
I have played the entirety of Witcher 1 and 3 In polish(haven't fully completed 1 yet) and it was amazing, The voice acting is far more colorful in my opinion, and it adds to the atmosphere of the whole world. only thing I prefer from the english dub are the Scottish dwarves. I played with english subtitles, though it isn't perfect and many things are left out, such as cultural context and curse words, and ect. It was still worth it.
@@Jeremiah-h4uand you know the funfact is that our best voice/movie actors were voicing the witcher
many of Poles been growing up with their voices in cartoons for example that also adds a bit of familiarness for us. To be honest i think non polish players lose a bit chunk of atmosphere like for example weeding in hearts of stone - theres many things taken straight from our culture so i guess it could be strange a bit for like players from US for example
@@vadimthedoomer9178 there are few references ın heart of stone ı got, for example the band of cossacks, and the refrences to the movıe potop.
In polish version are used "old" words a lot of them are not used anymore in every day conversations. But in game like this just perfect
w angielskiej wersji masz to samo tylko ze na skellige mowia w jakichs szkockich dialektach a w Polskiej wersji normalnie
w polskim masz jednak duzo wiecej staropolskich slow niz "thy" i "ye", prawie nie do porownania@@vadimthedoomer9178
@@vadimthedoomer9178 Z tym że te różne akcenty angielskie to jak różnice między chłopskim a szlacheckim gadaniem w polskiej wersji. Szkoci brzmią po prostu jak takie proste chłopy, trochę jak Podlasianie w Polsce.
Man i didn't imagine the Polish voice actor sounding so different. Wish to do a second run in Polish but with English subtitles
Its not just sound, its also acting. Polish actors did better job, even in case of simple NPC's you hear an actor - not an NPC. In english, you dont hear any acting most of the time
Did u manage to do that run u mention here?
W naszym ojczystym języku mamy taki plus, że można poczuć klimat prozy Sapkowskiego w innych językach nigdy nie poczujemy takiego klimatu :) Pozdrawiam!
po 3 latach jebac sapkowskiego
ale on zawsze był jebany, tyle tylko że jego książki były i nadal są zajebiste drogi kolego
Sapkowski? To ten co napisał książkę na podstawie gry?
@@patrick-sy9qj wiesz ta gra jest na podstawie ksiazki xD
@@patrick-sy9qj zgadza sie, to ten gość
as a Slovakian, Polish version sounds kinda funny to me, mainly because words they use, we use only in some occasions. Hopefully my northern brothers will forgive. Anyway I must say, that Geralt in Polish sounds way more bad-ass.
When I was in Slovakia your language was funny to me xD Like Czech. They calls "nice girls" "pipeczki posolone" what means in Polsih salty cunties, so XD
No problemo, Czech language sounds funny for most Poles(I don't know about Slovakian though), and besides there are many words in Witcher games that are not really used nowadays too often.
as czech I have no idea what you mean by "pipeczki posolone" , in fact it would be what you wrote: pipeczki = pipečky(no one uses this word tho) /čupky (bitches) posolone = posolené (salty) so I have on idea where did you get this from
polish sounds funny to czech as czech sounds funny for you from poland, for example as I'm aware "szukat" means in polish "looking for something", while in czech its one of the ways to say " fuck "
a třeba "holící strojek" je polsky "kombajn papulowy"
I beg to differ. He sounds bad-ass in English. polish voice is to soft for a man who kills monsters for a living.
The polish version blew my mind, its the best! Playing with english geralt for 100 hours then switching to polish im glad i did. Good job cd projekt red very nice!
Simon Mino he loses all of his charm as polish geralt. So bad.
I Drink Milk what charm? The english one sounds like an emotionless robot. Which he is not.
A Stigma Sinner no he's not an emotionless robot, he is however a lot less sensitive due to the transformation through the trials. This affected emotions. Therefore the English voice fits absolutely perfectly. The perfect blend of sarcasm and monotone.
I Drink Milk I know I read the books, yet I think the polish one fits better, just because the other is way too "batman" wanna be, plus the polish one doesn't sound like any polish speaker it's deeper and more of a monotonous style.
