PVZ1 Perfected Audio Cues, & Here's How

The sound design in PVZ1 is really good. I don't think I exactly need to tell you that. But, I also think it's important to analyze what helps elevate it to that next level, and to me, the sound cues are a tremendous bonus. In today's video, I want to explore that topic, and explain how PVZ1's sound design is lifted up by the game's choice to give cues for almost everything!
(Some footage in this video was from ‪@glp‬, I'm not playing FNAF ever sooooo-)
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[@SylviaYSI]

Hi hi hi quick clarification: I don’t think I did the shooter games nearly enough justice in this video, they’re actually very complex and I wrote the script of this video while thinking strictly on what PVZ1 does. So, with that being said… I think the shooter games deserve their own video in the future. I’ll keep a mental note on that, since there’s just way too much nuance to them 😭

[@NoUserU]

plants vs zombes

[@dan_the_swag_man6937]

please make more of these. sound design in games is so underappreciated and the pvz series is a fantastic example of this.

[@pvzpokra8602]

good luck with fnaf 4

[@caoinhnamkhanh2795]

i have been TRAUMATIZED by the sound of scientist warp 😭

[@robertlupa8273]

I love the vanquish sound from GW! So satisfying.

[@crocodile_enjoyer_]

In pvz2's case, most specials, aka the most dangerous zombies have very obvious sound cues when doing their abilities like wizards "huuuaa *tung*", Jesters whirlwind like sound, octopuses squelchy landing noise, fishermans reeling in and throwing out the hook etc etc (sorry for those butchered ways of describing those noises btw)

[@MrBelles104]

Real "huuuaa tung" girl moment.

[@mattguy1773]

I love the sound design of the entire series

[@Whaxalotl]

PVZ2: i would like to make myself known

[@tajaribeckles4339]

Pvz 2 has good sound design imo

[@justanothergamer64]

All the pops and clicks and bdluumps and tinks and gruuuhhhs and phoonts and whooshes, all of it tickles my brain in the best way

[@MrBelles104]

Best finale theme ever. THERE'S A ZOMBIE ON YOUR LAAAAWN...

[@SnaksiXD]

Fun fact: It has scientifically proven that a player responds to audio stimulus much quicker than visual. I think that's really interesting when it comes to gaming

[@cevatkokbudak6414]

Yeah but still ain't gonna play with audio video games sounds are annoying most of time

[@mrmeep2047]

@@cevatkokbudak6414Depends on the game. Good sound design is awesome to listen to. I haven’t really played very many games with annoying sound design. I wonder if it’s more common in certain genres more than others.

[@cevatkokbudak6414]

@@mrmeep2047 No that is Just my problem

[@copter7013]

well i think its because hearing is the sense mostly not that stimulated during gaming, while the eyes are so when hearing is suddenly stimulated its more sudden than a stimulation to the eyes

[@MrBelles104]

Eyes can see maybe 500fps at best, and as for audio frequency, 20,000 cycles per second, I don't know if that has something to do with it.

[@commander_eaa2862]

I think one thing you missed in the Garden Warfare games that I have seen no other shooter do, is have specific music types for each faction. If you're capturing a plant base, you usually hear upbeat music with whistling. If you're capturing a zombie base, its more filled with lower notes and the zombies singing. Even in Garden Ops the zombies and plants have unique music, as well as the gnomes who primarily have rock music.

[@Old_Sport_2016]

As a gamer, two thoughts can cross my mind when Pop Goes The Weasel Plays: One of sensing the danger of what is basically a walking bomb. "COME ON, JUST LET ME PLANT SQUASH." And the other is the literal death whistle of an eldritch puppet. "....I'm dead."

[@itsumikoroko]

The trifecta: The Original Explosive Jack-In-The-Box, The Infamous Marionette, and The Quick-Rising Jester.

[@CoralReaper707]

pvz in general had a lot of cases of really cool sound design

[@DeafeningBlast_]

Dolphin zombie from first game and zamboni dude sounds are so iconic, whenever "huge wave" sound plays in any of the games, those 2 play in my head also

[@henrychannel5260]

If you ever played cuphead, the audio cue and visual cue go hand in hand with each other. Cuphead is a boss rush style game that is very difficult but it alway fair, every boss have it unique wide up or preparations cue to warn the player the when (the audio cue) and the where the boss will attack (visual cue), it brilliant at it gameplay design

[@envyryn]

i love pvz audio

[@TheRedStinger82]

Real

[@yachet]

vanquish

[@NoUserU]

''I love gd cologne'' ass comment

[@didu173]

Love how the video goes from fortnite, to pvz, to fnaf 4

[@dr.peashooter]

The audio cues are so good for me in fact, for a VERY long while, i automatically played the sound of peas hitting the buckethead and conehead zombies in my head as a way to calm myself

[@legendnomad8083]

I'd like to add to this that when you're fighting Baron von Bats in Garden Warfare you can tell roughly where he will appear when he teleports away by where the laughing sound is coming from.

[@jzh4805]

And that's why 4-10 is amazing: little to no visuals, ony sounds of zombies and plants with an occasional lighting strike

[@doadworks]

Fog levels' final waves always give me chills. The way balloons gets pumped, diggers start digging, Zombonis starting off and the music box playing is just really a midnight freakshow, everything happening at once

[@ÉmerickBrault-k1m]

the angry bird epic songs are the ones who fit the most the theme of the game

[@Teties]

I played PVZ 1 on a school computer, and playing it with sound felt the same.

[@the_nyaonix]

ants vs zombies

[@good-sofa]

Pants vs zombies

[@sameoldsameold27]

pants vs blondies

[@CorlenoftheRoundTable]

France vs. Mommies

[@robertlupa8273]

@@sameoldsameold27 wasn't this name on a poster somewhere in the shooter games? Garden/Aqua Center, I think?

