While I agree about many others, id one japanese videogame character can stay silent, that's him.
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Mute Link Needs to Go
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Nope, because all it will end in is some Saturday morning-tier VO that'll make me cringe every time he opens his mouth. I like the silent, animated approach they have going and I hope they don't ever change it.
I don't think that Link talking would add anything significant. Most of the time we spend as Link is when he is alone in the wild. It would be super annoying if he commented on his environment all the time.
Honestly, the vocie acting quality varied greatly between the languages. I haven't tried them all (English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Latin American Spanish) but I would say that: English is simply bad, Japanese/French/Spanish are good to great depending on the character, LatAm Spanish is fantastic
If everybody else is voice acted, Link should be as well. The cutscenes in BOTW were dumb because of it.
Link is the very definition of the stereotypical silent protagonist who is an extension of the player into the game world (hence his name). Zelda games have never been about Link himself and in my humble opinion, you're playing the wrong series if what you're looking for is a protagonist that emotes and voices his opinions.
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Do you think the approach they took with BotW for the voice acted cutscenes worked well? Or was it weird when mute expressionless Link just stands there when people are talking to him? They should either have everyone be text only, or build the cutscenes so Link can be reacting without speaking, or they're going to have characters talking to him, then give him some minimal dialogue.
Silent protagonists suck, but Link's probably the one case where I feel like the tradition is strong enough that it should just be maintained. There is no way whatever character you developed for him would leave many people satisfied.
I thought most BOTW cutscenes were fine in that regard, but of course they should be made in a way where Link isn't expected to react directly to what other characters are saying, or at least not verbally.
As long as every other person around him talks and they know how to script it let him be quiet.
This shit worked with Half Life, so why not in Zelda?
Not every game needs to have full dialogue options
This shit worked with Half Life, so why not in Zelda?
Not every game needs to have full dialogue options
I kind of like the character it ends up creating in BOTW though. Even when a character might say something harsh to him, having him remain silent created a certain stoic, silent, will-endure-anything character type. Voice acting would change people's perceptions of the character in their head too much, and I imagine it varies quite a bit.
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I think for me in half-life it works well because it's first person. In The voice acted cut scenes in breath of the wild, the camera would basically go from expressive voice acted characters talking to link, and then dwell on link's expressionless mute reaction.
That's what I mean with "how to script".
How do they script the cutscenes, makes the cuts, maybe use events to cut him off before he could say something, use scenes where he has to be quiet and whatnot. There are many possibilities
I like it for BotW Link but not as much for TP Link. He just stared silently instead of reacting to things.
I'd take voiced Link only if done by Gilbert Gotfried, maybe Bobcat Goldwaith.
Otherwise keep him mute.
Otherwise keep him mute.
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Nah. Keep him voiceless.
That said, I can't wait for BotW2. I can't wait to jump into that world again and not talk to anyone while they all talk to me.
That said, I can't wait for BotW2. I can't wait to jump into that world again and not talk to anyone while they all talk to me.
Fuck no. There is no voice they could pick that would feel natural and not piss off most fans.
It's best left as is.
That's like saying Mario needs a fully voiced
Italian man spouting full-length RPG style dialogue. No, he doesn't. Leave it as is, that's part of the enduring charm.
It's best left as is.
That's like saying Mario needs a fully voiced
Italian man spouting full-length RPG style dialogue. No, he doesn't. Leave it as is, that's part of the enduring charm.
Go either way: (1) full character/appearance creator with "mute" Link or (2) present Link with full spoken dialog.
It felt weird in BOTW with all the voiced speech except from Link. Actually I'd apply the same complaint to DQXI and Eleven, silent protags don't really work in these contexts.
It felt weird in BOTW with all the voiced speech except from Link. Actually I'd apply the same complaint to DQXI and Eleven, silent protags don't really work in these contexts.
Honestly I have no Idea, do You have a prove they aren't rich?
Common sense. Most voice actors aren't paid the big bucks. You have your Troy Bakers and Nolan Norths A-listers of the industry but the vast majority just make a decent wage.
They sure as hell don't double the price of the game's development.
Breath of the Wild was really weird with the way that Link was silent in the cutscenes.
But I also agree that the English voice acting was so bad in BotW that I'd prefer no-one had voice acting, if that's the level of quality they'd have.
Returning to the game and realizing that they patched in the option to change the voice language made it far more tolerable (in Japanese). But Link being silent was still weird.
But I also agree that the English voice acting was so bad in BotW that I'd prefer no-one had voice acting, if that's the level of quality they'd have.
Returning to the game and realizing that they patched in the option to change the voice language made it far more tolerable (in Japanese). But Link being silent was still weird.
Can we stop this shit? As if we can't do any better than a cartoon made in the 80's.
He needs to talk, like, yesterday.
Imagine you being the person who has to find the right voice for Link... and with that, you also have to think about localization. All you folks would immediately riot if the voice isn't exactly what YOU imagined it'd be. I sorta understand why Nintendo is just keeping him mute.
Yep. Just look at Zelda.
Then it would be about how much or how little he talks.
I think there's a reason why there are so many fan-made animation videos or drawings of Mario and Zelda characters. And the reason of this is that those characters are mostly mute and thus make them open personalities and likeable. Everyone can create their own stories with those characters.
I would prefer if Link stays mute
I would prefer if Link stays mute
Big difference making changes coming off the sales performance of Skyward Sword and the sales performance of BotW. One was the worst selling console release and the other was the best selling console release.
I can feel im the one really exploring this wonderful world only because Link is mute.
I hate talkative characters, i don't want a cinematic experience, i want to explore and to feel the sense of isolation.
Sorry, but I want a link (not the character from The Legend of Zelda,lol) that proves what You said.
