Video game soundtracks died after the PS2

Video game Soundtracks died after Arcades did.

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Arcades aren't dead tho

Exactly

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Like hell they did!
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P5's music is terrible

seems like OPs got the auditory equivalent of nostalgia goggles.

Not really, it's not. It's a stylish, energetic musical landscape that fits the dashing rogue tone of the game.
Maybe it's not for you. Maybe it's just "okay", but it's not terrible, by any stretch of the imagination.

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fuck off, being a contrarian doesn't make you interesting
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It's repetitive as fuck and only has a few standout tracks.

>It's a stylish, energetic musical landscape that fits the dashing rogue tone of the game.
Jesus christ cringelord, tone it down

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>Died after the PS2
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High production values doesn't = good

Fucking child.

>Repetitive as fuck
It's a JRPG. Of course you're going to hear it a million times. It's part of why I don't like these games. Like I said, I didn't enjoy the game too much, but the soundtrack is great.

>All these zoomers can come up with is Persona 5
Absolutely fucking pathetic

>It's a JRPG. Of course you're going to hear it a million times.
And yet lots of them get around this by actually having songs that stay fresh. It's overall decent at best, there are too many mediocre tracks like Mementos.

Not that user, but do me a favor. Explain to me, on a fundamental, compositional level, how that song isn't good.

>Mementos
Yeah, that song sucks, but when the OST has stuff like Beneath The Mask, Life Will Change, Layer Cake, Days When My Mother Was There, Whims of Fate, etc, I've got more than enough to outweigh the one straight up bad track.

I'm not autistic enough to remember literally every single piece, but the only ones that were genuinely good were boss themes and even those got old.

>I'm not autistic enough to remember literally every single piece
I didn't know general memory was a symptom of autism. You don't like the soundtrack, that's fine. But that doesn't mean it's a bad soundtrack, especially when you've done absolutely nothing to actually support your claims besides "it got old because it's a JRPG" and "The JRPGs I like didn't have that problem".

>on a fundamental, compositional level, how that song isn't good.
Explain how it is first without resorting to buzzwords and meaningless waffle like "energetic musical landscape"

Yikes.

>died after the PS2
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Halo 3 ODST (2009)
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Into the Breach (2018)
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Octopath Traveler (2018)
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Ace Combat 7 (2019)

Basically you're fucking retarded.

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>I didn't know general memory was a symptom of autism.
It is when you go out of your way to list the names of several off the top of your head.
>"it got old because it's a JRPG"
You said it was because it was a JRPG, I said that isn't an excuse and makes the songs weaker.
>"The JRPGs I like didn't have that problem"
And? You've done nothing more but say X is good which proves absolutely nothing.

Nah.
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>Indie games and Nintendo exclusives
BING BING WAHOO FELLOW SWITCH OWNER

I'd be happy to. But first
>Utilizing terms like "energy" and "musical landscape" means buzzwords
Cute.

>The track opens with a harsh, pounding timp and a combination of a guitar line that's backed by a synthesizer. All that weight is contrasted by the backing of a thin, light percussive synth that establishes the meter at a 16th note constant. A really cool tone-setter
>When the drums kick in, it splits the two in the middle, being a simple 1-&-2 beat to establish a pace for the vocals
>Vocals come in, and the guitar fades, but the overlayed synth keeps that line going. All that is joined by a subtle low string. So far, a lot of the instrumentation keeps a low range in order to let the vocalist control the space higher on the blend. Bonus for punctuating the vocal lines with an additional high harmony to stress that contrast.
>Chorus drops, and the more laidback vocals are now full of energy and the delivery is stronger, sterner to cut through the additional string stings. The job of those strings is to lead into the key changes and the pattern they follow, albeit pretty simple, just an eighth before the change, does a good job at providing this sort of anticipation before the change occurs.
>Cool thing with the second verse. The higher strings are used to add another layer.
>More play with anticipation. There's an extra bar before the transition into the second chorus. I really like that.
>The chorus is also fully realized with the second section actually performed.
>The higher strings also no longer perform the act of leading anticipation into the changes, they simply provide backing for the vocals. It's nice when they come in for the assist on the last big note before falling through with that triplet line.
Out of characters.

>It is when you go out of your way to list the names of several off the top of your head.
What can I say? I remember the music I like. I care more about liking music than hating it.

>Magic Spear
Nice

Shit, forgot one.
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>SHIT I HAVE NO ARGUMENTS, BETTER RESORT TO CONSOLEWAR BUZZWORDS

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BING BING WAHOO

>All those meaningless buzzwords
Just get lost Persona nigger

The only Nintendo exclusives there are DtL and Splatoon.
ZeroRanger and Monolith aren't even on the Switch.

