Having your character talk during cutscenes

[Venat]

Having your character talk during cut scenes? More then just nodding or sharking your head. Make your character have bigger role in the game. I mean dialog that your character says in game.

Playing years of ffxi and only having my character play small side role of the main story line or cut scene is a disappointment. I know it's kinda hard to place yourself as a character in the game but they could least give you some dialog to say then just choice commands and stand around during a cut scene.

There should be 2 types of dialog that should played out depending if your female or male and should slightly be different.

Edit: This forum been going on for few days and from I seeing is 45~50% want this and other 50~55% don't want it.

[Enkidoh]

I agree that it's a bit annoying to just have your character as the 'silent protagonist' - it would be nice to have some occasional dialogue choices for your character in quest cutscenes - it seems your character communicates with others just by telepathy or something as things stand at the moment (hidden ability of the Echo perhaps?).

[rina_inverse]

I personally love the whole "silent protagonist" treatment

[Munba]

I personally love the whole "silent protagonist" treatment

It reminds me Chrono series and i like it as well.

[Eekiki]

I personally love the whole "silent protagonist" treatment

Yeah. Although I will point out I adored the facial expressions I'd make in cutscenes. I always made sure to remove any headgear when I knew I was about to go into one. That's something I truly hope we'll continue seeing in ARR.

My character voice acting in SWTOR ruined mah immersions. >:3

[Shougun]

Yeah. Although I will point out I adored the facial expressions I'd make in cutscenes. I always made sure to remove any headgear when I knew I was about to go into one. That's something I truly hope we'll continue seeing in ARR.

The facial expressions make Hyur Highlanders look like Hildibrand lol - when I saw Hildibrand I was like... "WE ARE BROS"!!!

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To not feeling like your character is important (not directed at you Eekiki):

I always felt like I helped my character but he wasn't "me", and that while he didn't talk much everyone was pretty helpless without him. I mean even the top badasses were talking to him early in the game - honestly I felt like the world would get owned without my character's attention lol.

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But yeah if you play a highlander you realize all highlanders are goofy not just Hildibrand (part of what makes him a character I help shape but not an extension of me like you/I may feel in dialog wheel games). I bet Roe's are similar but I never tried one so cant say for sure.. Lala's of course will be adorable in every scene.. >.> lol

[Eekiki]

The facial expressions make Hyur Highlanders look like hildibrand lol - when I saw hildibrand I was like... "WE ARE BROS"!!!

Awesome.

Lala's of course will be adorable in every scene.. >.> lol

Also awesome. A secondary reason why I played a Taru in FFXI (second to adorable sexiness) is they were the only race that had seemed to have truly expressive faces. I'm not the only one that thinks little stuff like that is what really sets FF apart from other MMO's, am I?

[Shougun]

Also awesome. A secondary reason why I played a Taru in FFXI (second to adorable sexiness) is they were the only race that had seemed to have truly expressive faces. I'm not the only one that thinks little stuff like that is what really sets FF apart from other MMO's, am I?

I played a Taru for that reason alone. FFXI has great animations but the Taru just really had 10/10 all the time animations. It really brought that character to life. Lala's are great too but I just decided in FFXIV to be more similar to myself this time around (6'1'', rather then 4' 0'' lol).

[Wilan]

That's the same old problem: however generic your line will be, it will always end up being something OOC (Out of Character) for at least somebody. FF MMO are about immersion, usually identifying with your character, which ends being not just a bunch of polygons.
The moment they make they speak, they're taking your character away from you.

[rina_inverse]

The moment they make they speak, they're taking your character away from you.

spot on
I want her to be mine, inside my head

not from some random person voice