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[polamnus]

Man I signed on here looking to find out it was possible to disable the squad banter, it's awful. It's like it was written by people who's only knowledge of what military men and women sound like is from network TV shows and 80's movies. In solo, it's annoying, in Co-op it's downright dangerous. My friends and I are caught in a tense firefight and there's a 3 minute long "joke" being told that I've heard 6 times before...make it stop, please!

[fabiofrank]

Wildlands is often bizarre and confounding. It's a tonal mess—ostensibly a near-future thriller about an ultra-violent drug cartel, but filled with broad stereotypes. Its radio station takes a stab at GTA-style comedy, but, in the context of its themes, it feels more dissonant than parodical—often unpleasantly so. The banter between squadmates regularly falls into the common trap of imitating the detached, fatalistic gallows humour of shows like Generation Kill. The key difference is there's no sense here that the Ghosts are in any way affected by the world around them, or their own actions within it. Without that humanising personalisation, they just sound like jerks, or worse.

From the PCGAMER review. It is exactly how i felt about the radios and banter...
The banter being even more problematic, as it is distracting and anti-immersive when playing coop with voicechat.

[CVSiN]

"S**tballs!"

Said no special forces unit *ever.*

The banter in this game is reminiscent of teenagers playing airsoft. How Ubisoft thought this was a good idea is beyond me.

Then you have never worn a uniform in your life.. my 10 years in the military taught me more "colorful" language in tense situations than I would have ever learned or been accepted in the real world..

[CVSiN]

it is indeed very, very akward and it's inclusion in the game is a bit of an emberassment!

Sounds like a bunch of you have never served.. They actually TONED DOWN how the real military talks..
The jokes I've all heard before when I was in.. The levity is how many people deal with the tensions of combat. Enlist and go to war.. and lets see how you talk aftewards...

My language and mentalities are forever changed after serving. Most of the time Civvys dont get me anymore,

[fabiofrank]

Sounds like a bunch of you have never served.. They actually TONED DOWN how the real military talks..

it is not about bad language. it is about bad writing.

[mezzatron]

When I played the Technical Test 6-7 months ago they were constantly telling jokes about one time being in afghanistan, or iraq. The stories were pretty funny and actually made the game feel a lot more immersive. I haven't heard any of these stories in the full game. I wonder if they removed them or if they unlock after certain amount of progression.

I really enjoy the stories they tell. But sh.tballs is a bit weird i agree.

[Gumavarie]

Then you have never worn a uniform in your life.. my 10 years in the military taught me more "colorful" language in tense situations than I would have ever learned or been accepted in the real world..

Uhh what? Says you? Our sense of humour is dark, witty. Partly a coping mechanism, partly due to being desensitized. There's a difference between colorful language and making one-liners that are lame and immature.

[CVSiN]

it is indeed very, very akward and it's inclusion in the game is a bit of an emberassment!

Sounds like a bunch of you have never served.. They actually TONED DOWN how the real military talks..
The jokes I've all heard before when I was in.. The levity is how many people deal with the tensions of combat. Enlist and go to war.. and lets see how you talk aftewards...

My language and mentalities are forever changed after serving. Most of the time Civvys dont get me anymore,

[CVSiN]

Uhh what? Says you? Our sense of humour is dark, witty. Partly a coping mechanism, partly due to being desensitized. There's a difference between colorful language and making one-liners that are lame and immature.

Bullspit.. and you know it.. if you in fact ever served. I've heard FAR worse coming out of Marines and Sailors mouths in regular conversation let alone under pressure.,

[LemonDog24]

I don't mind hearing it in solo play since I think it gives the AI ghosts a little life and character, but I find it annoying and distracting when they talk over my friends in co-op sessions. Should be disabled in coop buy default (or at least a toggle).