Noun Town Language Learning

I don't know about other languages, but speech recognition for Chinese is ATROCIOUS. I also feel like they got a little too cute with bonus features that don't work super well; IMO only the core vocab mechanic has any value. That said, the vocab you learn in this is essential and you don't usually get it from other study materials, so if you have time to add this as a supplement it's not a bad idea.

Forces me to confront how terrible my pronunciation is and I need that

I think its a fun extra if you are learning a language and you already have some prior knowledge. If you are a total beginner this might not be for you. It just learns you some extra words, if you don't take it to seriously i think it's honestly great. It Helped me learn a few hundred new word, some i already knew. I liked the mini rush game, but the other mini games were meh. it has some bugs, and not all translations are fully correct (for chinese) but i think 99% is good enough. I actually hope they just add 400 more words, cause i have a fun time learning them this way. I bought it on sale, and for 14 euro i'm more than happy.

Good idea, decent execution but at this point it is unforgivaby buggy for such a simple game. A game that is meant to be played in short sessions every day requires 2-3 restarts every other time you start it, usually because you get softlocked in a minigame or (for the syllable input method) the game keeps giving you the same wrong options for each word you're trying to learn. The decoration feature, which sounds like a really fun addition in theory, is poorly implemented at the time of writing. Let's see: upon placement in certain completely normal spots objects get embedded into the ground; their rotation resets when you pick them up, so minute adjustments require you to painfully and very slowly rotate them over and over again; due to the fixed perspective the game sometimes percieves depth incredibly wrong, trying to put an object on a table results in you dropping it from the ceiling in the middle of the room; you can't put objects on the wall that would usually go there (clocks, pictures); the flower gardens get reset between sessions; you can't put fish in the water on the farm level (!); and I am probably forgetting some things. Also, the voice input method is way too strict about pronounciation of specific words, although that problem pervades many other popular learning tools such as duolingo. Some of these are minor nitpicks, but there is enough of them that it makes the game hard to recommend in its current state.

In my opinion, this is a must-have (at least for studying German) if you like the game aspect and want it to actually be useful (unlike Duolingo). The only issue I have is that it doesn't give you the plural forms of German nouns. What you should do is look up the plural for every noun you learn. If you get either the singular or the plural wrong, count that noun as incorrect. I've completed every noun, and I'm right about 80% of the time. At this point, it's especially helpful because it's an SRS system, so I just log on once a day, do my reviews, and get off. It takes me less than 30 minutes, and if I keep doing it every day, I'll eventually recall all of them pretty easily. This has been incredibly helpful for learning German because the articles are so important. Yes, Anki can do all of this, but this is just a more fun and interactive way to learn.

pretty sure yān (chinese for cigarette) is bugged because no matter how many times i pronounce it the game won't register it as correct. super annoying and i know it's not me because it's a one syllable word with a high flat tone. kind of ruined my first impression with the game but i reset and all the rest of the new words it gave me work perfectly fine

麦克风识别反应太慢了，物品识别可以自动归位就好了。大概因为主要是名词的部分，角色人物塑造非常弱。希望之后会有可以更加立体的口语版本，加入更立体人物，丰富角色的文化背景和鲜明的个性。

Been studying Japanese off and on for about 3+ years now and this is probably one of the most fun ways to do. It's also great when I'm at my desk for a few hours, I'd rather hop onto Noun Town than pull out my phone or a book or something. Very rewarding and entertaining to play. Highly recommend for language learners/studiers. Use the free Demo if you wanna try it out, but the full game is great!

I've seen from other reviews that it's not great for tonal languages or non-roman alphabet writing systems. However, I've been using it for italian and it's been great to expand basic vocabulary. As these kinds of games go, you must use them on par with other resources or outside language lessons. It's a vocabulary learning game; however, there are areas of opportunity that the devs should look into in order to add verbs or more complex phrases.