What is up with the stupid batman reference? The English one is really well made and fits Geralt PERFECTLY! As one guy before me said, there is so much charm in the English version. I almost feel like it would be a different game without the English VA.
I just love how foreign it sounds in Polish. I've been playing it with that V.O. since the beginning
This is the most ignorant comment I've ever seen.
g8 b8 m8 i r8 8/8
SarcasticSadist I'm pretty sure a language you don't know will sound foreign to you whether you're ignorant or not, and personally I think playing in polish is more immersive. :)
SuperSpecialChicken it is more immersive
***** The Witcher is a Polish game made by Polish people based on a Polish series of novels. It is safe to assume the game was made with Polish as its first language.
I played polish and English version of Witcher 3, and i have to be honest .... dialogues in this game in Polish is so much better ...... it takes you to the next level of enjoyment ..... i love it
Jacek Rozenek is the definitive Geralt. He's everything the character needs to be. His normal tone is not expansive, but he always avoids to fall flat. He can play hardened, disillusioned veteran. He can play romantic leading man. He can play coolly sarcastic. You can believe bandits crapping and pissing in their pants at the sound of his voice. He can be warm and fatherly (with Ciri), appropriately delicate (if he brings bad news to women), can be awkwardly funny (when he does something he's not suited to- like play hide and seek with children or stage acting). He hits all notes.
Cockle's performance can be described in 3 words: a growling monotone. It may be OK as a standard tough guy voice, but doesn't cover anything else.
Quoted for truth. Have you played all three Witcher games?
Yes, I did play all three games. I still have to play the 2 expansions, though.
Horse, poo. Cockle still displays tons of emotions, this is simply a scene where he's more calm and monotone.
@EdgeOl: That's true. The problem is that Doug Cockle is emotional in 1% of his lines.
EdgeOI
You can not be serious with that. You simply can't. Ever played Hearts of Stone? Remember Dead Man's party? Cockle saying every single line with the same bored, lifeless voice while the entire quest is so full of vibe. Cockle's voice made me want to crawl under a table and die.
As a Polish guy I prefer Polish not because English Geralt sounds like Batman, but because a lot of Polish cultural references are lost in translation.
I also like how the people have different ways to express themselves depending on their social status in Polish, while English has dialects, which is also cool, you couldn't do that in Polish because all of them sound so different from standard Polish since they were heavily influenced by other languages. Plus, I love the usage of Old Polish words in the Polish version :) But English is quite good, too.
Widać że nie polak w to gra, prawdziwy polak by się z nimi napił xD
Geralt z takimi szumowinami nie pił. Kanonicznie jest powiedzieć, żeby się odpierdolili :P
Artur960426 heh w mojej wersji powiedział by spłońcie a potem walnął by im z igni xd
@Zenon Zenkowski szkoda że w 3 nie ma prawie żadnych alkoholowych misji zbiera się te wszystkie wina piwa itd. I nic po nich
@@selkos7235 a impra w kear morhen
@@podroznikzpustkowi4805 napisalem slowo "prawie"
Polski dubbing zdecydowanie najlepszy. Poszukajcie sceny z wilkiem przebranym za babcię, angielska wersja totalnie spaliła cały dowcip. Jedyny plus że postacie w wersji angielskiej mówią w rożnych akcentach _Irlandzi, Szkocki, Gerald oczywiście American English, brytyjski itd. To dodaje smaczku i słychać że postacie są z dalekich stron, dla anglojęzycznych ludzi oczywiście. Ale i tak, duzo tracą w porownaniu z polskim graczem.
I'll do my next gameplay with Polish and with English subtitles...sort of like how we watch animes...its gonna be fun!
I like both voices. I like that low batman-like voice Cockle (English VA) gives Geralt but I don't like that it never changes. After a few hours of listening to it it started to bother me. Rozenek (Polish VA) on the other hand presents much wider, more "humane" spectrum of emotions and tones with his voice.
