Interesting, is there a guide for the scenes here somewhere?
why would you need a guide? it's still pretty much the same game. it's kind of hard to describe what's different without seeing everything in both games, but here is what changes in the original version that i'm 100% certain of (because it's what i saw in sgt_bilko's version that made me want to find the original version):
1. menus in the city, lailaps are fully translated into english (they're still in japanese in other version)
2. more levels (only checked like two) are fully translated into english (they're still in japanese in other version)
3. the voiceovers during grab scenes are much simpler and less "extreme" (they're way more intense in other version)
i can't say if that's it or if there are a hundred more, but i'm too busy to find out anytime soon. i mostly just wanted everything translated because i'm an idiot and the type of person owns an industrial label maker so that i can print individual labels for the different types of screws for my motorcycle. i need to have the game fully translated, even if i don't plan to play it, or i will literally die
Wait you say there are mods for HotB or just said to make it clear. Am I missing something?
Sorry Im a big fan of the game actually I like a bit better the protagonist in that one.
sgt_bilko's version isn't the original version. my guess is that at some point, somebody somewhere mixed up their modded, partially translated version with the unmodded, fully translated original version; over the years, that version proliferated and became the "main version" everybody passed around on the internet, at least in the west. so the version i posted is the original version i downloaded directly from the official .jp website, plus the three combined english translations i found on ULMF.
sgt_bilko still deserves a god damned medal for single-handedly maintaining one of the only installation files easily obtainable by people who live in the west. i just found it funny that literally zero western players have downloaded the game from the official site in so long that nobody noticed our version was different. which makes sense, because we always pass games amongst ourselves since none of us casually wanders around on .jp sites when you can just find it on english forums like these