Are you still upset with the sounds of SC2?

On July 20 2010 17:01 v3chr0 wrote:
To be honest, I think everyone is going to be surprised at release, I really don't think they are keeping a lot of the beta sounds and animations, they are most definitely going to have revamped the sounds and animations, they all seem too bland (not Blizzards style), save a few.

Guest-19: Will you be doing an overhaul of some of the SC2 sounds, in particular, the siege tank and the hydra death and the marine death sound? Many of the fans are concerned that the audio side of Starcraft 2 will not be up-to-date and on-par with the graphics, animations and multiplayer experience

DustinB:: The sounds you hear in the beta are largely final. We will continue to update sounds in patches and of course in our two expansion products, Heart of the Swarm and Wings of Liberty.

On July 20 2010 17:23 towerranger wrote:
overlords creepsound still makes me wanna pee ((

On July 20 2010 17:45 krY wrote:
My only major issue is the Zerg UI voice..
Seriously, I know I need more mineralssssssssss, and if I had em to spare I'd be clogging your sound hole with them.

Such an annoying voice.

The general ingame sounds just kinda work, they haven't stood out in a way that annoys me or is at all distracting or whatever.

On July 20 2010 17:10 Zaru wrote:
The question is, will we look back in 5 years and call some of the Starcraft 2 sounds "memorable"?

90% of the SC2 sounds don't have the potential for that.

On July 20 2010 17:12 sk` wrote:
The only complaint I have is the warning sounds. 1 drone can attack 100 3/3/3 Zealots and their reaction? "We CANNOT HOLD!!!!1!!oneonenoe!!1!"

I mean... I want to know something is up, but if the 4 horsemen have been spotted it better look like more than 1 drone.

The sc2 sounds are much better than people give them credit for.

On July 20 2010 19:48 shinwa wrote:
In my humble opinion, I didn't care much for the original Starcraft sounds. I liked the overall theme and the lines themself, but I think they were way too loud and some of them just sounded funky.

Don't really have any opinions on the SC2 sounds, I think they're fine. The only issue - and I'm leery of even calling it an issue - I've encountered is the "WE CAN NOT HOLD" thing while playing Protoss. Watching a 150 food army getting that scared by one scouting Zergling just makes me giggle.

On July 20 2010 19:50 sob3k wrote:


you know you have a volume slider?

On July 20 2010 17:58 shawabawa wrote:

In the rear with the gear.

On July 20 2010 17:58 shawabawa wrote:
In the rear with the gear.

On July 21 2010 00:43 QueueQueue wrote:
I honestly have no issues with the current sounds. I don't feel they are a step back from SC1 at all. I just get a more "polished" feel from them; but that's just me.

On July 21 2010 00:42 Crisium wrote:
I totally agree on the weakness of the sound effects. And it's an utter shame that Blizzard is ignoring this. Sound plays a big part in memory and nostalgia which help the game live long in our minds. Say what you want about Zealot Psi Blades sounding like metal, but that metal combined with the grunting was memorable. Even my friend who has only casually dabbled in Starcraft has been known to imitate the Zealot sound effects in real life when we talk about the game. Think it's gonna happen for SC2? No chance.

On July 20 2010 17:36 Baarn wrote:
i think the korean sounds are decent.

On July 21 2010 01:02 SichuanPanda wrote:
I'm really quite sick of a 'SC2 should be a BW clone with better graphics' posts. There is nothing wrong with SC2 sounds or music, just because it is different from what we are accustomed too doesn't make them any less good. The Immortals voice is extremely memorable, as well as the sound of its shields negating high damage attacks, and this is far from the only example.

On July 21 2010 02:20 furymonkey wrote:
By the way, I'm pretty sure in lore, Hydralisk shoots acidic spine, not acid spit.

On July 20 2010 17:12 sk` wrote:
The only complaint I have is the warning sounds. 1 drone can attack 100 3/3/3 Zealots and their reaction? "We CANNOT HOLD!!!!1!!oneonenoe!!1!"

I mean... I want to know something is up, but if the 4 horsemen have been spotted it better look like more than 1 drone.

On July 21 2010 04:56 SincerelySaint wrote:
Why does this matter.. The games almost retail and we still have to pick at little aspects like sounds.. Are you people serious. This game is going to blow the doors off all the other RTS games out there I promise you.

