Subtitles in video games: yes or no? Do players use them?
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Throughout my gaming journey, I've encountered numerous instances where subtitles, an essential feature for understanding game narratives, have been poorly

For instance, Assassin’s Creed Origins had subtitles turned off by default and 60% of players turned them on.

  • funkless
    0•1 year ago

    I genuinely do think it depends. YouTube is actually a good example here: content videos created to enforce a feedback loop to beat the algorithm are more likely to be optimized to tend towards beating out the competition and meet watchtime and engagement metrics. In that way they are (arguably) more akin to advertisements (that have a very high volume and prioritize cutting through noise) than they are to drama (and comedy).

    Although drama isn’t looking to bore you either, if it opened with dramatic sobbing and weeping, ended with dramatic sobbing and weeping, and also consisted of 90s mins of sobbing and weeping between — it would fail. Drama needs dynamics, youtubers do not (necessarily).