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Super Best Friends Thread 13: "The Storm Has Come And So Have I" 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

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skLaFarebear

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Maragidyne said:
Git gud at immersion. I don't find it too difficult to ignore that fact and enjoy the game normally.
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Mrgoodwil said:
It doesn't interrupt my immersion at all. I get why people think a randomly mute character is dumb, but I think it's just fine. It's a very simple way to write, but it doesn't bother me.
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I just think its more immersive when the MC actually talks and has a name. So you know, no awkward silences and you don't forget that the MC is actually on screen. I can still be immersed in the game, depending on what kind of game it is, but when the MC is the only one just not talking, especially with voice acting. Its just so weird.

360pages said:
It works in Dragon Quest...the only game I feel it falls flat is DQ9 (Ironically since it's the only game that lets you change your appearance) mostly because all of your party is also create a character.

Hell, the EO series, your entire party is create a characters.
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Well EO it works because there's barely any dialogue in those games compared to most JRPGs. Never played DQ, so I have no idea how it works.
 
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GlassEmpires

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skLaFarebear said:
I don't really play games with an imagination. If I'm getting a heavy amount of dialogue it just seems weird to have a long awkward silence when the MC is just standing there silenty and no one is referring to him by name. It makes them feel like third wheel of the party.
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Yeah, the steering wheel.
 
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Jman014

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DoktorEvil said:
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"Whatever"

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(I hope Care Bear won't be mad at me later. I have stuff to do like save the world.)



He's the worst kind of silent protag, because we know what he looks like and we have background info on him, but we're supposed to be him and do all of these action movie things?
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What are you, the Avatar?
 
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RecursiveFault

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skLaFarebear said:
I just think its more immersive when the MC actually talks and has a name. So you know, no awkward silences and you don't forget that the MC is actually on screen. I can still be immersed in the game, depending on what kind of game it is, but when the MC is the only one just not talking, especially with voice acting. Its just so weird.
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Yeah, I get your complaint, I just suspend my disbelief, kinda.
 
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RecursiveFault

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DoktorEvil said:
He's the worst kind of silent protag, because we know what he looks like and we have background info on him, but we're supposed to be him and do all of these action movie things?
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I think of it as it being your role to play. It's like if you were doing a drama play and the director gave you your character setup.
 
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Xiraiya

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He's going to become the greatest Persona user,
believe it!.
 
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DoktorEvil

Banned
skLaFarebear said:
OK HE'S THE EXCEPTION.

Even if I never played FF8. You know what, a majority of FF MC's would've been better off if they just shut their mouths.
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They mostly do.

Mrgoodwil said:
I think of it as it being your role to play. It's like if you were doing a drama play and the director gave you your character setup.
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His characterization and his actions(via us) are contradictory. The Haz suit can only do so much. It doesn't teach Gordon Freeman how to shoot better.

I suspend my belief in order to enjoy the experience, but I was actually happier with Blue Shift because that felt more like how someone who was trained in handling weapons and wearing armor would act in that situation.
 
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RecursiveFault

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DoktorEvil said:
His characterization and his actions(via us) are contradictory. The Haz suit can only do so much. It doesn't teach Gordon Freeman how to shoot better.

I suspend my belief in order to enjoy the experience, but I was actually happier with Blue Shift because that felt more like how someone who was trained in handling weapons and wearing armor would act in that situation.
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If you're bad at shooting Gordon is bad at shooting ;)

I get your point though, you're asked do thing in gameplay that are out of character, but it's believable because it's being asked of you.
 
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Squishy3

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skLaFarebear said:
I just think its more immersive when the MC actually talks and has a name. So you know, no awkward silences and you don't forget that the MC is actually on screen. I can still be immersed in the game, depending on what kind of game it is, but when the MC is the only one just not talking, especially with voice acting. Its just so weird.
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Don't worry, he'll get his own dialogue that consists entirely of all his tropes in Persona 5 Arena.
 
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360pages

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Looks like they changing things up for P5, which is fine. It seems like it's going to match P2/PQ type of atmosphere. (More abstract settings even in non danger zones)
 
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