I hope that the expansion...

[Bluevann]

Sadly motion-capture is one of the many things this game lost when transitioning from 1.0 in terms of graphic and animation quality, along with other nifty things like camera work in cutscenes and extra animations from the character when moving.

I've been expressing a lot of interest in the return of mo-cap in this game, carefully checking each patch, and sadly not seeing any improvement. In 2.2 there was a good mo-cap scene, where Yugiri and Thancred fight the Sahagin, but nothing on the adventurer's part except raising our hand to our head (and I'm conflicted whether that's mo-cap or simply a cutscene-specific emote, he/she does it a lot). In 2.4, the only mo-cap you see is when Haurchefant walks around the table, and when Iceheart does her thing in the Amphitheatre. It seems they're keeping very tight on mo-cap...

[Ecks007]

Hey, if Chrono can be as badass a dude as he is and not need to speak a single thing then I am okay with equally being that badass.

[Cutie_McSnuggles]

As is brought up in every single one of these threads, they have to give everyone a neutral personality otherwise we're going to get a million threads of, "My character wouldn't react like that!"

I personally enjoy that my character doesn't do much reacting on my behalf. I react the way I choose to and can easily imagine my character reacting that way as well.

[Fenral]

I personally enjoy that my character doesn't do much reacting on my behalf. I react the way I choose to and can easily imagine my character reacting that way as well.

The neutral reaction after an emotionally wrenching scene actually pulled me out of a few moments in this last batch of story updates. "Why the hell did I just smile and nod after that?"

I get that the Warrior of Light is supposed to be stoic, but it sometimes borders on total apathy.

[RyuRoots]

I don't think I'd like our characters to be fully voiced or anything (beyond what they are for battles and such), not that that would be a consideration for SE anyway, financially. I'd like more reaction options though; it's a tragedy there aren't more because this game is capable of being ludicrously expressive. Obviously they're capable of doing something like this too, like how at the end of the Dragon Quest crossover event, you can have your character nod (hilariously) enthusiastically at the puff-puff scene or not.

It would be nice to let us inject a little more emotion into our characters as they appear in the game; not a lot necessarily, since being able to attribute whatever your own thoughts and intentions to your protagonist as she or he adventures is a positive, but more than we do now. Maybe even keep the stoic nod an option alongside any others when such a choice is added.

[myahele]

Maybe add more neutral dialogue options like when those Doman kids asked us questions and the GLD quests, etc.

As for more reactions, yes please. But that really depends on the situation. Most of the times we just get spoken to and just nod. Or when threatened we just scowl while holding our weapons. Not really sure how they can improve upon that

[Lemuria]

It's funny how the storyline itself jokes about you being merely a tool, going along with everyone else's choices rather than making your own. Perhaps it's a hint that somewhere down the line we'll actually get to MAKE some decisions rather than simply going with the flow for everything.

A FF story where you can truly choose your own destiny? Now that would be something worth celebrating. Guild Wars 2 had branching options leading to different story quests, so each playthrough could be different. Join the soldiers, join the scholars or join the assassins? Go in guns blazing, or sneak around back? Different ways to play opening up different consequences, making it feel more dynamic. Of course, it would greatly increase the development time but it would also add so much more to the story.

[Apricoth]

Players are to be seen, not HEARD! I am saying this to be a dork, so don't take it seriously!

[LlenCoram]

I quit Guild Wars 2 because the game forced my character - an extension of myself - to behave and react in ways they/I never would.

An emphatic no to this request.

[Reokudo]

Minfilia: You are a hero to us all!
You:
1) Smile and Nod
2) Put it in
3)Surprised face
4) Straight face
5) Stare at the ceiling