For me, the cinematic dialogue system was one of the only welcomed change I liked in FO4, since I don't like silent protagonists and the Bethesda (and Obsidian) fixed/zoomed-in camera dialogue

So if that thing is gone, there's nothing positive I can expect from a future Bethesda game

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I can understand and respect your position

but to offer the other side on silent charcters over voice acting, voice acting is expensive and time consuming. While if the dialog is just text, it can be much more involved, much more informative, can have sudden updates and changes without having incurr the cost of bringing back VAs and studio time, etc etc.

You can also have interesting mechanics like F1/2 had with how you can basically ask questions via keywords and discover new dialog that you never would have seen, or heard, otherwise.

also lets me slip into my character more easily when I dont have to hear the VA's interpretation of it... unless the VA is Jennifer Hale, cause hers is basically the voice I hear in my head for any strong female MC, lol