mitsubishi, on 16 March 2010 - 08:23 PM, said:
Unless you mean strictly aesthetically; it might be better in that clearly.
For locating player positions and distances, it's tops for me. In places such as the Abbey blue flag area, I'd say 9/10 times (or better) that I know what height the player is (upper or lower) and usually almost exactly where they are...and it doesn't matter if I'm above/below the flag, Z-hall, the short walkway, or in the middle room.
0x25 is amazing for timing in TeamSurvivor too. If already I know their location, I can guess when they'll appear around a corner. Even if they're walking/crouching, I pretend I can see them continuing their walk after their breathing stops and know when to start backing up; I can listen if their strafe-jumping on Algiers is covering lots of ground and where they're probably going so I can plan ahead to sneak around.
I've started playing Bad Company 2 and the positional audio on that current-generation game doesn't stack up to 0x25 ikalizer in my ears. I'll be very sad if ikalizer doesn't work alongside the upcoming anticheat.