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What western game or series has the best OST?
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I am Become Bilbo Baggins
I was scrolling through this thread thinking "how the fuck has nobody posted the suicide mission from ME2".
It's probably the most epic track in video games. Playing that mission with this music made me feel like I was in a Hollywood blockbuster. Incredible piece of music.
It's so good that it's part of my gym playlist. I bring it on leg days when I have a heavy squat session!
James Sawyer Ford
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God of War
The Last of Us
Ori Series
Death Stranding (Japanese but western music)
Ghost of Tsushima
AstroBot (Japanese but western music)
The Last of Us
Ori Series
Death Stranding (Japanese but western music)
Ghost of Tsushima
AstroBot (Japanese but western music)
Werewolf Jones
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The game does such a bad job putting the music front and center. Nothing stood out while playing but some dude I know sent me some tracks back in the day and I was like holyshit this game really does have good music.
Voting Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines now and until the end of time. A true atmospheric masterpiece.
TheRedRiders
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MasterDerico
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Way of the Warrior, Splatterhouse (remake), Killer Instinct (2013), Doom (2016), Cuphead...
There's more, of course. Those are just in my head now!
There's more, of course. Those are just in my head now!
Hero_Select
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Mass Effect series as a whole has 10/10 music but that suicide mission track is just literal perfection.
Of course one can make a case for "Vigil" which in my opinion is also perfection. It captures the mood and setting so perfectly.
Holammer
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Good music sets the scene and Planescape Torment did a wonderful job at it. The songs convey the weirdness of the setting which is weird even for D&D, with super short (1.30m'ish on average) loop friendly songs. A leitmotif binds it all together.
A very similar sound to Fallout 2 and wouldn't you know it? It's the same composer.
A very similar sound to Fallout 2 and wouldn't you know it? It's the same composer.
Audiophile
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Jesper Kyd's work on Assassin's Creed.
ACII is the pinnacle. The camera panning back on the title screen after you climb the tower in Florence with Ezio's brother and "Ezio's Family" kicks into high gear.
Then later on again during chases throughout Venice.
The ambient stuff is absolute perfection. I recall just sauntering around the rooftops of Venice and Florence with the gentle sound of the city life in the background while the music layered on top. Venice was especially charming. Probably my favourite gaming memory and I can't believe it was 15yrs ago...
Those first three games (AC, ACII & AC:B, though ACII in particular..) just wouldn't be what they are without that score. The atmosphere and charm of it all; half of it is the music.
For any other fans:
Wasn't sure if it was a bug or whether "Home In Florence" was meant to play while in Venice, but I recall it coming on (alongside "Following Cristina") while I was on a rooftop in Venice at night looking out across the Grand Canal and to the buildings across the way. There was the odd distant firework, the moon was casting light perfectly over the environment and there was the gentle sound of a carnival off in the distance. I just kinda lingered there for a while. I don't think that moment has ever been matched in gaming for me. As mentioned above, the atmosphere and charm; compounded by the perfect music.
I hope one day that it (as well as ACI, AC:B & AC:R for that matter) get/s a proper remaster with cutting-edge, remake-level visuals, all the music in place, tighter mechanics and most importantly, the presentation is super-faithful in every respect. I've wanted to go back and revisit classic AC with ACII in particular, either as it was or on the half-arsed remaster, but I fear it'll underwhelm and that if it doesn't live up to what I recall it'll leave a stain on an otherwise sacred memory. As the games exist or existed, I think it might be best left in the past. But an artistically faithful remake might be the right way to revisit it; as I'd know going in it's something different and the original will remain untouched in my mind.
Oooft, the nostalgia...it hurts.
ACII is the pinnacle. The camera panning back on the title screen after you climb the tower in Florence with Ezio's brother and "Ezio's Family" kicks into high gear.
Then later on again during chases throughout Venice.
The ambient stuff is absolute perfection. I recall just sauntering around the rooftops of Venice and Florence with the gentle sound of the city life in the background while the music layered on top. Venice was especially charming. Probably my favourite gaming memory and I can't believe it was 15yrs ago...
Those first three games (AC, ACII & AC:B, though ACII in particular..) just wouldn't be what they are without that score. The atmosphere and charm of it all; half of it is the music.
For any other fans:
Wasn't sure if it was a bug or whether "Home In Florence" was meant to play while in Venice, but I recall it coming on (alongside "Following Cristina") while I was on a rooftop in Venice at night looking out across the Grand Canal and to the buildings across the way. There was the odd distant firework, the moon was casting light perfectly over the environment and there was the gentle sound of a carnival off in the distance. I just kinda lingered there for a while. I don't think that moment has ever been matched in gaming for me. As mentioned above, the atmosphere and charm; compounded by the perfect music.
