They could've done worse...
Unfortunately, that phrase is almost universally applicable, and softens a blow about as much as a dry palm leaf.
Consider this:
They could have just taken the AGTP translation and switched a few words out using a thesaurus.
But, they could've done worse.
They could've run the whole thing through Google Translate and then given up.
Well, they could've done worse.
They could've run the whole thing through
Bing Translator.
*
shudders* ... but they could've done worse...
They could've not even translated the game at all!
They could've done worse...
They could've taken every second word from the original the text and replaced it with an English racial slur.
They could've done worse...
They could've made every textbox crash the game with invalid characters.
They could've done worse...
They
could've reprogrammed the message boxes to format your hard-drive and install a new operating system that tells you to learn Japanese, and then boot loops.
They could've done worse...
They
could've used fluffy yet engaging dialogue to
divert you from your computer being
hijacked by the game to be part of a
bot-net sending messages to
Kim Jong-un that instiagate a
missile launch resulting in world destruction.
Yeah but they could've done worse.