So despite all the controversy and issues, everyone agrees that the gunplay, graphics, design, music, and sound of Destiny are top notch. I was thinking about the academy awards for the game - certainly Destiny won't win for Best Director, Actor, or Original Screenplay, but it might well sweep the technical awards.
To that end, let's do Sound Design. What is the best sound effect in Destiny?
I have many nominees, but one that I just love is the "charge down" sound for fusion rifles if you charge up but don't fire. Judders down like a massive growling engine.
What have you got?
EDIT: Great feedback! Some clear winners in here and a bunch I didn't know about. DeeJ should send this on to the Bungie sound team.
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Hobgoblin grenade explosion. Love that sound.
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When sepiks prime dies and he screeches hmmm sexy
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The music when the Templar summons it's legions!!!
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Hobgoblins grenades sound amazing they have like a deep bass resonant sound when they explode
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......we've woken THE HIVE
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I love the whirl sound when you spin The Last Word. Makes you feel like a badass when you jerk that thing from the holster and hipfire someone into oblivion.
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The vex mythoclast. It sounds so cool to me when I shoot it.
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Blinking, Gjallahorn's targeting. Nova Bomb
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The whir of the hunter knife throw and the satisfying sound it makes when it gets someone right in the gulliver.
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Ice breaker and sword of Crota swipe
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Some of the Vex sounds are fantastic. I think one is the Cyclops spawn sound, big, mechanical and creepy. While it sounds like nails on a chalkboard, the new tomb ship sound is great. It really drives home that the hive are an affront to nature as they tear through reality to deploy their troops. It's also a lot harder to miss. One thing that really gets to me is the distant gunplay sounds. That stuff tweaks the PTSD a little. But I love that it sounds that way... Yup, I've got a masochist streak in me (which is probably why I keep doing tiger strikes).
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Hobgoblin grenades handsdown.
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The new sound the hive ship makes. [spoiler]Perfect for nightmares and heart attaches.[/spoiler]
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The sound of an exotic droping
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The sound that plays right at the start of Atheon. It's awesome!
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Hawkmoon
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When you SMASH the ground with the Sword of Crota
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I like the exo races voices... sounds like it's coming from a speaker ( which I'm guessing it does )
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The sound that shoulder charge makes when it connects. Y'all know what I'm talking about.
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Sepkis EXPLODING
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New auto rifles sound ^^
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Ice breaker, Vex, Razors Edge
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The sounds your sparrow makes when you're boosting
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Sparrow boost Head poppin' New Shadow Price sound GHorn lock on Ice Breaker I even like the ironic sound of the Suros - sounds like tin: hits like depleted uranium
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Guardian tears, hitting The Tower pavement, on Friday mornings
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The flag, blowing in the wind on Venus.