The answer to the question posed in the headline is a simple one: the Guild Wars 2 sound team. It’s how they do it that’s a little tricky.
I’m not going to say that creating the sounds for a regular game isn’t a daunting task. It’s just that normal console and PC games have a finite amount of content. Crafting the sound for a massively multiplayer online game involves making sure hundreds of thousands of players are hearing the right things at the best quality at the right time. Every footstep, every creaking floorboard, and every rustling leaf needs some sort of sound treatment. When you immerse yourself in the world of Guild Wars 2, these guys will be your ears. You gotta respect that.
Might I add that it is my dream to one day be featured in a video with a banjo soundtrack? Thanks for stealing my dream, sound team.
travis
Friday, August 5, 2011 at 10:22 PMThis game has just taken too long to get released that I have ZERO interest in it. I’ll be hitting D3 like crazy. Hell I still play D2:LOD. Not to mention KOTOR and Torchlight2. Plus the plethora of other fantastic singleplayer games like Skyrim! These guys are doing a DNF!
Sam
Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 8:36 PMNot like Diablo 3 has been in development for longer than this or anything…
TSH
Monday, August 8, 2011 at 10:41 AMI always preferred Guild Wars to WoW, but contrary to all reason my mates preferred the game where you paid continuously and had to constantly grind for gear…
Now that they’ve quit WoW for HoN and Minecraft, hopefully they’ll be willing to take another look at GW with GW2.