No, Dragon Quest music is generally very generic orchestral music. There is mostly nothing special about it.
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No, Dragon Quest music is generally very generic orchestral music. There is mostly nothing special about it.
I accidentally clicked the spoiler thread earlier today before heading out (title wasn't changed yet), mistakes were made... I was left feeling depressed during my drive
damn there's spoilers for this game that are that unexpected? i don't know if any other Zelda could be full on "spoiled" with an image or something. maybe small things here and there that would be better not knowing but nothing game-changing.
hope i can manage avoid big spoilers. i already saw the leaked costumes/weapons and yeah lets just say I hope some of the things I saw were just easter eggs/novelty and not crazy story points!
so much grass to cut but no hearts OH WELL
brandonh83
Banned
Anyone else prefer the dungeon music when it tended to be a bit creepier and/or mysterious? Or a bit of both?
Zelda II: Adventure of Link Palace Theme
Link's Awakening: Eagle Tower
And then you have one of the most out of place for Zelda but incredible and spine-tingling Skull Woods dungeon theme from A Link Between Worlds.
If that weren't enough, there's also the Dark Palace theme from... yep, A Link Between Worlds! I didn't expect to hear such bizarrely creepy dungeon music in this game.
Zelda II: Adventure of Link Palace Theme
Link's Awakening: Eagle Tower
And then you have one of the most out of place for Zelda but incredible and spine-tingling Skull Woods dungeon theme from A Link Between Worlds.
If that weren't enough, there's also the Dark Palace theme from... yep, A Link Between Worlds! I didn't expect to hear such bizarrely creepy dungeon music in this game.
ASHES IN THE HOURGLASS
Banned
You must play this.....this Fucking game.
Yea I love the Palace theme from Zelda 2.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Ehh, Bloodborne is great, but I wouldn't call it GOTG. It's just another Souls game, albeit with far less build variety.
I'd just stay away from most social media and youtube altogether this week if being spoiled is a fear of yours. I have a feeling that even surprise thumbnails are going to be spoilerific.
Play some games, catch up on that podcast you like, read a book, etc. Shit's only going to get worse before Friday.
Play some games, catch up on that podcast you like, read a book, etc. Shit's only going to get worse before Friday.
I prefer music that gives you a sense of what the dungeon used to be. Stuff like this.
Desert Palace (LBW): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2mXzBJONu8
Stone Tower Temple (MM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab60XEyA5OQ
TwilightPrincess
Member
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT| 11/10
LinkSlayer64
Member
Yeah, I prefer Forest Temple's soundtrack to any others in OOT for its eerieness.
It was different, but after a while I just shut the sound off to be honest.
Yeah, I love creepy, haunting, mysterious kind of music.
One reason I also still really enjoy the forest temple theme in OoT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmsZyC0UXUU
Spirit temple is also good. Has a feeling of enchantment and mystery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEWOeiUmFgA
really not feeling this
none of the music I've heard so far has impressed me that much
I hold Zelda music standards higher than any other game series.
brandonh83
Banned
It's easily my GOTG so far, it might be in my top 10 even. The reasons people love Bloodborne so much go well beyond it being "just another Souls." It feels different than Souls, but there's the art direction which is just baffling, the environmental design and how everything connects, just how organic it is. The atmosphere, the Lovecraftian influence which is just damned brilliant, score, bosses, just everything. I think it's quite a bit better than the other Souls games, partially because of it taking the Souls formula, making it faster, more about offense rather than defense, as well as its gothic horror and Lovecraftian setting and lore.
Those things just all snowballed a bunch of my greatest tastes together into one game, and the series was already one of my favorite gaming series. It just took that and ran amok with other things I love, namely the horror genre and, again, H.P. Lovecraft influence. It just feels like it was made for me and many others feel the same. As much as I'm going to love Zelda, and as big a Zelda fan I may be, I'm not 100% convinced that it's going to surprise me in the same ways Bloodborne did. And that's perfectly okay. A game can not be as surprising or amazing as Bloodborne, to me, and still be one of the best games ever made.
I'll probably like Zelda more, but it's absolutely an uphill battle for me. Also keep in mind that Bloodborne ever so slightly, if maybe not more than slightly, scratched a few Castlevania itches for me. So that's also a big deal.
LinkSlayer64
Member
I'm liking it, but I feel most game music besides 8 bit tracks never resonate with me unless I have played the game and had the music work in tandem with the gameplay.
Yeah the threads going to be dominated by discussion of the one reviewer who rated it below Horizon or explicitly says it's not as good as Horizon.
The history of the Zelda preview thread is also in the history of the calamity, zidanelucis...
brandonh83
Banned
Yep the Forest Temple, well, everything about it is a treasure. The music was phenomenally abstract, weird, yet creepy and memorable. Not weird enough to be off-putting though. I feel like some Zelda tracks are sometimes just too weird.
JaseMath
Member
Minish Cap had Palace of Winds which is one of the (if not the) most unique and under-appreciated pieces of music in all of Zelda. It oozes adventure, exploration, and I adore the use of synth.
