Game Title: Unreal Tournament 3
Your name: Thomas Reinink
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description:
In this short clip someone gets hit by a manta(vehicle). The sound it makes is as if all of the bones in his body get cracked an his flesh ripped apart. It's not to squishy or slimy sound but more of a firm sound. Afterward you hear a deep voice with a cool comment making it feel even more bad ass.(too bad it is in French).

I love doing this over and over again

Game Title: Ninety Nine Nights
Your name: Robin Bosma
Pretty or ugly: Ugly
Description:
What can I say? The only thing this horror contains is a slashing sounds that is repeated over and over again, a dull background music and the occiasional screaming of a five year old that symbolises your heroic champion. You won't get any single usable input from the sound of this game. Enemies all around just remain quiet. And the slashing sound stays the same; there is no difference between a combo move, or a single attack.

Game Title: Stalker Call of Pripyat
Your name: Ferry Spelbos
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description:
I picked Stalker COP because the game is enormously atmospheric especially at night and the usage of sound really enhances that scary atmosphere.

Just watch the video and taste the atmosphere of Stalker

Game Title: Arma
Your name: Ferry Spelbos
Pretty or ugly: Ugly
Description:
the part I'm talking about is 8:43-9:00

I picked the radio coms from Arma because for me the game is all about emersion and the moment the AI says something over the radio all emersion disappears for a while.

Once you watch the video you'll know what I'm talking about.

Game Title: Cannon Fodder
Your name: Chris van M.
Pretty or ugly: ugly
Description:
The game itself is pretty ok. The audio isn't actually detestable, but it's just really boring and meaningless. There are basically only 2 sounds in the entire game: when you shoot and when someone dies. They sound repetitive, and don't add much to the game at all.

Game Title: Half Life 2
Your name: Chris van M.
Pretty or ugly: pretty
Description:
A lot of games focus mostly on visual stimuli. The Audio is then only something that is slapped onto the design. Even games with good audio often only let you hear the sounds that represent what the player already sees on screen, just for the sake of having audio. In Half Life 2, the audio is really created to evoke the suspense and fear, that the game wants to achieve.

Game Title: Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing (2003!)
Your name: Nathan Visser
Pretty or ugly: Horrendous
Description:
There is no sound but the horrible horrible engine noise.

Game Title: Metroid Prime
Your name: Nathan Visser
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description:
Metroid Prime's audio doesnt just sound nice, it can tell you a lot about your current situation and location.
It alerts you of danger, tells you when you'r close to an upgrade, you can also tell what visor and weapon you use easily.
The game uses extensive audio ques as hints as to what enemy you'r facing, if you are doing damage, etc..

It heightens the immersion and does it's part in guiding the playing.

Game Title: FarCry 2
Your name: Eric Polman
Pretty or ugly: Pretty
Description:
What I like about FarCry 2 audiowise is the ambient sound. When you simply walk in the jungle, you can hear the crickets and the water flowing. Whenever you are in trouble, the drums kick in and helps to build up the pressure and let you know that you are in danger. The sound is hard enough to notice it is there and soft enough to be comfortable to hear.

Game Title: DMZ: North Korea
Your name: Tom Sno
Pretty or ugly: Ugly
Description:
Apart from being just a terrible game in general, the audio is horrible. Every soundtrack is a semi-relaxing kind of loop, that doesn't change during fights or anything troughout the level. Not to mention that regular pistol sound effects sound like cannons, while an actual tank cannon sounds like a firecracker.