Anyone else feel like the UNSC weapons sound quite dull? Somewhat generic and all sound similar, the AR is just doof doof doof the Sniper is just DOOF very generic bassy sounds and similar with the BR.
In Halo 2 you could easily hear the difference between an SMG and a BR, in Reach you can easily hear the difference between a DMR and a Magnum, all the UNSC weapons are just a bit too similar sounding in infinite imo, what do you guys think?
Here’s an example comparing to previous games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBBX94Hbvqs
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> Anyone else feel like the UNSC weapons sound quite dull? Somewhat generic and all sound similar, the AR is just doof doof doof the Sniper is just DOOF very generic bassy sounds and similar with the BR.
> In Halo 2 you could easily hear the difference between an SMG and a BR, in Reach you can easily hear the difference between a DMR and a Magnum, all the UNSC weapons are just a bit too similar sounding in infinite imo, what do you guys think?
Yes. Whilst the sounds are have a lot of depth and are impressive on a technical level they do sound like real life weapons. COD weapons. Always thought Bungie did a great job of making guns sound good and sci-fiey whilst not using actual weapons for the sound. least from what I can tell.
I like that they sound like real guns in the future, and not like toy guns like the magnum in Halo 5.
I’ve been meh on 343’s sound design for a while. Objectively they do a fantastic job making these guns sound real, but in my opinion, nothing is very memorable or stand-outish.
Personally, if they allow mods for sound on PC, I will probably just change weapons to sound like their classic counter parts.
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> Anyone else feel like the UNSC weapons sound quite dull? Somewhat generic and all sound similar, the AR is just doof doof doof the Sniper is just DOOF very generic bassy sounds and similar with the BR.
> In Halo 2 you could easily hear the difference between an SMG and a BR, in Reach you can easily hear the difference between a DMR and a Magnum, all the UNSC weapons are just a bit too similar sounding in infinite imo, what do you guys think?
I’m not really bothered much by it tbh, they still sound better IMO than the Halo 4/5 UNSC stuff.
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> I’ve been meh on 343’s sound design for a while. Objectively they do a fantastic job making these guns sound real, but in my opinion, nothing is very memorable or stand-outish.
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> Personally, if they allow mods for sound on PC, I will probably just change weapons to sound like their classic counter parts.
That’d probably be a popular mod but why not actually try edit the sounds to something evoking a similar style of classic instead of just ripping old Halo into new.
Nostalgia is great and I love it but its also terrible and I hate it.
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> I’ve been meh on 343’s sound design for a while. Objectively they do a fantastic job making these guns sound real, but in my opinion, nothing is very memorable or stand-outish.
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> Personally, if they allow mods for sound on PC, I will probably just change weapons to sound like their classic counter parts.
This. They sound real and have depth but they sound like real weapons. Which is boring in a series like Halo where early on weapons sounded like sci-fi weapons. Very cool and very unique. Here it is just your standard rifles IRL.
Hey guys, love the discussion just made a small video comparing some of the UNSC guns in various Halo games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBBX94Hbvqs