Does anyone actually like having music in their adult games?

[Untolddead]

I always turn it off every time I load a game. It really sucks when I don't have an option too. Not only that but it's usually set way to high for a normal person. Is there any one else like me or is it weird?

 

[somebodynobody]

Sure, sometimes games can have good music. On average it is not very good. Best game for music is probably Spacecorps XXX, the dev uses it for comedy purposes. Think of a chase scene with Yakety Sax, or demon sex scene with Tainted love.

 

[Droid Productions]

Like anything; done well it can add a lot to the game. Done badly it's best turned off before it spoils things.

 

[Avaron1974]

While I do kinda feel bad for devs that put effort into their sound .... I always mute it.

I either have my own music on or i'm listening to gaming stuff. I tend to catch up on gaming news while playing a vn.

 

[ImperialD]

i actually turn the music off .. its gets to distracting .. for me at least

 

[Shinshon]

I leave it on to be true to the game ! but ofc if the music is grating, the rest of the product has a higher likelihood of being not too playable!

 

[Cryswar]

90%+ of games I'll mute or ignore it if possible. There's just too much garbage to give them much of a chance or listen to the same RPGMaker stuff for the 57th time.

If a game actually has decent original/CC-BY music I love it though, and will happily jam out to a decent OST for the entire game. Wish more games would put that effort into music to where it'd be worth giving more of them a chance.

 

[Untolddead]

Well to be fair on my side I mostly mute all games including triple A games. Or make it so quiet you can just hear it. I like hearing the game if I want to listen to music I have songs I already like. I do have music from games I listen outside of games though.

 

[Carpe Stultus]

There are certain games where i leave the music on, but for most i turn it off because its always the same annoying stuff.

 

[Duke Greene]

Music (and lack thereof) can be a very powerful tool to create an atmosphere. But it's also expensive, and doesn't necessarily "pop" as much as visual art for marketing's sake. So when you have a limited budget you're more likely to haphazardly put together royalty-free tracks in your game and save the money for something else.

 

[Droid Productions]

Music (and lack thereof) can be a very powerful tool to create an atmosphere. But it's also expensive, and doesn't necessarily "pop" as much as visual art for marketing's sake. So when you have a limited budget you're more likely to haphazardly put together royalty-free tracks in your game and save the money for something else.

There are however some really amazing royalty free tracks available these days. Lots of patreon funded artists using CC4.0 to distribute their music, you just have to dig a little deeper.

 

[God3333]

I think it depends on the music to be honest. One game I'm currently playing is Love Of Magic which has some pretty good music for setting the scene. I think the music has to fit, i.e not having vosi bop during sex.

Some games do it good, others don't. However, they all always get volume wrong lol, never ever played a game (with music) without having to adjust the volume.

 

[woody554]

music, no. soundscape, yes.

good sound design tells easily more story than the renders.

if there's actual music, it should be so subtle you wouldn't be aware of it. if you can sing along, it's way too distracting and takes away from your story.

 

[rf96]

I think the only game where I've liked the music has been Broken Dreamers. I always mute music otherwise. Devs, don't add filler music please.

 

[Azazeres]

If it’s original, I keep it on. If it’s royalty free music, I usually turn it down so it doesn’t give me tinnitus, but I always keep it on because it’s hilarious to encounter it in the wild. If it’s something like classical, I mute it, because I like classical and I don’t want to pop a stiffy when I listen to moonlight sonata. If it’s a MnF game, I just accept that I’m gonna have a bad time and take off my headphones.

 

[Deleted member 1536527]

Nope. 90% of the time I just mute the game completely. If it has some good sound effects maybe I'll leave those on. I wonder whether devs should even bother with adding music anymore.

 

[ijako3]

I often mute it because some devs pick really weird not matching songs, but the worst thing is when dev adds really really LOUD intro game music before you even get to menu.

 

[Meushi]

Silence is golden.

 

[Interesting_name82]

The secret, I hate the dev of that game but I'd be lying if I didn't say I like most of the stuff he did to the game, and in this case the soundtrack, the soundtrack selection was pretty good and chilly, I actually went and made my own, same-themed playlist on YT

I mean it could be a bit of a distraction when it plays (since my mind focus on it for a sec even though it's just a normal song) but really generally I liked the game because of the soundtrack along other reasons, specially if you are playing at night, it can boost the late night vibes, heck sometimes I even start the game to check the songs since you can actually see them all in the MC's pc and play them

 

[hakarlman]

what if the game let you specify your own music, and let you associate it with various moods? would you do it, or is that too much work?