Cadogantes I really do agree, it gives it some sort of depth. I am just happy that we can enjoy both at any time depending on your liking. I do like the "Batman" reference. Now I picture him with the cape and cowl! :D
Reb00t R0b0t.exe But aren't witchers stripped of their emotions? That would make the English version ironically more cannon then.
Nah, they should be but that was never a case with Geralt. He would be a poor protagonist in the books if he were emotionless. Also I doubt other witchers are "stripped of emotions" anyway
jimmyshousevideos I have not read the books (I wish I had) supposedly gives much more in-depth character details, but due to their profession they are suppose to be cold blooded and not generally stripped of emotion. Geralt has some humanity/personality left in making him stand out from an already dwindling breed. And of course he is the protagonist.
Reb00t R0b0t.exe I haven't read any of the books either, but Geralt himself says several times that the mutations striped him of emotion, even though he definitely shows sadness, joy, anger, etc. at certain moments of the game. I don't know which is true but if he is not supposed to have emotion or at least not able to express them to any extent then the English voice actor does an amazing job of giving him great character while suppressing those emotions.
A little more knowledge for everyone the Polish voice of Gerald is of Jacek Rozenek and in an original first series Michał Żebrowski played as Gerald and had a nice warm voice also so we're very used to it so dont be surprised that English dubbing sounds weird for us :)
i expected that in the polish version they would know why he is having two swords :D
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. O MY GUD?>!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO noice refrence :D
Mieczy u niego dostatek :)
I think he was being sarcastic to the thugs, not literal.
romana in pula mea
Of course sarcastic. He reffers to a rumor, that witchers have two swords. One for monsters and one for humans. The truth is, both are for monsters. One is steel and the other one is silver.
Hard to call which is better. 2 different interpretations of the character. I'm more familiar with the English version. The English voice acting gives us a Geralt who is more world-weary and worn-down, which works. The Polish version gives us a Geralt who is more suave and in his prime, which also works. This really goes to show you the high production value of this game; the developers didn't half-ass anything.
I've never looked at the English version like that before, thinking about it now though that is probably why personally I prefer the English Geralt, he is just too old for this shit now. :D
Vesemir is 400+ years old. Witchers don't die from old age.
That's what I felt.Geralt is just tired of all this shit. He just wants a peaceful life with Yen and Ciri which is why I like his English voice better. He could give less of a crap about others.
Vesemir is around 200 and geralt is "nearly a century" according to vesemir. Witcher do die of old age but its very rare due to their profession, and being hated/feared. Witchers live much longer than humans
Crafty Coin read orginal advance of geralt form sapkowski... This is not fuckin kill mashine... He have mote problems than u thinking of
Polish Geralt is the way to go. English one sounds like he is trying to be Batman...
Prøphet he sounds nothing like batman
Prøphet I agree with the Fresh Prince he sounds nothing like Batman. Not everyone with a gruff voice is batman.
The Polish actor on Geralt also voices the voice of the Batman xD Curiosity
the american voice actors are fucking shit overall, ciris voice actor is also shit
they said inspiration for geralt was clint eastwood
Polish is incredibly subtle and nuanced, every last word has multiple shades of meaning that you just don't get in an English translation (much less a dub). IOt's usually spoken much softer too, making it all the more shocking and abrasive when somebody is loud and speaking informally. It doesn't help that the Polish actors sound like they did their scenes all together, and the English ones sound like they read their lines one by one out of context.
I've had that realisation that dialogue for games is probably performed individually by each voice artist at their home studios, possibly without anyone reading out the other characters' lines.
Naturally the Polish one is a bit more polished (heh), but the English ones are still localized. And Clint Eastwood Geralt probably appeals more to Western audiences than the more down-to-earth Polish variant, even if he does have a nice voice actor.
L337COD4 yeah...i prefer the english ones...(i am "totally not" biased in that way)
the german dubing is awfull imho xD
L337COD4 I just like that the American Geralt doesn't afraid. All of the other ones end up with Geralt sounding like he's afraid he's about to get prison raped. He might sound like " Clint Eastwood" but that's because Geralt should be "all that is man".
