Mute protagonists. Good or bad?

[Rainbird]

KylieDog said:

Rainbird said:

KylieDog said:
In todays game? Outdated.


Thus bad. Is forgivable in older gen games. The exception is in games (usually RPGs) where you create your character and have control how you act in a situation, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion and such.

If you cannot control how you behave like in games such as Dead Space or Zelda there is no point being silent loses purpose because any deep immersion is lost the moment the character does something you would not.

Ah yes, Dead Space. Another one of those silent muppets, who only ranks above the Freeman and Jack because

a) his face is actually shown in the game (and it turns out he isn't a drooling retard with a dead stare in his eyes) and because he wears a mask for the most part (masking whether or not he is a drooling retard).

b) he actually breathes like you would expect him to, and makes noises when you would expect him to.

Why the hell would an engineer of his caliber, just sit back and take orders from two others without ever giving input. It's just "Go here, do this" and he's all "..." and does it. Even when his wife is involved, the man is stone cold.

The best bit is near the very end when *spoilers* he watches the full video of Nicole killing herself and goes into a competely silent breakdown animation.

..and by that I mean a facepalm.

Oh yes, the irony