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What will your reaction be when Dragon Quest XII gets revealed with a silent protagonist again?
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My reaction would be a slow, zooming camera pan into my plain unchanging face. Much like the DQ11 protagonist when life changing revelations about him are discovered.
I generally don't really care, but if the protag is silent don't also make the blank nothing character itself pivotal to the plot/lore.
I generally don't really care, but if the protag is silent don't also make the blank nothing character itself pivotal to the plot/lore.
I dont view Doom and Metroid as story/character "driven" games. Elden Ring is kinda, I dont know, I dont appreciate FS's storytelling so whatever. I didnt finish HK so I cant speak about that but Totk and BotW suffer a lot in this regard. Seeing zelda being emotional and talking about some serious stuff while Link just stays therr like a frozen cold plank is just weird.
Oh, and Dead Space remake is so much better in story and character segments just because MC now speaks.
So in my eyes, the point still stands, although I will aknowledge that there are some exceptions where silent protag can work and did work.
My main point is, why are we thinking that talking MC cannot make the game better?
I hope the developers do what they think will make the best game. Whether that is another silent protagonist or not.
I mean I wouldn't be happy, no, but I also wouldn't be surprised. It's a series staple despite how little I like it. It actively made the last one a worse game, I'll never forget one of the scenes where an important character died, and you have the MC just being gormless. Completely took me out of it.
At the very least they should make it customisable if they're going to force a silent protagonist. You can't argue it's meant to be a self insert if you won't even let people choose lol.
At the very least they should make it customisable if they're going to force a silent protagonist. You can't argue it's meant to be a self insert if you won't even let people choose lol.
I will be indifferent. I don't like silent protagonists, but they aren't a deal breaker. Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all time... So, I can deal.
Wut, where does Gordon Freeman land on this scale and what even is this scale
I think Link and the Joker are interesting bc Link has expressive faces, yelps, has moments of goofiness. Joker gets some funny dialog options, and when he's in his masked mode he's kind of maniacal. They may not do much talking, and their personalities are limited enough that they can still be projected on, but they are at least amusing or interesting when their small moments of characterization do come out.
DQ11 protag just kind of stands around. I don't remember him doing anything other than just being someone who gets talked at. (But then, I dropped DQ11 so maybe I missed when he started acting with any kind of charm.)
I've never played Half Life so idk about Freeman. I have played Portal 1 and 2 though, so if Chel is anything like Freeman then I'd say they're boring/not interesting either. Chel is just a vehicle for moving around to do the puzzles and direct the player to the actual characters in that game. But I don't mind that in first person games. That's just a me thing.
I will literally only play it if it does have a silent protagonist. Silent protagonists are incredibly powerful for player interpretation of events, even just how your inner voice reads text immerses you more into the game than shutting your brain off and letting a voice actor read the script to you.
Maybe we need to define what a silent protagonist is but imo BG3 is far from silent. Character has a million things to say.
DQ / Zelda are examples of a silent protagonist. Because they're actually silent. And I generally agree that having them be soulless dolls in cutscenes sucks. Doesn't work in modern games.
DQ / Zelda are examples of a silent protagonist. Because they're actually silent. And I generally agree that having them be soulless dolls in cutscenes sucks. Doesn't work in modern games.
Not a fan of japanese style silent MC (Persona, Dragon Quest) but I am fine with western style ones where you are basically the one talking.
It's so weird to see these characters in Persona get attached to a Person with the charisma and presence of wet cardboard, going so far as to make you their leader. It's just weird. (I love Persona games, though.)
I prefer the cast to be full of unique characters as you can find in the Tales of games.
It's so weird to see these characters in Persona get attached to a Person with the charisma and presence of wet cardboard, going so far as to make you their leader. It's just weird. (I love Persona games, though.)
I prefer the cast to be full of unique characters as you can find in the Tales of games.
I will feel absolute indifference one way or the other. The team's creative desires matter most!
As long as he doesn't look fuckin stupid like the Luminary, I could care less whether he is silent.
Or she, that would be cool too.
Or she, that would be cool too.
I will not care. Silent protagonists in today's world honestly have a charm to them voiced ones have.
This is pretty much my only issue with silent protagonists. Let them react to things, let them have emotions. The soulless puppet stands out like a sore thumb with modern graphics.There are silent protagonists, and then there are moments like this:(take a look at Eleven's non-reaction here).- YouTube
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You should make silent protags at least a bit expressive, even Pokemon got the message after Sun and Moon.
But that's such bullshit (according to OP).
Honestly I'm starting to think some people just don't have an inner voice.
Turns out there actually are lizard people living among us, they just don't have an inner dialogue.