sim-h Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Named characters that I see give me the option to reach out for their soul, or 'step back', when I click on them. Am I completely unable to speak to these characters?? Or do I need to activate some sort of speech control that I can't see. Thanks for any replies on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallenger Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) In so far as I know you can only look at their souls - there'r still plenty of other people to talk to though :D. Edited March 27, 2015 by Gallenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat7ra Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I was kinda sad about this, especially when you find out someone did a gruesome deed and I want to punish them for it! He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster . . . when you gaze long into the abyss the abyss also gazes into you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sim-h Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 That's a weird design decision. I can talk to uninteresting townspeople but not to the interesting chars unless they are part of a quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Blot Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) I found this odd at first, but I'm of the opinion that this has something to do with the overall story, which we'll discover later on. *edit* Or are these the Kickstarter named NPCs, perhaps? Edited March 27, 2015 by Ink Blot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dray Truoc Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Yep, I think they're all Kickstarter NPCs. I suppose the backers submitted the "soul stories"? They're basically just there to read and add some flavour to the world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansen Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Yeah I'm pretty sure those are Kickstarter pledge rewards in some way or other - You can tell these NPCs apart from "normal" ones by the gold tinted nameplate (hold TAB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talharbash Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I actually read through them all thinking I'd be quizzed on it at some point haha. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyjackyjackychan Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 i too read a bunch thinking that they would be relevant to a quest or puzzle or something in the game but after noticing the quality is all over the place i came here to figure out what's up. i think it is really lame to have these npcs everywhere. the graveyard memorials i can deal with but these npcs are all over the place there are just too many. i don't expect this sort of thing in a $45 game...feels very unprofessional. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloth Ears Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 It only adds to the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt516 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 i too read a bunch thinking that they would be relevant to a quest or puzzle or something in the game but after noticing the quality is all over the place i came here to figure out what's up. i think it is really lame to have these npcs everywhere. the graveyard memorials i can deal with but these npcs are all over the place there are just too many. i don't expect this sort of thing in a $45 game...feels very unprofessional. Yeah, they really detract from the quality of the world IMO. I'm changing their names to generic names with the IE mod and ignoring them as far as conversation goes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) The names and wacky appearances are an unfortunate side-effect of how the KS reward worked, but I welcome the opportunity to read the little in-world storylets. It would be nice if the option to do the reading were locked off until after you find out The Thing That Makes Charname Special. It would have made the conversation with the old dwarf a bit more impactful if you hadn't already read the souls of half the population of the town. Edited March 28, 2015 by Enoch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt516 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) It would be nice if the option to do the reading were locked off until after you find out The Thing That Makes Charname Special. It would have made the conversation with the old dwarf a bit more impactful if you hadn't already read the souls of half the population of the town. Exactly. That conversation was entirely anticlimactic because of that. Quite disappointed in Obsidian for letting a KS reward screw up the atmosphere and story (supposedly a major focus!) of their game like that. Not saying it's not a great game - it certainly seems to be so far. But the backer NPCs are an annoyance, and should have been implemented differently. Edited March 28, 2015 by Matt516 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paragondk Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Completely agree. It detracts from the immersion rather than adds to it, since there is no point to the NPCs save for their short stories. Wish they could be diabled somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallenger Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 So you're saying, neat little "soul lookery" stories detract from the game more so than Peasant #9520 saying the same things as every other peasant in a zone? The only inconsistency is that you can't look at certain peoples' souls and it doesn't really explain why as far as I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razcalking Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 They feel... tacky. Like the game sold off little pieces of its soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratosj Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Well I enjoyed every single one I encountered and am looking forward to reading some more. But like others said it would be much better if there was some further way of interacting with the NPCs. I'm sure that mod will come one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyjackyjackychan Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 yeah a toggle in the options menu would be great. it could just leave the npcs there but not make them noninteractable. unfortunately since people paid so much money for those npcs i doubt they would ever add any interface to hide them.i see now they have yellow name backgrounds but having to check every npc for that is tedious and also easy to miss since its hard to notice from regular names.the problem is that it is amateur work. when i pay full price for a game i don't want to read weak fanfic stories from random people (some of them are well written but many are not). im paying for a product by professionals. not to mention they have no relevance to the world and story. maybe if this were a $10 game it would be acceptable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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