A balance would be the best.As long as the audio logs are used more to tell side stories and to built up the lore(that dosent have that much of a direct connect to the main story), then its great.But if its like MGS V and 70% of the story is heard through the bloody audio logs, then yes, get back to the damn cutscenes.I just hate when they try to save money in the story department by using the audio logs to tell the story.

Nah, I like my games with interactivity.

If Bioshock had cutscenes instead of audio logs it would have disrupted the pacing so much. I loved by able to listen to the audio log while still moving around, searching for loot.

Also I don't get the argument about realism, I mean games aren't meant to be realistic, You're in an underwater city and you shoot bees at mutated people who are hooked up on ADAM they get from slugs inside orphan girls protected by diving suit wearing monsters... realism was left behind a long time ago.

Worst offender was MGSV, god I hate that game for it's use of audio logs. One of the most overrated games ever.

Dunno what the fuss is about, if you don't like them, just skip them. I like them, however, because it's a good way to do exposition.

Except that no one played System Shock. While it's the father of Bioshock, Bioshock was the game to influence the industry.

My opinion on audio logs is that they're fine if done well. They have to be appropriately paced, not only in length of message but apart in the game. I had so many instances of finding one audio log, to finding another while listening to it. So I had to sit and wait for this one to end before I could start listening to the next one.

Yeah, it's piss poor writing most of the time and it breaks my immersion completely.

Not so smple. I want a good narrative, just not in the form of cheap audio logs.

System Shock 2 was a big deal, it became instant classic. Of course consoles of the time were not capable of running anything like that but don't underestimate its influence.

I just don't like them when as soon as I activate them, 10 enemies come to kill me and it's playing in the background while I'm trying to not die.