Just listen!
This is not that great, though.
Just listen!
This is not that great, though.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I've suggested it before, but I really hope for
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT| I wonder what GANON'S up to
The wait for proper Wii U impressions is killing me. I really really really hope it's not that different from the Switch port.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT| I wonder what GANON'S up to
The wait for proper Wii U impressions is killing me. I really really really hope it's not that different from the Switch port.
Skittzo0413
Member
Any new Twitter quotes that will make me drool and also piss me off that it's still Sunday?
Seconded.
Seconded.
Manny Calavera
Member
Exactly what I've been thinking. To be able to experience again something supposedly as good as Bloodborne. Doesn't get any better than that.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
We already got a "Persona" with better dungeons than Persona 4 last year though:
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE.
That's what I mean, reviewers may be burned out. A Persona 4 clone with Toyko Mirage Sessions quality dungeons isn't as fresh and original as what Zelda is bringing to the table. BOTW will likely score higher than Persona 5.
Mike Double U
Banned
LoZ: BotW |OT|
This has to be it with this image in the OT please Dystify.
Nintendo This Friday:
Seriously going to be annoying just as it was in Horizons thread. I dont understand why the need to compare. I'm sure they will both be amazing games for different reasons. I mean sure we all will have our preference but who cares if one scores slightly higher than the other. Fact is we are getting these 2 amazing games so close together and we should enjoy both. Its a great time to be a gamer!
You must save it....my console.
Astral Dog
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BoTW and Bloodborne are too different to compare anyways,i think im going to like Zelda much more,and Bloodborne is one of the best games of the gen with impeccable level design,art direction and atmosphere.
Zelda simply will excel in other areas. scratching that open world Zelda itch.
Better bring up Horizon for comparisons though 😉
It's ok but I don't think it's anything special. Honestly I've never liked the normal battle themes for any of the zelda games.
brandonh83
Banned
Oh yeah I'm looking forward to Zelda for completely different reasons. Not really comparing. Was just outlining why Bloodborne is my favorite game this gen so far and it's really not even close. Like second place... there's a huge gulf between it and Bloodborne. I have a feeling Zelda will replace it, but then the gulf between 1st and 2nd will be quite smaller
Agreed. Honestly I'd rather have no random encounter music. I don't even like the music beats on the weapon hits in Wind Waker. I forget if Skyward did that or not. Would prefer just having an overworld theme and that theme continuing to play even during encounters. I don't really need the music to be like uh oh it's a skeleton! But boss music, yes, I need my amazing boss tracks.
phantasmic_glaive
Member
That's because you are probably used to the shitty DS midi versions or something.
But DQ8 ps2 versions music is sublime.
Don't mean to sound like a hole, but that just triggered something in me, lol
Most everyone has gotten their initial impressions out and we won't hear much till the reviews. But here's Giant Bomb's Dan Ryckert. At this point he's 50 hours in
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
Which of these 3 excellent games had the biggest backlash on NeoGAF:
- Bioshock Infinite
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Each has critical acclaim and were loved at launch by fans and critics alike. Then the "fans" turned on them.
- Bioshock Infinite
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Each has critical acclaim and were loved at launch by fans and critics alike. Then the "fans" turned on them.
Was it (skyward sword spoiler)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword [OT] Zelda Is Hyli-a-nticipated
blankempathy
Member
Yep and it all comes down to one real reason. Both are exclusives.
To be fair these 3 games start off very promising. Hype blinds.
I listened to like 3 seconds of music from one of the towns, it sounded gorgeous.
However, I'm hoping there are some melodies that are just flat out great, lush instrumentation alone can only take a soundtrack so far.
DecoReturns
Member
Any podcast impressions for Zelda? I've only listen to Waypoint, but I have access to a computer right and need something to listen to while I finish a short essay for class tommorow
Lewd
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Bioshock Infinite
brandonh83
Banned
I loved Bioshock Infinite and Skyward Sword.
Metal Gear had great gameplay that I wasn't invested in because it was too big, had a lacking story, not one character I gave a shit about, and bogged down with repetitive missions to the point where you have to re-infiltrate the same bases. Mechanically fantastic, but so lacking in everything else that my disappointment in those regards seeped over into me even enjoying the mechanics. It was a struggle to finish it and was mainly me hoping that it got better.
But it just got worse with a limpdick climax/ending and then a messy, unfocused second chapter.
TheDinoman
Member
I felt like MGS4 ranks pretty well up here too. Funny because apparently it won GOTY 2008 on GAF two times and yet people here hate its guts still.
Skittzo0413
Member
6/10, no one to talk about it with.
I honestly can't remember seeing reactions like this about any game. I was kinda joking over the past year that this will wind up being unanimously considered the greatest game ever made but these reactions are kinda scaring me since that could be true...
Like, this might be one of those defining moments of this industry. Hold me Gaf.
it's not just that, they're quite similar games and honestly with how people are making Zelda sound any open world game that released this close to it was going to be a point of comparison.