- Nov 20, 2018
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I would agree overall, but there are some incongruities that bug me a little bit. I get that English isn't their native language (other than maybe their translator or something), but take June, for example. They have her using terms like cringe and no cap while also saying things like "It's not that I am used to visiting such places..." I highly doubt someone using Gen-Z slang would also use such in this situation; even using "I am" instead of a contraction seems unlikely for speech. In writing it's fine, but dialogue should reflect spoken words, which would almost for sure be contracted by someone like June.
I guess for me, although it's a much harder aspect of writing to master than others, character voice should be more distinct and not only receive a sprinkling of modern slang. There's enough that's distinct to the writing / translation that having it spread across everyone makes them feel a bit samey, like the way "huh?" is used at the end of many sentences by most of the characters. I realize I'm nitpicking, but it's a bit more starkly done in this game than in a lot of others, so I notice it much more here.
