Do you play with the volume on or off?

[Neb]

95% of the time I play with the volume off. Being able to sit back with some public radio podcasts while playing one of my favorite games is amazing.

 

[senbeiiscool]

I play with the volume on! But sometimes I have it lower or off if I have to do something in the meantime

 

[Feunard]

I play with the game volume on, except for when I am watering my flowers or collecting manila clams to craft some fish bait. Both these tasks take so long that I actually enjoy them more if I am listening to some music.

 

[kojuuro]

I think the sound design in this game is pretty good so I play with the volume on. A lot of people have complained about the soundtrack but I like it quite a lot.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

on... i like the sound effects, and how are you gonna know if it's time to catch the fish?

but also depends if i'm multi-tasking. then if so, i won't catch a fish.

 

[Pyoopi]

The only time the sound is off or turned really low is if I'm on the computer, multitasking.

But 95% of the time, I have the sound on.

 

[Sheba]

100% Sound on for pre-upgraded-RS.
50% Sound on for hourly music. A lot of the daytime music is pretty bad in my opinion while the nighttime music is generally nice...except for 3am. I am not sure what happened there...
But yeah, with the exception of the 5am music, I found the pre-ugraded RS music so, so much nicer than the hourly music and wish I could have it back. Except that I reset my island, so I DO have it back once I start playing again, sooo...

But yeah, generally, sound needs to be on mainly for balloons.

 

[Hanif1807]

Of course i turn it on because i can't respond to fish eating the bait quickly without it

 

[Clock]

Volume is always on no matter what, unless if i’m about to sleep, then i’ll mute it or if I don’t want to distract anyone.

 

[Sweetley]

Most of the time, I have the volume off, as I hear music in the background on YouTube.

 

[BalloonFight]

I have the volume on but on a low setting. Usually I'm watching either Twitch or Youtube in the background while playing.

 

[cheezu]

Always on.
If I'm watching something in the background, I just put it on lower.
I can't imagine playing with the volume completely off.

 

[Bloobloop]

i have the volume on at a pretty low level, enough so that i can hear certain cues (ie balloons) or faint music, but not so much that it distracts me from the videos i watch while i play!

 

[Alienfish]

Low volume on for the sake of fishing, otherwise idc about the music.. at least it's better than NL

 

[Chea]

Volume on! I have speakers all over my island though, not that I dislike the music, but I enjoyed it in WW and NL more.

 

[aloherna]

Volume on so I can hear flying balloons or shooting stars

 

[jefflomacy]

I play this game with game volume on and headphones 99% of the time. Its sound design is very well suited to headphone players, so much so that I tend to play with headphones even with my Switch docked. Makes it far easier to pinpoint the exact location of balloons and insects. One criticism I have of this game is the music is a bit too present and I think they could've done something like equalized it differently to allow it to stay more in the background. Sometimes it's too present.

 

[Chea]

One criticism I have of this game is the music is a bit too present and I think they could've done something like equalized it differently to allow it to stay more in the background. Sometimes it's too present.

I agree

 

[Annika.]

I play with volume on, but I still watch stuff or listen to music while doing so.

 

[SpiritofAce]

Breaks my heart that some people don't play with the volume on.