Star Magician
03-23-2014, 07:39 AM
Before you ask, this is NOT a download request. Just sayin'
I have a simple rule I set for myself when it comes to listening to video game music: I have to play the game first. If I listen to the music beforehand, the game won't have the same emotional impact than it would have normally. This happened to me when I played Xenogears, because I heard the credits theme on Youtube prior to ever starting the game, and I felt like the ending was somehow... cheapened? At least a little.
Anyway, the kind of music I tend to gravitate towards are vocal-heavy, classical or folk-inspired music, but I can experiment. The piano is my favorite instrument. I also like really long songs, but chances are there aren't very many long VGM's (and by long, I mean 15+ minutes- extended songs don't count lol).
My favorite soundtracks so far are Nier, Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon, Xenosaga, Xenogears, Xenoblade Chronicles, but my library of VGM is pretty limited right now because I'm still playing catch-up when it comes to games (have been for the past 3 years T_T).
Basically, what I want to know is what good games with good soundtracks do any of you recommend playing? Or, if a game sucks, and I should skip straight to the good soundtrack it has, you can suggest that too.
Other games with good soundtracks I've played: Arc Rise Fantasia, Elder Scrolls III-V, Final Fantasy X and XII, Folklore, The Last Story, Metroid Prime 1-3, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, Okami, Pandora's Tower, Shadow of the Colossus, Soul Calibur II-V, Valkyrie Profile 2, most Zelda games (haven't played the DS ones)
I have a simple rule I set for myself when it comes to listening to video game music: I have to play the game first. If I listen to the music beforehand, the game won't have the same emotional impact than it would have normally. This happened to me when I played Xenogears, because I heard the credits theme on Youtube prior to ever starting the game, and I felt like the ending was somehow... cheapened? At least a little.
Anyway, the kind of music I tend to gravitate towards are vocal-heavy, classical or folk-inspired music, but I can experiment. The piano is my favorite instrument. I also like really long songs, but chances are there aren't very many long VGM's (and by long, I mean 15+ minutes- extended songs don't count lol).
My favorite soundtracks so far are Nier, Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon, Xenosaga, Xenogears, Xenoblade Chronicles, but my library of VGM is pretty limited right now because I'm still playing catch-up when it comes to games (have been for the past 3 years T_T).
Basically, what I want to know is what good games with good soundtracks do any of you recommend playing? Or, if a game sucks, and I should skip straight to the good soundtrack it has, you can suggest that too.
Other games with good soundtracks I've played: Arc Rise Fantasia, Elder Scrolls III-V, Final Fantasy X and XII, Folklore, The Last Story, Metroid Prime 1-3, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, Okami, Pandora's Tower, Shadow of the Colossus, Soul Calibur II-V, Valkyrie Profile 2, most Zelda games (haven't played the DS ones)