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Especially really good and satisfying gun sound effects.

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[–] MKBandit@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well in terms of taking advantage of really good headphones. Senua's Sacrifice

[–] elroon@lemmy.one 13 points 1 year ago

Headphones absolutely mandatory. Hellblade is the first title that came to mind seeing this thread.

[–] YoTcA@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, great experience with headphones!

[–] wizjenkins@lemmy.wizjenkins.com 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That game HAS to be played with headphones or a super good surround sound. The directionality of the voices in Senua's head is next level.

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[–] False@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This was the first thing I thought of too.

[–] sockenklaus@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elite Dangerous has some amazing sound design.

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[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I haven't experienced anything quite like HuntShowdown. It's a slower-than-most extraction shooter with several objectives on each map.

Every sound matters. You can hear people shooting in the next compound over, but you can also hear someone crouch behind the wall next to you. You have to watch for sound traps like birds, horses, dogs, etc. Always be on the move because if you stop, someone might already be taking aim to shoot you through the wall.

[–] joeblow1102@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is mine too. I switched from closed back to open back headphones to better experience the sound in Hunt Showdown

[–] million@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah it is without hyperbole the best sound engine / sound design of any game I’ve ever played.

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[–] anji@lemmy.anji.nl 16 points 1 year ago

Both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom have fantastic sound design. The environmental sounds of wind, water, trees and wildlife accompanied by that understated soundtrack makes you feel out in the wilds even though the graphics are minimal.

[–] elroon@lemmy.one 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hellblade was already mentioned (prime example imho), so I'd give shoutout to the entire Supergiant's game catalogue. So much time and effort went into sound design and music in all their games, it's remarkable.

[–] buedi@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

Oh yes! Hellblade: Senuas Sacrifice was absolutely fantastic with headphones. Probably the best audio experience I ever had in a game.

[–] indytechcook@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Subnautica. Sound takes you to fear:)

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[–] red@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Not the gun sound effects, not the sound track, problably not a lot of things - but the atmosphere the sound effects in Control created, man it's like 50% of what makes the game what it is, and it's a truly great game.

[–] GaryPonderosa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I came here to say Control.

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[–] Zebov@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Doom 2016 - remake of a classic that everyone loved, with the soundtrack being a very large part of it.

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Given that you asked for guns specifically I'll go out on a limb and say we are very different gamers!

But Subnautica would be my suggestion. Crazy good sound design.

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been meaning to pick that up for VR and literally shit my pants.

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unrelated and this is very unlikely but is your name a reference to Deep Rock Galactic by any chance?

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Nymphioxetine 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The sound designers at Bungie deserve double their pay.

Destiny has plenty of issues but sound design is not one of them. Some of those gun sounds are orgasmically good, and so satisfying to shoot.

[–] iso@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The feeling of guns in general is the best in any game I've ever played

[–] Nymphioxetine 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed. The gunplay is magical.

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[–] Tylith@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NieR:Automata and Cyberpunk 2077 have phenomenal soundtracks

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[–] TheAlrightGatsby 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While not the greatest games, I've found that the newer Star Wars Battlefront games have some of the best sound design in any game I've ever played. Especially the thermal imploder. Definitely a highlight of an otherwise alright game.

[–] Gur814 4 points 1 year ago

Any Dice game, really. The Battlefield games have always had incredible sound design.

Disclaimer: I haven't played the latest one.

[–] alternativeninja@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi-Fi rush.

Thank me later.

[–] holgersson@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely magnificent game. I wish we got more mid sized games instead of every new game being a 100h+ second job.

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[–] ragekutless@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Both of the new Star Wars Battlefronts had me feeling like lasers were actually flying past my head.

[–] saucyloggins@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I'm surprised no one here has mentioned Returnal. On the PS5 with a headset it uses the "3D Audio". It's pretty amazing.

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[–] setsneedtofeed 8 points 1 year ago

STALKER (Shadow Of Chernobyl or Call Of Pripyat).

Music: off

Headphones: On

Good luck not getting spooked out of your mind by random industrial noises.

[–] VulcanDeathGrip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As much as I dislike them the gun audio on both the 2019+ call of duty modern warfare games is very well done.

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[–] Veritrax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Warframe has great sound design, and it's f2p. The Corinth shotgun sounds like God slamming a car door.

[–] sombrero@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, there is a game that's been designed specifically for that. Metal Hellsinger, you can play a demo for free. It's a doom style shooter that rewards you for shooting and reloading to the beat of metal music, which is dynamic to how well you are doing and the situation. Really cool concept and really rewarding to get a combo going.

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[–] BigUwU@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I highly recommend you check out scruffy on YouTube. His channel is dedicated to awesome sound design in video games.

https://youtube.com/@ScruffyMusic

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[–] luckless 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Hotline Miami series and Katana Zero really stand out to me. Hollow knight and Persona are also fantastic.

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[–] BloodyFable@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Hi-Fi Rush, Doom 2016 and Eternal, Hades, and Warhammer 40K: Mechanicus, off the top of my head. All very different games but all with exceptional music.

[–] Biberkopf@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Squad always got me with its sound design. Nothing too fancy, just guns and explosions. But they DO sound amazing.

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[–] MarauderIIC@dormi.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Bad Company 2 always comes to mind for me whenever this question comes up

[–] LRMAN0989 6 points 1 year ago

Elite Dangerous is still the GOAT of sound design IMO. That game would be nothing without it's sound.

[–] LakshyAAAgrawal@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Hollow Knight! The orchestral sound design is an experience in itself!

[–] eeltech@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tetris Effect on VR (ps/quest). think hypnotic trance

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[–] Dancermouse@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] notun@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

New World has its fair share of issues, but the sound of your pickaxe hitting a rock will make it seem like the best game ever made.

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[–] SindriDeLaMancha 4 points 1 year ago

spoilers for the game hi fi rush but it has hands down the coolest transformation https://youtu.be/cU5utimmtkg?t=92

[–] _MoveSwiftly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I really really really liked the theme music and all sound design in the Red Alert 2 and Generals Zero Hour games. Those were excellent, to the point I'd listen to the theme alone when working or driving.

[–] YoTcA@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the top of my head: It might be mainstream, but I liked the gun sounds in battlefield 1 and 5. Also I enjoyed the slow motion gun sounds in Max Payne 2 a lot. Call of duty modern warfare was also great back in the day. Don’t know how the newer installations are holding up.

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