Never played it personally, but I remember being really satisfied with the sounds from Hawken watching the gameplay trailers. https://youtu.be/udEAEARD-Fo
Edit: reading up on it, the final game was pretty lame, and it’s apparently dead now.
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From the top of my head: It might be mainstream, but I liked the gun sounds in battlefield 1 and 5. Also I enjoyed the slow motion gun sounds in Max Payne 2 a lot. Call of duty modern warfare was also great back in the day. Don’t know how the newer installations are holding up.
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Tarkov is known for how great the soundscape is. I highly recommend using the SPTarkov mod to play offline though.
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or really any quality racing game. its almost like 50% of my enjoyment
Elite Dangerous is still the GOAT of sound design IMO. That game would be nothing without it's sound.
I really really really liked the theme music and all sound design in the Red Alert 2 and Generals Zero Hour games. Those were excellent, to the point I'd listen to the theme alone when working or driving.
Maybe not the answer you're looking for, but the sounds in Vampire Survivors are like straight dopamine injections especially when you start ramping up towards the end of a run.
I don't care for the Warhammer universe, or Tactics games all that much. Tactics game Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus held my attention for far longer than it should have thanks to its incredible sound design.
For overall sound design Prey (2017) really nails it. The stealth mechanics are also included in sound design so when you get spotted or escape there's intense auditory cues that track with the thriller/sci Fi horror vibe of the game.
If you go into it expecting a first person shooter though you'll be disappointed, it's an immersive sim for sure. Shotgun sounds really good though and there's an experimental weapon called the Q beam which has a phaser sort of sound as it fires. Also really cool.
Also, Elite Dangerous has incredible sound as well. Guns sound alright but you won't be firing them on foot as much as in space most likely.
For a unique take... The music and background sounds in Kenshi. Music is so sparse that when it does kick in, and how it kicks in, is just really unlike any other game.
Devil Daggers has amazing sound design, and it has hrtf, so I could aim at some enemies blindly.
It's a small game though, and not for everyone.