Current Events > C/D - Mute video game heroes in story driven games is terrible writing

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Sure I get why it was a thing in the 80s and early 90s due to technology limitations but theres just no reason for them in todays gaming.

I cant take them seriously when other characters in the game respond to them as if they were talking.

Final Fantasy has a better story than Zelda due to the hero actually talking, even just text on a screen. Imagine if Cloud was a silent hero who never said a line of text and how terrible that would be.
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C

I can't stand it
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C

One of the more aggravating examples of this I've seen was in Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon, where the protagonist is technically silent...but you're constantly exposed to the protagonist's inner thoughts, most of which were written as if it was actual dialogue, and he still has to pantomime whatever he's saying to everyone around him. What makes this particular example even more annoying is that Gates to Infinity's protagonist actually does speak throughout the game!
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Owlboys a recent example where I think it did a silent protagonist pretty well.

Also thinking back on FFVII, it doesnt seem like too much would change from Cloud being mute. I mean obviously scenes would play out differently but not much of the games story hinged on what Cloud had to say.

Obviously its a weird relic from when games could and often had to get away with it, but it doesnt typically bug me if the story handles it well.
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Hard C
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I'm fine with Link not talking though since Zelda's not a hugely story-driven game, at least compared to RPGs. If they made him have full dialogue now, it would be weird.
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I love it so much I mute my tv everytime the main protagonist talks in any game.
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Kinda yeah.

Though Suikoden 1 and 2 did it quite well.
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The biggest fattest C.
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GameGodOfAll posted...

The biggest fattest C.

Why did this post make my pants tingle...
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