Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
I really liked the characters in XIII and their voice acting for the most part was of good quality, but I do admit that I've always felt far more attached to non-voice-acted characters (X and XII were terrible from my perspective). I think it's because you get to put your own voice to a character in your head as you read things on the screen. It also allows you to better connect with the music, I find, which might also add to the emotive aspects.

Quoted for the truth.

While I don't necessarily mind VA work, I do find that it makes stomaching bad dialogue more acceptable. Playing through the DS version of IV, I couldn't help but laugh through some of my favorite scenes cause I never realized how bad the dialogue can be til it was read out loud.

I also agree with BoB and VeloZer0 concerning how much music has really been short changed in the last generation. A few games had some good soundtracks but I rarely felt any of them blended the music with the storytelling as well as they did in the old days.