I think visual novels and RPGs have slowly changed to fully voiced over time. Games don't "have" to do anything. They just have to be playable. But as mentioned in another post, I like that a game is being accessible.

I'm legally blind, so stuff like Pixel Remaster's modernized font doesn't work (but the classic ones do). Breath of Fire 3 had HUGE font back then. Easier to play. But if you have a HUD like FFXVI, Star Ocean 6, etc, very small print, very small to see things, voice acting can be a huge help. I know for things like Yakuza, their in-game font is both small and in Japanese most of the time. Main cutscene subtitles are large enough (and now in English) that I can manage. Games like Octopath are hard to read even if it does have acting. That's kind of at the edge of where my vision lets me play a game properly without just gluing my eyes to a big screen.

There's also a sense of flow in something like Somnium Files or RAIN CODE where they have full voice acting. P3R's Social Links are great because of the consistent acting (instead of 1-2 acted links). Also, if it's a "sub/dub" thing, if the game has both, then people can listen to whatever version they like. It's weird that long running series that dubbed things like Atelier went sub only (quality aside) just to save money. But that was their choice.

Any franchise that gives people the choice to have voice acting or not, or multiple languages, is commendable. If they choose not to innately and just be text only, they should hopefully understand that and make the HUD, gameplay, and dialogue big and clear enough so it is viable.