User blog comment:Charly Cohen/BioShock 4/@comment-203.81.212.94-20130630092848/@comment-99.100.134.163-20130721155954

It goes both ways; sure, you can imagine yourself as the character, but Jack and Subject Delta still had their own stories that prevented players from truly "becoming" the character. Neither of the silent protagonists were entirely blank slates. Personally, I prefer a non-silent character. Booker's and Elizabeth's exchanges and conversations really helped to build the relationship between the two.