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[MaloEspada]

If you can pull a non-retarded, non-annoying, interesting character, make him talk.

Otherwise, holy fuck no.

Good exemple: Terra and all other FF6 chars; Manny Calavera
Bad example: Sonic in 3D games

Good example: Conker

Bad Example: basically all the other 3d platformers with talking main characters

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Then again, Conker is an interesting character. We don't see that kind of stuff everyday.
Gear sex.

[Lime]

Then again, Conker is an interesting character. We don't see that kind of stuff everyday.
Gear sex.

Yeah! Rareware's touch, I would say...

[Jolli]

So you are joking then?

you're confusing "good example of storyline driven" to "good story"
please stop talking

and i think it's told well

[Carl]

OK..ok..I'll change it.

It is in my opinion that...

Good examples of storyline driven FPS are the Call of Duty series,Farcry(the first one) and Prey.

[Pacian]

Obviously, it depends.

But I wish developers wouldn't assume that a mute PC is automagically more immersive regardless of context. 

In Half Life 2, for example, I just find it really distracting that apparently no-one lets me get a word in edgewise or cares what I think, even though they expect me to die for them.  And why is this woman following me around and fawning over me when I'm clearly (involuntarily) giving her the cold shoulder?

I'd love it if in Episode 3 Alyx just grabs Gordon by the shoulders and shakes him, yelling, "Why won't you open up to me! I can't take it anymore!"  And then it turns into a first person lawsuit for custody of Dog.

[gunswordfist]

I voted talk. I like my characters to have personality. Whether it's Ken Master screaming Japanese or Dante running his mouth.

Exceptions would of course be like 2D Sonic.

[reetva]

In first person games, I want my character to shut the eff up.  When you take away a character's face and put the player behind his or her eyes, it's really weird to hear them say the exact opposite of what you're thinking, you know?

[phubans]

The game I'm developing now has an "almost silent" protagonist. For the most part, he doesn't speak, but occasionally when it's important for him to do so, he will say something. His dialog is used sparingly, which should allow the player to slip back into the character pretty easily.

[Accidental Rebel]

I like talking characters more because they help flesh out the characters I'm playing.