I'm casting Magic Missile.Yahtzee Croshaw said:...brief, mystifying snatch of gameplay in which the protagonist stands in a cave firing a magic spell at what appears to be absolutely fucking nothing.
Actually he's fine with silent protagonists, what he didn't like about Isaac was that they were trying to make us feel sorry for a character who has no personality or defining characteristics.Yosharian said:Strange though, from reading/watching various things by you I was under the impression that you disliked silent protagonists? Call me a person with a poor memory, but didn't you bemoan the lack of voice-over by Isaac in Dead Space?
...And can you really feel sorry for yourself in that case? I certainly couldn't.Yosharian said:The whole point of the silent protagonist is you project your ego. You're not supposed to feel sorry for the character, like it's a movie. You're supposed to BE the protagonist. You project your OWN feelings.xerounlimited said:Actually he's fine with silent protagonists, what he didn't like about Isaac was that they were trying to make us feel sorry for a character who has no personality or defining characteristics.Yosharian said:Strange though, from reading/watching various things by you I was under the impression that you disliked silent protagonists? Call me a person with a poor memory, but didn't you bemoan the lack of voice-over by Isaac in Dead Space?