Games with great sound effects

[Arbiter]

Any recommendations? I need to test audio components that will be used for PC gaming and movies. Support for software OpenAL is nice to have.

 

[Ryzer]

Diablo 1, Swat 4, Ready Or Not, The Witcher 3, Dying Light, Stalker call of Pripryat, Subnautica, especially Subnautica.

 

[Iucounu]

I need to test audio components that will be used for PC gaming and movies.

Not sure I understand, do you just mean effects with good audio production quality?

 

[Catacombs]

Squad:

 

[udm]

In addition to what's been mentioned above:

Older:
Thief 1 and 2
System Shock 2
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Jedi Outcast
Freespace 1 and 2
Counterstrike 1.6

Newer:
Black Mesa
Deep Rock Galactic
The Dark Mod
Highfleet
Kingdom Come Deliverance

These recommendations are based off factors like ambient and weapon sfx.

 

[Beowulf]

Hunt Showdown with its binaural audio:


Alien Isolation:


Already mentioned Squad and RoN.

 

[udm]

Shit I forgot how good the sounds were in Alien Isolation!

 

[Abu Antar]

I think F.E.A.R. fits the bill.

 

[ferratilis]

I remember being impressed by Company of Heroes 1's sound design, you could hear weapons and artillery from across the map and judge their distance. You could also hear a Tiger tank approaching through the fog of war. Or whether someone was capturing a point by the sound of a flag being raised on a mast. Not to mention the voicelines that gave all units a sense of identity.

And who can forget hearing a Nebelwerfer for the first time:

 

[NecroLord]

System Shock and Thief (all three games).
Eric Brosius and Terri Brosius did the sound design for the Looking Glass games.
Really great sound design and music. Thief uses sound as a core gameplay mechanic, but I think you already knew that.

 

[luj1]

Project Warlock has great foley effects. Made by one guy too

 

[luj1]

Legend of Grimrock games have surprisingly good surround btw. Try it with 5.1 and its pretty atmospheric

 

[Modron]

Hearing all the people dying around you in Red Orchestra 2 and Rising Storm is kind of brutal.

 

[Kev Inkline]

Invataksi surely helps testing the components

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

freespace 2. hands down. no contest.
i haven't played it in 10, mabye 15 years, i still remember its best effects, and even most of the other pilots lines.
this crate is gonna blow!

 

[Iucounu]

BTW here's a sound library that might be useful (haven't tried it myself): https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/