L337COD4 LOL, I thought I was the only one who referenced the original gravel voiced one! Yeah, the English version does indeed suck..
As it doesn't appeal to me, as having a North American in a European Medieval setting is just stupid and lazy..
Leap ive only seen one movie with clint eastwood, i forgot what he sounded like, but he probably sounded like a beast
Kezo lastname I completely disagree. But to each their own!
English dub sounds like you're watching game of thrones, while on polish, it sounds more... Real
Only bevan you aren't familiar with the pol language.
@Jimmy Jericho No, he's just saying Polish is a better fit for the slavic-inspired world of The Witcher.
@Jimmy Jericho Just like americans saying that polish sounds bad or that voice actors do not fit. So vice versa. It's funny to me that americans try hard to say what language is better for characters that were present in polish books. They are the last to decide.
Aldy Bandojo That makes no sense
Don't know Polish, but I find it interesting the Polish voice actor sounds normal, but the english voice actor sounds like batman.
Writer Jakub Szamalek on Jacek Rozenek's portrayal of Geralt:
I think that the fact that he's playing the Witcher does influence how
Geralt is received and how he's considered by the players. So absolutely
I do agree that he is taking a part, willingly or not, in creating this
particular character and he's doing a great job. Of course Doug Cockle
is also very good with the English version but Jacek Rozenek is just
amazing in how he plays Geralt and I love his work. What I really like
about it is that Jacek Rozenek has a very deep voice which of course
befits a fantasy hero but there is something, something tender within it
which I think gives a very good impression of Geralt who is of course,
this macho warrior the best sword fighter in the north but he is also a
tender person in a way behind this veneer of machoness I think there is a
very sophisticated and interesting person. I think Jacek's voice gives a
great impression of that in a single world or a single uttering.
My native languages are German and Russian. But I played the game in Polish and I would recommend everyone to do it the same. Never regret it, it makes the whole game more „atmospheric“.
Boi english sounds like that one kid from your school lowering his voice to be cool/badass/edgy
@Cryer24597 Polish sounds generic? Really? While the English one sounds like Clint Eastwood-wannabe? lol
@Cryer24597 I've played the entire game in Polish. IMO it's better in almost every aspect (expect for the fact that English version has accents). Especially Geralt sounds better. Probably because the voice actor acts and shows emotions sometimes (no offense to the English VA, but he's monotone af, and Geralt isn't a generic fantasy action guy).
Baggy Hahaha so true
@Cryer24597 There is no way English Geralt sounds better than Polish Geralt. English Geralt is as if the guy who voiced him had this neck bindings which dogs have to not bite themselves lol, in order to sound deep. Original comment is so right mate lol :D i was thinking the same, english geralt is so empty and after finishing the game (a lot of time in sidequests, too) in Polish with Czech subtitles (as a Czech person) i must say it brought to me much immersion.
To those of you who prefer the "badass" empty Geralt: remember that Geralt was never meant to be a meathead badass. Sapkowski never wanted him to be like that. He's not just a stupid monster slayer, as some people, due to english dabing, think.
So remember that a character doesn't have to sound empty and tough in order for him to be what he is.
And yes, maybe the english version had 10 times larger budget. Maybe it does have larger voiceover cast. But for those of you who haven't tried the polish version, try it. You won't be disapointed. It's much more immersive and realistic
Well, I'm Polish myself and I basiclly grown up listening to the Polish Geralt either in previous games or audiobooks (the kind with actors playing different characters, don't know the English name for it) so I maybe biased, but let me tell you the far far larger number of Polish people that played the game consider the English inferior if not dislike it
The Baron's men sound much better in Polish, in English they sound wayy too civilised and kind for a couple of scumbags, their voices in Polish feel more unpleasant and rude, which feels fitting
I wish I knew Polish. I loved the English voice actors but I'd also like to try Polish version but I am afraid I need to pay attention subtitles and NPC heads all the time.
BTW I read the English translations of the book and I loved it too but people say English translation is nothing compared too original one. I saw the TV series in polish though.
