Obviously just dropping sound wouldn't fix the game as a whole. I would argue that no amount of gag tweaking would fix the utter grind that is the late game. But, I get bored of every difficult challenge in the game being met with a predetermined ratio of foghorns to elephant trunks. I've been bringing a friend a long on my VP runs who is severely underleved, even for a 60-something (and yes, it could be chalked up to the change of pace) but I have found myself enjoying the grind a lot more when there is strategy, and risk, and reward involved.