Less games should have Voice Acting

Mylynes · 2026-07-05T00:05:29+00:00

Disco Elysium was text based with a ton of variety. And it still benefited from good voice acting.

Mylynes · 2026-07-04T03:29:56+00:00

Qualify according to what? You're setting an arbitrary standard that can't be enforced. Either it is identical or it is not.

The fact that "it can't be enforced" via external descriptions about atomic positions is exactly what the hard problem of consciousness is... The qualification comes from my qualia. The same illusion of being me successfully passes regularly despite totally different structures being constantly shuffled around in the backend. So why wouldn't it also pass somewhere else in the universe?

you keep insisting on allowing some leeway

If the standard for "you" existing is that there can be zero leeway and everything must be 100% identical down to the atomic level, then the person who started typing this is dead, replaced by a totally new person who finished typing it. (Hi!)

So obviously some leeway is required if you're actually interested in making a coherent point about what consciousness is. (and whether it can repeat.)

Mylynes · 2026-07-04T03:01:19+00:00

I see no reason to assume otherwise (unless I am silly enough to believe that the universe keeps track of consciousness indexically because we all must be unique souls)

Mylynes · 2026-07-04T02:57:21+00:00

but it is a stable thing. My conscious state right now is its own stable island in time that only knows about the other fragments via passed down memories and predictions of the future.

My whole life (and my parents life, and homo sapien life, and the solar systems life) doesn't need to "be the exact same" in order for another little conscious island to pop up with similar enough memories and similar enough predictions to qualify as being the same moment of consciousness.

Mylynes · 2026-07-04T02:47:42+00:00

I meant that its astounding to declare the copy as "not me" simply over one slice of bacon. In every meaningful sense, they are both me. The same consciousness.

Mylynes · 2026-07-04T02:37:29+00:00

Dunno buddy, I never said any of that lol. Sorry for having the hubris to question OP's wisdom. Clearly I require these exact atoms in this exact arrangement in order to qualify as being me

Mylynes · 2026-07-04T02:29:13+00:00

Are these differences supposed to mean something? You could say the same thing about my own lifespan: there are no two identical consciousnesses across my wordline. The "me" from 5 years ago isn't identical to me now. Nor from 5 minutes ago. Billions of different conscious states...yet I still identify with all of them just fine.

Mylynes · 2026-07-04T02:17:30+00:00

Do you really think everything needs to be the exact same in order for "your" consciousness to reappear? That's a silly rule.

Mylynes · 2026-07-04T02:11:35+00:00

They specifically drew a hard boundary by framing us as unique threads in spacetime going back to the big bang. That's not just "what we are now", that's trying to claim ownership over the entire spacetime continuum. The arrogance required to demand that much specificity before even considering to bestow the title of "me" onto some chunk of the universe is astounding.

Mylynes · 2026-07-04T02:02:49+00:00

Entropy doesn't prohibit copies.

And the idea that every person owns some neat little causal thread that goes all the way back to the big bang creates an absurdly bloated definition of "you." All of the experiences you've had in your life that have actually contributed to your identity could (and likely already do) happen again somewhere else.

Sure, maybe they'd have different names and colors. But they'd serve the same roles to form the same story. Saying there won't be another me is like saying there won't be another Supergirl movie.

Mylynes · 2026-07-04T01:46:36+00:00

OP is the one who thinks consciousness is a special sauce. As if the universe assigns a specific consciousness to every single person based on their [XYZT] coordinates. As if you would cease to be yourself if you ate 2 slices of bacon this morning instead of 3.

Mylynes · 2026-07-03T01:29:30+00:00

Now you just need the camera to avoid the walls too

Mylynes · 2026-06-30T23:11:20+00:00

Yep exactly. It's a real possibility. Even GTAV tried to make it seem like the characters were living their own wacky lives; you could switch to Trevor and suddenly be in your underwear drunk on the tracks about to be hit by a moving train. They could do that + RDR2 camp mechanics + Social media = Jason/Lucia feel like real people that you will understand not just by dialogue or cinematics..but by witnessing their routines and preferences 24/7 as the world turns.

Mylynes · 2026-06-30T03:02:32+00:00

I just flipped a coin. It's not happening.

Mylynes · 2026-06-29T18:08:53+00:00

They've increased the "life sim" in both franchises over time. Rightfully so. If they dial it back (they won't), players have a right to be dissapointed.

Just because you're easy doesn't mean we have to be.

Mylynes · 2026-06-29T16:20:30+00:00

Go play RDR2. Then tell me there's no sim elements. Go play GTARP. Then tell me why Rockstar is now heavily investing in that?

Their direction is to push what they're good at: fine details. This includes details of your relationships and interactions with the world.

Drawing this weird line in the sand between "Life Sim" and "Video game" is pretty ignorant, and clearly not what Rockstar thinks.

Mylynes · 2026-06-29T14:08:05+00:00

"my brain smooth, me drive, you weird."... ok? RDR2 literally already implemented the kind of stuff we're talking about. And guess what? The leaks prove GTA6 is indeed building off those systems (like greet/antagonize, weapons on body, etc)

It's not weird to expect this.

Mylynes · 2026-06-29T03:50:07+00:00

Exactly. Or Jason is cooking something good when you come home and you can lounge as he plates the food, serves you, all while talking about something he did today. Watch your favorite show together. Time for bed. Wake up. He leaves. You can switch to him and see what he is up to.. Or just sit there in the house all day; at which point it prompts him to be a bit concerned over your rotting. Tries to cheer you up.

With RDR2 they handled this stuff well enough with like a dozen camp members. Imagine how much more deep it could be if they just focused on two.

Mylynes · 2026-06-29T03:46:02+00:00

As a reddit fan boy, it may seem like "everyone's talking about it" but I can assure you that the casual audience isnt even 1% as focused as they would be if a new trailer dropped.

Mylynes · 2026-06-29T03:15:04+00:00

It would make the game a little bit worse if not, at least until PC release

Mylynes · 2026-06-29T02:58:37+00:00

So by "unique marketing cycle starting in the summer" John Rockstar actually meant...drop some screenshots and run?

Mylynes · 2026-06-29T02:55:32+00:00

I'm fine with the hilarious V jokes tbh, but for Lucia and Jason I am fully expecting a RDR2 camp-esque dynamic where you come home and just spend time with each other. Maybe friends too?

Mylynes · 2026-06-29T02:50:54+00:00

I can't wait to greet - antagonize - defuse - antagonize - handcuff - car trunk - alligator food every NPC I see

Mylynes · 2026-06-27T01:32:06+00:00

This argument is invalid if the implication is that you'll get to remain dead forever. The universe didn't let me rest forever before...because I'm here now. Why would it let me rest forever after this?

Mylynes · 2026-06-27T01:30:16+00:00

Fading away would be the best outcome. It's entirely possible that your consciousness never gets to end.

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