Poll: Voiced protagonist or silent protagonist?
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it depends on the game. if its a game like god of war, gears of war, or something that drives you through the story of a character its better to have a voiced actor because you arent playing as a character you made but a character the developers made. in games like fallout and fable its nice to have silent/ dialogue selected characters because in those type of games you create your character and so you need to either have your actions do the talking for you or you need to choose what you say yourself
i guess shooters and action games play better with a talking protagonist while RPG's and fantasy games work better when the player gets to choose
i guess shooters and action games play better with a talking protagonist while RPG's and fantasy games work better when the player gets to choose
I'd like to voice my opinions, personally. Silent partners don't get to say much and the games don't psychically pick up my jokes.
Yeah, it does depend on the game, but games these days just seem to be going with the flow of silent characters and I'm a little tired of it, also those that make the characters silent but then make them seen and talk is kinda silly I think(cough dead space 2 cough) so this topic isn't purely on RPG's, games in general.
Don't care really, it depands on the game.
Though one character I don't like is Master Chief, throwing in the odd one liner but remaining completely silent for 99.9999999999% of the time.
I don't like it when characters go half way.
Though one character I don't like is Master Chief, throwing in the odd one liner but remaining completely silent for 99.9999999999% of the time.
I don't like it when characters go half way.
I think until the technology arrives where believable synthetic voices can be generated, and names inserted, than this will be a problem.
If such technology existed, you could simply design your character and input your name in phonetic characters so it could be pronounced by the game.
Then silent characters wouldn't really need to exist at all, you put yourself there, and I'm all for voiced character, but I honestly prefer the silent type.
I was especially ignorant of Isaac Clarke.
If such technology existed, you could simply design your character and input your name in phonetic characters so it could be pronounced by the game.
Then silent characters wouldn't really need to exist at all, you put yourself there, and I'm all for voiced character, but I honestly prefer the silent type.
I was especially ignorant of Isaac Clarke.
Depends on the game and how well you can pull it off.
In Halo: Reach, there was no need for a talking protagonist. In fact, I was very surprised when I heard him speak. I think the most words he strung together was about "Yes Sir". I didnt actually think he was the one talking until I saw him do it again. Him as a mute would have been so much more appealing.
In Halo: Reach, there was no need for a talking protagonist. In fact, I was very surprised when I heard him speak. I think the most words he strung together was about "Yes Sir". I didnt actually think he was the one talking until I saw him do it again. Him as a mute would have been so much more appealing.
Honestly, either one is fine if done well. But if I had to choose between 2 games where each are done well, I would ake the Voiced Protagonist. Give me Mass Effect style all the time and I will be happy.
I think that's preferable to completely silent protagonists.AVATAR_RAGE said:
It kind of makes sense as master chief is characterized as a quiet guy who only speaks when it's really nescesary.
CoD 4 is the only game I've played where I didn't mind the protagonist being silent as a situation for him to say something never really came up.
Compare this to half life in which there are many points when people have one-sided conversations with Gordon Freeman and even ask him direct questions and yet he still doesn't talk. That annoys me.
Both are fine, Shepard in Mass Effect could talk and it made the conversation more streamlined, plus voiced charecters are easier to like because they (usually) have personalities and whatnot, silent protagonists are less relatable but let you define your charecter through actions rather than words, "walking your talk" as it were, you decide what your charecter will be like and act accordingly.
Agreed, non-silent protagonists should have something to add, or to put it another way, there should be a reason they can speak; like to characterise them in a particular way or something like that; whereas silent protagonists should give you more choice over their actions, like in Bioware games.oplinger said:
agreed^2, though I never cared much for Halo (no flame please)- there should be no semi-silent protagonists, only lesser minor sub-characters that have little to do with the overall plot like Longshot from Avatar: The Last Airbender are ok for that, at least in my opinion.AVATAR_RAGE said:
I don't like FPS' with a silent protagonist, i mean your in a war i'd expect you to answer your sergeant when he is giving you orders rather than stare at him intensely.
I prefer voiced because it is pretty damn annoying when say in a RPG
Villager: Will you save my dog from a demon in a very dangerous cave?
Me IRL: F*ck no!
Villager: Oh thank you!!!
Silent protaganists serve no purpose to the story, sure big silent guy is alright but even they talk at least once in a while, and don't give me the immersion crap because when I have just fought through 15000 enemies and a new AI is rude to me for getting there late and my character says nothing I am stuck wondering: "WHY CANT I KILL THAT GUY?! Why do you do nothing! He is an arsehole we got what we wanted lets kill him!!!"
But that is no excuse for bad voice acting I am looking at you Star Ocean The Last Hope oh how you make my ears bleed so
Villager: Will you save my dog from a demon in a very dangerous cave?
Me IRL: F*ck no!
Villager: Oh thank you!!!
Silent protaganists serve no purpose to the story, sure big silent guy is alright but even they talk at least once in a while, and don't give me the immersion crap because when I have just fought through 15000 enemies and a new AI is rude to me for getting there late and my character says nothing I am stuck wondering: "WHY CANT I KILL THAT GUY?! Why do you do nothing! He is an arsehole we got what we wanted lets kill him!!!"
But that is no excuse for bad voice acting I am looking at you Star Ocean The Last Hope oh how you make my ears bleed so