Talk:Centinel/@comment-37076256-20191127061122/@comment-25396609-20191128184904

Distorting the hell out of the sound of a person speaking is a pretty common sound production trick in general.

In some cases (where human speech is still somewhat recognizable) it may be done specifically to add creep factor. In horror games it's pretty common for them to use reversed, slowed down, sped up, and otherwise alterred human speech for the monsters to add creep factor. You subconsciously recognize what SHOULD be human speech but isn't, and it freaks you out a bit.

In other cases, it's just the easiest way to get the sound they want.