discussion Lewd sounds in games? Yea or nay?

[IzzyItto]

It depends, it has to have some variation, if different scenes uses the same audio every-time, it just becomes annoying. Recently I was playing a NTR game (RJ01234887) and I got to a scene where you could just hear your sister sucking a dude off screen and it became the hottest section of that game for me.

 

[Dediug]

Most of the sounds are pretty bad and don't fit and ruined it. I play with sound off usually

 

[Goblin King]

Honestly, just yes. Now the same exact sound looping can get annoying however in general even that's better then no sound what so ever. Of course a better sound scape, with more sounds, matching intent and intensity and matching the characters, or even better syncing up perfectly, and so on, etc. Is going to be even better.

 

[ExoticMuffin]

Agreed, some sound is better than no sound at all in almost all cases to me. Good sound design for including lewd sounds would be preferred, but mediocre is okay since thats still better than nothing. They have to be done reaaaally badly to take me out of the game. Which thankfully I haven't encountered too often.

 

[Derelicthouse]

Absolutely, having the option is best, to toggle and on and off. But sound effects can add so much to a game. Especially when using still images, the sound effects can evoke motion and action so well. It really makes any game much more immersive. Like, when listening to a VM and hearing a corresponding sound effect to the body does so much. You can follow through with the dialogue and actions. Although, if the sound effects loop or the voice loops, it can get annoying. But that isn't something I've found that annoying or ran into that often. Having a toggle would probably make everyone happy.

 

[shiftystan1]

voice acting or sounds in general have always been a plus in my book, really adds to the game and can be such a turn on, however low quality or mismatched sounds and voices can piss me off a little, might as well not have it if they can't get it to a good standard

 

[surmurnthur]

they gotta be well done (not just copy paste sound from a live action porn video that kiiiiinda syncs up or that's chopped to oblivion) and i much prefer to hear all people involved making noises or taking out any vocalizations and sticking with the bodily sounds. there's something uncanny and off about just hearing the woman (this is really only an issue in straight games), some slick slapping sounds, and nothing else. i don't want to hear ME and then the female character...i wanna hear the mc too. because that's hot. and i don't like when people are 100% silent during sex.

i usually turn sound off if it's not to my liking tho, i'm picky and sound design is one thing that can really easily take me out if it's not obviously done with intent and skill. weirdly, i can't really stand voiced lines in porn games. love them in normal games...maybe it's something about how VAs for porn games have a standard way of going about things or there's a general consensus about direction given to VAs from devs that ends up with performances that just pull me completely out of it. especially if it's during a scene and it's too "porn-y" and cheap.

 

[shiftystan1]

if it is done right (multiple sounds, not the same pattern of noises for every scene), i love it when the moans are similar to the characters voice, and i like it when they can sync up with mouth movements. Vocals really get me going but poor quality ruins it 100%

 

[YoloYeet]

if its just sound, im ok with it. if its voice i rather listen to female voices then male. just weird to hear grunting XD

 

[Hypertext3087]

no i find this a bit weird