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Special Achievement

Best Sound Design

While music often plays a crucial role in enhancing the experience of playing a game, sound design often adds a great deal as well. Games with the best sound design offer excellent and memorable audio effects that are not only impressive on their artistic and/or technical merits, but also contribute directly to the gameplay. Realistic-sounding weapon reports, clever use of dynamic audio, and smart audible cues that lead you through the game are just a few examples of excellent sound design that can make a good game great.

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134 Comments

  • Onafets87

    Posted Dec 29, 2009 12:49 pm PT

    The most real sound effects? BATMAN of course!!! I just said wow when I heard effects like bones breaing under your kicks and punches..... Just superb!!!

  • guyxeno

    Posted Dec 27, 2009 2:34 am PT

    for the record i would go with batman. he just sounds so hard hitting and grappling hook sounds great.

  • guyxeno

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 5:39 pm PT

    @anelzunik.....again no one cares about last year

  • WR_Platinum

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 2:36 pm PT

    Great choice GS, this game really draws you into the battlefield with its excellent sound design.

  • AnelZukic

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 8:50 am PT

    at least Dead Space extraction is nominated, I did voted for Killzone 2, but the Sound design is so much connected to atmosphere that it was hard to choose the winner. Dead Space did a terrific job last year

  • advocacy

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 8:45 am PT

    Batman should win this one.

  • Peng33

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 9:57 pm PT

    Apparently, the "less-is-more" aesthetic doesn't count in sound design, as Demon's Souls was not even nominated.

  • zidan4000

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 5:52 am PT

    well deserved , KZ2 has the best sound in a war game , you feel like you are really in the battle field if you play this game with a decent 5.1 speakers.

  • Geo1676

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 6:29 pm PT

    Well I never played Killzone 2 but, it sounds pretty awesome to me, I guess I'll go with it

  • DrEvilKoala

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 8:43 am PT

    Good choice I guess...

  • Rockleelives

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 8:12 am PT

    KZ2 definetly deserved it.

  • Darth_Pietrus

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 1:12 am PT

    @Sonicplys
    Yeah real smart wii noob.

  • suomalainen_66

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 8:42 pm PT

    Nice another for KZ2.

  • thrasher510

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 2:36 pm PT

    killzone 2's soundtrack was by john williams, and if you like star wars music then you like killzone's

  • thrasher510

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 2:35 pm PT

    @Sonicplys

    lol such a sore looser

  • Sonicplys posted Dec 23, 2009 12:57 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Sonicplys

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 12:57 pm PT (hide)

    Lets all boo the PS3!! BOOOOOOOO!!!

  • VXLbeast

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 10:16 am PT

    Agreed! The pinging of bullets off metal, the boom of a sniper rifle, the bang of a shotgun, and the yells of enemies as you took them down; everything sounded perfetc in this game.

  • Dlanan

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 7:39 am PT

    yeah killzone2's soundtrack and gameplay were like melded together

  • Moro10

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 4:33 am PT

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2!...sound tracks suit the game!

  • AnelZukic

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 4:25 am PT

    Killzone 2? Well works for me

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  • Dec 21
    Special Achievement
  • Dec 22
    Dubious Honors
  • Dec 23
    Genre Awards
  • Dec 24
    Platform Awards
  • Dec 25
    Game of the Year

Readers' Choice winners are announced Jan. 27, 2010