I'd actually welcome a return to dialog by text. I think the industry has lost sight of just how much heavy lifting the human imagination can do and how much better the experience is when you let imagination run wild instead of souring it with the reality of voicing every single line in a game.
I read my way through Dragon Warriors, Final Fantasies, Phantasy Stars, and many other RPGs. Voice acting adds little value, and I turn on captions anyway, pressing a button to skip as soon as I've read the dialogue.
Can I just say how much I hate post-Iwata Nintendo for caving to the current year and committing the war crime of putting voice acting in fucking ZELDA?!
Some of the voice acting in BotW and TotK is legitimately as horrible as the voice acting in the CD-i games.
I'd actually welcome a return to dialog by text. I think the industry has lost sight of just how much heavy lifting the human imagination can do and how much better the experience is when you let imagination run wild instead of souring it with the reality of voicing every single line in a game.
I read my way through Dragon Warriors, Final Fantasies, Phantasy Stars, and many other RPGs. Voice acting adds little value, and I turn on captions anyway, pressing a button to skip as soon as I've read the dialogue.
"Bearer seek seek lest" is a Dark Souls 2 meme for a reason. Few people let entire dialogues play out.
Can I just say how much I hate post-Iwata Nintendo for caving to the current year and committing the war crime of putting voice acting in fucking ZELDA?!
Some of the voice acting in BotW and TotK is legitimately as horrible as the voice acting in the CD-i games.