Aha thanks, I was not previously aware of this expression "the 4th wall" but yes that's exactly what I'm talking about.
Good point that in whacky comedy-games it can be fun to break this 4th wall intentionally, but that serious stories is a different matter, which is why I've updated the original post now to specify serious games.
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Originally Posted by cbman
when trying to use an incorrect inventory item ("Why would I do that?" etc).
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Yes! I agree with your entire post in general but specifically it's lines like that which I'm curious about, lines like
"Why would I do that?" or even
"I can't combine that with that" are not extreme cases of breaking the 4th wall, but still somewhat not right.
Would you (and everyone else) say there's any solution to that dilemma tho?
I mean sure you could change all those lines to
"I just had this idea in my head but now that I think about it it doesn't hold up to scrutiny", but it could be argued that that would only be appreciated for 5 mins but for the rest of the game it would just become annoying and redundant.