How important is music in a video game to you and what video game has the best soundtrack?
Video Game Music
Angel Nelson
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Adrian Ward
it completely saved Nier and made the whole game worth it
hopefully Automata's gameplay makes the boss fights actually be as intense as the music
Jason Wilson
Very important and the list is way too big.
Here's a recent(recent for an EOP at least) good one
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Asher Sanchez
A lot.
Cameron James
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why is this song so good
Robert Barnes
While it's great,I find it overrated considering it's the first thing that comes up when people discuss OFF's soundtrack when there are many other really good tracks.
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Benjamin Peterson
It is probably the second most important thing next to gameplay, if we include music in with general sound design.
Zachary Baker
its the first one brought up because (like most rpgs) its the song you hear the most
its not surprising that its the most memorable
James Myers
>How important is music in a video game to you
Great music is a godsend, but it's not vital in the slightest.
>what video game has the best soundtrack?
Mother 3 has the best overall soundtrack in my mind, but Xenoblade probably has the better music. Comes down to taste I guess.
Jack Thompson
Sound design is the single-most important aspect of making a game.
Games are an interactive media and the audio (music as well as sound effects) are what set tone and add thematic weight. As a designer you ignore this at your peril.
Jonathon Blow's recent excretion is perhaps the most egregious example in that it has no soundtrack, and the game is basically unplayable because of it. On the other end of the spectrum are AAA games which mostly aim for creating a cinematic experience, using generic orchestra and rock, which is among the worst design choices you can make (for any game that isn't just a string of setpieces) because it relies on on-rail style score timing and failure creates an experience that is totally unmemorable.
So every game needs a good soundtrack, but what that means depends on the type of game you're making. For a puzzle game you need tunes the player wont grow bored of (tetris theme is still inoffensive even after 30 years). For a horror game you need something atmospheric (everything Akira Yamaoka made). For an actiony game you need something that rises climatically with key moments (Metal Gear Rising and its vocal inserts). etc.
Ar Tonelico has the best soundtrack of any video game series ever made, by the way. The first game in particular. The setpiece hymns and background music alike are absolutely spectacular.
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David Long
Not a single good game has bad music
David Moore
>was about to start Ar Tonelico
>see that
What a coincidence.
Easton Ramirez
problem with OFF is that the music is really bad in succession.
Juan Price
Shame it doesn't work the other way around.
Isaiah Wilson
here come the fucking weebs with their jpop trash
John Butler
But I can think of plenty bad games with good music.
Oliver Adams
like sonic
almost any sonic
Noah Wood
Protip: Install the Purger song crystal into Misha.
Austin Gutierrez
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Jayden Reyes
it does help you get immersed in the world and think fondly of it, whether the gameplay is good or bad, despite shortcomings.
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Alexander Phillips
Pretty important to me, I can overlook flaws in games like Final Fantasy XIII, NieR and Chrono Cross because of the god tier OSTs.
Anthony Carter
Good music can fix any scene, which is actually a problem because a lot of people rely on sad music
Julian Roberts
Game music is super fucking important. Certain games thrive off of it ie.
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Dominic Long
You know that feeling when the OST fits the game so well it's destiny? Even if the game isn't all that great.
It's glorious.
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Austin Thompson
But you can't think of a good game with bad music
Justin Howard
I'm always up for more strings in soundtracks.
Landon Bennett
Not bad, I can't really think of any games with "bad" music, but Final Fantasy XII's is really forgettable but I love the game.
Joseph Howard
Doom 4s music was pretty mediocre.
honestly though whats your definition of bad? like resident evil basement bad?
because very few games have music like that.
Nicholas Garcia
adding to this because this track is too great to pass up.
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Owen Wilson
Final Fantasy XIV
Music? Fantastic.
Graphical style and art design? Great
Story? Average.
Gameplay? Fucking atrocious.
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Isaiah Richardson
The score of XII is fantastic, it's not a IX or VII that's for sure, but forgettable?
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Adrian Clark
Meant VIII, but VII is great too.
Luis Bailey
That, Streets of Rabanastre and Salikawood are the only songs I remember.
Weakest of the mainline OSTs.
Xavier Lewis
>Nybeth
When did he leave TO for FF? He even brought the music with him.
Landon Nelson
The last patch, about 2-3 months ago.
He's the second (and currently final) major boss in the weird roguelike mode they added to the game recently.
Logan Watson
>IX
>fantastic
IX is shit all around, it only has one good track
Carter Reyes
>Uematsu's last soundtrack for the series
>One of his worst
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Ryder Lopez
9 does have a relatively weak score compared to even its neighboring games.
9's strengths are its settings and its fanservice
Robert Flores
Hahaha, what?
Carter Walker
>its not as good as other games
>its bad
these things don't need to both be true user
Jaxon Turner
I got a gripe with the 'not as good' part.
It's Uematsu's best FF score.
Andrew Perry
Uematsu said its his favorite, probably said that just because it was his last though.
Connor Carter
It really can do a remarkable job by contributing to a game's atmosphere.
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Why did Practical have to be such a cunt? Fuck.