NO MUSIC ON ELEPHANT

[Muscalay]

Why is there no music on elephant. I like the music in all the levels but none in skoo. Why?

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

The decision to have no music is intentional to let the map speak for itself, especially considering how sensitive the topic is. They mentioned consulting the sound design team behind the 2003 film The Elephant, and opted not to do an OST for the map.

I think it's a little too quiet, I would like an alarm to kinda jar the senses a bit. But besides that I find the AI just a little too quiet, at least the suspects. Then again.. they speak a lot more when they find a civilian they're about to shoot.

[lucastfog]

Originally posted by 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner:

The decision to have no music is intentional to let the map speak for itself, especially considering how sensitive the topic is. They mentioned consulting the sound design team behind the 2003 film The Elephant, and opted not to do an OST for the map.

I think it's a little too quiet, I would like an alarm to kinda jar the senses a bit. But besides that I find the AI just a little too quiet, at least the suspects. Then again.. they speak a lot more when they find a civilian they're about to shoot.

I'm glad they did a college shootout, and not an actual school where there's kids. It's still disturbing, don't get me wrong (I make sure to not arrest any shooter and kill every single one of them when I play that mission, ♥♥♥♥ my ROE), I'm just really thankful there aren't kids in the game that can be killed.

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

Originally posted by lucastfog:

I'm glad they did a college shootout, and not an actual school where there's kids. It's still disturbing, don't get me wrong (I make sure to not arrest any shooter and kill every single one of them when I play that mission, ♥♥♥♥ my ROE), I'm just really thankful there aren't kids in the game that can be killed.

Yeah, they confirmed it a while ago. There are certainlyy.. weird threads that really push the issue that "It has to be kids or else it won't have any impact." But I think the end it was always going to be a college, or a high school with only adult models. I don't think the developers were ever fond of the idea of having to model dead kids, code shooters for them, voice them, etc.

[lucastfog]

Originally posted by 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner:

Originally posted by lucastfog:

I'm glad they did a college shootout, and not an actual school where there's kids. It's still disturbing, don't get me wrong (I make sure to not arrest any shooter and kill every single one of them when I play that mission, ♥♥♥♥ my ROE), I'm just really thankful there aren't kids in the game that can be killed.

Yeah, they confirmed it a while ago. There are certainlyy.. weird threads that really push the issue that "It has to be kids or else it won't have any impact." But I think the end it was always going to be a college, or a high school with only adult models. I don't think the developers were ever fond of the idea of having to model dead kids, code shooters for them, voice them, etc.

"It has to be kids or else it won't have any impact" is an enormous stretch and whoever says this is smoking crack, but as I mentioned, I'm really thankful there aren't kids. I can only speak for myself here but, seeing adult models in that situation slightly disconnects me from what's happening and makes it a little easier to swallow, if that makes sense. If it were kids, I probably wouldn't even be able to play the mission without feeling the urge to vomit lol.

It was probably already a challenge for the devs to code this mission as it is, let alone if it were to take place in a high or elementary school, for example. Like you said, having to model dead children doesn't sound fun.

I get that this is what being a SWAT operator is like; they have to go through these traumatic experiences often, as it is part of their job. But, it definitely doesn't stop me from getting nauseous

[Muscalay]

there was music in 1.0 but since the hotfix it’s gone it was really awesome it sounded like a heartbeat. Super tense.