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    Singularity

    Game » consists of 11 releases. Released Jun 29, 2010

    Singularity is Raven Software's alternate history shooter, where the player is given the ability of time manipulation.

    Really, no subtitles?

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    #1  Edited By Jothel

    Either I'm an idiot and am missing them on some menu or there aren't subtitles in the game.........why not?

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    #2  Edited By jkz

    If this is true I'll be pissed. Every game really needs subtitles at this point.

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    #3  Edited By MrMuscle

    Yeah i reacted to this as well. Also no way to turn the speech volume higher than music and sound fx. And when everybody is talking with a russian accent i really have to pay attention to hear what they are saying.
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    #4  Edited By JDUB_XL

    Yeah, this annoyed me too. I always turn subtitles on to pay closer attention to the story in games. I feel very bad for anyone who is deaf and paid $60 for the game only to not be able to understand a damn thing,

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    #5  Edited By nicolenomicon

    Now I feel bad for posting that comment on the quicklook about how it would be nice if they turned on subtitles once in a while.

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    #6  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    Well that sucks, I always turn on subtitles in games where possible.

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    #7  Edited By FluxWaveZ

    Wow, that's fucking ridiculous.  At this point, a game that has no subtitles?  Really?

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    #8  Edited By rdav1109

    WHAAA?! That's tarded.

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    #9  Edited By Hourai

    Yeah, it's a little annoying when you usually play video games at night... 

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    #10  Edited By Drebin_893

    I feel pathetic for saying this, but I don't think I'm going to buy this game anymore.

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    #11  Edited By Capum15

    That's really weird. I pretty much always turn them on in any game, even if I can hear what people are saying clearly. Just a habit at this point.

    But really? Wow. You'd think every game would have them at this point.

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    #12  Edited By zyte
    @Drebin_893 said:
    " I feel pathetic for saying this, but I don't think I'm going to buy this game anymore. "
    Dude, buy it. I finished it yesterday and I LOVED it. 
     
    But yeah, It's kinda retarded not to have an option for subtitles at this point...
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    #13  Edited By ryanwho

    Yo deaf people, Singularity says "go eat a dick" but you'll never know because they didn't use subtitles.

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    #14  Edited By FalconCritical

    I always turn subtitles off. If a game has spoken dialogue I'm going to listen to it not read it.

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    #15  Edited By TehJames

    I am from Sweden so sometimes i have a hard time understanding English so i kinda need subtleties.

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    #16  Edited By jonnyboy

    This got me too. What really gets me is that all the Russians speak to each other in English (except the soldiers), and half of the propaganda is in English too. I'd understand if You and Nolan North were rolling through the island with a Babel Fish type device in your ear,  but to be honest, the game would be better in Russian with English subs.
     
    Let's face it at some point somebody at Raven said "You know what, balls to continuity, kids don't wanna read, they wanna shoot".

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    #17  Edited By TheFreeMan

    No subtitles threw me for a loop since I always always turn them on for games. I ended up cranking the volume way higher than it needed to be in order to hear the dialogue since the sound effects and the music were just as loud.
     
    It actually probably ended up improving my playing experience.

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    #18  Edited By gnark1ll420

    i was disappointed at this too. especially since i have hearing problems. and yes the russians accents don't help much
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    #19  Edited By FireBurger

    I don't like subtitles, but this is ridiculous. There are plenty of people hard of hearing and they deserve to be able to enjoy the game just the same.

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    #20  Edited By MetalGearSunny

    I prefer subtitles in my games, but I didn't use subtitles in Bioshock and I still loved it.

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    #21  Edited By Thegerman

    SHUT UP NOLAN NORTH, I am watching a video!

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    #22  Edited By EpicSteve

    I don't understand. I thought people didn't like subtitles. I mean, you don't use them in movie do you?

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    #23  Edited By gnark1ll420
    @EpicSteve:  if they made it an option like the majority of games would be good. and yes i use them in movies because i have hearing problems
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    #24  Edited By Joshakazam

    That's really stupid, i always put on subtitles in games because i have horrible hearing.

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    #25  Edited By apathylad
    @EpicSteve said:
    " I don't understand. I thought people didn't like subtitles. I mean, you don't use them in movie do you? "
    Yes, I do. Whenever a teacher tells me to read for an hour, I 'read' a movie with subtitles....Okay, not really, but it can frustrating watching a film when stuff is going on in the background of the house (someone vacuuming, talking on the phone, using a blender, etc.).
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    #26  Edited By dutch42

    This bummed me out also, mainly due to my Mrs often crashing around making an assload of noise while I'm trying to concentrate. I literally had to shush her for a couple of the more important story parts which, predictibly, did not go down too well. Can't say it really impacted that heavily however, I still love the shit out of this game.
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    #27  Edited By GeekDown

    I know I'm late to the party, but I just picked this up and it seriously sucks that it's missing subtitles. Even now 7 months later they still haven't patched it. I like it so far but I can't believe they shipped the game like this.

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    #28  Edited By valrog
    Yeah, I enjoyed Singularity a lot, but the lack of subtitles was a real let down. Not to mention my sound was surprisingly low for some reason (even for a laptop, at least compared to other games), so that even made it worse.
     
    @EpicSteve said:
    " I don't understand. I thought people didn't like subtitles. I mean, you don't use them in movie do you? "
    I don't watch a movie without subtitles, even if I understand everything.

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