Built in voice chat

[Jynx]

All things considered I'd rather them not waste the time due to most games even with the best intentions having a terrible array of voice options.

There are dedicated programs that do this far better and mostly for free.

[Wolfie]

All things considered I'd rather them not waste the time due to most games even with the best intentions having a terrible array of voice options.

There are dedicated programs that do this far better and mostly for free.

Care to give me some examples of some flagship multiplayer titles from AAA developers that have come out in the last ~4 years that don't have good VOIP?

And compare those to the amount that DO have good VOIP?

[Jynx]

Care to give me some examples of some flagship multiplayer titles from AAA developers that have come out in the last ~4 years that don't have good VOIP?

And compare those to the amount that DO have good VOIP?

From what I've heard from my Co-worker who wont stop pestering me to play WoW (Never happening) the Voice interface with is terrible and they all use Vent/Skype/Teamspeak to communicate.

So please, show me a game with VOIP that beats the current free services available to anyone?

*edit*

I see your talking about more than just MMO's well then I present the entire god damn Call of Duty series. There is no option to flat out mute everyone without messing around when some idiot who can't stop breathing into his Mic or eating dorritos, or listening to Chocolate rain without just muting my entire TV.

[Wolfie]

From what I've heard from my Co-worker who wont stop pestering me to play WoW (Never happening) the Voice interface with is terrible and they all use Vent/Skype/Teamspeak to communicate.

So please, show me a game with VOIP that beats the current free services available to anyone?

*edit*

I see your talking about more than just MMO's well then I present the entire god damn Call of Duty series. There is no option to flat out mute everyone without messing around when some idiot who can't stop breathing into his Mic or eating dorritos, or listening to Chocolate rain without just muting my entire TV.

I see your Call of Duty and raise you Battlefield series and Valve games. Easy to mute/unmute, crystal clear voice chat, perfect in-game integration.

And if you want an example from a small developer, go check out Heroes of Newerth's VOIP.

I'll also counter your "don't have to listen to stupid idiots" argument by saying that it's applicable to text as well. I have to deal with stupids in text chat as well. I also have to deal with the same stupids in-game, sans any form of communication. I can't stop people from running around in circles, or crowding around and then AFKing on top of important NPCs, or being nuisances. Stop being so oversensitive.

And before you tell me that it's easy to mute people in text chat with a simple system command and it's hard to mute people over VOIP, all of the games I listed above have text commands to both mute VOIP and ignore text coming from an offending person. Heroes of Newerth even has a one-click button next to someone's portrait to mute them, without needing to pull up a special VOIP menu or mute menu.