Zelda Skyward Sword Official

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Originally Posted by TrialSword

He said it makes it more apparent that this is an "old" game, but while that's used as a criticism against Zelda, the same people use that word to praise Dark Souls for being more like "old" challenging video games.

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Two totally different things are totally different? Just because something uses certain types of characteristics doesn't mean everything from that time period or even a specific game is great. I like Hard Reset having a Doom-like design but that doesn't mean I want the game to not have mouse aiming.

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Originally Posted by Hero

Most game voice acting is terrible anyway

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So we should force stagnation? If Nintendo tried to have a completely voice acted Zelda then, yeah, it'll suck donkey balls the first time out because it'll be their first time trying it and Nintendo is horrific at picking voices. But they'll also get better at it with each subsequent game and it'll improve their increasingly cinematic cutscenes from playing out like a silent movie with dialogue cards. If they never do it it'll never get better. Which I guess is what you want, so I'm not even sure why you bother to play new games at all.

Link never says shit anyway aside from screaming so it's kind of whatever (I would prefer it as I think it gives a better feel to the characters), but I do find it weird that people are arguing against its existence for any reason other than listening to Star Fox dialogue.

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

If Nintendo tried to have a completely voice acted Zelda then, yeah, it'll suck donkey balls the first time out because it'll be their first time trying it and Nintendo is horrific at picking voices. But they'll also get better at it with each subsequent game and it'll improve their increasingly cinematic cutscenes from playing out like a silent movie with dialogue cards. If they never do it it'll never get better. Which I guess is what you want, so I'm not even sure why you bother to play new games at all.

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This is some bizarre reasoning. It'll probably suck the first time so it'll probably get better every subsequent time because this is a matter where they're practicing something that necessarily improves.

The thing is, it doesn't need voice acting beyond what's already there, and people are acting like it does. It's not a matter of being rooted in a time when video games didn't have speech, it's a stylistic choice.

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Originally Posted by Finch

This is some bizarre reasoning. It'll probably suck the first time so it'll probably get better every subsequent time because this is a matter where they're practicing something that necessarily improves.

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How is that bizarre? They'll learn what voices work and which don't, who to hire and who not to, how long it'll take them to implement all the voice work and improve that for subsequent games, get feedback from reviews and their fans, and so on. I'm discussing the entire process, not a single voice actor.

Voice acting would add nothing to Zelda.
The most fun parts of the game involve no dialogue whatsoever.
Just give more of that.

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

How is that bizarre? They'll learn what voices work and which don't, who to hire and who not to, how long it'll take them to implement all the voice work and improve that for subsequent games, get feedback from reviews and their fans, and so on. I'm discussing the entire process, not a single voice actor.

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It's the part where you're relying on Nintendo to pay attention to feedback, reviews, and its fans.

You've got me there.

And thank god for that.

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Originally Posted by kedawa

Voice acting would add nothing to Zelda.
The most fun parts of the game involve no dialogue whatsoever.
Just give more of that.

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Pretty much this.

Of all things I think work for Zelda anyway (and games in general), it's not the talkies.

Video games don't need voice acting. It's just not that important.

James

That's not at all true. Games like LA Noire, Uncharted, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Batman AA and AC all would be SIGNIFICANTLY worse if it weren't for the excellent voice acting in all of them.