Cyberpunk 2077 figured out the secret ingredient to make talking fun, and I wish Starfield had copied it

In a season that's been a non-stop firehose of RPGs worth talking about, the two that I can't get out of my head are Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty and Starfield. Not often do you see a doubleheader of FPS RPGs that blend those genres in very different ways. We could be here all day debating the merits of what makes them different—Starfield's massively segmented galaxy versus Cyberpunk's seamless, extremely convincing singular city—but what's giving me whiplash is how they tackle a particularly sticky challenge: first-person talking...
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