games ive played with the volume off so I could listen to podcasts, Uncharted 2, Peggle, Day of Defeat Source
Do you ever play games with the volume muted?
Normally NO. There are times when I mute the sound if it's distracting. In Dead Space I was stuck on the asteroid shooting turret level. I played it so many I just wanted to break the disc in half. I read some tips about adjusting the brightness to see asteroids sooner and turning of the sound. I tried a few times with the brightness turned up then gave in on the muted sound tip. Got passed it on the first try. I have tried this on a few other games with sequences like that and it helped me. Normally I prefer the game music and sounds.I hated those fucking turret levels. Such a distraction for a great game. I should have tried what you did.
The game sound is always on for me. I might adjust music in sports and driving games and listen to something else.
Nearly all my handheld games, as I am watching TV at the same time. As for consoles, generally no, but since I added a dedicated 43" screen for my games, yes, if others are watching the other nearby TV. Most of the time I use the headphones if it has voice acting, but games like GT5 can do without the sound.
Usually I don't mute totally but I turn music and voice all the way off and sound effects down most of the way.
I jump on Swtor and listen to MBMBaM, when I come to a conversation I pause and unmute as soon as I'm out of it though MBMBaM is back on!
When I was really little I would play with the sound off when the game would get absurdly difficult or stressful because I believed that it would help me concentrate or relax or something. I miss those days when I cared enough about games to actually try to beat them, even in the face of adversity.
Yeah I fucking get it, game. I died. For like the millionth time.
I can't play games with the sound off. Well, I could....but it annoys me. I listen to the podcast while driving.
Not really muted per se, but I'll put the volume down way low while I listen to whatever radio or podcast show I have on my laptop.
I find I tend to play sandbox games or games with challenge rooms while listening to podcasts. It REALLY helps to do so if trying to get some collectibles in games (fuck you AC2 feathers)
I catch up on podcasts while gaming, so a lot of games I play muted. Anything without a strong story, really. I played through 100 hours of Skyrim with the volume off.
Yes. Usually it's a game I'm replaying, like Borderlands, and I have the bombcast and other podcasts going.
I usually leave it at around 20% for when I'm listening to Podcasts. I run my console's audio through the line-in on my soundcard so I can use my headphones with it.
just cause 2 i turned off the dialog it got so annoying
when i was younger i use to turn of the volume for stuff i found scary.
also if in game music is over done i turn it off
Yeah, sometimes I play games muted at certain point when I need full concentration (eg. boss battles) or if the background music is annoying.
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