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Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is up
Posted By: cheapLEY <wes.foutch@gmail.com>Date: 9/20/12 5:58 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is up (uberfoop)


: That is an interesting issue, and one that I'm grappling with a bit. The
: thing is, I'm not sure that there's any particular way that weapons in
: Halo have traditionally sounded. Halo 2's overall weapon sound style has
: been very influential, but it's still been mixed up with each game, and
: CE's is very different (well, and CEA's, which is its own thing as well).
: Halo 4 probably takes a larger horizontal leap than we've seen before, but
: the idea of doing so is nothing new.

I guess that's true. The sounds have changed quite a bit from game to game, but I guess it was still familiar enough that it the difference wasn't as striking as it is now. I can't exactly put my finger on what exactly it is that's bugging me.

: That's definitely an effect that can be dependant on playing the game, and
: when watching these videos I try to filter my perspective as well as
: possible toward actual gameplay feel as opposed to hearing the sounds in
: and of themselves.

I'm trying as well, but just not able to do it, I guess. A lot of the sound design is also dependent on the feel of actually playing the game, I think. We'll see.

: Seriously, it's infuriating how often the term "nitpick" gets
: launched at concerns over huge aspects of a game experience.

I guess that's also true. The way a weapon sounds has a large affect on the enjoyment of using it. I just feel like a hypocrite because I've been trying to get people to calm down on the design changes to the Covenant, and yet I'm bitching about weapon sounds. Different things affect different folks, I suppose. I couldn't care less about the redesigned Covenant; I actually really enjoy most of the visual stuff from H4, but the sounds are really bugging me.

I will say I like the vehicle sounds, from the limited bits I've heard so far.

Either way, we'll find out soon!

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Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is upuberfoop 9/20/12 5:11 p.m.
     Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is upcheapLEY 9/20/12 5:26 p.m.
           Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is upuberfoop 9/20/12 5:51 p.m.
                 Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is upcheapLEY 9/20/12 5:58 p.m.
     Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is upArchilen 9/20/12 5:31 p.m.
     Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is upDEEP NNN 9/20/12 6:18 p.m.
     Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is upDruff 9/20/12 8:10 p.m.
           Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is upDrDoctor 9/20/12 11:11 p.m.
     I don't... TOTALLY hate them.Azo 'Galvat 9/20/12 11:36 p.m.
     Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is upGeneral Vagueness 9/22/12 8:28 p.m.
     Re: Covenant weapon sounds w/o wub is upGeneral Vagueness 9/24/12 5:03 p.m.



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