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What are some of your favorite game sound effects?
- Thread starter AgentStrange
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The coin sound from Street Fighter II, so oddly satisfying. It's still my message notification sound on my phone nowadays.
Doom 2 super shotgun for sure. Someone not on mobile pls embed Civvi-11 vid of doom 2 full metal jacket.
The first Dark Souls has incredibly memorable and great sound design in general but the sound effects for pickups, bonfire lighting etc. are all incredibly satisfying.
One of my favorites.
Then there are the OG masters of it, Nintendo, that just can't be beat for me. Metroid and Zelda "get shit" sound effects are the best.
One of my favorites.
Then there are the OG masters of it, Nintendo, that just can't be beat for me. Metroid and Zelda "get shit" sound effects are the best.
At some point I started to forget which sounds originated in Half-Life and which came from Team Fortress or other subsequent games, but a lot of the weapon/ammo pickup sounds in those games immediately spring to mind, like at 0:06 here --
The "Blee-doo" and the sound when you Z-Target an enemy in OOT
When items respawn and when you pick up Body Armor in GoldenEye
When you get a stealth kill in Bloodborne
When items respawn and when you pick up Body Armor in GoldenEye
When you get a stealth kill in Bloodborne
My favorite will probably always be Wolfenstein 3D's treasure item pickup sounds.
(1:10 in the video if it doesn't automatically jump there)
(1:10 in the video if it doesn't automatically jump there)
The character bio unlock sound in Arkham Asylum. Also the announcement sound effect in Arkham Asylum.
Oh yeah, that's a really good sound effect, too.
Another favorite "insert coin" sound of mine is the one from Darius
Sage casting magic in any of the GBA Fire Emblem games. Love it!
Starts at 0:27 if I screwed up the timing on the video
Starts at 0:27 if I screwed up the timing on the video
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Has to be the sounds of fidgeting with weapons. When you holster a gun, when you take one out, when you switch between them, reloading, any thing.
Last of Us, Mass Effect, Call of Duty, Red Dead Redemption II (!!!), almost any game with that fidgeting sound gives me an eargasm.
Like this fucking video, I can enter Nirvana just listening to this:
Last of Us, Mass Effect, Call of Duty, Red Dead Redemption II (!!!), almost any game with that fidgeting sound gives me an eargasm.
Like this fucking video, I can enter Nirvana just listening to this:
I hate how this got demoted to be a 1-up jingle in the 3D games.
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My fav is probably the Special-trick sound effect from the Tony Hawk games.
The sound of reloading the Springfield sniper rifle in Day of Defeat Source. Fuck that is some satisfying shit.
I love how it's Sargent Johnson saying "Go go go" but reversed and modified. Great sound effect.
Favourite / standout sound FX
- THPS special trick "BEHHHH".
- FFVII limit break casting noise.
- Fortune's rail gun charging and firing MGS2
- The mentally disturbing, oppressive atmosphere inducing sounds that play as you approach the Cyborg Ninja battle in MGS.
- Death Stranding tank turning off and on as you light or kill your ignition in Days Gone.
- Doors in Resident Evil 1 PS1.
- The Rig weapon in Wild 9 PS1.
Least favourite: those weird noises Lara makes when shifting blocks in OG TR 2, it's the variant that sounds like she's grinding her teeth or crushing over bones.
Vocal Moments
-"NOOOCT!" From Ignis, still gives me chills when I hear it.
- Quiet's first spoken words in TPP. (Yeah, it got to me).
- "Huh? What was that noise?"
- "A surveillance CAMERA!!!!!!????!??!?!!???!????"
- THPS special trick "BEHHHH".
- FFVII limit break casting noise.
- Fortune's rail gun charging and firing MGS2
- The mentally disturbing, oppressive atmosphere inducing sounds that play as you approach the Cyborg Ninja battle in MGS.
- Death Stranding tank turning off and on as you light or kill your ignition in Days Gone.
- Doors in Resident Evil 1 PS1.
- The Rig weapon in Wild 9 PS1.
Least favourite: those weird noises Lara makes when shifting blocks in OG TR 2, it's the variant that sounds like she's grinding her teeth or crushing over bones.
Vocal Moments
-"NOOOCT!" From Ignis, still gives me chills when I hear it.
- Quiet's first spoken words in TPP. (Yeah, it got to me).
- "Huh? What was that noise?"
- "A surveillance CAMERA!!!!!!????!??!?!!???!????"
Halo, when the shields recharge. It's just heavenly
There are many, and a lot of them are old school Nintendo, but one of those in particular that stands out is from super Mario world, when you do a spin jump on top of an enemy that it doesn't kill, but it lets you bounce off of it. It's a "thock" sound that For whatever reason I find immensely satisfying. I sometimes will watch people doing streams of Mario maker or Mario world, and rewind when they're going through a section where that happens a lot, just because I love the sound
