I always wondered why the game made it so hard for me to get into its world. Is it the weird humor, is it the cartoonish bloodbaths that break the immersion? I think I understand the main reason now: it's the odd dissonance between a silent PC and talking NPCs. The problem is not the silent PC itself, but rather the fact that the camera pans to the grimacing PC every time I have to give an answer. I'm not the PC, I'm looking at the PC from the outside. And because the PC tries so hard to mimic emotions, but nonetheless stays silent, while all the others have a voice, my immersion is completely broken. I just can't get used to it. I noticed this after watching old Skyrim videos. In those, a "silent PC" works because we're not looking at the PC from the outside, we're practically inside them. Does anyone here feel the same?
Also: Without the camera pans BG3 would work well, but I don't think that Larian is going to implement this option. However, will there be a way to turn off voice acting in the multiple choice dialogues completely, while keeping the voice acting outside the multiple choice dialogues? That would help with immersion.
