Finished my first BG3 run, man the acting is great, especially at the when characters get their big emotional moments. I'm thinking "that's acting!", also recognised Omni Man immediately.

Now I'm on to Alan Wake 2 and omg I can't take the dialogue and voice acting. It feels jarring. The prior game I played was Silent Hill 2 and I remembered it was OK, the MC was very chill in a horror game but its kinda explained by the story

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's supposed to be immersive, I think, so as not to force a voice that doesn't match the roleplaying in your head.

I'm with you, though, I'd much prefer VA.

[–] Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I am in the other camp, I like the immersion.

I also have a tendency to not bother with VA, though, and to just click through the second I finish reading the dialogue, except for lines in particularly dramatic parts of the story. Sometimes not even then. Just figure I'd offer a counter opinion especially since this thread is probably going to be full of people who always choose voice acting when it is an option, given the thread is all about it. I am glad so many people derive joy from it, just because it is Not For Me doesn't mean I think it's Bad And Worthless :)