Report, edit, etc...Posted by JaFF on 2006-10-25 at 08:11:47
I'm finishing my The Thing map (finally) and I need to create an abandoned, confused and scary atmosphere. I have a background soundtrack that fits well and sets the mood right, but I don't know what to do with teh unit talkz.
So would you feel abandoned, confused and scared with units muted or not?
So would you feel abandoned, confused and scared with units muted or not?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by xmrxsiegecopx on 2006-10-25 at 08:24:45
Definately mute!
Horror maps are best done when unit sounds aren't distracting you in every possible way, especially with eerie background music and shocking sound effects.
Horror maps are best done when unit sounds aren't distracting you in every possible way, especially with eerie background music and shocking sound effects.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Gigins on 2006-10-25 at 08:25:55
It depends on what is your map's environment. If your map has sounds or music and stuff then sure, mute it. But in a map without sounds or special need for silence the unit speech is good. Because constant silence is boring. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chronophobia on 2006-10-25 at 18:48:06
I'd say mute, because the main purpose is creating a scary atmosphere, the voices of Starcraft simply doesn't.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2006-10-28 at 13:36:15
Definitely mute; I am so used to unit speech that when I play a map without it, I already feel distanced and creeped out
Report, edit, etc...Posted by dumbducky on 2006-10-28 at 22:08:32
Same with DTBK, but not creeped out.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Doodle77(MM) on 2006-10-29 at 09:53:33
QUOTE(xmrxsiegecopx @ Oct 25 2006, 07:24 AM)
Definately mute!
Horror maps are best done when unit sounds aren't distracting you in every possible way, especially with eerie background music and shocking sound effects.
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Actually, Doom 3 managed to be particularly eerie because it didnt have any background music, except for the occasional scream, whispering voices, etc...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Knx. on 2006-10-29 at 10:04:59
QUOTE(Doodle77(MM) @ Oct 29 2006, 11:53 AM)
Actually, Doom 3 managed to be particularly eerie because it didnt have any background music, except for the occasional scream, whispering voices, etc...
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Sometimes silence is scarying
Report, edit, etc...Posted by xmrxsiegecopx on 2006-10-29 at 14:50:27
QUOTE(Doodle77(MM) @ Oct 29 2006, 07:53 AM)
Actually, Doom 3 managed to be particularly eerie because it didnt have any background music, except for the occasional scream, whispering voices, etc...
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I never played Doom 3, but how scary/eerie a map is really is just 80% opinion and 20% human psychological fear.