Quote Originally Posted by Reokudo View Post
Technicalities. Your character is a soulless puppet because giving your character a personality would remove the feeling that its you. Imagine they made your character an overly aggressive moron who gets blown up all the time. You'd sit there like "That's not what I'd do!" SE can only do so much.
This. When the pc is voiced, such as in the newer Dragon Ages and all the Mass Effects, I'm left feeling much more like an observer than a participant. I don't really feel like it's me playing when the pc isn't silent I've found.