Blank slate characters to insert personality don't work when there's voice acting. Even if the voice acting is amazing (already rare), that still prevents you from imaging personality because voice/intonation/etc. conveys a lot about a person.Which is exactly what a blank slate RPG protagonist should be, so you can insert whatever personality you want to play as.V is as boring and generic as an NPC from a TES game.
Geralt works (no matter the personal opinion). A more blank slate character with voice acting like DA:I (yes, I'm being disingenuous using an example of shit game) gets the worst of both worlds.
All I need is a Claudia Black one.Blank slate characters to insert personality don't work when there's voice acting. Even if the voice acting is amazing (already rare), that still prevents you from imaging personality because voice/intonation/etc. conveys a lot about a person.Which is exactly what a blank slate RPG protagonist should be, so you can insert whatever personality you want to play as.V is as boring and generic as an NPC from a TES game.
Geralt works (no matter the personal opinion). A more blank slate character with voice acting like DA:I (yes, I'm being disingenuous using an example of shit game) gets the worst of both worlds.
I've mentioned this before, but this is why the half dozen or so AI voice mods that have cropped up on Nexus are interesting to play with. They are a bit glitchy occasionally, and they can't bear really close listening on headphones or being played loud on good speakers, but just listening at an average volume on ordinary speakers, they're quite passable most of the time. And it's surprising what a difference a different voice makes, it really feels like a different V.
Scarjo is probably the best of them, because her accent and intonation are very much in the same ballpark as the voice actress'. But that famous sexy huskiness makes the experience totally different from the experience with the original voice actress' voice, and gives a more world-weary and cynical character to V.
The male ones aren't quite as successful as the female ones for some reason. Ryan Gosling is fairly good for the male, although more glitchy than Scarjo. The Geralt one is alright too.
There are some novelty ones like Rebecca from Edgerunners (which is surprisingly good, although obviously you'd be playing a very specific type of "crazy" character with her), and a few male novelties too.
The Rebecca Ferguson voice is interesting because her accent is kind of Norwegian-sounding or whatever it is, and it sometimes goes weird over its American base - there are a few others where the accents don't match, like the guy from Peaky Blinders, where again, the English accent "fights" with the American accent.
I highly recommend the experiment, it's interesting both in showing what a difference a different voice makes to a playthrough - even to the "meaning" of the dialogue responses - and in showing both the amazingness and limitations of the AI voice transformation (though I'm sure with time and better software, and a ton more attention to detail, it could be done better - these are amateur efforts after all.)
Your mother sucks dwarf cock.I have expressed it in detail. It's your problem if you don't get it.
Which is exactly what a blank slate RPG protagonist should be, so you can insert whatever personality you want to play as.V is as boring and generic as an NPC from a TES game.
I'd rather play Mr. or Mrs. Blank Slate with no backstory and then go wild with different character builds and story choices, than a pre-determined character with a detailed history and expected behaviors like Geralt.
Is it really a blank slate if the game lets you choose a background?Cool story bro, the best RPG of all time with the most impactful choices has a blank slate character too (Arcanum).
does it really?Is it really a blank slate if the game lets you choose a background?Cool story bro, the best RPG of all time with the most impactful choices has a blank slate character too (Arcanum).
Available to all except elves and half-ogres.
You were raised among a wild barbarian tribe in a far away land. No one knows how or why you came to be passenger aboard the IFS Zephyr, but given your ferocious demeanor, no one tried to find out. You gain bonuses to Strength (+2) and Constitution (+1), and a slight bonus to Melee, while suffering penalties to Intelligence (-1) and Charisma (-2), and a penalty to Haggle. You also possess barbarian armor but less money than other characters.
ST +2 / CN +1 / IN -1 / CH -2 / Melee +1 / Haggle -2 / 100 Gold / Dark Barbarian Clothes
That's a background innit?does it really?Is it really a blank slate if the game lets you choose a background?Cool story bro, the best RPG of all time with the most impactful choices has a blank slate character too (Arcanum).
Barbarian
Available to all except elves and half-ogres.
You were raised among a wild barbarian tribe in a far away land. No one knows how or why you came to be passenger aboard the IFS Zephyr, but given your ferocious demeanor, no one tried to find out. You gain bonuses to Strength (+2) and Constitution (+1), and a slight bonus to Melee, while suffering penalties to Intelligence (-1) and Charisma (-2), and a penalty to Haggle. You also possess barbarian armor but less money than other characters.
ST +2 / CN +1 / IN -1 / CH -2 / Melee +1 / Haggle -2 / 100 Gold / Dark Barbarian Clothes
was referring to whether choice is realThat's a background innit?
It still kind of does with proper perks (and the best Sandevistan). During the endgame attack on the construction site with the Nomads I killed like 20 Militech troops on one charge of Sandy. It was a freaking ballet of death with the Errata between those unfortunate fuckers.When I started with 2.0, I played the way I used to: activate Sandevistan, charge in, massacre everyone, recharge 3 seconds, reactivate Sandevistan in case I missed anyone. That doesn't work in 2.0.
Which is exactly what a blank slate RPG protagonist should be, so you can insert whatever personality you want to play as.V is as boring and generic as an NPC from a TES game.
I'd rather play Mr. or Mrs. Blank Slate with no backstory and then go wild with different character builds and story choices, than a pre-determined character with a detailed history and expected behaviors like Geralt.
Except you can't do that outside of your imagination.
The problem of you TES-loving braindead fuckers is, you think that boredom and lack of quality is a feature.
If I need to use head cannon, the developers are doing it wrong.
Where's this from? Looks amusing.
Looks like something outta transformersWhere's this from? Looks amusing.
bollywoodformersLooks like something outta transformers
What the fuck is the point of a character creator if you're stuck playing the same character with insufferable personality anyway?I never played this shit because V looked so generic and boring as a character, but it got me thinking...if Keanu was the player character from the beginning, do you think this game would be more interesting?
You realize there is a character creator in the game, right? There's a fair amount of latitude there to make him/her look however you fancy.
What the fuck is the point of a character creator if you're stuck playing the same character with insufferable personality anyway?I never played this shit because V looked so generic and boring as a character, but it got me thinking...if Keanu was the player character from the beginning, do you think this game would be more interesting?
You realize there is a character creator in the game, right? There's a fair amount of latitude there to make him/her look however you fancy.