Legitimate Complaint List and Suggestions

[Demme]

As for how long it would take... Really, not long? Having experience with game development myself, I can say that every game is different. I've never worked with something as big or with as much dialogue as final fantasy. But size tends not to make a difference when you need the same few lines of code to handle every line of text in the game, maybe just pasted in a few different areas. It's a computer game, you don't have to go in and rewrite it by hand, or make two versions of every line of text just to add some ***'s - not if you know what you're doing. Do you really think they have a team of devs sitting somewhere, screening every line of player chat and changing swears as they come in? They have a code for that, and I'm pretty sure it would work the very same way to catch profanity in subtitles.

[Ravij]

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Considering that the game has 4 different languages, and a lot of the localization teams are understaffed.. yes.. this will take some time to re-do and re-code. But this game was NOT meant for children under 13, as it seems that is exactly what Boubonic wants to introduce to this game. Honestly his "little sisters, daughters" ect are better off playing Hello Kitty or any of Barbies fantastic adventures.

[Demme]

Again, the code needed to do this could likely be taken pretty much as-is from the chat filters. There would be no additional localization needed, unless they wanted to go crazy and translate all old style slang, and very little new code would actually be written. No, this still wouldn't make the game appropriate for children, but that is largely irrelevant, as WHY Boubonic wants this feature should not be the deciding factor in whether or not it is a reasonable suggestion. You might as well say that player chat does not need a filter because any player old enough to play the game should be mature enough to handle profanity. It's still a matter of player preference.

Skipping that complete generalization of children, for all you know the young family members mentioned aren't CHILDREN, but simply coming from a more reserved background. I would have had the same problem with my cousins, even at 16. The content was fine, but heaven forbid there should be a bad word in a video game...

[Boubonic]

My sister and oldest daughter are over 13, and my youngest is nearly 13. I realize that they hear profanity. I also realize that there are themes too strong for underage children in this game. The people that I would recommend this game to aren't under 13.
Honestly, I'm only really offended by "godsdamned" (this is due to my religion). I know that I can just quit playing, but this game is incredible. I like to share the experience of a great game with the people that I talk to frequently (most of whom share my religion).
I agree with Demme that a filter for NPC dialogue could probably be coded the same as the PC language filter. If this is not the case, then I understand the dev's decision to decline this request. Let them decide, though, instead of making blind assumptions.
I'm going to create a dedicated thread about the profanity filter soon. We've muddied up the OP's post, so I'd like to delete these from here after my thread is up.

[Ravij]

"Godsdamned"

This is why you're starting this campaign for less profanity? Dude.. Godsdamned is plural. This game has MULTIPLE gods. Not just one. They're not using it in vain to YOUR god. They're using it in vain of THEIR gods. GODS. Not GOD. This thread needs to be closed. I don't want to have to put up with RL Religion in comparison to a Fantasy World.

If you make a thread. KEEP RELIGION OUT OF IT. No one wants to put up with RL religion while playing an MMO to GET AWAY from the Real World.