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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish51•1 month agoI’d be very surprised if it didn’t contain any anti-Russian sentiments.
minus-squareRandomStickmanlinkfedilink18•1 month agoIIRC they removed the Russian VO and changed the English name’s spelling from Chernobyl, based on the Russian spelling, to Chornobyl
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month agoI’ve heard that too. But I bet there’s going to be much more than that.
minus-squareCarllinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoChernobyl is in Ukraine. Why not get a Ukrainian Voice actor?
minus-squaresunzu2linkfedilink17•1 month agoclown regime in moscow had a lot to do with the failed handling of the original “accident” mocking them should write itself lol
minus-square@RightHandOfIkaroslinkEnglish1•edit-21 month agoYeah, weren’t the bad guys in the original games Russian?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 month agoNo. One of the enemy factions was the military, which definitely were Ukrainians.
minus-square@RightHandOfIkaroslinkEnglish1•1 month agoI could have sworn the hostile scavenger type of characters were Russians, I guess I understood that incorrectly. Its been at least 10 years since I played the originals, so maybe I just misremembered it.
I’d be very surprised if it didn’t contain any anti-Russian sentiments.
IIRC they removed the Russian VO and changed the English name’s spelling from Chernobyl, based on the Russian spelling, to Chornobyl
I’ve heard that too. But I bet there’s going to be much more than that.
VO?
Voice Overs.
Chernobyl is in Ukraine. Why not get a Ukrainian Voice actor?
clown regime in moscow had a lot to do with the failed handling of the original “accident”
mocking them should write itself lol
Yeah, weren’t the bad guys in the original games Russian?
No. One of the enemy factions was the military, which definitely were Ukrainians.
I could have sworn the hostile scavenger type of characters were Russians, I guess I understood that incorrectly. Its been at least 10 years since I played the originals, so maybe I just misremembered it.