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Best Sound Effects

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It's now more important than ever that games feature a wide variety of diverse, realistic sound effects and that game designers take advantage of the unique properties of audio in their games. Modern game hardware is capable of producing sounds as realistic as those in any movie, though the best games not only sound realistic, but also integrate their sound design directly into the play experience. The following finalists in the Best Sound Effects category are the games that used their aural components to the greatest effect, both in enhancing their realism and in augmenting their gameplay.

Gears of War (X360)
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Epic Games

If the amazingly grotesque sound of a vile Locust soldier being chainsawed to death doesn't get your blood pumping, you clearly have some kind of serious medical condition and should seek help immediately.

Gears of War (X360)
46%
(8,521 votes)
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Epic Games

If the amazingly grotesque sound of a vile Locust soldier being chainsawed to death doesn't get your blood pumping, you clearly have some kind of serious medical condition and should seek help immediately.

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Dead Rising (X360)
18%
(3,291 votes)
Publisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom

No game has ever wielded more instruments of zombie destruction, and through some incredible effects work, those instruments of death became even more enjoyable to use.

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Call of Duty 3 (X360, PS3, WII, Xbox, PS2)
15%
(2,888 votes)
Publisher: Activision Developer: Treyarch

The Call of Duty series has always found ways to immerse you in the intensities of war through amazing audio effects, and Call of Duty 3 is no different.

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Company of Heroes (PC)
14%
(2,705 votes)
Publisher: THQ Developer: Relic

Incredible combat effects and incredibly effective yet subtle field-of-battle dialogue help make this one of the most immersive World War II real-time strategy games in years.

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FIFA 07 (X360, Xbox, PS2, GC)
2%
(337 votes)
Publisher: EA Sports Developer: EA Sports

A football crowd has never roared with such dynamic intensity as it does in this year's FIFA game. You'd swear you were on the pitch yourself.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) 0.3% (59 votes)
Final Fantasy XII (PlayStation 2) 0.1% (26 votes)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Xbox 360) 0.1% (20 votes)
Okami (PlayStation 2) 0.1% (18 votes)
Resistance: Fall of Man (PlayStation 3) 0.1% (17 votes)
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