A more compelling opponent to go against "You Defeated" in the next round:

I preferred Victory Achieved. It almost sounds Japanese and broken with an attempt at being "gentlemanly".

I hope Dark Souls 2 keeps the 'YOU DEFEATED' screen. That is the best.

I'm playing the Prepare to Die Edition on PS3, and what comes up there is Victory Achieved. Even though it has the DLC included on disc, and cost only as much as a third of a full-priced game, I feel like I've been robbed.

YOU DIED... i mean YOU DEFEATED.

I'm more of a You Defeated man. Engrish makes it more memorable and charming.

"YOU DEFEATED" is easily the winner. Its right up there with, "A WINNER IS YOU".

YOU DEFEATED. Man what a relief it was to see those words across the screen.

I mean they're both kind of dumb so I like the way that "YOU DEFEATED" really leans into it.

YOU DEFEATED

it's the only real option.

I'd accept this as a replacement. YOU DEFEATED is still king though

@ch3burashka:

Nailed it.

I'm not only replying to you but I don't see why it's considered such horrible English. It's really just an incomplete sentence: You Defeated [the Demon].

Right. "You Defeated" is perfectly valid Japanese, too, since the object of the sentence is easily implied from context. Whoever was translating made the correct translation, they just failed to make the object explicit. Something like "You're Winner" is worse because someone made the translation and then decided to get fancy with the contractions without understanding them.

I'm surprised you even had to ask.

That said, it's no

You Defeated is dumb. It's the dumbest.

Always Engrish.

YOU DEFEATED, like any sane person would.

@gaspower said:

A more compelling opponent to go against "You Defeated" in the next round:

Yeah, that's the only true answer.

YOU DEFEATED feels like the spiritual successor to YOU'RE WINNER.

So yeah, YOU DEFEATED wins every time.

YOU DEFEATED was so good. I really wish they didn't change it. Oh well, hopefully you defeated comes back in Dark Souls 2.

I hope it gets even more broken in the sequel, like it just says "AWESOME" or something when you beat a boss.

WRECKED THAT FOOL is the ideal message, but YOU DEFEATED is good too.

YOU DEFEATED to the point of just plain modding it back into the game.

YOU DEFEATED!

It's clearly the best of the two.

You defeated is more good old Japanese

"You Defeated" is far superior to "Victory Achieved." The latter sounds so lifeless. I also have a hard time imagining anyone in a medieval setting ever using that phrase themselves; it seems more like a phrase you'd hear in some future militaristic setting.

I think this should be the next iteration of the victory tagline.

Both localization teams should feel ashamed!

I prefer "VICTOLY!!" à la Samurai Shodown.

Come to think of it, I don't like either. I don't need to be congratulated. I'm gonna see if I can disable the messages with a mod.

I haven't spent much time in the series either. I saw your argument and was instantly won over. You Defeated wins.