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Lincoln Carpenter

'None of this makes any sense': Amazon's latest MMO import is a localization disaster

A star-born protagonist stares mouth agape in shock at, if I recall correctly, a guy with a sword.

If nothing else, at least Throne and Liberty has two separate sliders for tear duct appearance.

Earlier this week, I joined the thousands of players flocking into Throne and Liberty, Amazon's latest MMO transplant from overseas. Like Lost Ark before it, Throne and Liberty—from Lineage and Guild Wars developer NCSoft—had only gotten a South Korean release, leaving Amazon an opportunity to publish translated rereleases on global markets. I bounced hard off Lost Ark's spotty localization and arcane web of currencies, but thought maybe Amazon Games had learned a lesson in the two years since its last attempt.

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