Regarding language, how updated will the human language be? Will there be slang that we'll have to get to grips with to follow a conversation with NPCs? Even Old English here on Earth was much different a thousand years ago than it is now, so 900 years in the future, does human language change much?asked by Freebase

I mean, we have the Cathcart slang, the sort of pirate cant type thing. I've sort of kept it somewhat similar, just because it's easier to write, and it can get a little obtuse if you need a dictionary to understand what a person's saying to you. And also, it gets trickier once localization comes into the picture. I don't even know how we handle that type of stuff.

Yeah, it's the same way that movies will often have characters that should be speaking a foreign language just speak with an accent instead, because of having to deal with an audience understanding the material. I think a recent example is The Witch, which was trying to be historically accurate as much as possible, but even their Old English isn't really Old English, because no one would be able to understand it. So for that sake, we've been going lighter on it and just sprinkling in new terms when needed. Booty Call has probably been one of the heaviest on slang. Between that and StarWatch, which is using all the pop culture slang, we've been introducing new words. Everyone loves 'blading'. Cargo Olympics.