Does anyone else hear the Windows XP shutdown sound in the ambient background? Not sure if it's a bug or a mind trick.
You can hear it in game, but also, in this vid around 2:45.
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Oh yeah, for comparison's sake. :D
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Kinda silly to make a thread about just one sound, but, gah, see attached picture.

Can you find/post any other examples of it?

I watched the gameplay video you linked to from 2:30 to 2:55ish probably about 6 times and couldn't hear what you're referring to.

Perhaps it's just that you're hearing it due to the 'white noise'-ish nature of the ambient soundscape in the game? :-P

I just cant' hear anything odd in the video, unfortunately.

same as aerin i dont hear anything aswell

hmm.... o.o

It's pretty audiable on my speakers, but on headphones, You get the notion, that someone is shutting down XP in the next room. Turn Your volume up, or something. I first heard it while playing, and really thought my dad had a system issue. It's kinda annoying, but i'm not sure if it's intentional.

Hrm. I have my speakers at full volume, but I'm still not able to hear what you're referring to
:-/

Just to be clear, you're talking about right before he throws the fireball at the spider at 2:46? As he's moving through the hallway that curves to the right just before the spider comes into view?

What sound exactly are you talking about? The torches, the flying spell, the spider or the hits? Nothing I can hear in the video even remotely sounds like the windows shutdown sound.

First I didnt recognize but with headphones you can hear it! It really sounds like the old WinXP shutdown. 2.45-2.46min. But if you didnt mention it I wouldnt ever heard it...crazy stuff...

I can't hear it either.

My screen is quite different to this - is this a beta? The interface looks like a lot of effort to use

I can hear the sound, but I would just say it's a coincidence that it sounds like the Windows shutdown sound.

I do hear it. Had to get my sound way up at first, but now I can hear it at normal volume too (what kind of sorcery is this?).

It does sounds like the first second of the XP shutdown tune. I don't really know if I would link the 2 sounds together had you not talked about it.

Maybe it's one of the spider's screech, which sounds different in the distance, and sounds different?.. But I don't think they make that sound without being killed.

At last! Someone else hears it! I'm not crazy! Thank You Controller51 & Karma_Police!:)

And man, does it break me away from the game. There i am, playing, and suddenly i'm yanked away by the thought of someone shutting their XP down. gah!

Anyhow, guys, it's at 2:45, starts while he's doing the strafing move right before casting a fireball.
Thing it, i know it's part of the ambient music [heard it multiple times while searching an empty level for missed secrets], thought not sure if it's intentional. Given the nature of modern ambient music, which is not recorded using instruments and amps via a microphone, but a [for example] tracker, i'd say it's intentional, but damn, is it breaking me away from the game a bit. It's just a quirk, so i don't want to bother the amazing people at Almost Human about it.

I have to say, though, it is interesting to see so many people not hearing it. I've been often told i'm hearing things, i'm glad it's just an overly sensitive ear, not a hallucination. See, when so many people in your life tell you, you might be a bit on the crazy side, it's easy to give in after a few years.

I heard it too, but did not think anything special of it. It might be just a coincidence that it has similar notes to that of the Win XP logoff. Or perhaps it's a reference placed there by the developers deliberately as an in-joke.

I was much more surprised in one of the last levels when I've heard a howling sound that was very familiar. I've figured out it was from Planescape: Torment. Looks like Almost Human used some of the same sound effect compilation(s) that Black Isle used back in the day.

Yeah, I also hear it, but I must say that until you pointed it out, I had no idea. Kudos for catching that. I'm a bit envious of your hearing - or at least your soundset.

Onboard SoundMAX ADI1988 + Creative Inspire P5800? Oh, come on.;)
It's a funny thing, because i catch small stuff like this, but many friends still call me 'deaf', because i didn't hear them calling me.