Localization uses too compicated English

[MistakeNot]

Good day

I have played a lot of games on English, different parts of FF to. I don't remember, that I had any problems of understanding what was written in FF7, FF8, FF9 or FF10. The problem appeared, when I began to play FF12. English is rather complicated there in dialogs, really hard to understand many things. The same problem I have in FF14.

Why localization stuff uses so complicated English, really hard to understand what is written in the dialogs. Don't you understand, that a lot of players don't have as the native language any of the languages the game has as localization?

Dead localization stuff, please, use more simple English in you texts. Thank you

Most of the English in the game is fairly normal English, without anything really hard to understand. There are some cases where certain NPCs use a more archaic variant of English, but again nothing truely difficult to understand.
Yes, people lacking in knowledge of English may find it difficult to comprehend, but they can always view it as an opportunity to improve their lingustic skills.

Personally I like the use of different registers of English depending on the speaker. It adds flavour and gives each of the speakers a little more personality. Making it all simple and easy to understand would just make it blander.

(And in case you were wondering: English is not my native language either, but I have no problem at all understanding the English used in the game.)

[Clethoria]

It's far from complicated. Provided someone passed high school English, it's simply old English and what writer's are supposed to do, express dialect and tone. And if it's not their Native language, te client had other language options last I checked.

Do you think a Mississippi drawl is complicated? Still English, but they're gonna use words not used up north of the US. It's just how people talk.

[PharisHanasaki]

It's far from complicated. Provided someone passed high school English, it's simply old English and what writer's are supposed to do, express dialect and tone. And if it's not their Native language, te client had other language options last I checked.

Do you think a Mississippi drawl is complicated? Still English, but they're gonna use words not used up north of the US. It's just how people talk.

Wow, conceited much?
Did you perhaps miss the fact that there are only 4 languages available on the game client? There's no Spanish, or Portuguese options, or many others like there are in FFXV. There are more native Spanish speakers than there are English ones, mind you. FFXV even had subs available in traditional Spanish and Latin American Spanish. Yes, there are differences.

My first language is Spanish, and I have no trouble understanding or communicating in English whatsoever. However this is not common for most regions in my country. I've invited several friends to play, some of which work remotely for American companies (meaning they are exposed to English almost every single day), and more than one have told me they have trouble understanding the cutscenes without carefully reading the subs. And I only realized how bad it was when I was discussing the story as they progressed, and they told me they couldn't understand part of what was said due to the odd lexicon.

If you are a native English speaker, and this seems 'irrelevant' to you, let me tell you this topic is not for you. More subtitle options would be nice to have.