As a Non-Native English Speaker This Game is the Most Hellish Game I Have Ever Played

[Sicno]

This is all Koji Fox, whom is known to be a big showoff. He cares more about letting anyone know just HOW MUCH English he knows than offering a smooth and understandable experience for the player. He LOVES to show you that obscure word he learned yesterday. All those references to pop culture and whatnot on the names of fates and quests? Again, he wants you to know just HOW MUCH he knows. He also wants you to know that HE INVENTED THE DRAGON LANGUAGE so that gives him almighty power to alter the script of the game from what the scenario writers intended to accomodate his own vision (hello, Midgardsormr). He's the one who originally put a super spoiler on the English title for clearing the patch 3.5 main story because he wants you to know HOW CLEVER he is for making a connection to Coils of Bahamut.

They have explained in the past that localization isn't a direct translation and certain things are modified to account for cultural differences. I understand that, I truly do. But what they do in this game goes in really weird directions that don't adhere to those principles. Localization should be as "invisible" as possible. It's not the place for expressing your own knowledge or "creativity". It's just so the players can understand and enjoy the game. If things make sense and the intent of the original writers are understood and it all feels natural then you're doing a good job. But here things are often unintelligible and you can tell there's a heavy hand influencing things.