I feel like there's a bit of a disconnect here with people's opinions regarding game audio, the theme it represents, and their subjective opinions.

Case in point: I very much dislike the country twang of the music in Fishtales, but the audio and callouts fit the theme of the pinball machine perfectly, therefore, I don't believe the game's callouts and audio to be bad in any way, just not something I personally enjoy.

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One game that really disappointed me was Jokerz. Sandwiched chronologically between Swords of Fury, Taxi, Earthshaker, and BK2K, Jokerz had the opportunity to make a slam dunk soundtrack with it's fancy new stereo soundboard--but instead we got tinny sounding circus music and terribly annoying helium laughs and taunts. I guess it kinda fits the theme of the game, but man...what a huge disappointment.

Imagine if literally any other game from the System 11b era had that soundboard. What a treat that would've been.