▲ 970 ▼ Masahiro Sakurai refused to add Dolby Surround to a Kirby game because players had to sit through the logo (www.videogameschronicle.com) submitted 2 years ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world 146 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Now you're just playing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] BorgDrone@lemmy.one -12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sound is at least as important to the experience as the picture. Go watch a scary movie with the sound muted and you’ll notice it’s not scary at all. Playing a game or watching a movie with just 2.0 audio, or worse: using the TV’s built-in speakers, is such a diminished experience that you might as well not bother. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago IMO Watching a movie with 5.1: great Watching a movie with 2.0: great Don't get me wrong, I think it's cool, and I find good sound design at least as important as good visuals. It's all part of the aesthetics package. One of my fondest media memories is watching Jurassic Park at a relative's house with the sounds of the raptors coming from speakers all around. I even spent great expense setting up my own 5.1 setup. But I've been chasing this dragon for too long. Audiovisual fidelity doesn't move the needle for me anymore (pardon the metaphor overload). I no longer feel the need to have my media reach out and immerse me - if it's good, I can do the work and use my imagination to get lost in the fantasy permalink fedilink source parent
[+] BorgDrone@lemmy.one -12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sound is at least as important to the experience as the picture. Go watch a scary movie with the sound muted and you’ll notice it’s not scary at all. Playing a game or watching a movie with just 2.0 audio, or worse: using the TV’s built-in speakers, is such a diminished experience that you might as well not bother. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago IMO Watching a movie with 5.1: great Watching a movie with 2.0: great Don't get me wrong, I think it's cool, and I find good sound design at least as important as good visuals. It's all part of the aesthetics package. One of my fondest media memories is watching Jurassic Park at a relative's house with the sounds of the raptors coming from speakers all around. I even spent great expense setting up my own 5.1 setup. But I've been chasing this dragon for too long. Audiovisual fidelity doesn't move the needle for me anymore (pardon the metaphor overload). I no longer feel the need to have my media reach out and immerse me - if it's good, I can do the work and use my imagination to get lost in the fantasy permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago IMO Watching a movie with 5.1: great Watching a movie with 2.0: great Don't get me wrong, I think it's cool, and I find good sound design at least as important as good visuals. It's all part of the aesthetics package. One of my fondest media memories is watching Jurassic Park at a relative's house with the sounds of the raptors coming from speakers all around. I even spent great expense setting up my own 5.1 setup. But I've been chasing this dragon for too long. Audiovisual fidelity doesn't move the needle for me anymore (pardon the metaphor overload). I no longer feel the need to have my media reach out and immerse me - if it's good, I can do the work and use my imagination to get lost in the fantasy permalink fedilink source parent