To those that prefer silent protagonist, why?

@Legend002: i don't like a silent protagonist. So i would not prefer a game like that

Wow, I come the other side. A silent protagonist just make a gap between the protagonist and the setting. It also act as a reminder that the player is not apart of the world.

That is an awesome idea.

I kind of agree with a but.
If you are taking the role of an already established character then the person ought to have a voice/personality as it's not supposed to be you, If it is supposed to be you then I can see how someone elses voice/personality can break the immersion for others since it's clearly not you.

One could glance over at Binary Domain and it's vocal command requirement to eliminate silent protaganists entirely, For instance have you speak as yourself in game and parts of the game responding to you. This is of course possible although crudely and on the surface right now but it would be a nice feature to further on Immerse yourself in a game.

For instance being approached by a NPC needing aid, your reply could be dismissive and they'll act accordingly, or you reply with " What's wrong?" and they'll tell you and respond to your next set of words.

Say if the NPC's daughter is missing, you could ask " Where was the last place you saw her", which would let her give you a clue on where to start looking or if you ask " Is there any places she likes to go" and you could be directed elsewhere and having progressed further on the search then if you started from where the NPC last saw her.

Again this is simply an idea and will likely not happen anytime soon but it would be a big step in feeling apart of a world where you are a virtual version of you.

Based on my experiences so far playing GTA V with the first-person camera, I guess I don't mind short one-liners like when Trevor (as a taxi driver) runs down a commuter who did not pay his fare. So long as it does not interrupt the action.

Because I don't care about the story and would prefer as little dialogue as possible. Dialogue in videogames is for the most part abysmal.

But Chrono is awesome. :(

if your characters silent, its because the developer was being lazy. Sometimes its small time games that do this. GTA 3 was like this, and they quickly learned having a main character that can talk brings the game to life much better.

Could you imagine playing Mass Effect if your character was mute?

The more recent elder scroll games, your characters don't have any spoken dialog, and it really hurts the storyline with this.

When i think back on games with good storylines, most of them have had a main character that could talk and wasn't a weird mute.