Shogo – Mobile Armor Division
Monolith Productions

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Yup, the voices are all here and the acting is generally very good, one character in particular sounds familiar but I’ll not get into names. They all say lines when they should and yet they do cheat by not animating the mouth movement’s but still it’s alright. The Guns sounds are the best bit, even the pistols you start off with sound beefy, definitely the opposite of Unreal’s severally underpowered sniper rifle (which is modeled after an Anti-Tank gun for Christsake). My personal favorite is the excellent Assault Rifle which sounds just so damn good, the Mech weapons all sound good too but don’t have quite the kick of the on foot ones, although they cause a bigger bang.

The explosions sound good too but some should have had more beef to them, however instead of a loud boom, the Red Riot’s explosion gets away with it’s intensity. The other sounds are good, such as the enemy trooper’s cries for help, or the ambient noises, although there aren’t enough of these. The music is nice too definitely a plus to the atmosphere but I disagree with having music in-game, look at it like this, would you go into combat wearing a Walkman??

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