Please don't use that "alert" sound!

Anything is better

from Stardock Forums

So I just watched the gameplay tease @ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/10/a-first-look-at-star-control-origins-gameplay-prequel-due-for-release-in-2h17/?comments=1 and ask that you swap out that alert sound near the end. I feel like that particular alert sound is used all over the place (tv/movies/games) -- probably part of some stock royalty-free sounds bundle -- and breaks immersion.

Anyone else feel this way? Y'all heard this elsewhere too, right?

Examples:

100,584 views 10 replies
Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Fuckin' Goldeneye/Perfect Dark. But yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Oh, yeah. Gotta chime in here, please don't! Of course, I'm one of those people for whom the Wilhelm scream breaks all immersion in a film, I find it incredibly jarring... :/

 

Something more future sounding would be nice, a la Mass Effect or Stellaris.

Reply #4 from StarControl Forums Top

Why would the crew want to be distracted by some repeating annoying sound.  Maybe a single futuristic "Bing" type sound with a change of lighting that last for 15 seconds or so.

Reply #5 from StarControl Forums Top

1st time I heard it was in Slave Zero.
I remember it very distinctly because the volume was obnoxiously loud on this one sound effect compared to the rest of the game.
Basically every time an enemy mech spawned in from a spawn point, that alert sound was played,

I grind my teeth every time I hear it.

For your list Raf
It's also heard in Street Fighter 4 during the boss battle with Seth,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FB3Q1PDawg&feature=youtu.be&t=424

+1 Loading…
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

I don't know about that "alert" sound, but I'm hella loving the music right at the end. It's so hyperspace. It just registers "star control" immediately.

Reply #7 from StarControl Forums Top

That's actually how most alarms work on ships. They are played for a brief period, like a few seconds, then stopped because further playing it serves only as a distraction.

Reply #8 from StarControl Forums Top

Thanks for the feedback. :)

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting tingkagol, reply 6

I don't know about that "alert" sound, but I'm hella loving the music right at the end. It's so hyperspace. It just registers "star control" immediately.

The rest of that song is even better!

Reply #10 from StarControl Forums Top

OP, you need to be a founder.