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Message: [QUOTE="gmatrg, post: 217172, member: 133166"] There's was a [URL='https://twitter.com/suprise_news/status/833844342368378880']tweet[/URL] that showcased the poor localization choices, but it no longer seems to be available [EDIT: It has been [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20211019202818/https://twitter.com/suprise_news/status/833844342368378880']archived[/URL]]. Thankfully, screenshots of the offending material made it into an article on [URL='https://legendsoflocalization.com/galleries/political-references/']Legend of Localization[/URL]. I understand that "politics" has become a particularly contentious term to throw around in general, the world of video games at large, and has even seeped into the inner circle of fan translations, but this is just about the clearest example around of someone inserting their personal political views into something, and came at the expense of the original developer meaning and the game's tone. WildBill is credited with editing the script and did more than just rework jokes and references in the original script unlikely to land with a Western audience. He altered the game's setting and dialog to expound his own personal political ideology with little-to-no regard for the actual content he was dealing with. The setting was changed to be explicitly monotheistic, with the characters now worshiping what is implied to be the Christian God. NPC dialog was scrapped in favor of making frequent jokes about government run healthcare. Actual main story dialog was altered to have villains make references to the evils of communism and the ACLU. There are no parallels or hints of this stuff in the original game, it's a pure invention of WildBill, and if you go looking around certain forums you will find people complaining that this sort of thing was done to other games he worked on, this one is simply where he did it the most. Somebody taking a look at the actual script and making a restoration patch would be a godsend for this game, and boon for many others. [/QUOTE]

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