http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com it used to be bleep... Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:46:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://youtube.com/watch?v=LQdZQ5KjgbU Game Title: Resident evil Your name: Bor Walch Pretty or ugly: Ugly as f*ck Description: Well this is a classic. And a good one at it. Unfortunately the audio in this game is one of the worst ever. Especially the voice acting is horrible. It's all very staccato and extremely dull. As if the voice actors ... http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com/ugly-examples/resident-evil/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=UfDr9eD7wKY Game Title: Locoroco Your name: Bor Walch Pretty or ugly: pretty Description: Loco Roco combines songs sounds and more to create a complete experience. You just can't hate this game =) . http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com/pretty-example/loco-roco/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=WS_yjJnoMfc Game Title: Bioshock Your name: Jochem Schut Pretty or ugly: pretty Description: good timing, every sound appears when you want them to. The setting is an underwater city, from time to time you will hear sounds of water trying to burst/break/slide/slip/flow into the city. You will often hear the sounds of dripping water, flowing ... http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com/pretty-example/halo-2/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=CyLip4pu_BI Game Title: Halo Your name: Jochem Schut Pretty or ugly: ugly Description: - The voices of the aliens are not believable. They're too high and they sound to stupid. When an alien race invades the earth I believe them to be dangerous and cunning, these voices are nothing like it. Also the voices ... http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com/ugly-examples/halo/ http://www.youtube.com/v/2e-rCj_iM_s Game Title: Doom 3 Your name: Richard Pretty or ugly: Pretty Description: Although the game itself is not that great, I find the overall audio design of the game top notch. Things that stand out, in my opinion, are the amount of variety of sounds, the dynamic mix (the sounds don't clutter, ... http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com/pretty-example/doom-iii/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9bGkjk94TM Game Title: Ms. Pacman Your name: Remi Pretty or ugly: Ugly Description: Today a short joke as a reminder to always keep the dogs in mind while designing your sounds..."Remi hates Ms. PacMan "end game" sound effect" :) http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com/ugly-examples/ms-pacman/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySJYpDsb_LI Game Title: Zuma Deluxe Your name: Sander Pretty or ugly: Ugly Description: In this example of Zuma Deluxe (previously featured as "pretty example") you see that something unexpected happens what the designers did not foresee. The player manages to get a "combo x12", which is quite extraordinary, and there are no new ... http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com/ugly-examples/zuma-deluxe/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-T3U5-3G28 Game Title: Battlefield 2 Your name: Ryan Jaeger Pretty or ugly: Pretty Description: Although I'm not a fan of BF2, it is however one of the most dynamic, realistic and pleasant games I've heard... Guns and such are not overly compressed or limited compared to other games, but they are limited just enough ... http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com/pretty-example/battlefield-2/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yFwwSawfzs Game Title: Company of Heroes Your name: student Pretty or ugly: Pretty Description: What I find amazing of CoH is that almost everything seems to have its own sound. You can hear GI's walk around, there body armour moving up and down. Weapons sound incredibly lifelike and you can even hear empy-shell ... http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com/pretty-example/company-of-heroes/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_JhHlUz0wc Game Title: Grim Fandango Your name: student Pretty or ugly: Pretty Description: Personally I find Grim Fandango a very fine example of a game with good audio. The game uses many layers of sound (like the typing on a typewriter with background music and a talking character), which makes it feel very ... http://prettyuglygamesoundstudy.com/pretty-example/grim-fandango/