Wow this is my first post and I actually feel like i’m making a contribution …
OK so I’ve been on the hunt for PT-PT video games and let me tell you IT’S A STRUGGLE …but for you Nintendo Switch owners a mystery point and click game that takes place in Lisbon just came out and has lots of dialogue=)
(Inspector Ze e Robot Palhaco em: Crime no hotel Lisboa)
If you guys know of any other video games please share…I’ve heard the older version of the Sims had PT-PT… Sims 3 I believe .
Welcome, @reggielavince! Definitely a struggle. I guess lots of games have Portuguese translations, but a number of them go for PT-BR rather than PT-PT. Many gamers are comfortable with English anyway and will even choose it over PT-BR.
I played The Sims 3 way back when, but I actually don’t remember if it was PT-PT. Could be… Sorry I can’t help more, I’m hardly a gamer nowadays
Oh my goodness! I have also been on the hunt for the same thing. I was thinking - great idea. Why don’t I find a kids adventure game with dialogue in Portuguese … nope. If they exist it seems near impossible to search for them because surprise surprise all search engines are dominated by Portuguese - BR results.
I tried searching by language in steam, but they have two choices for language search - Portuguese (yes, just portuguese), and Portuguese- Brazil … so you guessed it, if the game has a Brazil Portuguese language option, developers tick both language categories. Oh dear. Out of luck again.
Anyone else had any luck with finding games with PT-PT dialogue or narration? If I find any I will add them to this list.
On Steam (for PC gaming) if you search the Store, there is a search filter that has separate entries for “Portuguese-Portugal” and “Portuguese-Brazil”. I’ve confirmed some games I had on that list did indeed show Portuguese (Eu) as a language option.
I’ve been playing World of Warcraft again (classic is back… couldn’t resist another go…) and have the text set to Portuguese. I know it is PT-BR but I believe it is considered the biggest and best translated game ever for the language.
I’m having to do some work in my head in order to PT-PTify it which I guess is a helpful thing really. But it is mostly the same as a written language. So whilst it’s not strictly what people are looking for, I believe it is useful and has absolutely vast amounts of text to read and vocabulary to learn.