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[Darkangel]

It doesn't really sound "bad", but I'm 90% sure Kaos Studios recorded a jackhammer for Homefront's M4 sound effect.

http://youtu.be/eMUaxelIgy8?t=53s

 

[MikeE21286]

Gran Turismo. Such a terrific simulator and we get sound effects from 1953.

dem vacuum cleaners

;_;

Came to post this.

Nailed it

 

[ChronotriggerJM]

It doesn't really sound "bad", but I'm 90% sure Kaos Studios recorded a jackhammer for Homefront's M4 sound effect.

http://youtu.be/eMUaxelIgy8?t=53s

Holy hell you aren't lying.

 

[Gaming Nostalgia]

Gran Turismo by far. When you crash into a car or wall it sounds like someone kicking a Rubbermaid trashcan. How on earth did polyphony think this even remotely sounded like a collision.

 

[anexanhume]

Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation on Vita. Compressed audio to hell.

 

[TUROK]

Doom 3's weapon sounds are so fucking weak.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UeZ0iQa2oI

yeah, I love the Treyarch COD games, but their sound design is no where near as good as Infinity Ward's. It sounds like you're playing with toy guns at times.

For all their other games I'd agree, but Black Ops 2 has great sounding weapons, especially the FAL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RgzK6trag8

 

[sarcoa]

Low quality samples used for the ship noises in Infinite Space made me quit the game.

 

[The Jason]

Yeah I'd say gran turismo too. The engine, collision, and tire sounds are so generic it is pitiful. And yet PD acts like there is no issue

 

[injurai]

Gran Turismo. Such a terrific simulator and we get sound effects from 1953.

dem vacuum cleaners

;_;

Completely agree. And pretty much every upgraded car sounds the same.

 

[eshwaaz]

Infamous 1 and 2. Strange how a busy street can be so silent.

I don't know if I'd call them the worst, but the sound effects are definitely weak in the inFamous games. It's a big part of why I just don't find those games engrossing or satisfying - nothing has any punch of weight. The sound of a bolt of lighting shooting out of my hand shouldn't be a timid crackle.

 

[Reversed]

If bootleg games count, then I'm sorry for this ear bleeding game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUz-Qc0c-9Q

 

[FoZzI bEaR]

Every CoD game that I've played the guns have sounded so incredibly lackluster.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

It also doesn't really count as objectively bad sound effects, but Halo 4 probably has some of the worst sound mastering I've experienced in a recent game. The way the sound is compressed is criminal - it's most noticeable in the prerendered video cutscenes, but there are moments where the game just sounds like an absolute mess. The soundtrack is of really poor quality (like 128kb/s-and-below MP3 style warping) in a lot of key moments, and the sound effects blare out so loud on top of it that it's often impossible to actually hear.

The mech fight towards the end of the game is the best example I have of this, but it's all over the game really.

 

[GamerJM]

There was an ATM at my school that I kept walking past, and I felt like the sound effects were familiar. Then I remembered that at one point I played a hentai game with the EXACT same sound effects. So there is a hentai game with sound effects that were literally stolen from some kind of an ATM machine.

So, that gets my vote.

 

[Mollymauk]

Knuckle Fighter Alpha

 

[ruuk]

Drox Operative.

 

[Nibel]

It also doesn't really count as objectively bad sound effects, but Halo 4 probably has some of the worst sound mastering I've experienced in a recent game. The way the sound is compressed is criminal - it's most noticeable in the prerendered video cutscenes, but there are moments where the game just sounds like an absolute mess. The soundtrack is of really poor quality (like 128kb/s-and-below MP3 style warping) in a lot of key moments, and the sound effects blare out so loud on top of it that it's often impossible to actually hear.

The mech fight towards the end of the game is the best example I have of this, but it's all over the game really.

I've noticed this as well - always assumed they didn't have the space for higher quality sound files because they put a bigger focus on the visuals

 

[kinggroin]

Re4 ps2

 

[Symthic]

Deadly Premonition.

 

[nkarafo]

Doom 3. The worst weapon and explosion effects ever in the history of gaming.

Also, the leaked alpha version had so much better environmental sound effects, its not even funny.

 

[Ein Bear]

Halo 4.

I have no idea why they dropped all the classic Halo sound effects, and replaced them with tinny, shitty versions. The Warthog is especially egregious.

 

[oneida]

Injustice

the game itself looks solid but good lord the sound design! I watch injustice and all i hear is UGHHH GRUNT AWWW.

/edit/ i didn't realize we were talking WORST sound effects. there are games with worse sound effects than injustice, I don't mean to drop hyperbole here.

