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Are there games you play on mute?
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BaldingAshCrimson
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Not completely, but partially, there are.
Atlus games, I play on mute for the most part.
During dungeons where I already heard the music. During random battles.
And exploring dungeons and random battles are like 70% of most of their game's playtime.
Their games have fantastic music, but I don't want to listen to it for 2 hours each.
I unmute when it's a important battle, story moment, or during the first hour of a new dungeon.
Atlus games, I play on mute for the most part.
During dungeons where I already heard the music. During random battles.
And exploring dungeons and random battles are like 70% of most of their game's playtime.
Their games have fantastic music, but I don't want to listen to it for 2 hours each.
I unmute when it's a important battle, story moment, or during the first hour of a new dungeon.
Cert.in.Death
Member
Destiny 2 and MMOs
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Most AAA games. Not many of them have memorable music so i just blast a youtube video or some EDM instead.
Honestly a game without a great soundtrack can never be a 10/10 in my eyes. if the tunes aren't memorable and i set the music to low, you need a better composer
Honestly a game without a great soundtrack can never be a 10/10 in my eyes. if the tunes aren't memorable and i set the music to low, you need a better composer
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Sleepwalker
Member
Fifa is better with spotify
joeygreco1985
Member
Diablo 4 + Podcasts
hououinkyouma00
Member
Not completely muted most of the time but I listen to Sacred Symbols a lot while I play games.
Weirdly enough when I'm playing Battlefield or COD I sometimes do better with a podcast playing then actual in game audio lol
Weirdly enough when I'm playing Battlefield or COD I sometimes do better with a podcast playing then actual in game audio lol
Drizzlehell
Banned
I put on podcasts and youtube videos on a second monitor very often for games where I don't care about the story or it's non-existent. I never outright mute those games because I still want to hear some feedback from what I'm doing but I'll usually bring the volume down a little so that I could hear the podcast more.
The only game where I literally muted something was Borderlands 3, where I completely turned off the dialogue volume because it was so annoying that I didn't care about it.
The only game where I literally muted something was Borderlands 3, where I completely turned off the dialogue volume because it was so annoying that I didn't care about it.
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Happosai
Hold onto your panties
I did this with the first Luigi's Mansion and 3rd. I like the game with volume but I'd throw on an instrumental track as I played. I've done the same with the Suikoden games (2-4) or with racing games I tend to do this a lot.
existensmaximum
Member
No, but in some games I mute occasional if there is some kind of really annoying repetitive sound. Such as in Zelda 3, when I'm low on hearts. Can't stand the beep, christ. Super stressful.
kiphalfton
Member
Pretty sure my brother wanted to kill me when I was playing the first kingdom hearts game, and kept walking around Transverse Town.
For the unaware:
For the unaware:
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brian0057
Banned
Need for Speed Underground 2.
I literally mute every single music track except for Black Betty because they all fucking suck.
Especially when both its predecessor and its follow-up (Underground and Most Wanted, respectively), had some of the best soundtracks in gaming
I literally mute every single music track except for Black Betty because they all fucking suck.
Especially when both its predecessor and its follow-up (Underground and Most Wanted, respectively), had some of the best soundtracks in gaming
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Kingdom Hearts music is good until you hear it for the 10th time on loop because you're confused on where to go next
great game and all but holy fuck....
Chukhopops
Member
Vampire Survivors, I love it but the sound effects are so shit I can’t stand them after 10 minutes. It’s also unbearable for people around you.
Alex11
Member
Only one, GTA 5, I had it installed on my PC from launch day till 2019, and in the span of 2017-2019 it was my therapy game. Just played ~1h per day, every day in those 2 years, on mute, with music in the background, I had the Duke O'Death, fully upgraded and just going to town on the cops, just pure mayhem and fun.
Laptop1991
Member
No i don't, means ive wasted money on a soundcard and speaker's, i turn the music down of off in some games, but i've never
played a game on mute personally.
played a game on mute personally.
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majorgamer10
Member
If I am bothering to play a game, I am involved in the game.
jm89
Member
I muted GT7 when trying to get gold on some of the really tough licenses.
Hearing the start race sound and failing the test sound drove me crazy after i retried a license for the 100th time.
I do it for other games when there is some boss or some section i'm struggling, oddly helps.
Hearing the start race sound and failing the test sound drove me crazy after i retried a license for the 100th time.
I do it for other games when there is some boss or some section i'm struggling, oddly helps.
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
License tests should not be in GT in general. They're time wasting and infuriating especially on repeat playthroughs when you know the fundamentals already
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Diablo during the dungeon crawls. Not mute per-say, but lower volume with a podcast or something running in my ears via earphones.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Diablo 4 at the minute, and before that Destiny 2. But I'm not playing them necessarily on mute, more like at 10-15% volume and listening to a podcast or watching netlfix/youtube on a separate screen.
azertydu91
Hard to Kill
Every game that isn't heavily story focused, I often have a podcast or a video and sometimes I have music too.I may have a litle attention trouble, when I was younger I used to watch 2 videos simultaneously.But now it's more things to keep my mind occupied and most games aren't enough...Except games moving pretty fast.
Clintizzle
Lord of Edge.
Zelda: BOTW and Tears Of the Kingdom.
While the music is kinda nice to start with, it gets super repetitive and annoying. The worst part is the weird moans all the NPC's do when you interact with them. It was funny at the start but it's just lame now.
My girl play its on almost full volume while im watching TV and its grinds my fucking gears.
While the music is kinda nice to start with, it gets super repetitive and annoying. The worst part is the weird moans all the NPC's do when you interact with them. It was funny at the start but it's just lame now.
My girl play its on almost full volume while im watching TV and its grinds my fucking gears.
JetStreamJam
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Rawbutt Jellybean
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Put at least a thousand hours into Runescape back in the day and maybe had the sound on for 1-2 hours at most.
DownLikeBCPowder
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Even if I'm listening to a documentary in the background, I don't ever put a game on mute, though I might turn it down some. But yeah depending on the game I will often listen to documentaries simultaneously.