On July 21 2010 05:09 OreoBoi wrote:


To some, like me, it seems like a step down from the original. Why would we want a sequel to the game that is in any way inferior to the original?

To be honest, I turned the sound off when I play. It probably causes me not to notice some stuff, but I get annoyed when my units keep screaming for help. I would prefer the old "We are under attack" as a protoss player. It's better than hearing the whiny zealot repeatedly say "We cannot hold" or listen to the DT say "I cannot maintain" every time they get attacked by anything.
The terran units are worse in my opinion. I don't want to hear "We could use some help here", "I'm in a world of hurt", "We're screwed", "I'm in deep!", "Can't hold them alone" etc. every time theres a unit attacking me.

On July 21 2010 05:46 Ksyper wrote:
Ultras need a better attack sound

On July 21 2010 05:26 somedumbgamer wrote:
I think the sounds in SC2 are fine, really; it seems like most of you are just being too nostalgic and biased. Really, did you play BW back then and go like "Oh my god the sounds in this game are AMAZING" or something? It's just a result of having heard all of those sounds for so many years, and relating those sounds to your favorite RTS, just like any other video game and its music/sound effects (Mario, Zelda, MGS, anyone?)

On July 21 2010 05:55 Stratos_speAr wrote:
I think the sounds are great, barring one or two sound effects. Some people are just too stuck on BW to realize that different doesn't = bad.

I want the ability to mod the sounds that my client will use back! So I can hear the original overlord blarghles and zergling clicks. Nostalgia forever! =(

On July 21 2010 06:22 BDF92 wrote:

and some people are just too stuck that we're not just saying it because me miss BW. A lot of the sounds are extremely underwhelming as opposed to the bone crushing awesomeness that was BW sounds.

On July 21 2010 08:19 FrogOfWar wrote:


Yes, "extremely underwhelming" vs. "bone crushing awesomeness" does very much sound like you did a fair and unbiased comparison.

On July 21 2010 08:28 SONE wrote:
i asked in the other thread but it was kinda old, but is it possible to swap language unit responses as well from different clients?

On July 21 2010 08:40 SONE wrote:
Sure that would be awesome, I just wanna swap the unit reactions into my client without having to install a whole new one. Just for exploration really, i don't even pay attention to them but if it was in a different language would be kinda cool.

On July 20 2010 17:06 MasterFischer wrote:
Actually, I asked the question myself directly to Dustin to confirm my fears: This question is from the 15th of july chat with the developers... Needless to say, I was dissappointed :/

On July 21 2010 08:17 IskatuMesk wrote:


You can still do that and have always been able to. You just need to put the files into the mpq. I've tested this and it works fine. Don't go around modifying xml files, though.

On July 21 2010 09:28 SnakeChomp wrote:


Did we ever determine if this against the EULA/TOS or not? I remember the old thread that had the SC:BW sound mod and how it was shut down by a beta patch. The idea of changing your own mpq files came up there too but it was unclear whether such a thing would be "allowed" by blizzard.

On July 20 2010 17:01 v3chr0 wrote:
To be honest, I think everyone is going to be surprised at release, I really don't think they are keeping a lot of the beta sounds and animations, they are most definitely going to have revamped the sounds and animations, they all seem too bland (not Blizzards style), save a few.

Not many people have noticed, but almost every patch, the 3d unit portraits got better and better.

I think the sounds are great, barring one or two sound effects. Some people are just too stuck on BW to realize that different doesn't = bad.

On July 21 2010 05:26 somedumbgamer wrote:
did you play BW back then and go like "Oh my god the sounds in this game are AMAZING" or something?

On July 21 2010 18:46 sluggaslamoo wrote:


Yes... we did.

My friends don't even play starcraft (only the campaign), but whenever we are bored I will go "DESTINATION!!!", and my friend will go "PROOOOCEEDIN!!!'". Then when my friend goes out for a cigarette, ill be like "NEED A LIGHT?!", and he will be like "LETS BURRRRN!!!", and then I proceed to light his cigarette, followed by "NOTHIN LIKE A GEWWWD SMOKE!". After a pub night, we always walk back home just cracking starcraft quotes. "AWWW YEAH, THATS THE STUFF", "GIMME SUMMIN TO SHOOT!", "WRAITH REPORTING LAUNCH ORDERRSSS".

