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I decided to play a game of BroodWar after god knows how long, and I realised something. Brood War music and sounds are so much better compared to Starcraft 2. Basically everything sound related is better. The background music for BroodWar actually sounds good (love the Terran soundtrack) and over the years, I've never gotten sick of it. Unit sounds are also in a different league.
Take the marine for example. When it shoots in BroodWar, it creates a satisfying sound, in conjunction to its yell when stim-pack is activated. In addition, when it dies, it also sounds like he dies in agony. What do we have in SC2? The shooting sound is more pew-pew and weaker, the stim sounds like a flick of a match, and when it dies the marine just lets out a weak yell. It is hard to describe the sounds, but I'm sure people who have played BroodWar before know what I'm feeling. Heck, even the supply depots in BroodWar have a sound, and who can forget the yell of the Terran Academy? Mutalisks also sound 300% more awesome. For a game so old, its sounds were amazing. Ten or so odd years down the track, you would except a successor to have better sounds and music.
So TL, what are your thoughts on this? Do you prefer BW sound and music or SC2?
Poll: Do you prefer BW or SC2 music better?Brood War (230) 86% Starcraft 2 (37) 14% 267 total votes Your vote: Do you prefer BW or SC2 music better? (Vote): Brood War
(Vote): Starcraft 2
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Will allways prefer BW sounds over sc2, will never understand anyone who thinks anything different ;D
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I MPQ edited my way to BW sounds in SC2, so I only hear SC2 sounds while games are being casted.
I think it goes without saying that (almost) everyone agrees that BW sounds are better. Ahhhh that's the stuff.
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i like BW sounds cause they are funny and distinct in SC2 everything sounds the same
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On May 21 2012 20:15 Antylamon wrote:
I MPQ edited my way to BW sounds in SC2, so I only hear SC2 sounds while games are being casted.
I think it goes without saying that (almost) everyone agrees that BW sounds are better. Ahhhh that's the stuff.
Would love to know how to do that.
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The SC2 Terran music is imba as hell, some people might still like the BW one more, but I feel that comes down to personal preference. It's quite impossible to dislike the SC2 Terran music.
As for unit sounds, I always felt that the SC2 ones sound too crisp, which makes it harder to create a suspension of disbelief and get immersed in the Starcraft universe. In this aspect, I'll say I prefer the BW unit sounds.
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To me it begs the question of the direction behind Blizzard's art philosohpy these days. Everything is so clean and tamed. The game engines don't present with anything really new and exciting, they just look polished and "safe". Everything has that distinct Blizzard feel, water-tight but with no soul. Plus, the sounds in SC2 seem to be derived from a vision of competitive culture. They are all unobtrusive and try not to detract from the effort of playing the game.
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On May 21 2012 20:21 Woizit wrote:
The SC2 Terran music is imba as hell, some people might still like the BW one more, but I feel that comes down to personal preference. It's quite impossible to dislike the SC2 Terran music.
As for unit sounds, I always felt that the SC2 ones sound too crisp, which makes it harder to create a suspension of disbelief and get immersed in the Starcraft universe. In this aspect, I'll say I prefer the BW unit sounds.
SC2 Terran music I think is pretty crappy compared to BW Terran, but all it is just personal reference.
OP if you want to find out, why don't you make it so we can vote?
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On May 21 2012 20:24 Antylamon wrote:Show nested quote +On May 21 2012 20:20 SEA KarMa wrote:On May 21 2012 20:15 Antylamon wrote:
I MPQ edited my way to BW sounds in SC2, so I only hear SC2 sounds while games are being casted.
I think it goes without saying that (almost) everyone agrees that BW sounds are better. Ahhhh that's the stuff. Would love to know how to do that. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=247116Here ya go 
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! TYTYTY!
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BW sounds> starcraft 2 sounds. And I am a sc2 player (never played BW, just watched it recently). Wow blizz didn't do a good job with the unit sounds...which is hwy I play with korean unit sounds (that helps a bit).
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The sound design in BW is so much better than SC2. Every sound is so much more memorable and it isn't even nostalgia. It's the same in Diablo 2/3.
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I prefer SC2 to Broodwar - until it comes to the sound. I don't play with the music on, so I have no opinion of that, but BW sound effects (mostly unit voices) are roughly 1000x times better than SC2.
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BW Sounds > SC2 sounds
BW Terran Music = SC2 Terran Music
BW Zerg Music > SC2 Zerg Music
BW Protoss Music > SC2 Protoss Music
Pretty much factual information here, guys!
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BW Marine death came from a sound library most probably, as it can also be heard in other games, while I'm pretty sure SC2 sounds are - mostly - genuine.
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BW sounds had a lot more rawness in them. Take the Zealot for example; their shouts are more aggressive and "mean". SC2 sounds are like a watered down BW. The music I think is defendable in SC2 though, but I do prefer the BW music.
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I cannot for my life understand those who prefer the SC2 music, especially the terran track. It's just so god damned bland...just some kind of watered down redneck country pop. Blech. Give me the stim-boosted phsycho-scifi-orchestra rock of BW all the way baby!!!
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On May 21 2012 20:27 SEA KarMa wrote:Show nested quote +On May 21 2012 20:24 Antylamon wrote:On May 21 2012 20:20 SEA KarMa wrote:On May 21 2012 20:15 Antylamon wrote:
I MPQ edited my way to BW sounds in SC2, so I only hear SC2 sounds while games are being casted.
I think it goes without saying that (almost) everyone agrees that BW sounds are better. Ahhhh that's the stuff. Would love to know how to do that. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=247116Here ya go OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! TYTYTY!
This is awesome!
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sc2 has a lot of good songs. terran multiplayer is good, and i like all the tunes on the jukebox in the campaign.
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You should link a youtube video with bw so unds for comparison, because I'm sure people that vote for sc2 have never eben heard the bw sounds.
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