discussion Sound in Games

[User_104065]

I usually mute everything and have a video or stream running on the second screen.

 

[gomartout]

always off

 

[Trueee12]

Always off with my playlist in the background

 

[floydrowx77]

I only like the sound if there's sex effects like moaning and butt slaps, other than that i usually play on mute.

 

[sertw4]

I generally have all sound off, there have been exceptions where I had a gut feeling the music might work for a game (generally sci-fi themed ones usually go for a more muted tracklist that doesn't overstate itself). Voice acting though has been pretty atrocious on anything I've turned it on for.

 

[Impregnocon]

alot of ren'py games use the same copyright free music and sounds so after awhile it gets annoying

 

[Loliholic]

Standard in every game:
0% music
50% ambient sounds
25% useless sounds (like clicks, menu and other crap)
100% voice

Standard in adult games:
More or less the same except it has sex sounds, then i reduce them to 0% as well. Cant have any moaning in my office when i'm alone ^^

 

[Shawnchapp]

No sound? i don't play the game its that simple, don't be a lazy dev add some bg music at the very least.

 

[okok42690]

I actually love when games go the extra step to add sound. a background track goes a long way in my book.

 

[Kastel0]

Like a lot of you, I mute everything and listen to music.

 

[Traveller19]

I dont know if i am crazy but i almost never play anything with sound enabled, the first thing i ever do is mute all sound and i am not sure if it is a hold over from when i was younger and was trying to not get caught or not especially since in my day to day i love music.

Just as you described it.

 

[Fernqvist]

I mute everything except the music, Music can do so much for a scene so i rather hear what the dev put in.

 

[User_101237]

bare witness has such a banger soundtrack

 

[FoamBottle25]

Sound really enhances though... the best games in general I think had very good soundtracks.

 

[bomb john]

Mostly mute unless the game got a good sound track or good effects.

 

[ss60455]

Yeah i always mute games as soon as i open them

 

[Bafucer79]

I listen to my own music so I always mute everything except sound effects.

 

[SlickBrick]

Usually the first thing in the settings is to drag down all the sound sliders to about 30-40%. Some games have music that seems entirely unfitting or added in through some walkthrough mod that thought to add their generic shit music was a great idea. Those cases I mute without hesitation.

 

[Tch11]

Only leave ambient sound and voice on.

 

[SlickBrick]

Visual novels made by professionals like those made by Japanese people, I always turn on everything from BGM, Voice, SFX etc. Apart from that, I always turn off the sound.

Great point! My first game was Katawa Shoujo and I loved the way they used the piano music and sound effects. Even the clichee japanese cicada sounds. It really emphasized everything that was going on and pronounced the mood.