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e g g

Jun 16, 2018 @ 5:33pm

Why does this game have stock sound effects.

why? it just completely ruined the immerision i had in episode one the part where dill macaronzi has to climb a wall and falls, there is a stock man screaming sound and its just terrible. it cant be that hard for the voice actor to scream right?

Last edited by e g g; Jun 16, 2018 @ 8:58pm

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jayess65

Jun 16, 2018 @ 5:55pm

Was it a Wilhelm Scream ?

jswilliams has The Long Dark

Jun 16, 2018 @ 6:06pm

Originally posted by jayess65:
Was it a Wilhelm Scream ?

Exactly. Some things must ALWAYS be.

I mean I suppose they could have made the game "Mit out sound"

Shelt

Jun 16, 2018 @ 6:09pm

Is anybody getting weird reverb sond effects like you're inside of a tin can? Mine started doing that after I went through a cave from PV to ML. Now everything she says sounds like the inside of a tin can.

jswilliams has The Long Dark

Jun 16, 2018 @ 6:12pm

Originally posted by Shelt:
Is anybody getting weird reverb sond effects like you're inside of a tin can? Mine started doing that after I went through a cave from PV to ML. Now everything she says sounds like the inside of a tin can.

This has happened to me occassionally. Always went away.

Shelt

Jun 16, 2018 @ 6:14pm

Started for me after the recent update.

markwars

Jun 16, 2018 @ 6:37pm

Originally posted by jayess65:
Was it a Wilhelm Scream ?

Please say that it is.

IFIYGD

Jun 16, 2018 @ 8:23pm

Originally posted by Zunlite:
why? it just completely ruined the immerision i had in episode one the part where mr macintosh has to climb a wall and falls, there is a stock man screaming sound and its just terrible. it cant be that hard for the voice actor to scream right?

Who is Mr. Macintosh?

My game has Will Mackenzie.

no wonder your game has a weird scream. You have the the fill-in SAG extra in yours, not the actual star.

iheartmyocd has The Long Dark

Jun 16, 2018 @ 8:40pm

Originally posted by IFIYGD:
Originally posted by Zunlite:
why? it just completely ruined the immerision i had in episode one the part where mr macintosh has to climb a wall and falls, there is a stock man screaming sound and its just terrible. it cant be that hard for the voice actor to scream right?
Who is Mr. Macintosh?

My game has Will Mackenzie.

no wonder your game has a weird scream. You have the the fill-in SAG extra in yours, not the actual star.

ROTFLMAO! Maybe Mark Meer was unavailable that day?

markwars

Jun 16, 2018 @ 8:56pm

Best thread hi-jack ever. LOL

IFIYGD

Jun 16, 2018 @ 9:06pm

Originally posted by markwars:
Best thread hi-jack ever. LOL

Lol! Unintentional, but still glad the thought crossed my mind, and I typed it in, before I lost connection to Steam again, for the 100th time today. (Internet has gone AWOL here...)

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Alcator

Jun 17, 2018 @ 8:45am

Originally posted by Zunlite:
why? it just completely ruined the immerision i had in episode one the part where dill macaronzi has to climb a wall and falls, there is a stock man screaming sound and its just terrible. it cant be that hard for the voice actor to scream right?

There is a time-honored tradition of including the Wilhelm Scream if at all possible. The opening part of Mass Effect 2 features this scream. The Avengers feature it. It's just something that will happen.

It's the one stock sound all sound engineers want to use, as a sort of nod towards the people who came before them and established sound as important.

I assume every other sound is custom-made for this game.

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