Oh, that must be exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time, seeing your characters come to life. How do you convey what you imagine the characters to sound and act like?

The Citadel from Mass Effect

With this playing on repeat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLLbzwWam6g

Haven’t played many, but these were great:

Sword & Sworcery Android Apple

Sorcery! Series Android Apple

80 Days Android Apple

True, but I think that the microphone communication that Binary Domain offers is a unique feature that OP will appreciate.

“Binary Domain” is an option. You are almost all the time accompanied by 1-3 NPCs of your Team. The game also has a, more or less working, voice System to talk to your team through your microphone. That way you can give orders and have some small talk. The game is quite good, give it a try.