Welcome to the Org, CTW311.

I agree it is a pity, but I think the term "outrage" is a bit strong. Sound-effects, and especially voices, are very hard and often very expensive to get right. Also, I think CA reasoned that because they had already great music and sound in R:TW, they should focus on improving the things that were not so good for BI. And from what I read on this forum, they have done that pretty well.