Sounds in game (week 18)

How important are sounds in game? To be honest they are pretty important to me, sound can define a game. Like tonight after checking out my mates PS3 current desktop theme with the whole Metal Gear Solid theme i was able to remember the sounds from the first MSG i played on the PS1. Also theres some people in my class with the ! sound from the MGS game as a text alert tone.

Sometimes but not all the time sounds can trigger epic memories from games of your childhood but still they are a extremely important part of game play. As an example in Counter-Strike, sounds play a crucial roll. Being able to identify and enemy's foot steps and his location within a map can be a matter of life or death in the game that is counter-strike. However coming to recognise these sounds as significant is a whole different story. So yes, to answer my initial question sounds in games are what make the game. Would you really want to be mowing down tons of enemy's in some epic first person shooter with some BFG that has pewny little sounds to it? no, you wouldn't you need beefy sounds to enhance game play to its max!