NPC s speak English also in Japanese version

Most of Japanese are not good at hearing English.
But in this game, NPC speaks english only. So we Japanese have to read logs during quests and it disturb to watch movies and enjoy quests.

I think it is one of reason why Japanese players leave this game.
I want to know if you have any opinion why square dosent use Japanese even in Japanese version.

Thank you for reading my poor English,and Thank you for worrying about Earthquake

They speak english in the german version too
Also the text on the maps are in english too (but not latin letters)

oooo i did not know that :O

Well, most final fantasy games is best with japanese speech and english text, but this is an international mmo, most people understand english, but not japanese .. still the game should have been dubbed to all main languages, norwegian being one of them :p

In any version you should be able to change language in FINAL FANTASY XIV Config.

The developers already mentioned that all voice work will be in English to avoid lip sync issues with various languages.

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Originally Posted by Yslir

Most of Japanese are not good at hearing English.
But in this game, NPC speaks english only. So we Japanese have to read logs during quests and it disturb to watch movies and enjoy quests.

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I wouldn't mind to have Japanese speaking but I don't think you should mind to have English speaking.

Maybe it is because in my country, every movie is translated to my language using text only, that I don't think this is a big problem. I can see why they did it this way. Different lip synchronization for Japanese and English + different voice-actor is too big task and slows the development too much. Because it's an international MMO, international language is used.

It may be a problem to Japanese because Square-Enix is a Japanese company, but in the end they still focus for the Japanese playerbase more often than not. Naoki Yoshida speaks directly to the Japanese players, but not English. I am sure the developers also read more Japanese forums than English, and let community representatives translate. I think this is a great advantage to get your voices better heard.

But please do remember, that if Square focus on the Japanese playerbase too much, English speaking playerbase may leave the game. So they try to balance it. I hope I did not offend you with this.

Thank you Betelgeuzah.
Best method for player is that movies are customize for each language ,but I know its difficult for a lot of reason

Good, i reckon all the text should be in english too for all players!

I would not mind Japanese voices by the way, but I am sure there are some English speaking people who do... they are also used to not having to read text I think~. And there are those who just want more movies as fast as possible :D.

They could speak something like latin and have text for English and Japanese :p.

I really didn't knew that, and to be fair, I think it's a bit weird. There aren't that many voiced cutscenes anyways, don't really see much reason to not dub them on all languages.

That's weird. I think the language should japanese if it is sold in Japan, german for Germany. No reason to have it all english

P.S. They are speaking with an England english. Maybe they just wanted to give it an Old English feel like Robin Hood or King Arthur

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Originally Posted by Yslir

Most of Japanese are not good at hearing English.
But in this game, NPC speaks english only. So we Japanese have to read logs during quests and it disturb to watch movies and enjoy quests.

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That is awful... (Not your english. Referring to the NPCs).

If it's any consolation, I don't even think the NPCs are speaking english either. I talk to NPCs in Limsa Lominsa, and I can't understand wtf they are saying. They're all talking like drunken sailors or something.

It would just cost too much to voice it in all 4 languages and theres English speaking players in several regions. The game could do without the voices at all to be honest though.

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Originally Posted by Galamantyl

If it's any consolation, I don't even think the NPCs are speaking english either. I talk to NPCs in Limsa Lominsa, and I can't understand wtf they are saying. They're all talking like drunken sailors or something.

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god I hate those NPCs lol

There was a cool little drawing about Yarrland posted on FFXIVcore, lol