“We sourced a list of words from a third party company which included words for multiple languages that would not likely come up during gameplay, as game chat is primarily intended to be used for team coordination. We are currently in the process of revising the censored word list and making changes in real time,” they added.
This case is more understandable. They essentially contracted for a list of "bad words" in a language they didn't speak for the chat filter. I'm sure the game played fine.
If I were a dev and made this same mistake, I could play test the absolute shit out of it without realizing that someone added something controversial in the German word filters. Is a "Merkel" a political leader or a depraved sex act? I certainly don't know; could be either. The only way this particular one gets caught is if you proofread the entire filter list with the awareness of every language it covers.
My problem is that this third-party clearly sucks at their job and should be avoided, but protecting their identity lets them fuck up other studios' projects. There is a severe lack of accountability in business-to-business relationships because no one wants to say, "these guys are 0/5 star, don't ever hire," because they think it makes them look hard to work with.
Really it's every other review of this game that makes me doubtful. Mainly that the mech stuff and customization is surface level. Sounds like it's just an objective shooter with a robust monetization system.
That's fair. Now name the third party.
This case is more understandable. They essentially contracted for a list of "bad words" in a language they didn't speak for the chat filter. I'm sure the game played fine.
If I were a dev and made this same mistake, I could play test the absolute shit out of it without realizing that someone added something controversial in the German word filters. Is a "Merkel" a political leader or a depraved sex act? I certainly don't know; could be either. The only way this particular one gets caught is if you proofread the entire filter list with the awareness of every language it covers.
My problem is that this third-party clearly sucks at their job and should be avoided, but protecting their identity lets them fuck up other studios' projects. There is a severe lack of accountability in business-to-business relationships because no one wants to say, "these guys are 0/5 star, don't ever hire," because they think it makes them look hard to work with.
Really it's every other review of this game that makes me doubtful. Mainly that the mech stuff and customization is surface level. Sounds like it's just an objective shooter with a robust monetization system.