Gaming

Maybe not big picture but I really hate parroting in RPGs. I don't know if there is a better term but it is one that I always call it when one character will talk about something only to have another repeat the same exact thing back to them in a question typically. "We need to head to the port" "The port?" "There will be a boat there to get us to the next town" " A boat to the next town?"

This is fine every now and then but some of the psx jrpgs I've been playing have really been leaning heavily into it.

*A couple folks have mentioned this is a cultural thing, I did not know that! Thank you. It does not make me like it any more but at least now there is some reasoning behind it. Where I'm from, if you repeat something back to someone whilst adding nothing...it is common that you are not paying attention. When this is done by multiple people in the same event...it makes me feel like I am leading an adventure of people with the attention span of a gnat. This is something that is super easy to overlook when you are reading it in your head but when reading it out loud it is a bit jarring to repeat yourself.