Sound design is tricky to decide as all games have a good sound or they wouldn’t be games. What makes the best sound design is a game that can pull the player into the most unique and unusual worlds and be convincing or make the player feel they are in an alternate reality.

Battlefield 1

Battlefield always wins this award for a good reason. DICE has some of the best sounding games ever created. The distant crack of a sniper rifle, explosions, dirt particles falling around you, people screaming in the background, and it’s the directional placement and unique sound engine DICE created with Bad Company and continues to amaze to this day.

Runner-Ups

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Gears of War 4

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Overwatch

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Dishonored 2

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