Quake 3. Quake 3 Arena.
First person shooter with single and multiplayer modes, released in 1999.
Features startup logo for ID software.
Also cinematics for single player mode;
intro movie - stylised action with tune from soundtrack and appropriate play noises.
level movies - voice over introducing bots from each level, hyperreal sounds and ominous pads.
Soundtrack from two bands, front line assembly and sonic mayhem (game musician Sascha Dikiciyan) . Featuring particular tracks for each level play, also track for battle won/lost.
There are family sounds for characters (eg different footsteps shared between some character models), also unique sounds for some characters (EG orb jump).
Weapons have different sounds, but all seem to have similar hit sound.
There are two sorts of sound in gameplay.
Diegetic sounds - characters moving/shooting/being shot and from the map features eg teleportals, jump pads and scenery eg fires.
Non-diegetic sounds can be equated with narration/refereeing which give the game the feel of performing in an arena. eg voice overs giving current stats. And sounds associated with gameplay events eg dropping the flag.
The game engine features stereo spatialisation and doppler effect, and a possible 96 channels of audio (22kHz).
REFERENCES_
http://www.techspot.com/reviews/hardware/3dblaster_ti200/3dblaster-6.shtml (09 August 2008)
2007. "Sascha Dikiciyan & Cris Velasco". http://www.hellgatelondon.de/szene/musik/sascha_cris_zwei.php (09 August 2008)
Huiberts, Sander. And van Tol, Richard. "IEZA: A Framework For Game Audio."
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3509/ieza_a_framework_for_game_audio.php?page=1 (09 August 2008)
Grimshaw Mark and Schott Gareth. 2007 . "Situating Gaming as a Sonic Experience: The acoustic ecology of First-Person Shooters"
http://www.digra.org/dl/display_html?chid=http://www.digra.org/dl/db/07311.06195.pdf (09 August 2008)
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