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F.E.A.R.

Game Title: F.E.A.R.
Your name: Rick van Ginkel
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: The first few seconds of the movie show some really scary stuff. The audio effects and the girl's giggling really add something extra to the creepy atmosphere. Also notice the male voice saying "you deserve to die, they all deserve to die" while you as a player have no clue where this is coming from. .

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Space Invaders Extreme

Game Title: Space Invaders Extreme
Your name: Björn Spies
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: Space Invaders Extreme is in my opinion an example of a good soundtrack with matching sound effects (Sound effects like shots fired and the enemies you hit.). It adds something to the overall experience and feeling of the game. .

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Oblivion IV

Game Title: Oblivion IV
Your name: Pieter Dirk Greeuw
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: The sound you hear in the game tells you what is going on around. When the game is in a normal state you hear only the background music, when you are in danger or close by an enemy it switches to a completely different sound to make you aware of it. If you lvl up or raise a skill a small sound makes you aware of it even when you are busy fighting or doing something else. .

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Final Fantasy VI (GBA version)

Game Title: Final Fantasy VI (GBA version)
Your name: Sander van Leth
Pretty or ugly: pretty
Description: starts at 0:13.

The music itself, and also the "vocal" track along it makes this one of the most memorable moments in Final Fantasy VI. Simply gorgeous. .

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Bad Company

Game Title: Battlefield: Bad Company
Your name: Lennart
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: Pay attention to the audio when the player takes hits or fires a weapon. Also the sounds in the distance sound muffled and distorted. Really nice. .

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Bad Company

Game Title: Battlefield: Bad Company
Your name: Lennart
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: Pay attention to the audio when the player takes hits or fires a weapon. Also the sounds in the distance sound muffled and distorted. Really nice. .

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Bad Company

Game Title: Battlefield: Bad Company
Your name: Lennart
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: Pay attention to the audio when the player takes hits or fires a weapon. Also the sounds in the distance sound muffled and distorted. Really nice. .

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Mafia

Game Title: Mafia
Your name: Tim Hengeveld
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: Mafia is a game that pays a lot of attention to atmosphere. Everything is very authentic, and audio plays an important role in it. As you traverse the city, you will hear various classic '30s jazz songs that really enhance the mood.

Each district has it's own distinct tune (such as the song 'Chinatown my Chinatown' playing in Chinatown), and these songs seamlessly flow together as you're driving around. They are not bound to your car radio like in GTA, but persist even when you're on foot.

Aside from that, the ambient sounds, voice acting and sound effects are also top-notch. The sound of seagulls and waves when you get close to the ocean, the sound of the clutch as you're driving around – it all fits perfectly. .

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Killer 7

Game Title: Killer 7
Your name: Ramana Kleyn
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: FIrst things first: this is a great game. A lot of thought went in to it and it really shows. This doesn't mean that it's a game that's fun all the time. And that's because the designers didn't mean for it be. A lot of time is spent disorientating players and making them feel uncomfortable. The audio really supports this. The music tracks are varied and mostly enjoyable. However sound effects can be incredibly jarring at times and seem very much digital and unreal thus supporting the rest of the design. The choice to give each character but one sentence that is said every time an enemy is killed is at first glance an odd decision and one that could make the game highly irritating (ex. Bloody Roar Primal Fury) but it only adds to differentiate between characters and make them seem all the more surreal. .

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Zoo tycoon 1

Game Title: Zoo tycoon 1
Your name: Student
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: When you play zoo tycoon the sound will tell you what is going on. You will hear your zoo visitors laughing when it's a nice zoo and you hear them purchasing different drinks and food. The best thing in zoo tycoon is that you can hear the happiness of your animals. In the last part of this movie clip you can hear the wolves crying because they are not happy. You need to imrpove their exhibition too increase their happiness which will result in a more pleasant animal sound. .

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