TV Series was low-budget production from 2000. Dont expect anything special :)
DIU3R It wasn't that bad.Some of things were changed from the book which was annoying.
+Aniket Maurya It's big piece of shit. Trzeba przyznać że to gówno.
Aniket Maurya wait for 2k17 Witcher by Tomasz Baginski & Thania st. John. $30M budget, im sure it will be much better
DIU3R That'll be awesome. The Witcher series has so much potential.
The English one is alright i'd say, really well dubbed, but honestly Geralt's voice is better in Polish version, because it's actually realistic, like seriously, i doubt anybody talks like the English Geralt in real life with that sore throat of his whatsoever ;p
+BrianDMS Except Batman maybe :v
I like the english voice of Geralt much more
Jacob Petersson
I do like it too, but it's kinda 'forced' imo, not the way someone would actually speak daily (maybe to intimidate someone, but not to friends etc.)
+BrianDMS well dat english voice makes me moist, but I do agree that polish version has much more dept
+BrianDMS I know a few people
It's funny how inkeeper's voice is also a voice of Polish Gaunter O'Dim.
Who is also polish plankton from spongbob
Polish dubbing is better because there are traditional nomenclatures and old dialects that I do not use today, but they have a great atmosphere
i remember only wanting to test polish out but i god damn a stiffy in my pants when i heard how smooth geralt talks! and every other main character
I play with polish voice and russian text. Sometimes hear words which are also similar in ukrainian or russian. It's pretty cool
Polish Geralt sounds so smooth, whilst the English Geralt sounds more rough and Clint Eastwood-y. Overall, I love them both !!
polish voice of geralt is more badass
Randy Marsh lol not at all
Randy Marsh and the English one is trying to be Batman
Tim Batchelor English version is trying to be badass but it sounds retarded and cringy lol.
Kamil Fajny Doug Cockle did an amazing job
krzyś suswał well I'm not complaining
I played the game in english first and then in polish. Polish version had everyone sounding more alive and less scripted imo. Geralt sounded more intimidating and less monotone in polish and so did all the bad guys, with their swearing and threats.
Polish. It's an acknowledgement to the developers and creator. Same goes for the Metro series.
+Oscar Sunkiss
But Metro is originally in russian ;d
Somehow I knew I was gonna get a comment like this.
Well, when you make a mistake you can expect that someone will correct it
Guess he meant russian for the metro series
Metro books are written by a Russian writer. I actually bought them both from a kiosk in a metro station in Moscow when I was visiting Russia a year before the game was released.
Also the setting is a Russian metro. Russian is the most immersive language for those games.
I just love the real pronunciations of the names in Polish.
Polish dubbing adds that 'je ne sais quoi'... now I can really relate to the women in the story. Geralt is sexy in english, but irresistible in polish!!!
English dubbing is not such emotional as polish
English Geralt sound too much like Batman. As a Pole I'm used to Geralt's original amazing voice and can confirm, He sounds awesome as hell. That tone... Other reasons being that English Geralt sounds... Generic. You know, generic voice of an American tough guy video game protagonist. Like in million other games. But Our Polish Geralt is only one.
I speak both languages fluently and I gotta say is more interesting and funny in polish. It makes watching the dialogs so much better
Russians have Metro. US have Batllefield. Poland have THE WITCHER! The Witcher in Polish language is the best. Even the Geralt vooice is better than ENG and PL give You better feelings playing the game. This is my opinion.
+Lordex Damn bud u rekt him :D
IIGeraltZRiviiII Czekalem na twoja odpowiedz, nie zawiodlem sie :D
MyKasero hahahah :) jasnowidzem jesteś? :)
IIGeraltZRiviiII Zawsze jak napisze coś głupiego dostaje kontrwypowiedź :D
+IIGeraltZRiviiII You forgot...Ukranians have STALKER.
Really shows how much a voice means, Geralt seems like a completely different person with polish voice. The raspy English voice, makes you instantly think (this is Geralt). Might be the same for polish if you played all the games in that language, It just seems so normal to me :D.
