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When you (re)play a game with spoken dialogue, do you let it play out each time?
I tend to listen to it the first time around, but I'm more prone to skipping it afterwards, unless it's a quest/option/path I didn't do before. (By skipping I mean reading it, but not listen.)

Twice to three times max, depending on how huge the game is, just so I'm clear about what was said and all.

But for normal non-important comments like "I saw a mudcrab the other day, filthy creatures!" I usually tend to ignore it.

I always let it play, unless I'm going through that particular part of the game as a recent reload.

I skip dialogue only if I forgot to save after playing the game further than the last save. In the case of a number of Bioware's games, the characters give long-winded pointless lectures that hearing/reading them again gets tiresome, so I'm willing to skip them (Gee... how people consider that fantastic amazes me sometimes ).

That depends solely on the dialogue and the specific scene, and if I think it is good or not.
Some is skipped - others aren't.

But generally - the more time I play through a game, the less likely I am to continue to listen/read dialogue - so it doesn't matter much whether it is spoken or written in that aspect.

When I first played Jade Empire, I found the dialogue in some cases to be so completely nonsensical that I had no problem fast forwarding it. I'm referring mainly to the talks your character has with that female water.. spirit, or some such. For being so damn near to the end of her strength, she sure babbled a lot.

So yes, if there are serious problems with the dialogue I have no qualms about skipping through it.

DesR85 wrote:I skip dialogue only if I forgot to save after playing the game further than the last save. In the case of a number of Bioware's games, the characters give long-winded pointless lectures that hearing/reading them again gets tiresome, so I'm willing to skip them (Gee... how people consider that fantastic amazes me sometimes ).

Hehe, I was thinking about KotOR. Some of the aliens seem to talk a lot longer than the response let you think.

Tricky, I agree on the Waterdragon dialogue.

GawainBS wrote:Hehe, I was thinking about KotOR. Some of the aliens seem to talk a lot longer than the response let you think.

That and a few other characters in the game, including those that speak English.