Games with nice text boxes
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Came in to post this so...
Yeah, Golf Story's text boxes are, indeed, great.
Many, many VNs, they better be good because you'll be staring at them. Ace Attorney for instance. The DS games have a really natural and pleasant look.
VNs do have gorgeous text boxes. Out of the ones I've played I have a certain fondness for the one on If My Heart Had Wings and Grisaia.
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Chrono Cross has several text boxes (Frames) that you can collect (Some of them are hidden items scattered around the environments. Most of them are beautiful.
As has been stated, Golf Story is a recent standout. Not only do the boxes expand as text comes in, it'll show the emphasis on certain words with bolding and text size, it'll tilt when a character is sardonic, and my personal fave: if a character starts to say/think something but then changes their mind and say something else, it'll "mash the backspace", as it were, and write in the new statement. So much fun.
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Yep! Love how they move around or sometimes event slant to provide expression. This saves dev time because they dont have to do expressions for the character sprites.
This looks beautifully made. Is this the Zelda-like game?Pyre's are nice:
Whole game looks nice tbh
First thing I thought about was Golf Story, though it's fairly basic. Chrono Cross is a good answer.
It's not. Pyre is somewhat difficult to describe because it's a mix of several genres... I'd say it's primarily a Visual Novel but it has some rpg mechanics and the core gameplay is a weird 3v3 "basketball" take... It also has the added interesting touch in that the story continues whether your team wins or loses. There are no "game overs."
It isn't among my favorite games this year but I love the soundtrack and the game features some beautiful art. Here's a link to the game's steam page if you'd wanna look a little more into it: http://store.steampowered.com/app/462770/Pyre/
It's a really well made game but it's certainly not for everyone.
It's not even out yet (they even missed the date in the announcement trailer) but I'm already liking what they do with text in Necrobarista
Along similar lines, I rather like those from Ittle Dew:Paper Mario for simple readability.
For quick messages:
And for lengthier exchanges:
I really must get around to playing the sequel. Maybe over Christmas.
Text box quality was one of the main issues in Mario Rabbids. Something to work on for the sequel!
Paper Mario for simple readability.
Damn it. Each of these were my potential suggestions and I've been handily beaten on all of them! Good picks everyone!
It's not very exciting, but it's clean and easy to read. So Steamworld Dig 2 gets my vote.
Loved the text boxes in Colour Splash. There's something about that Paper Mario font that I love as well.
Chrono Cross has several text boxes (Frames) that you can collect (Some of them are hidden items scattered around the environments. Most of them are beautiful.
I forgot, does this game hsve the boxes from Trigger? That's one of the best text boxes ever.
These are gaudy and over complicated in my eyes
Odd choice but Bobobo GBA's text boxes have stayed with me for some reason. A mix of simple yet stylish enough
I like how Golf Story has monopolized the thread. Well deserved.
I'll throw in Celeste too. Nice art styles for specific characters, expressive animations to the side and while my example doesn't show it, the text does match the emotions of the characters:
This reminds me how badly I always wanted Paper Luigi to be a game.Paper Mario for simple readability.
I like Golden Sun's and their text that changes pitch based on the character speaking.
I like Paper Mario's and Night in the Woods' text boxes because they are animated and expressive.
My favorite thing about Pyre's textboxes is the tooltips for highlighted words. They give you more information or reminder of earlier information as well as some flavor text. I think a lot of visual novels and RPGs could use those.Pyre's are nice:
Whole game looks nice tbh
Chrono Cross has several text boxes (Frames) that you can collect (Some of them are hidden items scattered around the environments. Most of them are beautiful.
I was about to post this
This is why I love this place. What a cool topic.
Of recent games, Golf Story for sure. I also liked how they handled the visual dialogue in Celeste.
Of recent games, Golf Story for sure. I also liked how they handled the visual dialogue in Celeste.
Paper Mario's are wonderful and the slight differences from title to title show a steady evolution of the concept. I particularly loved how the simple text boxes, combined with the music and text itself, could make Timpani and Blumiere's story very intriguing despite only having the text box on a black screen.
Splatoon's text boxes, presented live in the middle of gameplay, have the neat avatars for whoever is talking that I like a lot.
Splatoon's text boxes, presented live in the middle of gameplay, have the neat avatars for whoever is talking that I like a lot.
Call it nostalgia, stupid or whatever... but FFVII is the best in my world. I've always loved the fact that the text is a bit pixely and the blue shade is perfect.
I love FF7 but I feel like that is the worst. Its like a generic template with a terrible colour that clashes with the game. It is nice that you can change the colours of it though, I usually change mine to rainbow colours to make it worse.
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