It really changes his demeanor drastically and the player has the choice to choose what suits Geralt and their game. Now, I want to jump back in this game again. It has been awhile! :)
@@REBOOTROBOT that's why you always use original. Only original voices are these intended and true ones.
Dubs are always destroying personalities and characterization.
The translation to English really loses half of the originals charm. There's many cultural references (not in this fragment) to Polish music, for example, there's old words that aren't generally used anymore that make it feel this much more medieval. I'm fluent in both languages and in my opinion the polish version is superior.
Im from Poland. So polish is the best language for me. But it sounds better too.
Original is always a way to go.
Holy smokes! Does cd project red animate the lipsyncing for each language!? 😱 That's dedication, it just shows how great a product can be if you put effort into it! Long live cd project red!
Polish: Jestem Geralt
English: I'm batman
They are talking really damn fast sometimes in polish
Happyist after some vodka lips might seems to go faster, than they should, so to speak
It depends on language. We do speak pretty fast in real life, though... So nothing strange about that ;)
Polish dub is just the best one:
Geralt's voice doesn't sound like batman and matches perfectly with the slavic atmosphere of the game
I can actually understand a little bit of it, because I understand Russian :D
Bless you. Im polish, but I never understand Russian xD.
Polish is just perfect for that game.
I'm a Witcher.
Heard you wondering about my pricks. Well, one's for monsters, the other - for humans.
Only got one sword, though. In case you're wondering about that, too.
How do you switch the audio language?
Definetly prefer the polish here. I'm not saying the english dub is bad, but some things are definetly done better by the polish dub. Never was a fan of Geralt's rough voice (i mean, i know he's supposed to be a Witcher who went through a ton of experiments, but still, a lot of characters in media use this type of voice, so i've started to get a bit tired of it by now), plus, the polish is much more immersive (considering The Witcher is based off a series of books originally written in polish by a polish person)
Wiadomo, że Polski lepszy ;)
+KySy_ no przecież :D
+KySy_ polski* :P
Dla mnie zawsze "Polski" :)
KySy_
Ale to błąd ortograficzny :P
Wali mnie to :P
All the people saying Geralt sounds like Batman have clearly never seen or heard any Batman material.
From what (very) little I've seen of "Potop", I imagine Geralt and Pulkovnik Wolodjowsky would get along just fine.
You should see Ogniem i mieczem/With Fire and Sword, the last film of Jerzy Hoffman's Sienkiewicz trilogy: Wolodjowsky is played by Zbigniew Zamachowski (TV Jaskier/Dandelion), the hero Skrzetuski by Michał Żebrowski (TV Geralt) and the villain Bohun is voiced by Jacek Rozenek (games Geralt).
Polish of course, Geralt sounds like a human, not like loud whispering robot.
He sounds like a suburban dad, not a warrior in Polish, you're just used to Polish.
Nah, he sounds just perfect. You are used to english where Geralt is like whispering batman, totally not like in the books where he's more human than a killing machine. Even very bad polish movie had better voiced actor than english dub. Also only polish version gives you a full experience of the witcher and it's climate which is based on polish culture. English is a poor language and it makes simple things like jokes or swearing very dull. It's good for call of duty or battlefield games but not for the witcher.
playing the witcher in english is like watching family guy or south park in polish, this just can't be translated good enough to keep the sense of the original story. You can watch it but you won't understand most of the jokes about american culture and celebrities.
He's not supposed to sound human. read the books.
@@anthonyziello7389 Oh yea and when in the books it says that he sounds like a batman, nobody talks like that not even English VA and grasses or mutagens dont change their voices
The Polish original (I think it's the original dub?) sounds more like realistic conversation, whereas the dub has more of a theatrical quality to it. Both are very good, as to be expected of a game as highly esteemed as this one.
On the Polish version you pay the barman and he says:
"Thank you. Now you give ME vodka!"
Doug Cockle probably thought he was playing a Batman or Big Boss from the MGS...
Always wondered why they chose to make Geralt sound like Batman in english.
