Oh, thank Christ. I'm glad this is being acknowledged so widely. This issue reminds me of the "gather your party" repetition annoyance that plagued Baldur's Gate on its initial release, which I was present for, and the fan reaction was identical to this. Once the first mod came out, that simply added an equal length of an empty sound file, everyone was happy and the game became better -- although, I have to admit, this is worse. As I'm writing this, the game is on in the background, and this cow keeps mooing continually.
I .. I .. I can't talk to you now, cow; please stop.
