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Subject: Have they changed the sound effects?

I was watching the trailer for this game and noticed that the AR sounded like it's Halo Reach variant (ie. it sounded like a cheap piece of plastic). Is this just a placeholder or have they got rid of that lovely, manly roar of the CE AR?

  • 06.08.2011 8:06 AM PDT
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They most likely kept reachs. And why does the sound of the Assault rifle matter? So what if it sound "like a cheap piece of plastic", That thing is going to be just as power as it was in ce.

  • 06.08.2011 8:41 AM PDT

Yeah, I don't see why they even bother to add sound to games any more, it's not like it matters at all.

Good quality sound improves the experience. If my gun doesn't sound like a gun then it takes me out of the game. It's called immersion.

  • 06.08.2011 10:20 AM PDT

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1080p sound? Isn't 1080p a visual resolution?? Anyway, they better not have touched the sound. The assault rifle sound from CE is one of my favorite parts.

  • 06.08.2011 11:10 AM PDT

I also particularly miss how much more BOOM all the guns in Halo CE had. The sniper rifle cracked, the pistol echoed loudly, the AR sounded like a monster out for blood, and the SPNKR had an extremely satisfying explosion. It sounded like war. Halo Reach just sounds -blam!- in comparison. Hopefully they messed with NONE of the sound.

  • 06.08.2011 11:19 AM PDT
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Posted by: Roast Beezy
The only thing they touched was the graphics. Everything else is the same as we know it was. The sound was just buffed up, for 1080p sound.


Theres no such thing as 1080p sound

  • 06.08.2011 11:22 AM PDT

I'm agent Nahman Jayden, eff-bee-eye.

The sounds and music recieved some love (the entire soundtrack was re-recorded with a full orchestra), and the sound effects will be better than CE. (Which is good, I always thought the AR sounded like a popcorn machine)

  • 06.08.2011 12:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: Gleebl
I was watching the trailer for this game and noticed that the AR sounded like it's Halo Reach variant (ie. it sounded like a cheap piece of plastic). Is this just a placeholder or have they got rid of that lovely, manly roar of the CE AR?


Um, listening to the trailer, the Assault Rifle actually sounded more like the MA5C, which sounded weak. The MA37 from Reach actually sounds pretty decent.

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  • 06.08.2011 12:40 PM PDT

God, I hope they fix this. The sound of that AR is one of the things i missed most from Halo CE.

  • 06.08.2011 12:45 PM PDT
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they also "modernized" the soundtrack, saying it will be like what we heard in legends, cept better. That's not a good sign.

  • 06.08.2011 12:48 PM PDT

We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.

No, I don`t think they did, I hope not anyway.

  • 06.08.2011 12:56 PM PDT

The current answer.

  • 06.08.2011 1:24 PM PDT

Posted by: Gleebl
I was watching the trailer for this game and noticed that the AR sounded like it's Halo Reach variant (ie. it sounded like a cheap piece of plastic). Is this just a placeholder or have they got rid of that lovely, manly roar of the CE AR?

Cheap plastic? Lol you obvious have never heard a real firearm. Halo CE AR sounded like a dry fart

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Posted by: Gleebl
I was watching the trailer for this game and noticed that the AR sounded like it's Halo Reach variant (ie. it sounded like a cheap piece of plastic). Is this just a placeholder or have they got rid of that lovely, manly roar of the CE AR?

Cheap plastic? Lol you obvious have never heard a real firearm. Halo CE AR sounded like a dry fart

  • 06.08.2011 2:01 PM PDT

I don't care if it's realistic, the sound of the Halo 3 AR just isn't satisfying. Oh well, I just hope the music hasn't been changed too much.

  • 06.08.2011 2:09 PM PDT