Maybe to give him a more "serious" tone. Even though the scar on his face and 2 swords on his back don't look serious enough.
Our Polish original version is better!
I want to learn Polish language, I already know Czech and that's sounds very similar. :3
I'm from Belarus and my mother tongues are Russian and Belarusian, but since 2010, when I played Witcher 1 (with Polish audio + Russian subs) for the first time, the only Witcher's voice for me - it's Jacek Rozenek's voice. Played all three games with Polish audio
Must be awesome being raised with different languages. Might need to hop on the witcher again, it's been a long time.
@@REBOOTROBOT Knowing and Russian, and Belarusian allows me without much efforts understand Ukrainian and Polish, so, yes, it's cool in this situation. And for witcher - I was a big fan of the books and the games for nearly 10 years, but now they became just a pleasant memory from the youth. Your video brings me a nice feeling of nostalgia. Thank you
@@alexm.1818 you're welcome, I'm so happy to hear that and thank you for watching!
English is better because of "Pam po ram pam pam po raam pam po ram"
Polish is much better.
English : ,, give me bottle of something strong ”
Polish ,, give me bottle of PRZEPALANKI ”
To jest super bo w angielskim ma takich rzeczy
English Geralt sounds like that one guy who wants make his voice deeper
Its a matter of being used to the voice so if a brit says "the polish voice doesnt fit geralt" and a pole says "the english version sucks" its only because both of them were already used to the voice that accompanied them throughout the whole game. On my 3rd run I decided to go with english dubbing and when I heard geralt speak polish while watching this video I was quite shocked at how he sounded but got used to it.
I think that Polish is better. I'm slovak and I understand few words. But It's kinda hard to read english subtitles while hearing polosh language. It's kinda disturbing.. But like I said, I like polish one better. Looks like I'll have to settle in polish language
+Filip Kička Our languages have much in common. There are quite a few archaisms in The Witcher books, so obviously CD Projekt RED wanted to stay true to the source material written by Sapkowski. You would understand more, if the script would be entirely in modern Polish.
vojtasjedyny I am pole and I do not understand everything because we do not use anymore those words... but always check meaning in dictionary. I like archaisms... for example zamtuz is whore house (burdel in polish) but zamtuz sounds better to me than burdel :D
I don't understand a word of the Polish - but I have to admit, it fits so much better in this game.
I've not started to play The Witcher with this one, i won't lie, when i first played the trilogy i played the first two games and the 3rd main game using english dub. But since i played Metro 2033 using Russian dub and thought that fits the game much better, i resolved to play The Witcher 3 using the original language.
Since i am a player that always plays on the hardest difficult possible, that made me extend my witcher gameplay for a few hundred hours, cuz the Polish language sound so much better, that i had to restart my whole gameplay from game 1.
I'm glad you had a totally different experience that it motivated you to play so many more hours. That's awesome 👍
english sounds like a drinked batman
I tried playing this game in Polish but I hated how the subtitles work outside of dialogue. I might try again in my 3rd or 4th playthrough when I'm confident that I won't miss anything by playing in Polish.
The Polish version is very good, damn, guess that is another re run for me... fuck... But I've got to admit, I do like the rough n gruff English voice over that Geralt hasin the eng dub version.
English voice acting only got completely good by Witcher 3, the original voice acting has been good ever since 2007.
I like watching original dubbing in things. Because... I can feel exactly what author wanted me to feel. I understand things they wanted to tell, to show. But I don't hate translated dubbings.
I watched things in many ways:
Original, japanese anime. Polish anime... ITALIAN (yep) anime with polish lector ("voice over"... man or woman who read translated text in native language but without native dubbing) etc. So it doesn't matter that much. If I can - I prefer original with subtitles, but I don't need it that much.
Some things I was sentimentaly linked with but original dub changed it. Like Digimon, Sonic X for example. I watched it in polish, but later I've seen original japanese dubbing and it was even better. But there are still few things I don't watch in original... because I don't need this if I have other already.
But some things is better in non-original dubbing. For me Crysis 2 is epic in polish. And I don't want to play in english. But in other games I prefer english over polish. That's soooo complicated.