 

[jello44]

Action 52

Everything about that game is just atrocious.

We did get this out of it at least.

Spoiler

Yeah, it's music

 

[MrLandmaster]

Gentlemen, I present to you the hilarious abomination that is Journey to the Center of the Earth.

I laughed, I cried.

 

[DaciaJC]

CoD games tend to have shitty-sounding weapons.

 

[Dr. Kaos]

Holy hell you aren't lying.

A disgrace to the proud Kaos name

 

[Slamtastic]

Injustice

the game itself looks solid but good lord the sound design! I watch injustice and all i hear is UGHHH GRUNT AWWW.

Yeah, NRS really lacks good fighting game sound design (catchy music and character quotes). It's all grunts annd "epic" movie score type of music that's really really low volume.

As far as American fighters go, KI and Skullgirls do a much better job.

 

[biggersmaller]

The sound of Mario jumping in SMB always drove my Mom nuts - so now unless I'm playing the game the sound of Mario jumping also drives me nuts.

 

[Gamerloid]

I can't take this lol

http://youtu.be/irsGyvI937s

 

[Atraveller]

CoD weapon sound effects.

Came to type this, they felt like pea shooters.

 

[GreyWind]

I have issues with couple of sound effects in Halo 4.

 

[FrogFucius]

Ironically -for a game called Toys, about toys- the toy sound effects were atrocious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRfGCofnoiA

 

[Creaking]

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. For a 2012 game, it's SFX sound taken from the 90s.

 

[Greektown]

Gran Turismo 5's sound effects turned me off from that game. The actual soundtrack was decent though

 

[RawkHawk2010]

This piece of shit is the first thing that came to mind when I read the thread title. Beyond being of very, very low quality a lot of the sound effects didn't even make sense.

http://youtu.be/i7aGG5XeLt0?t=38s

 

[Vidpixel]

This piece of shit is the first thing that came to mind when I read the thread title. Beyond being of very, very low quality a lot of the sound effects didn't even make sense.

http://youtu.be/i7aGG5XeLt0?t=38s

Wow, that was pretty bad. My ears are confused now.

 

[Storm Chamber]

The current build of the new Killer Instinct

Glacier's uppercuts sound like squeaky door hinges

 

[Muku]

Only thing I can come up with right now is WoW. The pandaren female fighting sounds drive me bat shit insane. In raids it makes me want to punch stuff hearing one right next to my monk making those god awful noises.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Deadly Premonition.

 

[Toxi]

King's Field is a good series, but the "swing" sound effect is the most obnoxious and bizarre sound I can remember in a video game.

 

[Yasae]

Gentlemen, I present to you the hilarious abomination that is Journey to the Center of the Earth.

I laughed, I cried.

Guy In A Bedroom Moaning

edit: Journey to the Center of his Anus?

 

[Altazor]

Gentlemen, I present to you the hilarious abomination that is Journey to the Center of the Earth.

I laughed, I cried.

HOH

 

[SpartanN92]

Halo 4.

I have no idea why they dropped all the classic Halo sound effects, and replaced them with tinny, shitty versions. The Warthog is especially egregious.

The Warthog and the Plasma Pistol yes...Everything else is TOP notch sound, probably the best Halo sounds yet.

 

[Chuck Norris]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJDR_ARI1k

Uncharted is purposefully going for the cheesy tin can gun sounds you get in pulp action adventure movies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BYRuA5nidjA&t=27

 

[Arkos]

Although it is one of my favorite games of all time, the sound effects in Half Life are obnoxious.

Don't believe me? Have someone play it with speakers on loud and try to read a book.

This game keeps getting really cheap scares on me for precisely this reason

 

[TUROK]

The Warthog and the Plasma Pistol yes...Everything else is TOP notch sound, probably the best Halo sounds yet.

And the Battle Rifle, and the Pistol, and the Fuel Rod Cannon, and the Storm Rifle, and the Carbine, and the Rocket Launcher, and the Boltshot, and the Supressor.

 

[Arkos]

Gentlemen, I present to you the hilarious abomination that is Journey to the Center of the Earth.

I laughed, I cried.

I peed a little.
I'd say the death sounds are the best part but I don't want to insult the badness of everything else.

 

[The Awesomest]

There was some RPG that had these horrendous footfall noises. I want to say it was Radiant Historia. I know it got fixed before release though.

 

[Mington]

strania menu select chime

 

[traveler]

Current content is relevant: http://www.twitch.tv/speeddemosarchivesda

Edit: Catechumen for the latecomers.