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Are Silent Protagonists Good Characters?

We've all seen or at least heard of the silent protagonist trope in gaming. However does it actually create good complex characters? Or will it be another aspect of gaming that will eventually be non-existent?

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Goro4331d ago

I think it's a good thing in The Elder Scrolls. It would make conversations take a hell of a lot longer if your character had to actually say all the dialogue options you chose.

Porcelain_Chicken4331d ago

The Elder Scrolls/Fallout characters might not have a voice actor but they definitely aren't silent. You choose their responses. They have whatever personality you want them to have.

By silent you'd point to something like Dishonored, Borderlands or the earlier Cods where other characters talk to your character, call him by name and generally seem to know him quite well. Which surely means he/she must have spoke at some point to introduce him/herself....

But the silent thing does work quite well for Shadow of the Colossus and The Legend of Zelda.

stavrami-mk24331d ago

We will have the civil rights group here in a minute saying it's offensive there's not enough mutes in games. :-/

colonel1794331d ago

It depends on the story I think. Shadow of the Colossus is one example of great story with a silent protagonist. The Legend of Zelda too, although it could be much better than the generic normal boy is the chosen one to save the princes from evil.

PiNkFaIrYbOi4331d ago

Depends on the game and somewhat the genre of the game.

So we believe it will stick around as it has its place and not every protagonist needs to be talkative and stuff.

Bobmaster204331d ago

Well, you know the saying: "Actions speak louder than words". What the character ultimately does in the story will give the players the information they need to understand the character.

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Bethesda "lectured" Fallout New Vegas designer for saying the RPG would run at 30 FPS

"It was so offensive to me"

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Jin_Sakai39d ago

30fps sucks. Especially on an OLED.

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Fallout 3 Remaster Is Allegedly Planned For Release At Some Point In The Future

A remaster of Bethesda Game Studios' 2008 action role-playing game, Fallout 3, is planned for release at some point in the future.

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LucasRuinedChildhood138d ago

Would be nice if they had New Vegas ready as well, especially because of the show.

Hopefully this doesn't have the same performance issues as Oblivion Remastered.

cloganart137d ago

I haven't seen anything on these performance issues? What's been going on?

walken7137d ago

Probably the Unreal Engine issues, I skipped it for that reason.

Snookies12138d ago (Edited 138d ago )

Throw in all the DLC as well, like Oblivion and I'll definitely bite. I recall having one trophy left to unlock on the PS3 version with 100+ hours in my save. When my save file got corrupted, lol. Very sad day.

To be fair though, Bethesda was trash at Playstation ports anyway.

Michiel1989137d ago

all devs sucked at porting to ps3 for the first like 3 years because no one had experience with the cell architecture. Even 1st party took a long while to get proficient with it, the difference between uncharted 1 and 3 is massive for example.

Extermin8or3_137d ago

Oh oh oh I can do this too. GTA 7 will be made at some point in the future. Fallout 5 will enter development in the future too

jznrpg137d ago

Everyone there should know most gamers want New Vegas and Morrowind more than anything.

Christopher137d ago

Which is why we won't get them. Gotta keep floating "support this one and it might happen".

BlaqMagiq1137d ago

Can't wait. Won't have to go back to my PS3 to play this when it comes out.

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Skyrim Switch 2 Update Boosts Visuals, But Performance Falls Short

A new Skyrim Switch 2 update delivers major visual upgrades, surpassing some console settings, but locks the game to 30fps and introduces noticeable input lag.

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gigoran8166d ago

they can't get a 14 year old game to run smoothly?

jjb1981166d ago

That's ridiculous, lol. I'm waiting for the guy that says its too cpu-intensive for the Switch 2. This game is old af and has been released like 17 times.