We did it so much that my friend during history class heard 'destination' from the teacher, and he yelled out at the top of his lungs "PROOOCEEDIN!!!', and everyone looked at him weird.

You know what sucks, once we played Starcraft 2, we all stopped doing it. The mantra always eventually gets shutdown with some comment like "man, the SC2 sounds are really bad hey?".

On July 20 2010 17:45 krY wrote:
My only major issue is the Zerg UI voice..
Seriously, I know I need more mineralssssssssss, and if I had em to spare I'd be clogging your sound hole with them.

Such an annoying voice.

The general ingame sounds just kinda work, they haven't stood out in a way that annoys me or is at all distracting or whatever.

On July 22 2010 01:59 vek wrote:


This so much, I still say things like "AHH YEAH THAT'S THE STUFF" and "SECTOR LOCKED IN" (in my best boxer unit impression accent). My brother found an old yahtzee score card from about 7 years ago that has heaps of Protoss units sayings written all over it along with a crudely drawn pylon. Every unit is unique in Brood War, they have all have their own personality.

"GOLIATH ONLINE" fuck yeah get that thing into action.
"BATTLECRUISER OPERATIONAL" you know it.
"IT IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE" Corsair. What a bad ass sounding unit.

I can't even remember what a single unit in SC2 says when they pop out and I played the beta a lot. If you listen to the BW sounds and close your eyes you can identify what is happening. SC2 is a mess in comparison.

Marinies shooting in SC2 sound pathetic. In Brood War you felt like it was Starship Troopers all over again and everyone was fighting for their lives against the Zerg. The sounds in Brood War were plain epic, expertly selected and recorded. SC2 sounds are generic and muddled. The Unit voices are poorly acted. You can tell the people doing the voices are just doing their job and have no passion for what they were told to do.

It seems to be a common theme these days. Another comparison is Starfox 64 vs Starfox GC. The sounds, voices and sayings in Starfox 64 were all memorable and still repeated today ("do a barrel roll" anyone?). Even though the dialog is overacted and mostly ridiculous this adds to the greatness and makes it memorable. Starfox GC was a lesser game for its shitty voice acting and wimpy sounds.

I really hope Blizzard realises how important sound is in successful games and improves it across the board for the expansion.

On July 22 2010 04:41 Stropheum wrote:

They changed it in the last patch =D

On July 22 2010 05:08 STS17 wrote:
Man the sounds in this game are not only sub-par, but some of them don't even make sense. The siege tank says "no patience for sitting around" but his job is to sit there. Ironic? yes. Sensible? no.

On July 22 2010 05:54 ZeaL. wrote:
I think this is more that we've only had this game for what, 5 months? Compared to 10 years? If Sc2 pans out, i'm sure in 10 years you're going to roll up to parties and be all like "THOR IS HEAH". I can remember quite a few quotes off the top of my head already.

"KABOOM BABY, It's about to get heavy, Got a whole lotta love"
"Ready to raise some hell, where's the hot action, burn, all day long"
"Engines Screaming, Yeah? Weapons hot."
"Well butterrrrr my biscuit, in the rear with the gear, what you run out of marines?"

On July 22 2010 05:00 kcdc wrote:
The ghost death sound is kind of dumb.

On July 22 2010 05:54 ZeaL. wrote:
I think this is more that we've only had this game for what, 5 months? Compared to 10 years? If Sc2 pans out, i'm sure in 10 years you're going to roll up to parties and be all like "THOR IS HEAH". I can remember quite a few quotes off the top of my head already.

"KABOOM BABY, It's about to get heavy, Got a whole lotta love"
"Ready to raise some hell, where's the hot action, burn, all day long"
"Engines Screaming, Yeah? Weapons hot."
"Well butterrrrr my biscuit, in the rear with the gear, what you run out of marines?"

On July 20 2010 17:28 gdroxor wrote:


This! Never play PvZ when you have to go to the bathroom.

On July 22 2010 05:00 kcdc wrote:
The ghost death sound is kind of dumb.

On July 22 2010 20:04 sluggaslamoo wrote:
@Above posts:

This is like saying my drawing of a stickfigure is going to be more memorable than the mona lisa, just give it time. You don't have to be smart to figure that the voices break certain rules that make the voices effective, and memorable.

