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  • Critical

    36 59.02%

  • Important

    21 34.43%

  • Ehh *shrug*

    4 6.56%

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Thread: How important is SOUND to gaming??

  1. 09-08-2003, 10:04 PM #16
    Alientank
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    No sound in a game is like putting a blind guy in a firefight.
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  2. 09-08-2003, 10:28 PM #17
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    Originally posted by Alientank
    No sound in a game is like putting a blind guy in a firefight.
    Please elaborate...


    I said critical because sound is a multipurpose media. It can create mood, locate, warn, and even communicate emotion. Therefore when used properly it can make a game, if not then it can break a game.
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  3. 09-08-2003, 11:03 PM #18
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    Originally posted by commanderkeen
    Please elaborate...
    Disadvantage.
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  4. 09-09-2003, 12:33 AM #19
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    Originally posted by PointlesS
    also...although not directly related but I remember some company developing quake 3 for the blind...it used a mix of hundreds of sounds to tell the player where specific things where...and suprisingly it worked somewhat...
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  6. 09-09-2003, 10:19 AM #20
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    Sound is very important. It's not like you are damned if you don't have sound in some games, but still in most games it's critical to have it.
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  7. 09-09-2003, 11:45 AM #21
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    Depends on the map, game, and situation. Some maps do not need any sound at all. I can say however that after I got my 4.1 setup, I had a lot more fun in UT only because I could hear people coming from behind me. When I used to play regular weapons, this was very important. Anyways, I say important only because there are some situations when you don't even need sound to play.
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  8. 09-09-2003, 01:21 PM #22
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    Absolutely critical, especially in fps games such as CS...
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