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Game Title: Icewind Dale
Your name: L Verschelden
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: I like the soundtrack from this game, the background music is calm for peacefull area's and more upbeat for the more dangerous area's.

This short is from the Kuldahar scene, a town kept alive by the warmth of a giant oak. I think it gives a feeling of warmth in an otherwise cold place, with a bit of lonelyness thrown in. I find that fitting for a town in frostbitten north whith bearly any towns nearby.

Game Title: Dead Space
Your name: Cas Beenker
Pretty or ugly: ugly
Description: If you have to try this boss for a few times in a row, i would go nuts from the sound the boss makes. Think it's a part of the game, but i would turn the sound off.

Game Title: Uncharted 2
Your name: Davy Jacobs
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: The soundtrack is only being played when necessary. When it’s not, it’s replaced by the sound of the environment. You hear the wind moving the flags, the water sprinkling, the different moans of the character when he’s climbing and the fire of the bus.

The voice acting is also incredible: he reacts to almost everything the player would also react to. It makes the character more alive and for the player it’s easier to notice important things when the character asks himself the question if he could use it, interact with it or not.

Game Title: Crazy Frog Racer 2
Your name: Davy Jacobs
Pretty or ugly: Ugly
Description: The sound effects don’t suite the environment at all. It sounds as if it’s all happening inside of a room instead of outside. There’s also a delay between the sound effect and the movement making the sound.

Game Title: Oblivion
Your name: Cas Beenker
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: The sound in this game is very good. It changes whenever an enemy is chasing you. The dialogs of when npc's talk to you are vey clear. Also the sound of the armor, weapons, etc is ver good. Nothing to much.

Everything fits and works together to form the game.

Game Title: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Your name: Nicky Pelupessy
Pretty or ugly: Ugly
Description: This is an example of having a bad asset in your game. In this case, they didn't notice that this sample wasn't meant to be in the game. You can clearly hear the voice actress say: "wait a minute, let me do that one again".

This clearly takes a whole lot away from the experience, errors like this make you feel like you're actually in something that has been "created", you no longer feel emerged in the universe. Which is a shame, in my opinion.

Oblivion is a large game with many content, however, that is not an excuse for letting such an error to slip by. They should have spent a bit more time in going through all the sounds before they released the game!

Game Title: Syndicate Wars
Your name: Nicky Pelupessy
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description: The game is set in a futuristic city. The ambience is very dark and hostile. You feel like danger is around every corner and you always feel unsafe. Not only do the visuals add to this, but also the music and sound effects.

The music itself is very eery and sounds minimal. Not many instruments are played and the progression in the songs is slow. This really helps the ambience and the feel of the game. The music is very well made!

The sound effects from the guns and other things (like explosions and vehicles) are in good quality, especially considering it’s an old game. The guns (sadly not all) sound genuine and believable. The screams and grunts from the characters also sound real. All in all: they just do a good job helping the experience of the game.