Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - General I dont like that dialogue options start with "say"

1. *Ask the thread users 'what can change the nature of man?'. *

1. *Reply that only a God can*

The indirect dialogue reminds me a bit of the Choose Your Own Adventure books I grew up with.

I like the new 3rd party dialog

*Respond with a disagreement about how much you don't like this system.* ...Yeah, that doesn't add to the discussion does it?

At first I was put off by the new dialogue style too, and having absolutely no voiceovers, that kinda scared me.

But then I played and... I liked it, it opens a lot of new posibilities for writers.. some of the best moments in the game were just narrated that way and it feels cool, just like a tabletop RPG I guess.

*Engage in a sophisticated debate on dialog where both party end up disagreeing.*

You know what? A really good narrator voice over would make this a lot better. Depending on how the voice over was done it could give life to the narrations and actually Mae them amusing to listen to.

Edit: Of course they might have to change the lines slightly to make it more natural sounding for a narrator figure in the clouds. Hell, they could throw in jokes about the fourth wall and the player controlling the character.

Ex.
You walk over a mine and die.
Narrator: "well that wasn't particularly smart, now was it? Maybe you should raise your intelligence stat a bit more and try again."

Or if you do it again
Narrator: "You're a cruel god, you know that? Do these mortals' lives only exist to entertain you?"

The most important thing from my point of view is that the text, whichever form it is presented in, should clearly indicate the kind of response I am likely to get from the hearers. The style is far less important.

So far I have had no real issues with the text provided, which puts OS2 ahead of a high proportion of games I have played. The way in which the options are presented seems to encourage good writing so I am happy to see it continue to be used.

The Dwarves has a narrator (fitting since it's a book made into game form), and the voice actress for her has a good delivery.




Rest in peace, Tony Jay.