Could you turn the subtitles on, please?
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If I ever can, I turn the subtitles on and switch to a different language. I find most video game voice acting to be terrible. Watching in a foreign language makes it somewhat bearable. I do the same for CG animated movies.
If I can only have subtitles then I switch them on. I'm not interested in game stories so subtitles help me to catch any information that might be important to the gameplay. There are very few games that I do not skip all cut scenes. Even on games I like I find them boring and slow-paced. The best games can give all the exposition they need in-game, during the levels. If they want to tell more of a story than that then they're using the wrong medium to do it.
If I can only have subtitles then I switch them on. I'm not interested in game stories so subtitles help me to catch any information that might be important to the gameplay. There are very few games that I do not skip all cut scenes. Even on games I like I find them boring and slow-paced. The best games can give all the exposition they need in-game, during the levels. If they want to tell more of a story than that then they're using the wrong medium to do it.
I also always turn them on. Nothing wrong with my hearing. But english its not my main language and some accents are harder do understand. Like, for example, i can see and understand a full episode of Dexter without subtitles, except for the part where Batista talks. So I turn one subtitles most of the time because of the characters is bound to have a trickier accent.
prefer them on for gaming, maybe due to playing all of those games back in the day that couldn't have voice acting. gaming plot points can be confusing and i'd rather not re-watch an in-game FMV again to catch a detail i would have missed otherwise.
don't usually put them on for movies, don't mind them for foreign films or really heavy accented english (at least for the first time until i can 'hear through' the accent).
don't usually put them on for movies, don't mind them for foreign films or really heavy accented english (at least for the first time until i can 'hear through' the accent).
I'm hard of hearing so I generally have subtitles with everything (TV, movies, games), just to reinforce what I'm hearing.
Subtitles are awesome. I'm so used to reading them I don't find it distracting from the action at all, but I do read pretty fast anyway.
Subtitles are awesome. I'm so used to reading them I don't find it distracting from the action at all, but I do read pretty fast anyway.
This is exactly why I don't use subtitles if I can help it. That, and it detracts from the subtleties of the acting (though this is often less apparent in video game cutscenes)Zhukov said:
I didn't have a problem understanding either of those.Sexy Devil said:
And I'm Irish, I can count the number of African Americans I've met on one hand.
Maybe you rely on subtitles too much to understand people =P
Especially bad when watching comedy shows. Over here they often hard code subs in with, well, pretty much everything they don't dub. So a couple of times when I was watching Live At The Apollo I actually took a piece of paper and taped it on our TV screen right over the subtitles. I don't want to get my jokes spoiled afterall.Zhukov said:
yepp, i do it for just about everything, i tend to multitask when i'm doing just about anything, so seeing what someone is about to say or just in case there are backgrounds noises in the room/house, it helps me always know what is going on.yeti585 said:
some of my friends tend to get annoyed by it, anytime we watch some netflix or something i turn em on out of habit.
I always play with subtitles given the chance. In case my attention goes to the land of nipples and labias or if the voice actor mumbled a sentence and want confirmation on what was being said.
However, in games that have a crap story, I don't need subtitles because I simply skip the talky parts and just get to the action.
Besides, a game without subtitles is like a movie without subtitles. To me, they're being difficult for no reason.
However, in games that have a crap story, I don't need subtitles because I simply skip the talky parts and just get to the action.
Besides, a game without subtitles is like a movie without subtitles. To me, they're being difficult for no reason.
i also turn them on most of the time. being dutch, i'm used to having subtitles on my movies, so i'm not annoyed by it. the main reasons i put them on because of to many back sounds so i can't hear what they are saying or because some words are not properly pronounced.
but i'm for the option, because sometimes i like it to have none.
but i'm for the option, because sometimes i like it to have none.
I always have subtitles on in video games, I'm not entirely sure why, it just feels right.
Not for movies though, it's weird when I think about it.
Not for movies though, it's weird when I think about it.
I like to have them on, for me it helps with the immersion and it really helps in Left 4 Dead 2 with the special infected.
It's about fifty/fifty for me (with films and the like as well, I have to say). Usually I have them on if it's one of those loud action, quietly voiced games, and generally because I'm half deaf. It can get irritating, but I've learned to live with it because I would rather know what's going on.
I try to find games in their original Japanese with english subtitles. It sounds a hell of a lot better that way.
if my english skills were crappy, i would keep them on, but since i have good english skills, i see no effin point in keeping them on, because they kinda distract me. the only game that ever forced me to keep the subs on, is KoTOR
If subtitles are on by default, I usually leave them on. Otherwise, I won't bother to turn them on unless I can't hear or understand the dialog at a reasonable volume. I really hate having to crank the volume up in the quiet scenes, because then the noisy scenes shatter my windows. (dramatization)