TOO much to read

[Foca]

Only 16 hours in the game but I'm already bored of the amount of text to read, does it get better or the wall of text will become denser

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Foca:

Only 16 hours in the game but I'm already bored of the amount of text to read, does it get better or the wall of text will become denser

If you consider it too much already... you better refund the game...

[NegativeZero]

No, it doesn't get better. I feel like voice acting would've really helped keep me more interested in the characters and story.

[Quacksalber]

Yes, unfortunately the game is supremely verbose. I'm fairly certain this leads to a lot of players ending up confused as people get bored, skim and end up missing important information. Less is more when it comes to mediocre writing.

[Finrod]

I still find that no other C-RPG I have played could be compared to the walls of text of Pillars of Eternity, that's where I found my limit.
(In Pathfinder, I find it to be Ok, it's a C-RPG after all)

[Applied Mediocrity]

Sad.

[.Blade.]

Voice acting is just one of those things I don't see improving much, I'm sure they'll add additional voice work for some of the other NPC's in the game if definitive edition of Kingmaker is anything to go by, I just wouldn't expect everything to get voice acted.

I hope that Owlcat eventually becomes a larger development studio that has ♥♥♥♥ you money at one point to fund super large projects in the future that have entirely voice acting, that would be a dream.

Voice acting helps with immersion so much for me.

[Gregorovitch]

Originally posted by Foca:

Only 16 hours in the game but I'm already bored of the amount of text to read, does it get better or the wall of text will become denser

No, that's what this game is all about. It get's a lot better if you concentrate on what's being said and take it seriously. Then it becomes like reading a good meaty book, it's no longer a chore. But of course not everybody is looking for that in a game. Not everyone reads books either come to that.

[Fistimus Maximus]

Originally posted by NegativeZero:

No, it doesn't get better. I feel like voice acting would've really helped keep me more interested in the characters and story.

Don't mind text as I tend to skip voice acted when reading alot of dialogue as they tend to speak alot slower but is nice option for dramatic moments or cut scenes.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Finrod:

I still find that no other C-RPG I have played could be compared to the walls of text of Pillars of Eternity, that's where I found my limit.
(In Pathfinder, I find it to be Ok, it's a C-RPG after all)

It was bad in PoE too, but this is definitely worse when it comes to sheer volume. PoE suffers from pomposity in its writing.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Fistimus Maximus:

Originally posted by NegativeZero:

No, it doesn't get better. I feel like voice acting would've really helped keep me more interested in the characters and story.

Don't mind text as I tend to skip voice acted when reading alot of dialogue as they tend to speak alot slower but is nice option for dramatic moments or cut scenes.

Me too, but what I do with games that keep playing the sound if I off tab, is off tab or go and do something else while they prattle.

[.Blade.]

Originally posted by EH!:

Originally posted by Finrod:

I still find that no other C-RPG I have played could be compared to the walls of text of Pillars of Eternity, that's where I found my limit.
(In Pathfinder, I find it to be Ok, it's a C-RPG after all)

It was bad in PoE too, but this is definitely worse when it comes to sheer volume. PoE suffers from pomposity in its writing.

Sure but PoE characters have gravitas they're also more grounded than PF characters, essentially which leads to the obvious ending we all expected.

What in your hubris you thought you weren't going to get smited by a god via his eye beams if you attempted to fight him? /s

[Applied Mediocrity]

Originally posted by EH!:

suffers from pomposity in its writing.

How do you feel about Disco Pomposium then?

[BurningFalcon]

I'm really sad about that part of the game.

I get that adding voices is expensive, but what's the point of having ~10% of the dialogues voiced and not the rest?

I'm not the fastest reader and can't keep my focus long enough to read -everything-, so that's when my immersion totally breaks and I read some and skip some.
But I listen to every voiced passage.

[Conquista]

reading is for nerds, listening to other people speaking is also for nerds, just play the game blind like literally blind, close your eyes and finish the game like a boss

[Alistair]

Like most RPG's you will have a lot of stuff to read. It doesn't get better so if it bothers you that much you should probably think about a refund.