Best for sound design
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
5.0 feature score
Highest scored product for this feature based on supporting review evidence.
Best Sony Interactive Entertainment Video Games for sound design
sound design Decision Dashboard
Safest pick
Ghost of Yōtei
4.9 feature score
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Most evidence
Saros
6 supporting reviews
Has the broadest review evidence for this feature.
Best overall product
The Last of Us Part II Remastered
4.2 overall score
Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this feature.
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Sound design is very highly rated for immersive environmental audio, rain, wind, footsteps, and overall atmosphere.
Pros: animation quality, facial animations
Cons: quest design, AI behavior
Sound design is consistently praised for environmental audio, combat effects, and the way it supports immersion.
Pros: movement feel, environmental detail
Cons: puzzle design, age appropriateness
Sound design was praised for 3D audio, directionality, anxiety, and stealth-tension cues.
Pros: core gameplay loop, level design
Cons: family friendliness, puzzle design
Sound design and 3D audio were praised for intensity, dread, positional clarity, and haunting effects.
Pros: value for money, fun factor
Cons: map and navigation design, side character depth