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[–] nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

People say they like environmental story telling, but idk.

Listening to 4 separate voice logs in fallout 4 about a raider investigating an active attack inside their shelter takes me out of it.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 56 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Voice logs are the opposite of environmental storytelling.

I like when the voice logs have laugh tracks so I know what the funny bits are.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 30 points 2 weeks ago

I'm the kind of person that doesn't even hear lyrics in music, game voice logs might as well be white noise to me. On the other hand, when the scene tells a story without words and you have to connect the dots yourself, I find that satisfying. Even basic examples like a corpse reaching toward the glowing red button.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Environmental storytelling is like all the teddy bears you find in little poses and scenes in FO4. Audio logs are just normal storytelling.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't half life the prime example? I mean there are no cut scenes and only a few interactions with other people.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

I just went with what they already seemed familiar with. And, I mean, despite everything else, Bethesda does do environmental story telling very well (excluding Starfield). Any of their games (excluding Starfield) would be my goto prime examples regardless.