>>52465699Based, VAs are really not worth the costs and are a overrated as FUCK feature. And i say that trying to "defend" Scarlet and Violet, i say that as someone who played Fallout 4.
A big issue is definitely that Gamefreak is still taking cutscene direction in a way that it SHOULD be voice acted though, which is what makes it glaring, Skyward Sword had a similar issue, but it still had some "voices", Pokémon doesn't even have "reaction grunts", just pure silence. And that makes me think it really is just a cope to make this "We wanna make player imagine" because you can help that imagination along with just a little bit of effort, Pitched Text noises, shit like the "Gu-huhs" from Banjo, or just a recorded sigh or laugh to go along the "laughs" can help the player build on what the character sounds like.
The actual issue is that Gamefreak is basically ignoring a whole aspect of Audio, which honestly is kinda weird because that Pokémon have their own identifiable cries shows that they should realize that this shit is something that helps imagination.
