Hello,
I am writing this post to deeply complain about the current, unacceptable state of the Spanish (Spain) localization in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. For a game of this caliber, the translation feels incredibly lazy, unpolished, and completely abandoned. It looks like it was rushed through automated tools or a cheap AI without any human proofreading or testing.
Here are the most glaring issues that ruin the experience for the Spanish community:
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Broken and Outdated Tech Tree (The Korean Issue):
The localization team is completely ignoring balance patches. For example, the Korean tech tree bonuses and descriptions in Spanish are completely outdated compared to the English version. This directly misleads players about how the civilization actually works in the current build. -
Incoherent and Automated Translations:
There is zero consistency. Terms and names are translated differently depending on the screen you are looking at. For instance, the classic and historically accurate Knight line progression from “The Conquerors” (Jinete âž” Caballero âž” PaladĂn) was ruined by a literal, robotic translation that renamed the basic Knight to “Caballero”, creating a redundant and confusing mess. The same happens with trade ships being named “Barca mercante” instead of the proper medieval term “Urca mercante”. Many strings feel like a machine translated them word-for-word without understanding AoE2 gameplay or medieval history. -
Cut-off Texts in the UI (Bad Design):
Because Spanish words are usually longer than English ones, many descriptions and names in the Tech Tree do NOT fit into the user interface boxes. The text is completely cut off, meaning players literally cannot read the full names of upgrades or unique bonuses. The localization team clearly never booted up the game in Spanish to check if the UI scaling actually worked.
As a passionate player, I have been forced to build a massive text mod just to fix all these localization disasters, update the descriptions, and restore a coherent, professional terminology. If the developers or the localization team want, you can use my mod as a guide to easily fix the mistakes and save yourself some work.
The official Spanish translation needs a serious, complete overhaul. We deserve a localization that respects the history of the game, updates alongside the patches, and actually fits inside the screen.
I hope the developers or the localization manager see this and finally take action.
Best regards.