The most famous phrase from the Matrix is "Dodge This". The most famous phrase from Terminator is "Astalavista Baby". All these famous quotes have things in common, and play by certain rules, just like famous phrases from Starcraft. These quotes summarise the characters perfectly, you can close your eyes and hear the quote and can visualise immediately the kind of character that person is.

Even the sounds, close your eyes and listen to the siege tank sound from SC2, then listen to BW. The BW one you can clearly imagine some huge artillery readying its gun for some serious punishment. The SC2 one, I don't even know what's going on.

In BW the Vulture is an arsehole who doesn't wanna listen to you, the wraith is a suave pilot calm under pressure, the SCV is a dweeb (suitable because he is low ranked, over worked, under paid, and just gets plain kicked around all the time). Voices capture their personalities, utility, or character.

In SC2, everyone sounds very similar, the reaper, the marine, the ghost. The hellion doesn't sound like the pyromaniac he should be, the viking does not sound like the "best pilot in all of the 9 worlds", and the SCV tries to sound rough while still being a pussy "are you crazy". And yeah lets not forget the siege tank who's job it is to camp and blast from afar and says "I have no patience for sittin around". SC2 is riddled with voices that do not capture their personality, utility, or character.

SC2 simply went about "designing the sounds" in the wrong manner. You don't need to wait, the evidence is already there. Yes the Thor voice captures the character, but that is a side-effect of the Thor and Arnold Schwarzenegger being a similar type of "unit". Blizzard didn't invent the voice, Arnie did. And Arnie being a professional actor, captures his personality completely with his voice, therefore it would be a no brainer to realise that the Thor would have an iconic voice as well.

If the only way Blizzard can now do this is by copying other people then there is a lot to say about the voice acting decisions made during development.

On July 22 2010 19:27 AxeX1606 wrote:
Obviously some of the sounds are weird to us, like the Zealot warning sound. But alot of you seem to think it should just be instantly memorable. Took years for StarCraft 1 to be so memorable. It is going to take StarCraft 2 awhile also (albiet maybe not as long).

As I've had to say elsewhere countless times, GIVE IT TIME.

On July 22 2010 19:38 Zombo Joe wrote:
The sounds are just as memorable, the problem is that the game hasn't made that impact yet because its not out.

On July 22 2010 20:04 sluggaslamoo wrote:
@Above posts:

This is like saying my drawing of a stickfigure is going to be more memorable than the mona lisa, just give it time. You don't have to be smart to figure that the voices break certain rules that make the voices effective, and memorable.

The most famous phrase from the Matrix is "Dodge This". The most famous phrase from Terminator is "Astalavista Baby". All these famous quotes have things in common, and play by certain rules, just like famous phrases from Starcraft. These quotes summarise the characters perfectly, you can close your eyes and hear the quote and can visualise immediately the kind of character that person is.

Even the sounds, close your eyes and listen to the siege tank sound from SC2, then listen to BW. The BW one you can clearly imagine some huge artillery readying its gun for some serious punishment. The SC2 one, I don't even know what's going on.

In BW the Vulture is an arsehole who doesn't wanna listen to you, the wraith is a suave pilot calm under pressure, the SCV is a dweeb (suitable because he is low ranked, over worked, under paid, and just gets plain kicked around all the time). Voices capture their personalities, utility, or character.

In SC2, everyone sounds very similar, the reaper, the marine, the ghost. The hellion doesn't sound like the pyromaniac he should be, the viking does not sound like the "best pilot in all of the 9 worlds", and the SCV tries to sound rough while still being a pussy "are you crazy". And yeah lets not forget the siege tank who's job it is to camp and blast from afar and says "I have no patience for sittin around". SC2 is riddled with voices that do not capture their personality, utility, or character.

SC2 simply went about "designing the sounds" in the wrong manner. You don't need to wait, the evidence is already there. Yes the Thor voice captures the character, but that is a side-effect of the Thor and Arnold Schwarzenegger being a similar type of "unit". Blizzard didn't invent the voice, Arnie did. And Arnie being a professional actor,

On July 22 2010 23:36 FrogOfWar wrote:


COUGH! And you almost had me convinced at that point. Arnie a professional actor??? Neither is he a professional actor nor did he invent anything, he just speaks American English with a very recognizable Austrian accent.

On July 22 2010 23:43 MasterFischer wrote:


Dude... does he make a living out of being an actor? Yes.. yes he did and still does... ergo, he is a professional actor with an iconic voice