Ever turn music off in games?
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Ill sometimes do it, if its one of those moments in gaming where you really need to concentrate (like during a battle in the total war series or during fallout hacking to name but a few examples) but normally Ill keep the music on because most of the time they are OK and like Moosek said some really clever games can use the sound to create really effective atmospheres
Almost never, without it I can never fully immerse myself into the game experience, and thus it suffers due to it.
Didn't we have literally this exact thread yesterday or the day before? Have we really run out of topics for discussion to such a degree that we need to recycle threads after less than three days?
I very rarely do, and only then if I have something better that I want to listen to.
I very rarely do, and only then if I have something better that I want to listen to.
Certainly, in many a game. It does depend, if it's a fantasy game I'll rarely turn the soundtrack off, unless some Battle Metal would suit it, and to be fair a lot of games do capture the feel of a game with the soundtrack. But if I find myself not caring, I'll turn the music down and put on my own.
God yes, this was one of the worst offenders. Three songs I liked I think.. MSI, BFMV and something else. I dunno, it wasn't good.Neverhoodian said:
Only if I am playing Pokemon. Don't get me wrong, I love the classic sound effects and such, but it is REALLY repetitive and grates on my tits after an hour.
Multiplayer games, particularly shooters, silence is best so you can hear gunfire and footsteps, particularly for Counter Strike, hearing the click of an awper going into zoom can mean life or death in some circumstances, also hearing people around the corner before they get to it can yield an easy kill from a noob who doesn't know how to hold Shift, or ones who fail to check their corners.
Also WoW, its just distracting, hearing teammates is crucial.. if I'm grinding, then usually I'll watch TV or listen to better music (not that the WoW soundtrack is bad by any means, I just have better music).
Ohh, and 8-bit chiptunes, really, really not a fan, some are catchy, but I don't need to hear it throughout the entire game on loop thanks (not all 8-bit games are guilty of this, but there are a lot of them).
Also WoW, its just distracting, hearing teammates is crucial.. if I'm grinding, then usually I'll watch TV or listen to better music (not that the WoW soundtrack is bad by any means, I just have better music).
Ohh, and 8-bit chiptunes, really, really not a fan, some are catchy, but I don't need to hear it throughout the entire game on loop thanks (not all 8-bit games are guilty of this, but there are a lot of them).
Depends totally on the game for me. For more game-y game experiences, where the whole point of the game is the fundamental mechanics rather than the story, I tend to play CD's over the game. Demon's Souls and Tony Hawks 3 for instance, I tend to play death metal and funk over. I find the grooves really help me lock into the game and help me flow with the game. For stuff like Dragon Age: Origins, which I just started playing on PC a few days ago (amazing game!! Why had I never purchased this before now?) it's an experience that is far more tailored for getting lost in and immersed in.
Game-y games are equally as immersive, but in a tunnel-vision gameplay kinda way, and I find my own taste in music tends to suit those far more. But for story based games? In-game music, always.
Game-y games are equally as immersive, but in a tunnel-vision gameplay kinda way, and I find my own taste in music tends to suit those far more. But for story based games? In-game music, always.
Dawn of War II Retribution, the goddamn menu music is sooo(continuing "o"s) annoying, there a choir (which is fine) and one guy who's singing in a really annoying tone that stands out and that's all you hear, repeated every 5-10 seconds, in the Army Painter, in the Main Menu, in the lobby, while searching for matches and (big shock) while loading matches, so after a while it gets just a little annoying. Rest of the music is awesome tough. For The Craftworld is fantastic =)
In Fifa I usually turn off all the songs. Except in Fifa 11 this year they included the Black Keys. Nice move EA
Never, unless it's a sandbox game where you just fuck around.
Actually, that make minecraft more interesting. Must try that sometime.
Actually, that make minecraft more interesting. Must try that sometime.
Nope, mostly let it do it's own thing. Dev's worked hard on their soundtrack and I have yet to find one that didn't match the feel of the game or was just downright crap, with two exceptions.
Burnout 3
Burnout Revenge
Ugh god. 3 was a non issue, as I just told it use my Xbox's own playlists. There's nothing more hilarious than trying to race while a Tenacious D skit is playing in the background. Revenge; when I played it on the original Xbox, same deal. Now that I have the 360 version however, that's pretty much not possible as I don't store music on it due to small-assed 20Gb HD. Need the space for DLC and savegames. As a result, I was stuck with the only four tracks I like in that soundtrack and they got so boring that I just turned them off.
I miss the days of the original Xbox.
Burnout 3
Burnout Revenge
Ugh god. 3 was a non issue, as I just told it use my Xbox's own playlists. There's nothing more hilarious than trying to race while a Tenacious D skit is playing in the background. Revenge; when I played it on the original Xbox, same deal. Now that I have the 360 version however, that's pretty much not possible as I don't store music on it due to small-assed 20Gb HD. Need the space for DLC and savegames. As a result, I was stuck with the only four tracks I like in that soundtrack and they got so boring that I just turned them off.
I miss the days of the original Xbox.