Starfield Dialogue is in First-Person and Main Character Won't Have a Voice - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 June 2022 / 2,110 Views
Bethesda Game Studios during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase showcased around 15 minutes of gameplay for the upcoming open-world space RPG, Starfield.
Fallout 4 was the first time a Bethesda game had the main character voice acted and had the dialogue take place in third-person.
The developer has now confirmed via Twitter the dialogue in Starfield will be in first-person and the main character will not have a voice.
"Yes, dialogue in Starfield is first person and your character does not have a voice," reads the tweet from the developer.
Yes, dialogue in @StarfieldGame is first person and your character does not have a voice. pic.twitter.com/A8384m6rGN
— Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios) June 13, 2022
Starfield will launch for the Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass in the first half of 2023.
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I remember many were worried that your character was going to have a voice when Todd said there were over 150,000 lines of dialogue in Starfield compared to 111,000 lines of dialogue in Fallout 4 where your character did have a voice. Thankfully, there's just going to be THAT much dialogue in Starfield!
A silent protagonist is the best in this type of RPG. I like to imagine myself saying the lines rather than hearing some actor's take on it.
That's definitely a good thing. Wasn't a fan of Fallout 4's dialogue system.
Thats a bummer
Either way is fine. I have the ability to adapt, I can enjoy both. Though, given the massive amounts of character customization, voiceless is probably the best choice with this game. Besides that, it makes mods with dialogue more seamless.
That is revolutionary.
True RPG games shouldn't have a voiced character imo. That was something I reeeeeally didn't like about Fallout 4. No doubt there will be tons of mods that'll add voices though lol
The best game of all time has a silent protagonists Breath of the Wild, so surely this is not an issue.
