Ask Sound Director Masayoshi Soken Your Questions

[HyoMinPark]

Hi, Soken!

First of all, I want to say I’m a huge fan of your work—the Shadowbringers OST is amazing, and I can’t wait to see the rest of the music added in future patches!

As for my question, I apologize if it is something you may not be able to answer. Recently, with Patch 5.1, new combat sounds were added to all the voices for each race. I was wondering what prompted this decision to add in more combat sounds?

[HyoMinPark]

Hi, Soken!

First of all, I want to say I’m a huge fan of your work—the Shadowbringers OST is amazing, and I can’t wait to see the rest of the music added in future patches!

As for my question, I apologize if it is something you may not be able to answer. Recently, with Patch 5.1, new combat sounds were added to all the voices for each race. I was wondering what prompted this decision to add in more combat sounds?

My second question is piggybacking off of my first question.

After hearing a series of mixed opinions about the new combat sounds that came with Patch 5.1, would it be possible to ever add a toggle-feature that allows players to choose whether they would prefer to stick with just the original sounds only or have the new sounds added? Thank you!