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Image description: 4 panel Loading Artist comic. 1: Blue guy stands behind Red guy playing a game on the couch "oh it's a SINGLE-PLAYER game?". 2: Blue guy scoffs "no thanks. Single-player games feel too lonely". 3: Blue guy puts on gamer headset "that's why I only play MULTIPLAYER games". 4: Blue guy happily at his PC, while tweaking his game settings Voice Chat: OFF, Text Chat: OFF, Friend Requests: OFF.
(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.world)
They are both “NPCs” that neither can interact meaningfully with in the end, so what difference would it actually make?
Depends on the game. Just because verbal / written communication is turned off doesn’t mean there isn’t meaningful interaction in the game.
Other than atmospheric games like Journey which already don’t have that, do you have any other examples of how they can interact and help you without talking, trading, or being able to do anything else than walk and crouch?
Anyone who has that stuff on and notices the person is mute/deaf settings is gonna move on and ignore you themselves.
It doesn’t make the experience better or even keep it the same. It will only make it worse. The meme also says/implies all interactive settings are toggled off. So no trading, no pings (which usually don’t exist in games with chat as well), no anything else than crouch and walk.
Pubg/apex/Warzone etc all have a ping system where you can tag things for your team mates, be that a weapon to pick up or an enemy location. They also have communication wheels where you can choose a pre selected chat message like “need ammo” or “thanks” for example