FPP was bad enough for an RPG but when I found out VM:BL2 also had a silent protagonist, well, that is a hard pass from me.
What a pity.
Not seeing any games that I am likely to be purchasing anytime soon
I realise 'immersion' is a subjective notion but I find no literal voice as immersive as role-playing an invisible statue.Silent protagonists are great for immersion and they aren’t really silent because you are the voice.You can pick your answers and your character says exactly what is in the text-box...... in cyberpunk your character says something completely different so i personally prefer this option much more.
You can play v or the vampire in bloodlines as yourself or somebody else ,because they are both blank slates.Thats the beauty of rpgs and character creation in general.... you can roleplay as anyone.I realise 'immersion' is a subjective notion but I find no literal voice as immersive as role-playing an invisible statue.
Why would I want to be the voice? That makes no sense to me. If I play a story based game I am playing as that character, not me, so yes I want him to speak (doubly so if it is a her) and not sound in my head like 'me'.
I am not Geralt or V or some Vampire in Seattle, so I want the toon I am playing to sound like Geralt, or V or some Vampire in Seattle, not some English bloke in London
If there is no literal voice in a pure text game, sure whatever, that's absolutely fine (in a 2005 kind of way). But the asymmetry is jarring in a game circa 2020, with toons on the screen literally talking to you audibly, with you just standing there like some inexplicably mute floating camera* typing a reply to them via WhatsApp ... and whilst there is some comedic potential in that, no thanks, I find that like playing half a game.
* = yes, I hate FPP as well.
But they are not blank slates, they have back stories.You can play v or the vampire in bloodlines as yourself or somebody else ,because they are both blank slates.Thats the beauty of rpgs and character creation in general.... you can roleplay as anyone.
No but I believe there were steamdb oslist leaks that feature linux among the list. Not sure how linux and RTX connects, though.I didn't have time to watch it. Did they say anything about Linux release?
Silent protagonists are great for immersion and they aren’t really silent because you are the voice.You can pick your answers and your character says exactly what is in the text-box...... in cyberpunk your character says something completely different so i personally prefer this option much more.
Silent protagonists are absolutely terrible for immersion. I remember this was the most jarring thing back when I played The Secret world. There were cutscenes where the NPC did a monologue with voice, and my character was restricted to facial expressions. It was absolutely laughable. Meme-worthy. Either protagonist speaks, or nobody speaks.