Wizardry VII: Guardia no Houju English translation
ウィザードリィVII ガーディアの宝珠 · Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant · Wizardry VII: The Jewel of Guardia
Gertius brings the Japan-only PlayStation version of Wizardry VII into English by fitting the PC original's text into the console game, 29 years after its release.
What's translated
Rather than translating from scratch, Gertius took the text of the English PC release and matched it to the PlayStation version: menus and interface graphics, descriptions of the world and NPC conversations are all in English. Some lines were shortened to fit the console's text boxes and space.
Why play this version
The PlayStation port isn't a straight copy of the PC game. It has its own cinematics, graphics and music, monsters shown as 3D models, anime portraits for your party, a full-screen 3D view and controls built for a gamepad. Spells, mantras and replies are picked from menus, so there's no typing.
Known issues
The game was tested through to an ending, but not every quest branch. The README lists a few rough spots: a handful of lines that overflow or show an empty box, a garbled weapon stat in the item screen, most signs and plaques shown as plain text boxes, and some menus that only fit two or three letters (the included manual explains them). Saving often is recommended.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese PlayStation disc, following the README in Gertius' GitHub repository, which also holds the project's tools and translation files.