Best soundfeel in games

Syzygy

kory
It jumped out at me to give you a hard time about, but we’re all guilty of this since even on iterative sequels much closer together often a lot of the staff is new. Sound design is maybe a rare exception, since especially before the DVD era all of the sound effects might well have been made by one person.

JoJoestar

Thief games are probably my favorite sound design ever.

seasons

Fez
I think the slower, drawn out sound effects set the game apart. So many of the sound effects are memorable like the sonar effect that rings from a nearby cube. Even the ambience in the map view is great.

Just let it wash all over ya for a few minutes.

Metal Black
Maybe it’s ultimately a rock opera set in space, but I think it hits that bleak, macabre mark it set out to.

milo

seasons

I’ve listened to the fez soundtrack exponentially more than I’ve played the game. I just love Disasterpeace and he may be my favorite modern video game/film composer.

treefroggy

Petal Crash

kory

treefroggy This is great, watching some gameplay footage now and the sound design is very evocative of the Game Boy, I like how committed the developer was to keeping it consistent! I wonder if this was developed within the specific audio limitations of that console.

treefroggy

kory they’re a member of this forum just search petal crash

kory

milo I’m so glad I bought the Fez vinyl when I did, prices are through the roof now. In addition to being an amazing soundtrack the actual design and packaging is a work of art.

seasons

milo I had a coworker that would play the soundtrack while we worked in the warehouse. He didn’t even know it was from a video game. He thought the game part was lame as heck when I showed it to him.

whatsarobot

milo Same. Driving along the coast in the summertime with the sun shining high in the sky while listening to the Fez soundtrack on my shitty car’s stereo, on my way to see a special lady. That is a cherished memory of mine. An exquisite real-life SOUNDFEEL.

antillese

I have been digging playing Control lately with headphones. It is fantastic! Its soundtrack is more atmospheric than melodic, but I really like the work that has been put into the SFX and the voices. Especially the Board of Directors. They have a great unintelligible babble that is subtitled thing going on. Game would not be nearly as fun without the audio component.

KennyL

I like this door sound. Heard something similar in TV shows and stuff a lot.

Also like this.

kory

KennyL that’s some door ASMR right there 🚪😌🚪

kory

Just wanted to drop another specific example that was on my mind when I started this thread:

The SoR2 soundtrack is (rightfully!) lauded, but I love the prickly immediacy of the sound effects from the game. I love how the “shivering” menu select sound effect from the opening menu transitions so well into the funky character select screen music. I also have to shout out that heartbeat sound effect when picking up the worlds largest street apple.

treefroggy

kory Did you watch Timothy’s Pac-Man review where he said the yum yum sound in Streets of Rage was plageurized from Pac-Man? Also apparently due to misophonia he wants all eating sounds to be replaced with it.
And yeah, I interpreted this thread as “reverse-misophonia” in games.
I wanna add to my previous posts that didn’t include the two best sounds in Animal Crossing for Gamecube:
-The magical sound effect of changing your clothing
-The joyful cheer/drum beat when you acquire a fish, bug, or buried item

kory

treefroggy Oh wow, I had forgotten that little tidbit!

You are absolutely correct, an alternate title for this thread might be “Philophonia in games” to coin a term

pasquinelli

the sound effect when you pick up something in katamari.

also, the level complete sound from rayman.

treefroggy

pasquinelli glad someone else named these because I was thinking about both of them while trying to think of non-nintendo ones.

milo

There’s something about the voice acting in the Sega CD version of Silpheed. It’s kinda cheesy and over the top but I think it has a lot of charm. And the low quality sound lends to the feeling of listening to comms chatter in a spaceship.

kory

milo I like the samples and comms chatter in the original Starfox for the same reason. That low-fidelity “Emergency. Emergency. Incoming enemy fighters. Prepare for launch.” as you first deploy on Corneria was pretty impressive for the time. The chatter between your wingmen was also great–their unique “voices” had so much personality:

Moon

I cant hear the Mortal Kombat theme song without feeling like I’m running through a smoke filled lazer tag arena wearing a heavy sensor vest.

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