Video Games and Music

[Gradine]

Listen to the soundtrack of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. You will thank yourself. And then play the game. You will thank yourself more.

Unless you are fluent in French, in which case play first and then listen to the OST.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

i mean...i grew up on video games. i don't even know where to start.

i guess the halo soundtrack would be a good place. ce was the first proper game i ever played, and the halo soundtracks have a legendary reputation (rightfully so). if i wanted to listed every song in those osts that wowed me i'd be writing a college thesis.

more recently i played through cultic, a wonderful homage to blood and resident evil and other such games. there's one moment in chapter 2 i don't want to spoil that ties in with the game's interlude but the song that plays during it really sells just how hype it really is:
i felt like GOD when this started playing. it's one of those.

for the exact opposite feeling there's
which depressed the hell out of me with the realization that i'd never be able to play the game blind again.

i could keep going for a while, probably, but i'm going to end this on the fact that i have a music document for the zeitgeist ap (since i want to run it some day) and most of the songs on it are from video games. take that how you will.

 

[GMMichael]

i felt like GOD when this started playing. it's one of those.

Reminds me of this scene from Battlefield 3 . . . maybe more like the descending god from Actraiser...

 

[Artamo]

There was a little game released a few years back called Baldur's Gate 3. It was an indy game and didn't get a whole lot of press, so you're forgiven if you haven't heard of it. There's one particular boss fight you start and of course the boss music comes on like you would expect. But it doesn't take long before you hear a woman singing. Oh, wow! A boss fights with lyrics! But as you progress, a male voice starts to sing, and you realize it's the boss singing to you during the fight. It was so unexpected, I couldn't help but laugh quite loudly.

Okay, so I know exactly what you are referring to and I couldn’t get the song out of my head for about a week. What made it even better is I really, really, REALLY hated that villain, so when it came time for the boss battle, I was very hyped. I actually consider that the best fight of the game, better than even the final boss. So satisfying when I won that one!

 

[MGibster]

My friends and I got a good laugh out of the music from the Marble Zone of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game. We thought it resembled the soundtrack to one of those terrible European erotica movies they used to show late night on Cinemax. What can I say? It was before the internet.

 

[MGibster]

Okay, so I know exactly what you are referring to and I couldn’t get the song out in f my head for about a week. What made it even better is I really, really, REALLY hated that villain, so when it came time for the boss battle, I was very hyped. I actually consider that the best fight of the game, better than even the final boss. So satisfying when I won that one!

I cheated and used barrelmancy to defeat him. It was a satisfying victory though.

 

[Artamo]

Listen to the soundtrack of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. You will thank yourself. And then play the game. You will thank yourself more.

Unless you are fluent in French, in which case play first and then listen to the OST.

It’s so beautiful and I’ve never had more fun being incredibly sad during a game in my life (is that weird?)

 

[Artamo]

I cheated and used barrelmancy to defeat him. It was a satisfying victory though.

Same! You kind of have to in order to blow up those pillars, I think, but it was such a glorious moment.

 

[Gradine]

I cheated and used barrelmancy to defeat him. It was a satisfying victory though.

No shame, that fight is hard as hell*


*puns are always intended

 

[W'rkncacnter]

Reminds me of this scene from Battlefield 3 . . . maybe more like the descending god from Actraiser...

bf3's campaign was basically just a poor man's black ops 1 campaign, but yeah, this was a good moment. somehow a completely different yet not that different vibe from the part where the song i was talking about plays.