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What /vr/ games have the best overall sound design? I don't just mean limited to soundtracks, although those are clearly a key part. Soundtrack threads are pretty common.
I think top place might be Silent Hill - for one, it has a dual-purpose soundtrack with both melodic stand-alone pieces and ambient industrial tracks, both high quality and used to great effect. The stilted dialogue (by luck or design) fits the nightmare setting, such that every conversation feels unnatural and bizarre. Monsters on rare occasions make unusual sounds you don't usually hear, making you feel a little uneasy even when facing something you've seen a number of times before. Perhaps most importantly, sound effects are used to heighten and control the mood to an outstanding degree. There are jump scare sound effects, frightening noises in empty rooms to put you on edge, and oppressive effects after you perform minor actions, making you feel tense even though there is (often) no actual danger. I'm constantly blown away by how perfect the finished package here is. Perhaps the only criticism I can think of is that the firearm noises are quite anemic.

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