discussion Audio in Games

[Teaspoon]

Does anyone else mute their audio while playing AVNs or is it just me? In my opinion, the sound effects/voices are more of a distraction than bonus stimulation.
If not, do share what games you think are worthy of staying fully audible.

 

[Madingo]

I do too the music is just loud and not needed in most of them.

 

[lalka618]

Personally, I think music is needed. It helps to feel more subtly the moments of tension, satisfaction, fun and so on. With it, AVN's become much more atmospheric and enjoyable. If it is too loud, it is always possible to simply reduce its volume.

 

[Hunter4Ever]

I love the AVNs that has music/sound effetcs, just lower the volume but music/sound effetcs is necessary in my opinion. Like Desert Stalker and Fashion Business.

 

[User_3317]

Some easy going lo-fi type background music is nice, and i do enjoy slurps or wet sounds during lewd scenes.

 

[Toakabi]

I hate music in games, totally useless

 

[hrmm]

I generally prefer to play AVNs muted. Whenever a dev is like "please play with sound on it really adds to the experience" I'll usually give it a go, but I find that a good 95% of them are filthy fucking liars (or delusional).

There's been a few games where I think sound actually did add to the experience, but I can't remember most of them off the top of my head. Realm Invader though is absolutely one of them (doesn't seem to have a thread on this site, check the other site or the

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). I personally think it's a pretty funny game (humor is a very subjective thing though, so your mileage may vary) and a good portion of that humor is in the audio; the audio itself as well as the comedic timing of it. The music is pretty decent, too.

 

[User_80256]

Does anyone else mute their audio while playing AVNs or is it just me? In my opinion, the sound effects/voices are more of a distraction than bonus stimulation.
If not, do share what games you think are worthy of staying fully audible.

Agreed 100%

 

[Navri]

Mostly I play on mute. Somehow it feels the "right" way for me.

 

[Burntcalzone]

I enjoy sound but 99% of the time i do mute the music.

 

[thiagodias]

Most games just have generic music or moan sounds that the creator found on the internet, so yes I mute everything. The only exception may be the game Subverse, which has voice actresses hired specifically for the game.

 

[User_103049]

Depends on the music. If its the generic music from everygame, I mute it but I do like voice work a lot.

 

[mikix]

I mute the Music, but not the audio and voices, i like the quiet moments.

 

[User_102802]

I always play with audio on but pretty low otherwise it just feels empty

 

[RTTTT]

Does anyone else mute their audio while playing AVNs or is it just me? In my opinion, the sound effects/voices are more of a distraction than bonus stimulation.
If not, do share what games you think are worthy of staying fully audible.

I also completely mute games, 90% of the time. Can't deal with it. Probably an ADHD thing.

 

[Randomuserid]

depends on the game. Some have some bangers.

 

[TwistedMoony]

As a dev I do support music in games. Nothing major but just a nice background music.

 

[RTTTT]

As a dev I do support music in games. Nothing major but just a nice background music.

I also support music/sound effects in games. It definitely enhances the experience. However, for many games I just don't deal with it. I'm not entirely sure why, honestly.

 

[User_3471]

I think of these games as more like and interactive Comic. I mute everything and just read.

 

[DeepSeed]

Music can be a great addition, if well curated. I'll usually at least try it out if they bothered to try it out.

Voice acting I've encountered in AVN is very hit or miss. Some are suprisingly good and other seem like they gave someone a script and directed "Read this as monotone as possible and be sure you have no idea what's going on in the scene."

The worst is the voice audio clips. The "Ooh", "*Giggle*", "Yeah!", "No!", etc. Especially in games where they've linked them to EVERY statement a character makes.