Your opinion on weapon sounds.

Games Other Halo
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Well, you’ve heard most of them. What do you think? Do you prefer the new weapon sounds or the old ones?

I miss the nostalgic sounds of the BR and sniper

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At the moment, the only sound I don’t love is the Sniper Rifle’s firing sound.

EDIT: on second thought, it’s not that bad.

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Here’s my list:

AR- Do I need to tell you?
BR- I like it, no I LOVE it!
DMR- Not too sure, it seems cool
Light Rifle- Cool
Scattershot- Mayonnaise
Sniper Rifle- Undecided, sounds a bit weird
Magnum- I like it
PP- ???
Storm Rifle- Sounds cool
Carbine- Very alien

This is all my opinion

4

AR, BR, storm rifle and Carbine sound great.
Pistol, machine gun, DMR and sniper sound horrible.

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> Well, you’ve heard most of them. What do you think? Do you prefer the new weapon sounds or the old ones?
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> I miss the nostalgic sounds of the BR and sniper

They’re all good,but i miss the sounds of the sniper and Assu. Rifle…they’re lacking something …it’s really hard to explin but it just sounds.more robotic?idk

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Sniper and Magnum could sound better. Other than that I love the sounds

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i love them all!

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Machine gun sounds like the MG4 from MW2…

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I personally prefer the old sounds. I think that in previous halo games, more of the sound clips for weapons where digitally edited recordings of common things like pots and pans clanging and stuff that the sound guys found around the office. Now it seems like most of the human weapons sound like…human weapons. Like real gun fire.

I know that it is supposed to sound like that, but it just doesn’t sound like a futuristic shooter to me. Instead it sounds like modern day warfare.

And another thing, i think that they really overdid the sounds in general. There seems to be a lot of noises happening all at once, at the same volume. This makes everything kinda confusing.

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Haven’t heard the sniper sound yet, dmr sounds fairly good, br definitely sounds better than halo 3, pistol is pretty good,the human turret audio is in the right direction, but definitely needs some work, and in my opinion the halo 4 ar puts the halo 3 one’s firing sound to shame, in 4 it actually sounds threatening!

Haven’t heard the carbine noise(or I did and it just went over the top of my head) either, the storm rifle sounds pretty good, liking the new plasma turret sound.

Personally using real firearms for the human weapon audio is actually a pretty good idea as long as they don’t do something stupid like using a gun such as a 9mm for the sniper’s final audio.

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> I personally prefer the old sounds. I think that in previous halo games, more of the sound clips for weapons where digitally edited recordings of common things like pots and pans clanging and stuff that the sound guys found around the office. Now it seems like most of the human weapons sound like…human weapons. Like real gun fire.
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> I know that it is supposed to sound like that, but it just doesn’t sound like a futuristic shooter to me. Instead it sounds like modern day warfare.
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> And another thing, i think that they really overdid the sounds in general. There seems to be a lot of noises happening all at once, at the same volume. This makes everything kinda confusing.

I can understand but c’mon, the Halo 3 AR sounded like a popcorn machine.

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Yeah in Reach Bungie said that the AR won’t sound like a “pea-shooter” like it did in halo 3. But in Halo 4 the sound is really amazing, it takes definitely the cake

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> > I personally prefer the old sounds. I think that in previous halo games, more of the sound clips for weapons where digitally edited recordings of common things like pots and pans clanging and stuff that the sound guys found around the office. Now it seems like most of the human weapons sound like…human weapons. Like real gun fire.
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> > I know that it is supposed to sound like that, but it just doesn’t sound like a futuristic shooter to me. Instead it sounds like modern day warfare.
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> > And another thing, i think that they really overdid the sounds in general. There seems to be a lot of noises happening all at once, at the same volume. This makes everything kinda confusing.
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> I can understand but c’mon, the Halo 3 AR sounded like a popcorn machine.

Ya the halo 3 ar is an exception, it sounded bad. But the battle rifle, grenades, and just about everything else sounded awesome. I mean, the scattershot sounds like someone is fisting a can of jelly. It sounds horrible to me.

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I think the Assault Rifle and Storm Rifle have excellent sounds. The Carbine’s noise is interesting and different from the the previous versions’ loud initial bang.

The Battle Rifle’s firing sound I am indifferent to. I most likely won’t be using it much, so it doesn’t really matter to me. I do like how you can now hear all three bullets being fired, unlike the one loud bang of the Halo 2/3 BR. Instead of “Blurp,” it’s now more like “Bur bur bur.”

On the other hand, I think the Sniper Rifle’s firing sound needs a change. The sound isn’t particularly loud and hardly lingers at all. In my opinion it would be perfect if it had the Halo CE Anniversary firing sound.

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I actually have not heard the sniper rifle (video anyone?) but the only gripe I have is that I wish that the Magnum sounded a bit more “beefier.” It’s not anything that will ruin the game for me, though.

I will say that I absolutely loved how the Plasma Pistol shots sounded in the Spartan Ops video as they went whizzing by the players head! That’s going to sound awesome in surround-sound.

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I want an audio preview! like they did for CEA!!! :smiley: Please 343??

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> I actually have not heard the sniper rifle (video anyone?) but the only gripe I have is that I wish that the Magnum sounded a bit more “beefier.” It’s not anything that will ruin the game for me, though.
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> I will say that I absolutely loved how the Plasma Pistol shots sounded in the Spartan Ops video as they went whizzing by the players head! That’s going to sound awesome in surround-sound.

here you go. (around 9 minutes)

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I hate the new weapon sounds, it does not sound like halo anymore. You used to be able to recognize halo without seeing the screen it’ll be allot harder now…

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What I don’t understand is why they changed every gun. The DMR was a new sound, it didn’t need changing - it was perfect. I hope they aren’t the final sounds.

> I hate the new weapon sounds, it does not sound like halo anymore. You used to be able to recognize halo without seeing the screen it’ll be allot harder now…

This, also.

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> Here’s my list:
>
> AR- Do I need to tell you?
> BR- I like it, no I LOVE it!
> DMR- Not too sure, it seems cool
> Light Rifle- Cool
> Scattershot- Mayonnaise
> Sniper Rifle- Undecided, sounds a bit weird
> Magnum- I like it
> PP- ???
> Storm Rifle- Sounds cool
> Carbine- Very alien
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> This is all my opinion

You are very wrong. I share the same opinion too. lol