Studio is polish, I think even if they made polish and english dubbing, still polish will be more original version imo. English dubbing has been made to make game world-wide known. And polish dubbing in Witcher has more atmosphere imo, cause it is abou slavic mythology, so it's not surprising.
chitch 12345 The game is originally made in polish, from which it was translated to english etc. It has many dialogue pieces/ hidden jokes which are only understandable in polish
Like Mvlibu said, it's game based on polish book, based on slavic mythology. It's game created to be polish, no matter what. It's the same when You play game as some adventurer in ancient egypt pyramids. You are sure it's about Egypt. Witcher is thing that is really really polish product. Studio is polish and they made polish/english language so practically polish was either created at the same time, or earlier. It's really about polish folklore and jokes. It's not only about where the game was made - it's about culture, which is the most improtant thing in Witcher.
english=meh here actually, polish witcher sounds like he has balls
+CezCannabis I think you got it the other way round m8...
+CezCannabis yea the thing is witcher dont have balls* hahahaha
*they cant have children
+Mariusz Popiel They do have balls.
The thing is that in this game is a lot of old Polish words, giving me creeps and making good climat, Love it. Its hard to translate it in 100% to english with creating THIS COOL SHIT GUYS
"Przejechać to ja ci mogę pałką po pysku cwaniaku! Wojmir dawaj bierzemy sknerę pieprzonego!"
Agh! I wanted to play my second playthrough in polish but I completely forgot to. Oh well, time to play it a third time now
The dubbing is good but the most authenticity breaking thing for me is that they gave the NPCs UK dialects instead of Slavic ones. I guess it's harder to come by people who do a good Polish accent when you're dubbing in English though. So I understand why the choice was made.
Polish always better.
the german dub is also fantastic btw and fits well
+HDStreichholz I bet it is! I am trying it next, with Blood and Wine.
I think it fits perfectly with nilfgaardian
huehuehue
Lynks62 sound more like latin to me, but then again, german and latin pronunciation are very similar imo
+HDStreichholz Well, Nilfgaardian also skelligean(ish?) are more like a dialects of Elder Speech and the speech is kinda mix of latin and english which souppose to look like celtic.
So nilfgardian is that with german and dutch threw into it.
it's seriously amazing. Better than the english version in my opinion.
Hmm... Love both voices tbh. Might be a little too dark in English, but it's grown on me.
one of the few pieces of media that i wish had the sub vs dub wars
Polish makes it sound more awesome. English makes it feel like GoT
Polish language is better.
Oczywiście :)
Oskar Marek Każdy to wie! :D
Oskar Marek Wiadomo :)
SeGram Nie ma to jak polski, co? :D
1AiCosplay Nie wyobrażam sobie innego Geralta :D Ogólnie język polski jest piękny :)
English-Batman
Polish-Kratos
Polish-Kratos? That's a really high bar, but I like it! 👍
English don't have "kurwa" that is the strongest argument.
In English you don't have old fashioned language (i don't know is that correct).
Maybe the closest is "old English", but I know what you mean.
@@REBOOTROBOT yeah probably i mean old English.
Eng Geralt sound like he can't breath good
The Witcher in Polish has such a soothing voice...I'm tempted to say Polish is the French of the Slavic Languages. Not I haven't heard soothing Russophone voices (Da Voile).
Polish Geralt always a bit more dangerous sounds yet nuanced and subtle but I honestly like both versions.
I just grew too familiar to the English version of Gerald over the years but the polish version is amazing. I played it in German the first time (I am German), then in English in New Game plus and afterwards the whole game plus the DLCs in Polish. They did a very good job in finding good voice actors. Usually, there are often big issues regarding side characters aso - not here. With Kingdom Come Deliverance and the Witcher 3 even though Rockstars Red Dead 2 is obviously great as well, the eastern European companies are really leading the RPG market and have becoming examples, not only for great games but also for honesty - a rare trade these days.
I adore Geralt's voice from Russia!
But effects are bad