HL2 E3 Zombies (Sound)

[jasonh1234]

If there's one thing that got the most lasting reaction from me about the long E3 video is the bloodcurdling screams from the headcrab zombies. Those screams just make me cringe. Good job on sound design Valve!!

Kinda makes you wanna just shoot 'em to put em out of their misery. That or avoid lighting 'em up in the first place.

 

[Rupertvdb]

kill them....kill them alll!

 

[Cunni]

Yeah that blew me away!!! And was it just me that thought I heard them yelling Gordon!!!

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Yeah, looks to me like these zombies are pre-HL1 in the mutation phase. The human part is still alive, and the crab is just starting to take over. That must be why they're still able to jump off.
This must be the stage that Gordon and the rest missed while unconcious in th first games.

 

[Spiffae]

i don't know about the evolutionary stages, but yes, the sound is amazing.

 

[Rupertvdb]

that evolutionary stage thign would be awesome, if they are still human enough to be intelligible but too far gone to save.... HL2 has some sweet enemies, the imagination just gets a kick up the arse, i cannot wait for the mods....They Hunger 4 anyone?

 

[J Hater]

imagine playing it at night with no light in the room and with the headphones or if u can disturb the neighbours with a 5.1 or 7.1 sound system and a 21 inch monitor i think u'd play for days

 

[jameth]

that screaming certainly makes it eerie

that kinda stuff makes SP a good SP!

 

[Gordon'sFreeman]

those screams made me laugh

 

[thedarkangel]

Yeah, looks to me like these zombies are pre-HL1 in the mutation phase. The human part is still alive, and the crab is just starting to take over. That must be why they're still able to jump off.
This must be the stage that Gordon and the rest missed while unconcious in th first games.

I don't understand where you people get this idea but when the crab jumps off there is no head, just a hole to the spine. It's just the headcrab controlling the body. (that's also why someone earlier said it seemed out of place, but I guess it could make weird noises if the lungs still worked)

 

[Mechagodzilla]

I don't understand where you people get this idea but when the crab jumps off there is no head, just a hole to the spine. It's just the headcrab controlling the body. (that's also why someone earlier said it seemed out of place, but I guess it could make weird noises if the lungs still worked)

Aren't the zombied people sorta able to talk though?
That might be difficult without a head.

 

[thedarkangel]

I haven't heard them say anything yet, but the weird screams they make would probably be possible even without a head.

 

[Rupertvdb]

maybe it's a combination of a prolonged death rattle and the Headcrab vocalising abilities.

 

[Gorgon]

when the zombie went on fire..............ohh man, his scream was COOOOL

I was laughing at his funny sound.

 

[EVIL]

indeed that scream was blood curling realy awsome!

 

[Navy Man]

oosh yer i noticed it , it made me a bit scared in the day ><

 

[Chuckstar]

Yes, the sound is scary... I just want too shoot them so I don't have to hear it.
Valve did a great job at that.

 

[Kerberos]

I thought those were made by some prankster inside the mini-theatre!

Ack, I don't like those screams.