Current Events > Two dialogue related things video games still suck at as bad as 15 years ago

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- When a group of characters have to chant the same line and it's a hideous mess of voices. Clearly all the voice actors recorded it separately and weren't really given much coaching on the timing. What you end up with is a complete mess because you have 5 different voices saying the same line but in completely different ways. Anime does this fine, why the fuck can't video games?

- The clunky way one character interrupts another. It doesn't even sound like they're even interrupting because there's a solid 1 second gap in between voices so it's just like the first character abruptly stopped speaking halfway through a word.

I swear to god this hasn't improved since the first KOTOR game.
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pinky0926 posted...

- The clunky way one character interrupts another. It doesn't even sound like they're even interrupting because there's a solid 1 second gap in between voices so it's just like the first character abruptly stopped speaking halfway through a word.

This is my biggest pet peeve with VA in all honesty
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*looks at character that interrupts a few moments before they actually interrupt*
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pinky0926 posted...

- The clunky way one character interrupts another. It doesn't even sound like they're even interrupting because there's a solid 1 second gap in between voices so it's just like the first character abruptly stopped speaking halfway through a word.

Are you playing Final Fantasy X?
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Life is Strange is one of the only games I know where almost everyone has a unique body type.
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Quest 64 gave every single character in the game a unique name.

If a game that's famous for being really halfassed can do it, why can't every other RPG after? Name your damn NPCs!

pinky0926 posted...

- When a group of characters have to chant the same line and it's a hideous mess of voices. Clearly all the voice actors recorded it separately and weren't really given much coaching on the timing. What you end up with is a complete mess because you have 5 different voices saying the same line but in completely different ways. Anime does this fine, why the fuck can't video games?

Blood to blood.
Earth to earth.
Wood to wood.
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