Holy crap!
This whole OST goes on my list to listen it all later, thx!
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GOTY-quality soundtracks from rarely discussed games
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Holy crap!
This whole OST goes on my list to listen it all later, thx!
Yeet. ODST is the bomb. I keep both discs in my car at all times.
Nier has the best soundtrack I've heard in anything. I didn't think it qualified but if it does, by the gods, it's amazing. It has a track called Gods Bound By Rules. That's all I'll say.
I'm surprised someone else knows about Alien Shooter. It's a fun game.
I have another game or two to offer, though. The first is The House In Fata Morgana. It's the best visual novel no one's ever played, and especially the soundtrack deserves more praise.
It can be a bop...
It can be heartwarming...
It can be moody...
It's just a beautiful, wonderful, harrowing, gripping, maddening, unforgettable game, and more people need to play it. I'd post more soundtracks, but discovering it as you go along is the best thing about it.
The second is Umineko. Umineko's excellence can't be fit into one post, mostly because there's more than 200 tracks in the game by my count.
But have one excellent song anyway:
I'm surprised someone else knows about Alien Shooter. It's a fun game.
I have another game or two to offer, though. The first is The House In Fata Morgana. It's the best visual novel no one's ever played, and especially the soundtrack deserves more praise.
It can be a bop...
It can be heartwarming...
It can be moody...
It's just a beautiful, wonderful, harrowing, gripping, maddening, unforgettable game, and more people need to play it. I'd post more soundtracks, but discovering it as you go along is the best thing about it.
The second is Umineko. Umineko's excellence can't be fit into one post, mostly because there's more than 200 tracks in the game by my count.
But have one excellent song anyway:
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Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun is lowkey one of the best soundtracks on the Genesis.
Continuing on.
Umineko has the most comforting song I've ever listened to:
And some of the most intense:
And perhaps the most somber:
And the most atmospheric:
It's difficult to convey. But I've perhaps never seen a game with a soundtrack as fitting and as perfect as Umineko- except NieR games.
This is true for a lot of CH/IF games. They have some seriously good tracks, even if the games themselves suffer from a variety of issues
Swing a cat (so to speak) around games, and you're bound to hit a great soundtrack. However, the two games soundtracks that I will always recommend are Enemy Zero and Opoona. Enemy Zero features stripped down chamber music composed by Michael Nyman. And I just love Opoona's mix of bouncy techno with some acoustic instrumentation:
Gourmet Submarine Castle is a Top Ten Zelda Dungeon, hands down. The creativity on display in that place was unlike anything seen on the N64, and the lighting, BY GOD THE LIGHTING. This game was Konami firing on all cylinders and it makes me sad that we'll never see anything quite like it ever again.
The game is worth playing just to feel the synergy between movement, visuals, and music. The open world is inconsistent on its own, with some linear one-way traversal loops mixed in with some truly inspired playgrounds, but the music adds a thick layer of bliss to the proceedings that makes it worth it most of the time, especially once you reach Anchor District and The View.
I previously opened a thread named "obscure game music that you find awesome and catchy" with this one:
The battle theme from PC Engine RPG Last Armageddon. This music is much more exciting than the actual gameplay.
The battle theme from PC Engine RPG Last Armageddon. This music is much more exciting than the actual gameplay.
Brandish PSP is fabulous
i just played through DoD! nice mention.
i just played through DoD! nice mention.
Ever since I played that game many years ago, I always liked the Skullmonkeys soundtrack very much.
The song "The Lil' Bonus Room" which, as its name implies, plays inside bonus rooms is so funny!
"There are no monsters here hey wait what's over there..."
The song "The Lil' Bonus Room" which, as its name implies, plays inside bonus rooms is so funny!
"There are no monsters here hey wait what's over there..."
I haven't thought about this game in years! Forgot how good the music was. The game itself I remember being ok, nothing special but yeah the soundtrack was great.
the music is ok, can't say I love it. I absolutely adore the artwork though even if the game itself holds no interest to me.
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This x1000. Easily one of the best soundtracks in gaming, totally underrated
Civilization: Beyond Earth is often treated as 'that Civ game we don't talk about' but the music is outstanding, especially in the Rising Tide expansion.
I have no desire to play the Drakengard games due to how archaic and janky they are in the gameplay department but goddamn if there was a reason it would have to be for the music first than the story.
Remember Miitopia? That quirky light RPG released back in 2017 on the 3DS?
What if I told you that a game starring Miis has one of the dopest-ass soundtracks of recent memory?
I almost can't believe this music is from a Mii game, it has no right being this GOOD.
What if I told you that a game starring Miis has one of the dopest-ass soundtracks of recent memory?
I almost can't believe this music is from a Mii game, it has no right being this GOOD.
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Interstate 76: retro funk at its finest.
Total annihilation: probably in my top five osts ever.
Frequency: the game that put harmonix on the map, and a ps2 must play.
Gravity rush series: sort of a French jazz sound, instantly catchy and iconic.
Lunar silver star: quite a few catchy songs throughout, including some voiced ones, a rarity for that day.
Interstate 76: retro funk at its finest.
Total annihilation: probably in my top five osts ever.
Frequency: the game that put harmonix on the map, and a ps2 must play.
Gravity rush series: sort of a French jazz sound, instantly catchy and iconic.
Lunar silver star: quite a few catchy songs throughout, including some voiced ones, a rarity for that day.
Let It Die and The Order: 1886 come first to mind.
The former features ambient tracks made by Akira Yamaoka, and over 100 Japanese bands.
https://www.letitdiethegame.com/music.html
As for the latter, I love its dark and melancholic tone.
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Good to see there's someone else who also appreciates it.
The former features ambient tracks made by Akira Yamaoka, and over 100 Japanese bands.
https://www.letitdiethegame.com/music.html
As for the latter, I love its dark and melancholic tone.
EDIT:
Good to see there's someone else who also appreciates it.
