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11-07-2006, 06:31 AM
Alright, first of all my computer is not so good. Among the default settings, sound was set to low. I thought before BF sounded pretty good, but after trying high settings the sound is amazing!
While looking at BF2142 movies from various sources, I noticed one thing: the voices. While the sound was crisper overall, I noticed that there were MANY more voice overs, "throwing frag!" "Go, go, go!" and the like. I could even hear soldiers talking without their radios! On low settings, there is no depth to the voices, you only hear the messages in your radio so you can't tell where it is coming from, and there is only one message per command (on low settings spamming "need repairs" only gets you a stream of "need repairs", instead of "need mechanic" or "Grease Monkey!").
The reason I am posting this (besides the fact that the game sounds so freakin awesome) is because... my computer can't handle it! On high, my computer will freeze for one or two seconds, then go on at a good frame-rate until it happens again in another twenty seconds. Not much, but it is enough to let some sneaky guy knife you in the back.
I suppose this is a rant, but I just cannot convey the amazement at what I have been missing (and will not be hearing for sometime). I used wonder why people emphasized the importance of learning the Russian word for grenade, because I never heard it in-game! My method of learning when enemies are spamming nades is to always keep one eye on the text messages on the side of the screen, and the other on my cross-hair. When I see red letters I quickly check to see what the enemy soldier was saying. If "frag", or "grenade" appears in the corner of my eye, I start looking around so I know which direction I should be running. Being able to hear the vocal warning and pick out the spammers location through sound is a MAJOR advantage. No wonder I get killed so often by grenades. Is anyone else impressed with the sound in this game? Maybe I am biased by the low quality precedent and subsequent reveal, but still; it sounds amazing! I cannot convey the sense of elation I felt when my soldier shouted "requesting supplies!" with slightly more urgency than I was used to.
While looking at BF2142 movies from various sources, I noticed one thing: the voices. While the sound was crisper overall, I noticed that there were MANY more voice overs, "throwing frag!" "Go, go, go!" and the like. I could even hear soldiers talking without their radios! On low settings, there is no depth to the voices, you only hear the messages in your radio so you can't tell where it is coming from, and there is only one message per command (on low settings spamming "need repairs" only gets you a stream of "need repairs", instead of "need mechanic" or "Grease Monkey!").
The reason I am posting this (besides the fact that the game sounds so freakin awesome) is because... my computer can't handle it! On high, my computer will freeze for one or two seconds, then go on at a good frame-rate until it happens again in another twenty seconds. Not much, but it is enough to let some sneaky guy knife you in the back.
I suppose this is a rant, but I just cannot convey the amazement at what I have been missing (and will not be hearing for sometime). I used wonder why people emphasized the importance of learning the Russian word for grenade, because I never heard it in-game! My method of learning when enemies are spamming nades is to always keep one eye on the text messages on the side of the screen, and the other on my cross-hair. When I see red letters I quickly check to see what the enemy soldier was saying. If "frag", or "grenade" appears in the corner of my eye, I start looking around so I know which direction I should be running. Being able to hear the vocal warning and pick out the spammers location through sound is a MAJOR advantage. No wonder I get killed so often by grenades. Is anyone else impressed with the sound in this game? Maybe I am biased by the low quality precedent and subsequent reveal, but still; it sounds amazing! I cannot convey the sense of elation I felt when my soldier shouted "requesting supplies!" with slightly more urgency than I was used to.