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Muting voice in cutscenes

ota9x55ruri2pponota9x55ruri2ppon
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edited July 2025 in Suggestions, Feedback, and Requests
With all due respect to the voice actors, I usually prefer the original voice (Korean) when I watch the cutscenes. The main reason why is because English simply does not translate into some Asian languages well enough to capture the emotions and the nuances in the special cultural expressions. To put it simply, I cringe when I hear incomplete or improper translations, with goosebumps all over. Right now there is an option in the game to Mute, but this Mute mutes all sounds, including the beautiful BGM. Is there a way to only mute the speaking part of the cutscenes and keep the BGM so that way I don't have to force skip some of the cutscenes? I'd suggest putting the Korean voice back but I much doubt that'll happen since this is GMS not KMS after all.

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  • FuhreakFuhreak
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    edited July 2025
    ota9x55ruri2ppon wrote: »
    With all due respect to the voice actors, I usually prefer the original voice (Korean) when I watch the cutscenes. The main reason why is because English simply does not translate into some Asian languages well enough to capture the emotions and the nuances in the special cultural expressions. To put it simply, I cringe when I hear incomplete or improper translations, with goosebumps all over. Right now there is an option in the game to Mute, but this Mute mutes all sounds, including the beautiful BGM. Is there a way to only mute the speaking part of the cutscenes and keep the BGM so that way I don't have to force skip some of the cutscenes? I'd suggest putting the Korean voice back but I much doubt that'll happen since this is GMS not KMS after all.

    I believe you can mute the SFX and this also mules any voices within cutscenes that aren't played through the in-game youtube.
    If you wish to play the game with SFX on then you'll have to do this before each cutscene and remember to turn it back up after though, so it's not the best solution.
  • ota9x55ruri2pponota9x55ruri2ppon
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    edited July 2025
    Fuhreak wrote: »
    ota9x55ruri2ppon wrote: »
    With all due respect to the voice actors, I usually prefer the original voice (Korean) when I watch the cutscenes. The main reason why is because English simply does not translate into some Asian languages well enough to capture the emotions and the nuances in the special cultural expressions. To put it simply, I cringe when I hear incomplete or improper translations, with goosebumps all over. Right now there is an option in the game to Mute, but this Mute mutes all sounds, including the beautiful BGM. Is there a way to only mute the speaking part of the cutscenes and keep the BGM so that way I don't have to force skip some of the cutscenes? I'd suggest putting the Korean voice back but I much doubt that'll happen since this is GMS not KMS after all.

    I believe you can mute the SFX and this also mules any voices within cutscenes that aren't played through the in-game youtube.
    If you wish to play the game with SFX on then you'll have to do this before each cutscene and remember to turn it back up after though, so it's not the best solution.

    Thanks. Yeah I knew about that mute part and would hope the voice goes away for the Youtube clips too. Though, I'd still prefer the natural Korean voice over any day any time, if it can be done.