Summary
The profanity filter for the Xbox client ofFinal Fantasy 14is going a bit overboard, censoring bizarre phrases and letter combinations in its chat interface. This is causing parts of otherwise innocuous words to be censored, even if they are across multiple words or a part of automatically-generated emote text inFinal Fantasy 14.
After years of waiting,Final Fantasy 14has finally been made available on Xbox Series X|S. Though it took more than a decade, the critically-acclaimed MMORPG has thrown wide the gates to a whole new community of players in doing so.
However, it seems these XboxFinal Fantasy 14fans are encountering some big problems on the new platform. The automated Xbox profanity filter is falsely flagging parts of words inFinal Fantasy 14, replacing them with a series of question marks instead. Sequences of letters like “f up,” “std,” and other curses, slurs, and other words Xbox deems inappropriate are being censored in innocent phrases – even within system-generated emote text or across multiple words. “Yourself up,” “knight,” “harvest dance,” and even “class” are among the affected phrases, all of which appear in thestory ofFinal Fantasy 14frequently.
Xbox Censors Bizarre Words in Final Fantasy 14
Final Fantasy 14has its own word filter that can be turned on or off, but the automated Xbox profanity system cannot be fully disabled. This not only leads to frustrating gaps in communication as players are forced to figure out what erroneously-censored words are, but also breaks immersion in the process. It is possible Xbox could fix its over-active profanity filter in the MMO in the future, but it has shown no indication of doing so yet, soFinal Fantasy 14fans will have to deal with the disruptionindefinitely.
This isn’t the only frustrationFF14fans on Xbox have experienced. SomeFinal Fantasy 14players have had their Xbox accounts bannedfor trying to recruit others to their free companies after being falsely accused of solicitation. Like the profanity filter, these bans are on Microsoft’s hands, soFinal Fantasy 14can do little about it.
Hopefully, Microsoft can iron out these bumps in its Xbox client beforeDawntrailarrives. Thenext expansion forFinal Fantasy 14launches on July 2, with early access beginning on June 28.Dawntrailwill be the first new expansion to release on Xbox, so it will be up to Microsoft as much as Square Enix to ensure the big update launches with as few disruptions to the player experience as possible.
Final Fantasy 14 (2010)
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