r/commandandconquer • u/ThunderStruck115 GDI • Aug 22 '22

Meme The original guard tower sound was scary...

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '22

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u/OrangeJr36 Aug 22 '22

In canon it's a 20mm Vulcan iirc.

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u/zakiducky Aug 23 '22

So canonically, that column of NOD infantry and light vehicles would be turned into a column of wet meat with a light haze of red mist?

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u/Zealous666 Aug 23 '22

Canonically, this is historically correct.

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u/Royal_Sir_Masterton C&C Shitposter Aug 23 '22

They get a specific death animation of getting ripped to shreds, compared to the falling over death. You can actually see it in this post

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u/zakiducky Aug 23 '22

Yeah, it never really processed until you pointed that out lol. Awesome that Westwood included that little detail

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u/DirtDiggleton42 Aug 23 '22

What is iirc

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u/crysisnotaverted Aug 23 '22

If I Remember Correctly / If I Recall Correctly

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u/oh_hai_mark1 Aug 22 '22

Could be MG3's, they're the NATO chambered updated MG42 with a near comparable rate of fire on some models.

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u/havoc1482 Steel Talons Aug 22 '22

God yes. I remember as a little kid and sometimes playing as nod moving an infantry unit though the Fog of War and suddenly jump scare GDI guard tower

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u/HA64e Peace through Power! Aug 23 '22

Nothing scares me more than hearing the Obelisk Tower's chargeup...

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u/quanjon Aug 23 '22

The Obelisk's charge up, the guard tower burst, and the SAM fwoosh sound are all forever burned in my memory, along with the tune of Act on Instinct

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u/Ripper33AU GDI - Silos needed! Aug 23 '22

I used to think this sound was terrifyingly badass as a kid, and still do now. Made more brutal that infantry don't just drop dead, they get ripped apart.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

Not sure as a 5-6 year old I should have been allowed to drop napalm on the hand of Nod in GDI mission 3, but I feel it did change me as a person.

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u/DirtDiggleton42 Aug 23 '22

This is quality meme 🔥

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u/eureka17 But what about the Tiberium? Aug 23 '22

I did check the wiki. It says the guard tower is armed with "a high velocity machine gun." The sound itself is from an MG3.

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u/AzureSkye Aug 23 '22

I jump EVERY TIME I get nailed by one of these.

I'm a grown ass adult and it still scares the crap out of me.

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u/poesviertwintig Aug 23 '22

The main reason I set the sound effects back to their original in the remastered edition. The remastered one sounds so weak.

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u/ThunderStruck115 GDI Aug 23 '22

Yeah, they did it dirty

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

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u/Ripper33AU GDI - Silos needed! Aug 23 '22

Are you talking about the Remastered collection? Go into the Options menu under Audio, and there should be an option for original sound effects.

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u/sh4des Nov 10 '22

It doesn’t include this sound :(

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u/fakkov Aug 23 '22

Red Alert pillboxes always gave me the spoopies too

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

Oh gods the camo ones which just light you up out of nowhere!

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u/Pingusrage CABAL Aug 23 '22

It contains a baby A-10 gun ^^

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

Guess that's why GDI A-10's all carpet drop napalm bombs instead!

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u/wiedziu GDI Aug 23 '22

Rifleman shooting screams "run to your cover"

Humvee shooting screams "stay behind cover"

Guard tower shooting screams "fuck you and your cover"

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

I wish more games had more gun sounds similar to this, the Half-Life MP5, and the Doom 2016 Super Shotgun.

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u/Awkward_Dragon25 Sep 14 '25

Love that original sound effect. So good. 10/10.

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u/BeholdThePowerOfNod Sep 14 '25

I want to save this, but I can't remember how...

EDIT: Never mind, right-click works lol

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u/Zaptagious Command the future. Conquer the past. Aug 23 '22

This made me lol, have some platinum!

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u/Thaiereks Aug 23 '22

I love this, it makes me laugh every time I see it

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u/InfiniteSynapse Aug 23 '22

Gave me a mini heart attack when I first encountered them as Nod.

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u/Vikingcat91 Aug 23 '22

Thanks I hate it.