Games that do conversation well

[ALear]

@ShaeSays

Em, am I to understand that when you, the player (represented by an art critic), type in a command to question the NPC (Galatea), and the response is “You can’t form your question into words”, that the “you” referred to is Galatea? Why would she be attempting to form a question in response to your question?

No, by ‘protagonist’ Emily means the art critic.

[ShaeSays]

Alear said:

No, by ‘protagonist’ Emily means the art critic.

But Emily said:

Yeah, the intention (at least) is that it’s the protagonist… After all – it’s the protagonist’s childhood, etc., that will be described if you talk to her.

(emphasis mine)

So then, by your interpretation, Alear, Em describes the mere act of playing the game as “talking to her (the art critic)”? After all, I assume you don’t say “self, hello” or “tell art critic about…” in the midst of play, and “talking to” as a command is what this thread is about.

Confusing either way, so I’d like to hear Em’s answer if she’s still around.

[ALear]

In the course of interacting with Galatea, the player character’s background is revealed in bits and pieces, through thoughts written in prose instead of dialogue.

[emshort]

ALear is right: I mean the protagonist = critic.