I hope one day that it (as well as ACI, AC:B & AC:R for that matter) get/s a proper remaster with cutting-edge, remake-level visuals, all the music in place, tighter mechanics and most importantly, the presentation is super-faithful in every respect. I've wanted to go back and revisit classic AC with ACII in particular, either as it was or on the half-arsed remaster, but I fear it'll underwhelm and that if it doesn't live up to what I recall it'll leave a stain on an otherwise sacred memory. As the games exist or existed, I think it might be best left in the past. But an artistically faithful remake might be the right way to revisit it; as I'd know going in it's something different and the original will remain untouched in my mind.
Oooft, the nostalgia...it hurts.
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itsnotme
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Wow you’re right bad lapse of judgement from me! Will blame it on the late hour.Sure, but:
Otherwise it's a Final Fantasy Thread.
Wildebeest
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Looking at what I have in my library, I see Larian and Invisible War soundtrack already named.
Jeff van Dyck era Total War.
Jeff van Dyck era Total War.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
The Ori games are pure works of art. Everything about them is beautiful; the art design, the music, the story, the animations, absolutely everything.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Well for starters the whole fucking character creation screen in BG3 has music that goes hard. Like how can you set up the bar so high just from the first minutes (hours since you'll probably be mesmerized by those elvish like melodic tunes) of the game?
Anyway, probably lots of people already talked plenty of the BG3 music, so next I'll showcase some of the songs (one track for each game) that I'm going back to on a regular basis because they're just that great.
All the Life of Strange OST including the licensed songs like the one below.
Anyway, probably lots of people already talked plenty of the BG3 music, so next I'll showcase some of the songs (one track for each game) that I'm going back to on a regular basis because they're just that great.
All the Life of Strange OST including the licensed songs like the one below.
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Skull-Knight
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TW3+hos+b&w
doom 2016+ eternal
RDR2
CP 2077
Tlou 1+2
god of war 3
doom 2016+ eternal
RDR2
CP 2077
Tlou 1+2
god of war 3
PanzerCute
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Plague Tale Innocence and Requiem.
ZoukGalaxy
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Castlevania Lords Of Shadow 1/2 are really pure gems.
In another style, The Talos Principle are also awesome.
In another style, The Talos Principle are also awesome.
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AltogetherAndrews
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The Ori OSTs (both of them) get a lot of playtime around here. Really loved the OST for God of War Ragnarök as well.
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cash_longfellow
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Yep, phenomenal OST.
Codes 208
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Pretty much any of the halo games (but 2 and 3 are definitely peak), skyrim, gow4, gears 2, banjo kazooie has some really good tracks (click cluck woods in particular), mortal kombat, killer instinct xb1
And this is cheating but legacy of goku 2 and buus fury for the GBA. Theyre anime tie-ins, but theyre made by an american developer using a 16bit remix of the Bruce faulconer score. Im counting it
And this is cheating but legacy of goku 2 and buus fury for the GBA. Theyre anime tie-ins, but theyre made by an american developer using a 16bit remix of the Bruce faulconer score. Im counting it
cireza
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Great pick. I personally prefer Sub Terrania from him.
Time-stamped at one of my favorite tracks, but the entire OST is fantastic.
Let's stay on MegaDrive with Ecco 2, which has a fantastic soundtrack. That MegaDrive FM Synth... such deep sounds. Really love it.
(both Ecco games also have excellent soundtracks on SEGA-CD)
More MegaDrive and more European goodness with Mega Turrican :
Westone also had games with excellent sountracks on MegaDrive: Dune and D&D. I see that Klepacki was already mentioned, he worked on both games.
D&D has superb metal vibes as well as melodic pieces, it is a brillant OST.
A personal favorite is Hexen on Saturn :
Some SEGA-CD with the Terminator :
Richard Jacques also needs to be mentioned, he is a fantastic composer :
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cireza
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These are Japanese games though.
midnightAI
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and
Oh, and while not a game series, the Ocean Loaders are amazing....
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StreetsofBeige
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Shit you're right. I forgot.
Fallout 3 is awesome.
A good Eye of the Beholder-ish game for Genesis. Never played it until early 2000s when emulators came out. Similar to the PC games, you could always cheese the monsters strafing attacks. I leveled up like crazy in the game late where I think there's a dungeon with Fire Giants and kept killing them over and over again.
cireza
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Yes, I love D&D. It is a really good game. You could also equip everyone with slings, as the ammunition was infinite. Haha, great memories with this game. Also love Eye of the Beholder on SEGA-CD, amazing port.
StreetsofBeige
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Never played the CD version. I only dabbled with the PC games. I wasnt into them, but my bro was and he got all 3 PC games.
For those of you who never played them, they might be archaic now, but at the time in the early 90s they were incredible games. Excellent graphics in a D&D setting.
Clip of the first game which came out over 30 years ago. I think my bro had a 386 at the time.
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Soltype
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Love that game.it's balls hard but soundtrack is what keeps me coming back. The music definitely fits the atmosphere better than Batman and Robin.