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Ick; definitely do not want this (vtubers are super uncanny valley to me and unnerving)
It can be done right. Like a dragon infinite wealth has a vtuber character as part of its story line, they use the account to spread lies about the main character and part of the story is trying to figure out who controls the channel.
But yeah, I don't see most games doing it that way lol
To me, it's about the voice and avatar on screen and not the content. They never fully match (I am super sensitive to sync between audio and video) which just puts it into super creepy and inhuman on top of the weird (to me, anyway,) animated avatar (and I don't just mean Japanese-anime-style either; I've seen robots, more photo-realistic, etc.).
interestingly it's mostly the big corporation-backed models that have bad sync. independent streamers seem to care more about that and there is a clear difference in quality.
This works since it feels grounded enough and really does help move the story forward - the anonymity in particular really drives this plot point. It's also not a real cameo or anything of the sort.
DS2's cameo is fine, it's a game full of bizarre cameos and weird shit as-is, I had no idea at first that they were a real person and not just made for the game lmao. It fits in that universe, especially with the uncanny animations.
But what else can you really do aside from those two options? It'll be incredibly difficult for this to not feel like a forced trend if it keeps happening.