- Aug 23, 2016
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I still believe a lot of the hate for the game would have never occurred if out character had agency and we had the ability to role play.
The complaints about content or characters would still exist, but would be simply minor annoyances instead of massive hindrances to enjoyment.
Sure we pick how our characters look, our background, and class but is that really all a rpg is?
For someone who based their game of a DnD game we essentially play a game run by a shitting DM who makes his pet NPCs take the center stage, but hell at least in a tabletop setting you could control what you say.
The Mass Effect dialogue wheel, Voice Hawker in DA2, and Fallout 4's four versions of saying yes still allowed one to choose our tone when choosing and option or personality of the character while we are a boring schizophrenic idea of a character who changes depending how the author wants us to act with their character.
I'm not asking for major branching paths, but the ability to at least give my character personality in various ways to answer or interact with people and quests. Just asking for minor dialogue changes and for authors to stop making our character their mouthpiece.
The complaints about content or characters would still exist, but would be simply minor annoyances instead of massive hindrances to enjoyment.
Sure we pick how our characters look, our background, and class but is that really all a rpg is?
For someone who based their game of a DnD game we essentially play a game run by a shitting DM who makes his pet NPCs take the center stage, but hell at least in a tabletop setting you could control what you say.
The Mass Effect dialogue wheel, Voice Hawker in DA2, and Fallout 4's four versions of saying yes still allowed one to choose our tone when choosing and option or personality of the character while we are a boring schizophrenic idea of a character who changes depending how the author wants us to act with their character.
I'm not asking for major branching paths, but the ability to at least give my character personality in various ways to answer or interact with people and quests. Just asking for minor dialogue changes and for authors to stop making our character their mouthpiece.