#which sucks because i don't have a playstation to order the games physically direct from japan

[kenzan-kiwami]

tossing under a cut for safety but idk i think people should gripe more openly about how bad the localisation has become recently

spoilers for kiryu's side story (chapter 10)

i don't think these are in order, but i don't really care either, that's not the point i'm trying to make here

if i could be so bold, not a single one of these lines is intelligible out of context. i went into this with my mood soured already because where the FUCK is nagumo i barely remember these guys at all, but as soon as they started talking it was just... huh??? did the people who wrote the english for these lines read any of it out loud before they put it into the game?

there's a lot more than just this example too. i completely understand that the circumstances around cranking out simulreleases might not be great for producing a good localisation, but at this point it hardly feels like an excuse anymore.

an NPC dropping "fucktard" in an optional gaiden substory and the "talking fruits" joke in a MANDATORY substory in infinite wealth are inexcusable in a published seventy dollar video game in 2024.