The atmosphere was better with the new sounds. The ding ding ding sound just seems too jeopardy to me. My thoughts on that is when you're playing a horror type game you are relatively focused on the game itself so timers etc. you'll be watching. Especially in the beginning when you do a level you're ready but at 5 seconds it dings for each second as an indicator but as a player you would be watching the time for when you can begin without any sound like notification.