There's some truth to that... But OTOH
* You have to pay translators
* You can't be sure that they're good

Cost and uncertainty. I've been re-translating here and there for... well, zilch, whereas the devs had paid the original localization (and I won't go into the details or this post is going to become a dictionary of insults).
You can't say you'll find good translators working for cheap or free just by lifting the stone at your feet, unfortunately.
Then, yes, there are devs who aren't interested in that business. At all. Even if it would make perfect sense for them (see Runic).

Then there's the ridiculous kind. See Mojang for the details - where you release your next update when a moron has translated "nether" by "fluffy" in his target language. And I'm not even kidding.

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No idea about Ronimo.
As far as GSB is concerned, to put it bluntly: cliffski doesn't give a hoot.
[URL='http://positech.co.uk/forums/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=6842#p53390']Mandatory post in Positech forums.[/URL]

And you're supposed to put up with that and kindly stfu.

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Jamestown: nope. Never answered my tweet about it either (even though he was active on Twitter at the time I asked)
Frozen Synapse: Red is available (at least on Steam) and can be used in game, just choose the campaign.
SpaceChem: Can't tell, see [URL='http://steamcommunity.com/app/92800/discussions/0/828923952121455084/']this thread[/URL] for extra laughter (or teeth grinding/facepalm/rage/whatever suits your fancy). Noteworthy too: they use a launcher. Nice sh. Forcing apt-get and gksudo down your throat. Checking for debian-specific versions of the dependencies. Way to go...)

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Quoting: "Anon, post: 7435"Actually mods work in Torchlight, but you have to shove them in the data packages right now.

I know that much, I was one of the first to try this method and comment about in in Runic's forums. ;)
Still, the number of mods you can get to run this way is VERY limited. A good 80% of those I tried failed, plain and simple. I couldn't even get the French translation to run - a pity, as I'm pretty sure my daughters would have liked the game, but they're not exactly up to speed with English yet. And boy am I glad I did a backup before every change to the zip file. :/

On feature parity, there's also GSB. Want the DLC? SOL.

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Also, Torchlight and its infamous bugs (and non-support of mods).
Indeed, the level of support is quite... variable. Most unfortunate.

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Didn't have any real problem getting it to work - the only one I ran into was, as often, having to rename the bundled openal to get sound working. Other than that, it runs beautifully, and the game itself is very laid-back and enjoyable.

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Better wait for a patch or three before you buy though. It crashes to desktop after every random event (not too bad as the "continue" function allows you to go on), then crashes to desktop once you get to Pittsburgh. Which is the FIRST town you HAVE to go through apart from D.C., with no way to continue the game.
Fingers crossed for decent support.

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Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 7290, member: 122"I was meaning more in reference to future titles than those two specifically ^_^

Oh. Yep, we'll see. ^^

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Well according to the devs, in the same topic, it is stated that EU4 uses the same engine as CK2. If the latter is ported, chances go up quite a bit that the former will be as well. Though yeah, "confirmed" isn't the word, yet. :)

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Oh crap. Now I *have* to buy EU4 too. xD
More seriously: these guys DO deserve support, even more so now that they're coming to us. Glad I "preordered" Crusader Kings II. :)

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