max power said:
Rainbird said:
max power said:
Mute protagonists are neither good nor bad. There are excellent games both with and without. It's just one method for video game storytelling.
I feel the OP's dislike of HL2 has nothing to do with the mute protagonist. The game would have added little by having a chatty main character. |
My dislike of HL2 has a lot to do with Gordon Freeman being mute, because I don't like the storytelling, and the storytelling is shaped by him being mute. One specific example is not really worth noticing though, as it is the general principle I am opposed to.
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Yeah... I don't buy it. Gordon Freeman spent 95+% of the game alone... who did you want him to talk to, himself?
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For the mute-bit to work, he would have to have spent 100% of the game alone and he didn't. Everytime there was a character who talked to him, immersion was broken for me.
And whether you believe it or not, that's the truth. Take it or leave it.
