Poll: Do you hate reading in games.

[Savagezion]

Depends on the genre. Some games would actually be worse off for it. Imagine Uncharted or Arkham Asylum/City without voice acting. In games like that, I prefer the voice acting over the text. Rockstar games got better as voice acting came in. RPGs can even benefit from voice acting depending on how it is implemented. Even in RPGs with a lot of voice acting I read a lot of stuff in them. (Codex's and lore 'books')

I don't mind reading but that doesn't mean I think that video games suffer or lose anything from implementing voice acting. A lot of times, they actually gain merit.

 

[ArtyFishal]

I love reading in games. In most games I find it a joy to read background material that fleshes out the game world.

 

[Vegosiux]

I've played Planescape Torment.

If you can 'play' that game, you can 'play' anything.

Hear, hear!

 

[fraszoid]

I can read way faster than they can intelligibly speak. Even in Skyrim, I just read the subtitles and speed through the dialogue to get on with things. I listen the first time of if I like the character talking, but text is so much easier.