Okay. What the fuck is with all these games where the protagonist has some other person yapping in their head? Shits getting lazy at this point. >jujutsu kaisen>Vtmb 2>Ghostwire Tokyo>Cyberpunk 2077>Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor>Batman Arkham Knight>Sherlock Holmes Chapter 1>Tainted Grail >Baldurs Gate 3
Shameful self Bump
you forgot hellblade: senua's sacrificebut also that's pretty reductive. the context in many of these games is very different
>>728523347I'll give you Baldur's Gate and maybe Sherlock Holmes. For the most part its all similar. >protag is sharing a conscious with someone who died>dead person has access to some powers (not always) that the Protag can use>also is slowly taking over the protag's mind over the course of the game
Damn. No one wants to come to my thread. Oh well. :(
Never would expect Joker to die from fucking steroids of all things
>>728525218I'm sorry, I like your thread but don't have anything meaningful to contribute. :(
>>728525426Joke her? I hardly know her!
hmmmmmmm i wonder which one of these games you mentioned mightve started that trend..... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
>>728525474Its fine. Just wanted to see if anyone else noticed this trend in vidya.
Disco Elysium has multiple i guess.Its a writing tool and it depends how its used, in the game its well implemented - same as in BG3.
>>728522679It’s either that, having a “communicator” like meta gear, or needing to code companion following.Otherwise there’s a bunch of silence which terrifies the zoomer.
>>728525537Borg episode from Star Trek most likely.
>>728522679I'd blame Portal 2 for that. In-universe voice-overs have always been around but Portal 2 went above and beyond with Wheatley and GLaDOS strapped into your gun, yapping about things constantly throughout the game.
Forspoken should count though nobody played that game enough to know this
>>728522679Schizo protagonists are the best. I can actually relate to them
>>728526915>>728525592Having like a Walkie Talkie isn't really the same. This thread is for when the protagonist has a headmate. I think Death Stranding counts? Doesn't Norman Reedus absorb the baby or something?
>>728522679Sherlock Holmes Chapter 1 is schizophrenic kino. All Frogwares Sherlock games are completely unhinged it’s great. God damn Russia for robbing me of more of them.
Happens in Armored Core 6 too. I guess it made the quest more personal feeling? Without her you're just a hired goon doing business as usual.
>>728522679it's the "reused assets" mentalitywhy have two characters on screen when you can limit it to one and still have a dialogue?
>>728522679>BG3The emperors in your head AND in your bed, if you play your cards right.
Bound by Flame: you share your body with a demonKotor2: Kreia. I don't include 1 because Bastila never intrudes like that old hag does.SWTOR: Depending on the class / story you have one or multiple entities living rent free in your head.The Darknessprobably that Banishers shit, I dunno
It's the new audiologs, the inexpensive way for video games to tell stories.
>>728522679It's just anthropomorphism of the tutorial. They should bring manuals back.
Dark MessiahAsscreed ValhallaTales from the Borderlandsdo we also include characters that are "bound" to the player (Midna, Paimon, etc.)?
>>728522679>yappingYou're shit colored and twenty years old.
>>728522679game developers rightly think normies are retards who need someone talking to them constantly or they'll get bored or lost
>>728529857alternatively he is VERY white and over 70
>>72852985760 year old white boomers have been saying that for their whole lives though
>>728529886they need to pull a Where Winds Meet and add a chatbot to those characters so you can literally ask>chat is this real?
>>728529912>>728529903I think old fucks are playing with real estate instead of bingbingwahoos and posting on /v/ - Video Games.
>>728522679Batman being a schizo in Arkham Knight was kino though
>>728530039He really should have told someone it was happening, at some point. The only one on his team who finds out is Tim right before Bruce locks him up "for his safety" in a place full of unconscious gang members.
Several random games over the span of a decade? Thats a trend?
>>728530725>i can only notice things when there's an overwhelming quantity of evidenceyou're weak
>>728530938There's nothing to notice...its just a plot thing that a handful of games have used over vidya history...There's a hundred things you could have made such a thread over, like pick a random tvtropes page
>>728522679It's basically a way to write a "grey" character by having one good and one "bad" person and having the players character change through the story.It's not really lazy, it's a good way to show someones changing their morals while not completely sacrificing them all.But it does limit in the depth of a single characters emotion you can show. It makes them more one dimensional because any contradiction they possess will be blamed on the other character influencing them.
>>728531128wake up sheeple
hell, might as well throw in Chief and Cortana
>>728522679humans are extremely high functioning schizophrenic animals due to their insane level of pattern recognition that they got through evolutionjust look at how many made up shit we have made up to shift blame for our actions>many different religions>many different mythical stories>technology in itself>economic models >political models>the very concept of elites and peasantswhy do you think mental illness gets a spotlight episode in literally everything we do?why do you think the brightest minds (extremely high iq individuals) have schizophrenic behavior or are straight up schizos?
it's a metaphor for parasites irl that can be found in the things we eat, music, entertainement and that are slowly taking control of us
Lazy writing.Video game writers often lack the talent to provide context, worldbuilding, stakes, and direction without explaining it in plain English through a mouthpiece. However, some of the examples don't fit the same trope.>Cyberpunk 2077Johny Mnemonic is, at least initially, antagonistic and gets in the way more than he "helps". It still unfortunately devolves into him guiding you around, but at least it starts in a more interesting way.>>728525537HALO, but it was good there. Also >>728525723>>728525571Both Disco Elysium and BG3 are somewhat poorly-written examples.
>>728522679I agree it is tired but I think you are casting too wide a net with your examples.The one that actually is annoying is the constantly chatting while you're in gameplay character (Joker, Johnny Silverhand, Fabien etc.). This is a narrative technique to try and keep you engaged and entertained while you do repetitive or possibly boring content. The gameplay in Arkham Knight hadn't changed much since City or Origins so Joker appearing every 5 seconds helps keep you entertained as a player and allows the writer to keep reinforcing whatever they want you to feel or think from the story.
>>728536889This is possibly one of the biggest failings of games after 7th gen.Bloated wordcounts into the hundreds of thousands where nothing of consequence is ever said.
