Poll: Do you turn on the subtitles?

[Pseudonym]

Yes, for various reasons. For one, English is a second language. Secondly, there is often noise or music playing as well. Thirdly, not everything is always pronounced well. I'll understand without subtitles, but it occasionally becomes a strain on my attention to clearly understand the text and this is eleviated by using subs.

Unless it's a foreign language game it's completely immersion breakingly annoying to have any subs present, so no, absolutely not.

Hmm. Interesting. I find it no more immersion breaking than any other type of interface.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Yes. I read faster than most people speak, so I can skip long winded dialogue sections. Also, my walls are paper thin, so I have to keep the volume down sometimes.

 

[EHKOS]

Due to numerous ear infections in my right ear, my hearing has diminished to about 80%. Combine that and the fact that I play almost exclusively at night means I always have them on.
That, and I read fast so I can skip dialogue quicker.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

Only reasons I'd turn them on is:
1) I can't make out the dialogue, for whatever reason (mixing, mumbling, voice acting)
2) I'm impatient and want to click through it and speed read, esp on repeated playthroughs
3) I like to hear the source material in it's original language

Generally I try to leave them off, as I find I don't pay enough attention to what's actually happening on screen when there are words I'm trying to follow at the bottom. It does help get back in the story with all the names and details though.

 

[Jute88]

Yes, I turn it on, because if they speak English, then I may not hear every word they say because of the background noise. Or if they speak some language that I don't understand. Hell, they might make jokes or references that I've never heard of before, and if the translator is good, he or she has tried to translate the joke/reference to me in an understandable way.

 

[sageoftruth]

Almost all the time. Some games don't need it, but I often find myself choosing between subtitles or frequently adjusting the volume of my speakers. I try not to bother others, so I normally keep the volume pretty low on my computer.