Player vs Environment (PVE)

French translation: Player vs Environment (PVE)

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English term or phrase: Player vs Environment (PVE)
Definition from Cyber Definitions:
PVE is an abbreviation used in online gaming with the meaning "Player Versus Environment". PVE games require players to fight computer-generated monsters or enemies, as opposed to fighting other human players.

Example sentence(s):
  • Selecting the right type of combat for you depends on whether you prefer a more aggressive PvP setting, where everyone can potentially attack you, or a more relaxed PvE experience that lets you cooperate with others against the evil AI. Plarium
  • Back in the day, prior to the invention of the internet – yes, such times did exist – most gaming was PvE (or story-mode) as standard. Of course, the stories weren’t as fleshed out and complex as they are today, usually along the line of “plumber must save kidnapped princess” or “shoot the invading aliens”, but they were great fun nonetheless. PCZone
  • Much of PvE is something that players can learn and calculate. Many people love the fact that things might not ever change but because of that they can constantly fine tune their skills because of the lack of variance. Game Skinny
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French translation:Player vs Environment (PVE)
Definition:
All French gamers definitely know what PVE means and use the English abbreviation.

In most video games, you speak in French of PVE when you fight against AI (i.e. often against monsters, or in dungeons or quests etc.) and of PVP (Player vs player) when you fight against other gamers.
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5 +3Player vs Environment (PVE)
Antoine Wicquart
3Joueur contre environnement (PVE)
Renvi Ulrich


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Joueur contre environnement (PVE)


Definition from Wikipedia:
Le joueur contre l'environnement (PvE) est un sigle issu de l'anglais (Player versus Environment) et lié aux jeux de rôle. Il s'oppose au concept de joueur contre joueur, ou PvP(Player versus Player).

Example sentence(s):
  • Le PvE est un style de jeu commun à tous les jeux de rôle - Wikipedia  
Renvi Ulrich
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Player vs Environment (PVE)


Definition from own experience or research:
All French gamers definitely know what PVE means and use the English abbreviation.

In most video games, you speak in French of PVE when you fight against AI (i.e. often against monsters, or in dungeons or quests etc.) and of PVP (Player vs player) when you fight against other gamers.

Example sentence(s):
  • "Durant la totalité de l'événement Insurrection, Overwatch vous propose de revivre une des plus importantes missions de l'organisation au travers d'un mode PvE jouable de deux façons différentes : Roleplay ou non." - Millenium (popular French e-sport brand)  
  • "Dans la même veine, vous comprendrez la signification de PvE, qui signifie "Player versus Environment", traduction de "joueur contre environnement". Cela s'applique lorsque le joueur lutte contre l'environnement contrôlé par le serveur comme c'est le cas lors d'un combat contre des monstres, des résolutions de quêtes, l'exploration de donjons, etc." - Melty, l'encyclopédie du gamer  

Explanation:
In some games, you might just speak of "PVM" (Player vs Monster). PVM can be used as a synonym of PVE, even if its definition is somewhat more restrictive (as it should in theory only refer to fights against monsters...).

E.g. the term "PVM" is commonly accepted in the French MMORPG "Dofus" community. People usually don't use the term "PVE" in that game. But I'd say from my experience that it is an exception.
Antoine Wicquart
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