The_root_of_all_evil said:
What sound effects make you shiver with delight, anticipation or horror?
Obvious ones would be "KA-CHICK" of a shotgun, "DING!" from Everquest, or the suit refilling whir r on HL.
A lot of mine have been covered, but oh well.
Gotta agree on the HEV chargers and med-kits in Half-Life. I swear, the sound those first-aid healers on the walls make sounds like someone's saying "I fix you, I fix you, I fix you". Seriously, listen next time. Also, the beep the sentry's make in Team Fortress 2. God, I can't tell the sense of "Oh *@#$" I get when I go running into a base as a Scout and hear, "beep, beep, beep" coming from about 5 different directions. Yeah, got a death pic of my spleen on a wall from that one. Also, like some above, the shield recharge sound from Halo 1. Most of the suit sounds from Metroid Prime. Though my favorites have to be the sounds of the Gauss Cannon and Gluon gun form Half-Life 1. When you were charging the Gauss or firing the spiral beam from the Gluon gun, you just knew you were going to tear ass through anyone that dared get in the way. Likewise, if you heard that noise in multiplayer, you knew a gruesome death wasn't far off.