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Quake III Arena

Game Title: Quake III Arena
Your name: Sander
Good or bad: bad
Description: Quake III Arena. When the enemy is hit a very abstract icon is heard. The submitter complained about the abstract sound. "Sounds like a Windows error message"

Written by admin on July 5, 2007
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Sendermen
Posted on July 5, 2007

Uhm…the video is UPSIDE DOWN?

i pwn
Posted on January 24, 2008

Actually the sound is not directly bad - yes its abstract, and does not belong in the environment. But its a very important audial clue, that really gives the player valuable information. Those who have played Q3A probably miss that sound in other games, since visuals is harder to notice.

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