- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Poll: Should the guns sound more like they did in Halo:CE for Halo 3? [closed]
Total Votes: 47
I don't know about all you guys, but personally, I hated the weapon sounds for Halo 2. They all sucked.
Think about it. In Halo 1, when you fired the Warthog Turret, you scared anyone nearby. Your screen actually SHOOK. It had a powerful, deep, thunderous report. It was instantly identifiable. When you heard it, you thought, "Oh, damn! Get down!" Even if you were just in the same warthog as a firing turret your screen shook a bit, and your controller vibrated. The same is true for the Halo 1 tank turret
For Halo 2, the warthog turret was quiet. It sounded like someone dropping rice on a metal tin. Or a snare drum. It wasn't scary sounding. It was just really fast clicking. When you heard it you laughed. Gatling guns are scary, but it sounded like a can off BB's being dropped. If you were in the ohg when the turret fired, nothing happened, except for the annoying noise. It wasn't powerful, and unlike Halo 1, its report didn't demand respect with armor piercing force. And this is true for all the turrets in Halo 2, they all sound like spilled rice.
The same is true for the Halo 1 AR and the Halo 2 SMG. The Halo 1 AR was versatile, not overpowered, but not weak either. When it fired, it sounded scary. It too was a realistic thundering storm of lead.
The SMG... isn't powerful, isn't scary, and its sound makes me want to stick nails into my ears. The closest weapon to it in real-life is probably the HK MP5, and it has a dull, loud thud, much like the AR did.
The pistol in Halo 1 had a sharp, AR-15-like CRACK when it fired, you KNEW what it was, and you KNEW to take cover, when the rock next to you exploded. The Halo 2 pistol sounded like someone hitting spoons together. Isn't it a magnum? Magnums are LOUD. They can make your ears BLEED. They have a sharp, loud CRACK. The Halo 2 pistol? A weak whimper of a report.
What about the Plasma weapons, yes, halo 1 kicked ass for plasma sounds, Halo 2 SUCKED! Listen to the sounds of them in Halo 1, the PP and PR both had powerful noises. The SOUNDED forceful. They didn't just fire plasma, they SPIT it, like a deady missile, they just sounded more powerful.
What about Halo 2? The plasma weapons WHINED. WAAAH! I don't want to kill the humans! WAAH! The didn't sound forceful, they sounded like a lost kitten!
The shottie is in the same boat, but not as much. The H2 shottie sounded okay. But it sounded very metallic. Like two pans hitting together. The Halo 1 shottie was better, it was very explosive, sounded like a real shottie, and had decent range (as opposed the the Halo 2 shottie, with a range of about 5 milimeters)
Also, the grenades were better, they had a bigger blast radius, and the frag in Halo 2 was painfully downgraded. In Halo 1, the frag gave you a huge, fiery EXPLOSION OF PAIN! Halo 2? It kicked up some dust.
These are my thoughts. Anyone else think the same thing? If you don't compare the weapon sounds, then go fire some real weapons. You'll see.