Why is every NPC in this game a mute? Why is everything so lifeless?

Why does nothing ever talk or seem alive?

Why do players have no idle-animations?

There is only like 3 ambient noises in an entire city, discounting the racket caused from crafters.

Important NPCs should at least say something when you click on them (like the leve counter NPC).

At the very least!

I don't remember the last time I went to a city where everyone just stood around doing an impression of a living statue.