Having your character talk during cutscenes

[Nuru]

I'm currently playing through Fire Emblem: Awakening on the 3DS and I support the OP's idea. In Fire Emblem, you make your character, and even select a voice. There are only 3 voices per gender, and they don't really voice the entire dialogue, but for the most part, they do respond and makes you feel like your character is actually a main character in the story.

Even if it isn't voice acted, I feel like it would be nice to see some dialogue from your character, maybe even some more options to choose from when asked for a response.

EDIT: Just an idea, but maybe a separate response depending on your guardian diety, or maybe selecting an option for personality in Character Creation.

[Nakiamiie]

EDIT: Just an idea, but maybe a separate response depending on your guardian diety, or maybe selecting an option for personality in Character Creation.

That and have multiple answers to select from in a dialogue. It allows for the character to be like the players wants. My characters knows a lot more about the world than I do, so it makes sense to me that she could give answers I wouldn't have thought of.

[Zezlar]

I don't need to have my character talk, but I do want to see motion acting. Wings of the Goddess did the cut-scenes sooo sooo well. I'm hoping we get to see more of those actiony type scenes and less of the two Joe schmoes standing around talking like stiff twigs.

[Quesse]

Having a silent character nodding, shaking, and grunting has always been a turn-off for me.

Certainly not immersive in any way.

[bobbygunz]

A guess a little personal input wouldn't be remiss to make it feel like you're actually an active participant. But is it really so bad to be a silent observer, anyway? I think it's a bit better than being pandered to and treated like The Chosen one all the time. Obviously some kind of middle-ground between the two extremes might be ideal also but sometimes being the center of attention actually seems out of place in the context of the stories given and comes off a little cheesy.

The SW:TOR pick-your-path dialogue trees would be nice to have, but maybe a waste of time when you think about it.

[Raven_Reborn]

I don't want my character talking for me... I hate it in the Starwars MMO ... I have a picture in my head how my character sounds. Don't force your own voice on me.

[Kallera]

While I'm not too sure about voice. Having grunts, gasps and such similar emote stuff might help. I liked that in the 1.0 benchmark and was sad they didn't continue it in the cutscenes in game.

[Seyra]

People who talk and go crazy about voice acting/SWTOR should take a good breath, exhale all the negativity then read OP again.

On topic, like many others said, I'd like my character to be a bit more involved in CS however I wouldn't want it to have dialogues. I understand in another game type that the character personality is important, but in a MMO I would be disappointed reading Seyra talking like "Hi five Miounne, look wuta found fo' ya in da forrrest!" or any gimmick the dev Team thinks is suitable for each race/gender.

Characters have dialogues in my head and they say them the way I want them to. A bit more initiative and action is welcome though. Let's see what Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has to offer =)

[Andrien]

During cut scenes, I prefer bigger roles for our characters instead of just being the extra in the cast.

A good example of what not to do is like the character you make in White Knight Chronicles. You don't even need him, but he is there in the cut scenes anyway. lol

[Kallera]

During cut scenes, I prefer bigger roles for our characters instead of just being the extra in the cast.

A good example is like the character you make in White Knight Chronicles. You don't even need him, but he is there in the cut scenes anyway. lol

I hope that's an example of what not to do. Only near the end does the story even begin to acknowledge your role in the group as "Leonard's friend.". It took dlc to flesh out more of your story. DLC the US never got...