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BosSin · Oct 25, 2014

Everyone has probably experienced this at some point. You are really into a game, but every time you start it some ridiculously loud sound is blasted into your ears immediately, making you breifly regret firing it up.

My vote goes for The Darkness 2. This game has had multiple attempts at shattering my ear drums.

antitrop · Oct 25, 2014

Cash Guns Chaos on the XMB. Deafening.

Nothavingit · Oct 25, 2014

Darkness 2 has tested my heart MANY times.

MAtgS · Oct 25, 2014

Double Dragon Neon on PS3. It blasts the XMB with obnoxiously loud music.

Gunstar Ikari · Oct 25, 2014

Double Dragon Neon's and Mamorukun Curse's XMB icons.

StayDead · Oct 25, 2014

Worms Revolution, purely because a lot of other PC games it doesn't load your sound config until you get past the splash screen for some dumb reason.

doctordoak · Oct 25, 2014

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars at the XMB. Heavy metal at volume 11...yikes!

Crimsonclaw111 · Oct 25, 2014

Street Fighter 4's title screen seems ridiculously loud.

Skux · Oct 25, 2014

Quantum Conundrum and Devil May Cry 4 on the XMB. Scroll over them quickly.

Captainbojanglesiii · Oct 25, 2014

Magic 2013 and Super Street Fighter IV on 360 are so loud for some reason

Phineous_2 · Oct 25, 2014

Uno on the PS3 XMB.

Completely obnoxious.

Lowenbrau · Oct 25, 2014

Final Fantasy 11 POL music did get annoying. But when I hear it now its pure romantic nostalgia

Link

Edit: Not because the music was bad but because I heard it for 8 hours.

Doctor_Thomas · Oct 25, 2014

Phineous_2 said:
Uno on the PS3 XMB.

Completely obnoxious.

Yes.

What the hell was up with that?!

simtmb · Oct 25, 2014

1942: Joint Strike (PS3/360)
I don't recall if it's the startup sound, but the menu transitions with each selection...my god...

RyanPierre · Oct 25, 2014

One of the Rock Band games on the XMB. I think it was Rock Band 2.

Elitist1945 · Oct 25, 2014

Battlefield 3 and 4.

Eggbok · Oct 25, 2014

God of War II on XMB, LIKE DAYUM!!

TraBuch · Oct 25, 2014

Am I misremembering things or was the Dragon's Dogma XMB song really loud?

Eyothrie · Oct 25, 2014

Really grating sound when the Dark Souls 2 logo spashes on the screen

Ogawa-san · Oct 25, 2014

Luftrausers on PS3 is so loud it distorts.

TouchMyBox · Oct 25, 2014

Age of Booty on PS3 was fucking awful.

Omega · Oct 25, 2014

SF on PC.

and it's not even the startup, the game itself is loud as fuck. I have everything set to one bar and it sounds like I have it on max.

but compared to the startup screens its mute.

stufte · Oct 25, 2014

Trials Evolution games.

Priz · Oct 25, 2014

SEADRAGON! (Apple II)

http://youtu.be/7-LjVfx4Itc

Friend said to check out a game in a computer lab from the box he brought... trying to do it discreetly and suddenly (very loudly) "SEADRAGON!" (and everyone turns to stare.)

Hahs · Oct 25, 2014

Grand Theft Auto Five

I play really loud, but I usually have to turn my volume down when that loads up.

Camjo-Z · Oct 25, 2014

Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection has the most obnoxious intro music ever, and it can't be skipped. Every time I play it I sit down to relax and then dash for the volume control as I remember the aural assault about to be perpetrated upon my ears.

Also, woe betide anyone who doesn't immediately press X when playing Quantum Conundrum on PS3.

THEN I FLIP A SWITCH

_woLf · Oct 25, 2014

I always felt that the Team Ninja intro audio balance was always way off. It either was insanely loud compared to the actual game, or super quiet.

