Final Fantasy 14 Director Urges Fans To Stop Attacking Voice Actors And Localizers

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Joshua Robertson

Published Sep 2, 2024

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Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has asked fans to "not direct personal attacks" towards Dawntrail's voice actors and localizers.
This comment comes shortly after Wuk Lamat voice actor Sena Bryer explained her role in Dawntrail led to transphobic abuse and death threats.
Yoshida has claimed Bryer and other team members have just been "doing their best to create something" and has condemned the abuse.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 14's Dawntrail expansion has its fair share of critics, with many feeling like the story was too slow, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the Scions were tooܫ insignificanꦏt or unnecessary, and that our Warriors of Light have taken too𓄧 much of a backseat despite their power and importance.

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However, one of the more unsavory topics of debate has 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:revolved around Wuk Lamat, arguably Dawntrail's main character and a real Marmite one at that. Unfortunately, a lot of these debates have devolved into 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:transphobic abuജse directed at🌌 actor Sena Bryer, who recently explained that she has been receiving regular deat𒈔h threats and doxxing threats.

Square Enix itself has remained fairly silent over Wuk Lamat's reception and the resulting abuse experienced by Bryer, but 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has used a recent interℱview with as an opportunity to condemn the abuse experienced𝐆 by the game's voice actors and localizers.

Final Fantasy 14 Director Yoshi-P Condemns Wuk Lamat Voice Actor Abuse

Wuk Lamat riding a ship in a clear sunny day in FF14 Dawntrail

When asked about criticism aimed at the character of Wuk Lamat specifically, Yoshida explains that it's ⛄currently "really difficult" to discern valid criticiඣsms about the game's story and Wuk Lamat, and people who are "just criticizing the character in relation to values." Yoshida then moves onto the abuse experienced by multiple people that worked on Dawntrail, including Bryer, and requests that fans "do not direct personal attacks at them."

"But I would very mu🍸ch like to request something: I 𝓰would really like to ask that people do not direct personal attacks to the voice actors involved in the development and also individual members of the localization team."

Yoshida goes on to say that the people experiencing abuse are just "doing their best to create something which is great for the creative process" and shouldn't be attacked for their work. He then goeಌs into more detail about Wuk Lamat and why he feels the reception has been so controversial, but this small request is the first condemnation we've had from the Final Fantasy 14 team. It's unlikely to help very much, but at least we've now got Yoshida's official stance on the matter.