(06-08-2015, 07:10 PM)hauntmedoitagain Wrote: Localization should not and does not have creative input on a video game whatsoever. It's the equivalent to asking someone in accounting for an opinion on a movie's theme over the director or scriptwriter. Simply put, it's irrelevant. Their job is to translate things and nothing more.
Honestly, the real insult is thinking someone 'down the hall' has a real say on the matter, especially when it's not revealed in any official manner. Someone's personal blog is not a legitimate source rather you agree or not.
Basically what folks are saying is, unlike most localization teams, the FFXIV localization teams are involved right from the get go of the writing, before it is even finished. They are allowed and often do step in to collaborate on what is written together. The localization and original story writing is a team effort and not something that is done entirely by the Japanese writers and then passed off to other languages.
