Lack of Voiced Protagonist....

[Six of Saturn]

Are most happy that Bethesda went back to the silent Protagonist for possibly better RP and choice or would you have liked to have seen a voiced player character?

[Firehawk]

Originally posted by WolfVonhinslik:

Originally posted by Firehawk:

Again, the problem lies with you, not voice acting. And you happily deprive others of it just so you can "roleplay" a mute character. Selfish bastards.

L2 RP nerd

You wouldn't lose anything if the OPTION existed for voice acting and you could opt to have it turned off. But noooo, you people hate the very idea that others might have a good time with it, so you'd rather get rid of it completely. And that's why you'd deserve to get screwed over a few times. Hard.

[Kamikaze$X-GEN$]

I actually love voiced protagonists. Like Captain Sheppard from Mass Effect. Fallout 4 was also great Voice Acting.

[Mid-Forever]

I can say this...
If a voice-over exists, it's at least *possible* might *eventually* have a mod to make the player character/protag silent...but *extremely slim to none* chance of ever getting a voice for a silent player character/protag through the mod community.

(again [as per my previous comment], not that I care, lol...I'm subtitles all the way with sound off for personal reasons)

[Littlefatcat]

Originally posted by Firehawk:

Originally posted by WolfVonhinslik:

L2 RP nerd

You wouldn't lose anything if the OPTION existed for voice acting and you could opt to have it turned off. But noooo, you people hate the very idea that others might have a good time with it, so you'd rather get rid of it completely. And that's why you'd deserve to get screwed over a few times. Hard.

Due to the scope of the game having a voice actor probably wasn't realistic for Bethesda. They don't make cinematic games like Naughty Dog or Rockstar. I'm also curious if you even played any Bethesda games other than fallout 4? They all have a silent protagonist. Just sit back and enjoy it like its your own simulated text adventure.

[WolfVonhinslik]

Originally posted by Firehawk:

Originally posted by WolfVonhinslik:

L2 RP nerd

You wouldn't lose anything if the OPTION existed for voice acting and you could opt to have it turned off. But noooo, you people hate the very idea that others might have a good time with it, so you'd rather get rid of it completely. And that's why you'd deserve to get screwed over a few times. Hard.

wtf you mean you people? I never said I oppose silent/voiced protag or not. I dont care one way or the other... all i said was L2RP ya muppet, sit down the adults are talking.

[Firehawk]

Originally posted by Littlefatcat:

Due to the scope of the game having a voice actor probably wasn't realistic for Bethesda.

That's it. That's a reason I could accept. But your buddies just want others to have a bad time, which is why I say that you don't deserve games you can enjoy.

Originally posted by WolfVonhinslik:

Originally posted by Firehawk:

You wouldn't lose anything if the OPTION existed for voice acting and you could opt to have it turned off. But noooo, you people hate the very idea that others might have a good time with it, so you'd rather get rid of it completely. And that's why you'd deserve to get screwed over a few times. Hard.

wtf you mean you people? I never said I oppose silent/voiced protag or not. I dont care one way or the other... all i said was L2RP ya muppet, sit down the adults are talking.

Reported for flamebaiting.

[TheEdgerunner]

this doesn't bother me, id rather listen to the engines and space music anyway haha, top of the mark voice acting in gaming is few and far between.... I think the woman who played v in cyberpunk is the best ive ever heard!! take some beating... perfect from start to finish! Keanu Reeves and her was the ultimate combo!

[mutantbeth]

i want a voiced protagonist. if DA:I could afford four different voice actors (two male two female) for one protagonist bethesda can afford two (male and female) while still offering fleshed out dialouge options. the game better have groundbreaking dialouge choices with meaningful consequences for them to be saving up on the resources hiring a pair of voice actors

[Venix]

I didn't mind the voiced main character since he was funny. Overall I could take it or leave it though.

[Zolo49]

I don't buy the RP argument for silent protagonists. I think it was just an expense/time issue. Having a purely silent protagonist doesn't bother me, but I guess I would've preferred having voice acting for the important stuff and staying silent for everything else like minor side quests.

[Firehawk]

Originally posted by Zolo49:

I don't buy the RP argument for silent protagonists. I think it was just an expense/time issue.

This is an argument I can somewhat accept, although if you consider the fact that most every other characters tend to have their own voice acting and some games have awesome actors for the player character it still feels like an excuse.

[pGrizzly]

I wish it was voiced but had the option to turn it off to make everyone happy

[Zunnoab #931]

I don't mind a voiced protagonist that is his/her own character, that I have some guidance for but isn't my avatar. Lara Croft is a good example of that. Or the Life is Strange characters are another good example. I try to put myself in their shoes when making choices. Like seeing a giant piece of abstract art and gleefully wanting to "improve" it as a rebellious teenager, in the case of Life is Strange. It's something I wouldn't do if playing my own character.

For a game like this the character is an extension of myself, or a character I've made up (usually the former). Voice acting obliterates that every time tone or the words chosen are out of character for myself.

So I far prefer it this way if the character is my own.

[Firehawk]

Good, play without voice then. But let the rest of us play with voice FFS.

[State Line Crosser]

Originally posted by Firehawk:

You wouldn't lose anything if the OPTION existed for voice acting and you could opt to have it turned off.

Fallout 4 disagrees with you. Voiced protag was the reason they went with the 4 meaningless choice dialog wheel and cut a ♥♥♥♥ ton of writing. Turning off the voice acting in fallout 4 doesn't fix this.