Weird english

[AshlikeSnow]

Don't really have any cutscenes to point you towards in XII and it's kind of hard to explain without comparing them side to side
but for example a character like Minfillia in the English version she'll constantly say "pray seek" "is aught amiss" "Come for succor" like they're really trying to push that the localization is so flowery and different where as in XII to me the ye olde speak isn't really that heavy and I can read and listen to it naturally without noticing that it is there.

This is all completely subjective of course and that's just how I view it.
I know the cutscene is pretty infamous and I'm going against my opinion but I think the archaic English when speaking to Middy is good localization for that race since they're very ancient, he could be a bit less vauge but overtime I no longer have a problem with the way the dragons speak the way they do.

I completely agree, some of it can just be over the top.

[Yasuhiro]

I completely agree, some of it can just be over the top.

In Koji's defense though (and I'm in full agreement with you btw about the localization.)
He atleast talks to people so what he changes isn't entirely random, there's worse localization companies out there like Nis America who one of their former localizers admitted to just adding text or changing dialouge at his own leisure because he thinks he knows better or just wanted to add something else for spice.

Nis America was what got me to learn Japanese years ago because I was getting a bit sick of finding out that what I was reading wasn't actually what was being said for the most part. So I suppose I'll thank them for that