Games where you learn a language

Games where you start out not knowing a (fictional) language and can slowly learn it as the game progresses. Not necessarily the main focus of the game.

Might write a video essay and/or bachelor's thesis about how this is handled in games so I would love to hear about more examples

Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X
Axiom Verge
Axiom Verge
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King's Quest: Chapter 1 - A Knight to Remember
King's Quest: Chapter 1 - A Knight to Remember
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No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky
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Sethian
Sethian
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Heaven's Vault
Heaven's Vault
7 Days to End with You
7 Days to End with You
Tunic
Tunic
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Chants of Sennaar
Chants of Sennaar

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1 month ago

no man's sky is worth looking into
https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Language

1 month ago

In the first chapter of the King's Quest Reboot, you have to learn a few words and phrases to communicate with a foreign knight.

In Commander Keen III, you find a classroom on the Vorticon homeworld that has a cypher for the alien language you've seen throughout the trilogy, allowing you to translate the messages written everywhere. This one is purely optional.

1 month ago

the previous TES games use fictional alphabets and languages pretty scarcely so it was pretty cool seeing skyrim focusing on that aspect more
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Thu%27um
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Dragon_Shouts

it even has a website dedicated to it!
https://www.thuum.org/

1 month ago

To clarify, I am looking for games that gamify the process of learning the language in some way, not just games that have a conlang that you can learn

1 month ago

@thealexmott damn I came in here thinking I was hot shit with the Commander Keen suggestion and you're already rockin it 🍻

1 month ago

@cowboyjosh if you think I wasn't obsessed with the Vorticon trilogy during the mid-90s, you're sorely mistaken 😎


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