I just use headphones if my wife is on the TV.
Am I just weird?
For not just using headphones? A little, yeah.
I think a crucial component is where I say watching TV passively etc. I use headphones when I am focusing on playing games only.
Headphones?
For me it depends. If I'm playing a game for the first time, I have to have sound on, but if I'm not playing for the first time then I'm okay without sound. Also some games like factorio, cities:skylines, minecraft, etc I like to play with my own music or a podcast.
I use bone conductors almost all the time. They're great.
I think this is the best solution for these situations. I have a pair of aeroshokz and they do seem to work pretty well.
I agree. It's like watching a TV show or movie without sounds
Its half the experience!!
I think we use 🎧 🤔.
There's even ambient/passthrough mode on noise canceling ones now a days.
Or there's also bone conducting ones like Trekz.
Headphones, brah
It depends on the game. I mostly play from the couch while my wife watches TV after the kiddo goes to bed. Some games I play totally muted but others get a little volume. If there’s no one around to distract, I’ll usually play around 30-50% volume.
Same, depends on the game. And sometimes the part of the game I’m in. If it’s a grindy/mindless part, I have no issue playing without sound. But if it’s a narrative part, even with subtitles on (cuz I always have them on) sound must be on.
I can play something like Vampire Survivors with no sound and won't miss it. But if a game has dialog, not having sound would be dumb.
Unlike the others I do play without sound and its not as great but I still do it. I usually like to do side quests though as I don't want to miss cut scenes.
I don't prefer it but it's very different for sure. I grew up with a Hitachi laptop that didn't have working speakers and so my NES and SNES games had no sound so I got pretty used to it.
These days as an adult it s just either or. Games with sound, great! Games without sound, so it is!
I play 99% of my games without sound honestly. I only have time to play games in the evening, and I can't focus on the sound if there's other sound around me (like my wife talking or my son doing his toddler babble), so I just mute every single game.
I often use subtitles to play games because sometimes the dialogue is hard to understand, so I'm used to it.
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