21 replies to this topic

[TercieI]

There's precedent. The new IS warhorn sounds are that bad. Throw 'em out and try again, please.

[Davers]

I was hoping you were gonna ask for the new logos back.

[Mirumoto Izanami]

Signed. Seconded. Pushed through committee.

[TercieI]

Davers, on 12 March 2015 - 10:47 AM, said:

I was hoping you were gonna ask for the new logos back.

(In point of fact, I preferred some of them, but it's the precedent I was pointing to)

Edited by Terciel1976, 12 March 2015 - 10:52 AM.

[DustySkunk]

+1 OP

The warhorns sound like mini faction theme music, greeting card style.

[JohnnyWayne]

What? Is there a link?

[TercieI]

DustySkunk, on 12 March 2015 - 10:53 AM, said:

+1 OP

The warhorns sound like mini faction theme music, greeting card style.

You're getting sig'd, amigo.

JohnnyWayne, on 12 March 2015 - 10:54 AM, said:

What? Is there a link?

http://www.reddit.co...sr/is_warhorns/

[Mirumoto Izanami]

JohnnyWayne, on 12 March 2015 - 10:54 AM, said:

What? Is there a link?

http://mwomercs.com/...ar-horn-sounds/

[JohnnyWayne]

Thanks, we should bail out while we still can. This game needs quality content not some cheap greeting card music.

What to do? Make proper music out of it and play it on the faction screen, depending who occupies the planet you are watching or in queue on. Make some warhorns like clan ones with real background not some random stuff...

Edited by JohnnyWayne, 12 March 2015 - 10:59 AM.

[Sjorpha]

I like the idea of using faction appropriate music for the warhorns, the problem is that they are overdone, and done badly. The timeframe of a warhorn is too short to deliver that kind of music and the result sounds like either like a snipped soundbite from a music commercial or a tacky fanfare.

I have to admit, my reaction to these warhorns was like: "what the actual ****?!?"

Instead, just use one or two instruments/voices for a single moody drawn out note or short melody.

FRR: a single long blow from a horn backed by a melancholic call from a nordic female choir, a sad echo of the snow covered nordic landscape and the despairing strength of a warrior culture in decline. https://soundcloud.c...k/wardruna-dagr

Kurita/Liao: I forget which is the japanese and chinese, but the obvious one for japanese is a short shamisen melody, as if played by a classic geisha, and for the japanese there is an incredible range of amazing material from Tuvan throat singing to the more classic string based ballads of central china.

And so on, it really shouldn't be hard. PGI dropped the ball on this one.

I think the best warhorn so far is clearly the IS comstar, that is the kind of moody feel I'm looking for but with traditional faction appropriate instruments.

Edited by Sjorpha, 12 March 2015 - 11:39 AM.

[Creovex]

FRR has the best... now if Conan the Barbarian will come out in the middle of the match and tell me what is best in life when I win... we will have merged Robert E. Howard's world of the Hyborian Age and the Mechwarrior Genre PERFECTLY!!!

[Bhael Fire]

I think they're all pretty good except for Davion; that one sounds super cheesy like Monday Night Sportsball. But I guess that's the whole point.

Creovex, on 12 March 2015 - 11:36 AM, said:

FRR has the best... now if Conan the Barbarian will come out in the middle of the match and tell me what is best in life when I win... we will have merged Robert E. Howard's world of the Hyborian Age and the Mechwarrior Genre PERFECTLY!!!

Yeah the FRR one is pretty cool. I immediately thought it had a certain Hyborian sound to it.

[Alistair Winter]

Just say NO

to Warjingles

#realwarhorns2015 #warjingles #davionringtones #kony2012

Edited by Alistair Winter, 12 March 2015 - 11:48 AM.

[Torgun]

Davion is totally a breaking news jingle and makes me chuckle.

[Ghogiel]

Nothing too wrong with the Liao one imo.

[zagibu]

I don't think they are that bad, actually. Not that I would ever use warhorns, but the tunes are pretty distinct and somewhat fitting for the factions.

[Hospy]

They make me laugh, I love them.

[RedDevil]

I think all of them are great.

[Creovex]

I can't wait for my Kodiak... I already have the Kung Fu Panda sound with the Liao Warhorn that I am ready to rock!!!

[Jaranath]

Warjingles indeed. I couldn't agree more...most of these are very bad, and Davion's is shameful. Remember the way audiences laughed at Bouncing Yoda in the new Star Wars? Yeah. It's that bad.

Think elemental, as some other commenters have said and as the previous warhorns have been. Say, an actual warhorn recording for FRR. If you really want Chinese or Japanese instruments, don't try for so much structure, strip it down to one or two instruments and very few notes. These are supposed to be shouts, roars of triumph (I LOVE the Bearhorn, no surprise there). Maybe literal shouts. The sound of a sword being drawn for Davion.

I'm not saying music has to be right out, but I think it's risky. Using these, I'd feel like I've got Brave Sir Robin's minstrels tagging along behind me, celebrating my skill. They should indeed be killed and eaten...and I'm not just saying that because Ghost Bear.