Sound Design

A much-needed audio design overhaul. Much needed in-part due to audio design possibly being Deus Ex’s weakest execution. Duplicate use of sounds are rectified, low-quality sounds are replaced, and over 200 new sounds are added where they were not present before. Below are some examples:

Weaponry

Deus Ex’s weaponry were rather underdeveloped in general, and weaponry audio design was no exception.

Nearly all duplicates eliminated. For example all weapons do not sound the same when fired with a silencer on or out of ammo, and the assault gun & assault shotgun do not share the same reload sounds.
Some examples of new sounds where they were not present before: toggling laser sight on/off, zooming in with a scope, throwing knives, attaching weapon mods, variable sounds produced based on surface the bullet hit and much, much more.
Explosions, reloading, equipping, dropped to the floor, hitting flesh as opposed to hitting walls…you think of it and chances are it has already been implemented or improved.

General Interactions

Missing inventory interactions have now been fulfilled, such as eating candy bars, drinking wine & applying weapon mods.
Sound design involving picking up decorative objects and throwing them has been expanded.
Five new footstep sound groups that play based on surface texture, bringing the total number of groups up to twelve.
New sounds when the player lands from height, also based on surface texture.

Artificial Intelligence

AI have been expanded upon primarily in areas that demanded immediate attention, much like everything else audio. Not all enemies you shoot shout the same “YARRRGHHH” death scream, for example.
General expanded and polished AI audio, such as variations in attack sounds, bark behaviour modifications to prevent AI from spitting the same lines frequently, and everything just behaving in a simulated manner as it should.

Level Ambience & Scripting

Other Audio Design

the HUD emits an audible warning when bioelectrical energy is running low.
Most active augmentations have unique sounds when previously only cloaking and spy drone did.
JC grunts less frequently when jumping, no longer grunting with every jump.
All sounds can be heard to a realistic range, when previously gunshots a few meters away could not be heard, as one example.
Changed player death SFX. JC no longer also shares that same “YAARRGHHH” death scream.
Much, much more. Over 200 new sounds have been added in addition to many design-based tweaks.