Emouse · Oct 25, 2014

I always remember the startup logo on PS1 games being extremely loud

GulAtiCa · Oct 25, 2014

AND THEN I FLIP A SWITCH AND FLUFFY IS EVERYTHING

Manu · Oct 25, 2014

Came to say Double Dragon Neon.

Like, holy shit.

Mafro · Oct 25, 2014

Dante smashing through the glass before the start screen in Devil May Cry 1 gave my friend the fright of his life.

Robot Pants · Oct 25, 2014

"SUPER STREET FIGHTER 4 ARCADE EDITION"

Ateron · Oct 25, 2014

Demon Souls always seemed a bit too loud in the title screen. That crescendo sound gets on my nerves and then pressing start tops it

Phineous_2 · Oct 25, 2014

Doctor_Thomas said:
Yes.

What the hell was up with that?!

I don't know, but it was the worst. I would play that game more if I wasn't slapped in the face with someone screaming "UNO!" for just looking at the icon.

Thought of another XMB offender: Quantum Conundrum. Click here for video, but for full effect, turn your speakers ALL THE WAY UP.

Don't do that.

Edit: completely beaten

Basketball · Oct 25, 2014

Dark Souls 1 and 2

after pressing start so fucking loud

Lumpy Onion · Oct 25, 2014

The sound effects when starting Virtua Fighter games were always kinda loud iirc.

ClaptoVaughn · Oct 25, 2014

Super Meat Boy's startup is pretty loud.

Ateron · Oct 25, 2014

Basketball said:
Dark Souls 1 and 2

after pressing start so fucking loud

Always gets me. Damn game gets me apprehensive even before loading a save

Moaradin · Oct 25, 2014

Crimsonclaw111 said:
Street Fighter 4's title screen seems ridiculously loud.

This on PC suuuuucks. Even if you lower the volume in-game, the settings don't actually take effect until after you get past the start screen. So you have the hear the intro noises at full volume every time.

Dragoon En Regalia · Oct 25, 2014

Bomberman on WiiWare had a booming title screen, a shame because levels improved at the menus.

Illusive_Juan · Oct 25, 2014

Titanfall's startup always bothered me. It wasn't too annoying, but it was still bothersome.

ScOULaris · Oct 25, 2014

Street Fighter IV's video/music that auto plays when you hover over its icon on the PS3. It's so loud that it still pisses me off to this very day when it explodes out from my TV, threatening to damage its internal speakers.

AtomicShroom · Oct 25, 2014

Rayman Legends on WiiU. The splash screen is about 10x louder than anything in the OS or the rest of the game itself. Like, what the hell!?

Dizzy-4U · Oct 25, 2014

Puzzle Fighter HD on the XMB. It scares the shit out of me every time.

Yort · Oct 25, 2014

I'm struggling to come up with a game, but I always noticed the Wii was a lot louder than other game consoles, the DVD player or satellite receiver at equivalent volume settings. So every game I started up was loud.

udiie · Oct 25, 2014

worms on 360
literally the loudest shit ever

cardinalmind · Oct 25, 2014

antitrop said:
Cash Guns Chaos on the XMB. Deafening.

Yup. I regularly avoid the game as a result of it.

ExoSoul · Oct 25, 2014

Anything with THX.

CaptainSlow · Oct 25, 2014

Shadow of the Colossus on the XMB scares me every time I have it highlighted.

Yort said:
I'm struggling to come up with a game, but I always noticed the Wii was a lot louder than other game consoles, the DVD player or satellite receiver at equivalent volume settings. So every game I started up was loud.

God this too! My sound system us usually set at 15ish for my PS3/360/XB1 but for whatever reason when I would use the Wii it needed to be no higher than 4. Would scare the shit of me everytime I forgot to turn it down.

Tadaima · Oct 25, 2014

I've always found Mario games to be loud and obnoxious on occasions.

SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE, WAHOO!

MARIO KAARTT 8!

etc.

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