[@sameoldsameold27]

@@robertlupa8273 yeah exactly!

[@TheRedStinger82]

Hey chat! I finally made it into the video!

[@napalmzombie848]

I think another good one is how the "zombie eating a plant" sound is mixed. Its just loud enough to cut through any other noises to let the player know that a zombie has reached their defense!

[@AmyStrikesBack]

The sound design is so good you can literally play blind

[@MrBelles104]

Bros got the audio cues. I like these kinds of comprehensive retrospectives that give me even more appreciation to PVZ, and I wish you luck on night 6 (Chickeninja42 beat it, so it's possible).

[@tylazermk8271]

I'll always love the audio design in the PvZ games, but yeah, PvZ1 probably did it best in my opinion

[@enriqueedru8998]

The deaf guy waching this video: Ah i see.

[@GameOn044]

And that's how I beat Blind Faith (both the achievement and the minigame on mods) with instas and 1 (one) attavking plant (Cattail. Ofc.)

[@Pvz_sweet_pea]

You have to talk about how unfair and unbalanced pvz heroes is

[@kidincredgamez5819]

The only audio cue I can think of for zombies spawning in PvZ2 is the king zombie. Honestly about the most charming zombie of the bunch, as crazy as that is.

[@FirePro2707]

Dude my school bullies would play this shit muted.

[@hollowknightenjoyer]

Babe wake up, sylvia uploaded for once

[@IamGreen-h1s]

Gravedigger is amazing

[@lobot1000]

classic popcap has insane sound design. zuma is an example

[@tyleryang8090]

Beat PVZ1 with only Audio cues and no Visual cues

[@chuzzlingchuzzler]

Chuzzle also perfected audio cues. Why aren’t we talking about this?!

[@SylviaYSI]

Well, the username checks out

[@lolucorn1]

Why don't you? Despite not knowing what chuzzle is, I'd definitely watch it.

[@jzh4805]

Frfr i passed all the fog levels on my first playthrough without planterns & blowers because of visual hints and audio queues

[@LucyWest370]

I dont think dolphin rider’s entrance sound effect is given enough attention, that thing strikes horror into me when I dont have my tall nuts up

[@H20ZTS]

Pvz3 suprisingly has good audio cues even if the mixing is absolute ass

[@Dr_Dan_]

amazing for only 2 people (iirc)

[@shirleylawler8191]

Someone played pvz1 blind using sound

[@Iatemypillowfr]

yes.

[@rxxs2918]

Just so you know, the composer for this game was also the sound designer.

[@BX56_YT]

I miss big poo in the intro :(

[@MrRhombus]

Never knew miner zombie had a sound

[@MaddieTheOG3]

Your content never fails to make my day. On top of the video being super entertaining, I literally spit my coffee with the image on 4:35. Little gags like that always get me. Thank you for this.

[@Kekagen]

Not me playing the entire game on mute 😅

[@yamayayutraca]

girl what are these images istg XD

[@thecoyote1019]

7:05 well what I would do is shit myself and hide under my covers 😂

[@WolfofFrost]

I wish old Zen Garden would return

[@JiafeiTheQueen677]

He sounds like uhyeah😭😭 the fnaf ytuber

[@Freedomfighter-vi4uq]

I swear that’s u r/slash

[@lizzybach4254]

You said that pvz 2 is worse in sound design simply because you're more biased towards pvz 1. Pvz 2 has many obvious sound effects. In ancient egypt, the biggest threats (Sarcophagus and tomb raiser) all have distinct sound effects. Technically explorer also has a distinct burning sound effect. Same can be said about the other worlds. Weasel Hoarder and dodo rider have obvious sound effects. Pretty much all mechs in far future have a distinct walking sound. Bug zombies, balloon zombies, bug bot imps, also have distinct audio cues. All dinos, especially Ankylosaurus, have distinct voice lines. Big-wave beach is especially good in this department. Surfer zombie's voicelines, octo zombies octopi throwing sound and fishermen's sounds are all distinct. Same goes for dark ages with king, jesters and wizards. In fact, the biggest threat in Pvz 1, gargantuar doesn't have an audio cue that plays immediately. But in Pvz 2, you can always recognise his presence because of his distinct footsteps. The things which are scary but don't have specific audio cues are the ones that are obvious to see or are generally spammed like Zcorp consultant, all star, etc.

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

We got sylviaYIS making a fnaf reference before gta6.

[@Tikqa]

I play PvZ muted

[@MNGS-Castle]

I like your videos

[@Piesliku]

Ya it's perfect audio

[@robertlupa8273]

Me who plays these games on mute: 😐

[@GameBoyTony]

I was here.

[@Margulan217]

W🎉

[@Sploobicious]

Since when do you talk about fnaf lol

[@mrmroocomrmrooco8538]

18 seconds ago

[@lunarro7]

left 4 dead did it better, extremely disappointing to see it not mentioned at all in a video praising audio cues but fnaf was... seriously?

[@lunarro7]

legit i feel the only reason u mentioned fnaf is bcus it is the only thing you know lmao. being bold enough to make a video on audio cues mean you actually have to know a few more titles than fnaf and pvz.

[@lunarro7]

garbage algorithmic video

[@Gamebuilder2000]

8:19 there is the jams in neon mixtaoe tour but they're less cues and more soundtrack, plus the visuals already tell you what jam is playing anyway

[@Gamebuilder2000]

one of the most dangerous sounds in the fog is of course the Pogo Boingy Boingy Boingy

[@peanut3978]

4:35 the hell happend here

[@onisms]

[@SylviaYSI]

The goat replied

[@yndajames6220]

V sauce. Theory