I cut my teeth in the silent world of Demon's Souls, where nobody ever spoke during games, except through gestures and an occasional text message. That habit carried over in Dark Souls, even though I was playing mostly on Xbox Live (I've played DkS on both systems, but more on Xbox). I've always kind of preferred that sense of immersion that takes over in a game this intense, and voice chat just seems counter to that. Every so often I chat with a real world friend if he/she is trying the coop, but mostly I leave the headset off.
How about everyone else? The Xbox has always had notoriously chatty players (hence the popularity of party chat), and I wondered how a game like this would sit with that community.
How about everyone else? The Xbox has always had notoriously chatty players (hence the popularity of party chat), and I wondered how a game like this would sit with that community.