Do you use default settings on VNs?

[rorudesu]

Do you usually leave default settings alone, or is there something you always tweak?

As a player with earphones in my 99% time, I almost always turn the BGM/SE down first in every game.
Usually I only have to lower by 1-2, sometimes 3. But here's the most extreme case I ever had, and it literally just went from 100% to above mute. still a bit too loud

What's your preference or is there any options you wish every game included?

 

[crisalt]

I too turn down bgm, because I prefer listening to voices and music can be too loud or distracting. I also make text appear the fastest possible, cause I have no patience to...read...it...like...this

 

[satory]

+1 to changing text to appear instantly. I also always turn on "skip after choices", because if someone tries to skip why should they stop after a choice? It will stop on unread text anyway, why does it even exist. And turn down BGS, but in recent games developers finally grasped sound balance, so often it's already turned down by default

 

[Marrychan]

The only thing I change is the speed of the text; normally, I have a habit of reading super fast, and it's easier for me, especially if it's a game that doesn't have character voices.

 

[yueop]

I usually turn down the background music slightly.
And I change the text speed to the fastest setting.
Because I am quite impatient, I can't read slowly lol.
So I always change these settings before starting any game.

 

[skipstar]

I also agree the bgm tends to be too loud for me I turn it down so I can hear the voices more clearly. And I like to mute SE. If there is option to increase voices I will do that too.

 

[rorudesu]

Oh yeah! Instant text, definitely! I used it for a while, but ended up slowing it down because auto mode would fly through the MC's lines and narration.

Like this
[───────────────gorgeous voiceline───────────────]+[1.5s pause]
[instanttext]+[1.5s pause]

Maybe I'm the odd one out for using auto & manual together still looking for the sweet spot of that settings.