Considering the devs couldn't even finish the game how they wanted to, imagine how little time and budget was even given to the localization team, yeah.
Xenogears: Perfect Works is a collaborative project aiming to make Xenogears a more complete experience
I wonder how 'complete' they can make it. Yeah i heard 1/2 to 3/4 they ran out of time/money and just had placeholder images instead of animations and sections.