All indie games are garbage

>Backing down this hard
Just say you don't know what you're talking about. That's fine. Not everyone knows why they dislike music.
Rivers in the Dessert isn't even up there in my favorite tracks in the game, but when I put my mind to it, I like looking for things to enjoy about it.
You asked me to explain why it's good music and I did. If you wanted to, you could tell me how all my points were "wrong", but you can't, so you're just gonna claim
>buzzwords
and back down like a little bitch.

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>that pokken music
Holy shit that goes hard.

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You literally did nothing but talk absolute wank and try to sound informed. Nothing you said is based in fact, it's like reading a modern art review. It's pure made up wank.

If you want more good post-PS2 vidya music, you can just ask.
Here, have some things that don't even vaugely relate to Nintendo.
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>All indie games are garbage
gr8 b8 m8

>muh GC and PS2
I swear gen 6 fags are the most obnoxious fuckers around.

It's a direct reference to a Tekken stage with similarly pounding music that's basically the exact same as the Pokken equivalent only it's normal fish in the Tekken version.
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No, I'm serious you shit taste retard

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I’m not gonna lie, I don’t know most of these games, but shit you posted was damn good user

No, I didn't. I talked about the structure of the song and how it appeals to me. I didn't even use any of the "buzzwords" that trigger you so hard. If they ARE buzzwords, it should be pretty easy for you to prove me wrong, right?
Are you so obsessed with HATING a soundtrack that anybody liking it and providing reasons as to why they disagree makes you have a stroke?

No more shitposting and rudeness, but I didn't mean to make you feel upset. I didn't post this music to begin with, but I just like music. I don't understand people like you. You care more about being right than actually listening to this music. I bet you like some great music. If you posted some of your favorite JRPG stuff, I'd be just as happy to talk about the stuff that I like from that, too. But why?
Why are you more obsessed about disliking this music than liking the music you do like?

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If you're serious, you'd have a better argument than "ALL INDIE GAMES ARE SHIT" as if Indie has anything to do with anything other than the publisher.

>as if Indie has anything to do with anything other than the publisher.
It does.

No publisher means no money. No money means no talented developers with years of experience. And without that you've got a shit game on your hands.

Not him but saying all indie games are shit is fucking retarded and objectively wrong. You may not prefer them to AAA titles which is whatever, but saying all of them are shit just makes you look like one of those retards that thinks their tastes in games is the only correct taste and is better than everyone else’s.

I disagree, CrossCode was actually a damn good game for an indie title far as gameplay, story, and art goes. The music is inbetween pretty meh and out right garbage though

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You should play them. They're all from games that I can personally verify are very good, save for Opoona which I did not actually play.
>No publisher means no money
That's not even close to correct. Literally any self-published game counts as indie. This just means the money for development comes from places other than the publisher.
>No money means no talented developers with years of experience.
This is also wrong. Most indie gamedevs havee made games before, you know. The reason most indie games are independently published in the first place is so that the devs have complete creative freedom with the project.
>And without that you've got a shit game on your hands
Once again, money can come from other places than the publisher.
For a quick example of an indie game that came out before the internet ywt still managed to be very good, see Umihara Kawase.
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There's more than just AAA and indie games moron

>actually arguing with shitposters that are either genuinely trying to bump the thread because creates a stronger posting flow than genuine discussion, or are just looking for (you)s
Don't be stupid, kids.

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>The music is inbetween pretty meh and out right garbage though
I dunno, I think Crosscode has some pretty fucking good tracks. Exponential Growth, Battle 3, Battle 2, and the title screen theme are all fantastic. god the final boss track was super fucking underwhleming, though, but that's a problem with a lot of RPGs

Kikestarter money is never enough to rival a game like Metal Gear Solid 3.

Indie is trash, deal with it.

Wrong

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I'm not talking about Kickstarter, user.

>Picking literally the worst songs from each of these games
>Not picking music from the superior tekken tag 1/2

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little bit of a strong opinion but generally yeah, now you have a thread full of faggot pointing out the odd indie or nintendo game that features good vidya music that really is the exception to the rule of generic orchestral / synth hybrid music found in most AAA games of today

There is not a single bad track in this game.
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im not even that guy but dude just stop, he kinda just assfucked you from any other argument you could make at this point.

Nobody's denying that modern AAA games are AIDS, user, just that the idea that "vidya music died after PS2" is stupid.

>Magic Spear
Of all the AC7 tracks, you picked the best one.

Fair enough, user. You're right. It's just something that personally bothers me a lot. I'll just post some more stuff instead.

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God, it's so good.
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yeah i agree with that, it's more like it started to die after ps2, ps3 and 360 still had some glimmers of good music and nowadays it's only nintendo and indies usually

that said:

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Indie's are garbage and so is your taste retard

There's still plenty of good tracks everywhere.
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Don't mind me, just posting god-tier music from a not-so-god-tier game.
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It doesn't have to be indie or nintendo.
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That's just from this year so far, plus all the AC7 music people have posted.

fair point i guess japan is still decent at it, though i'd say RE2's remastered music is a tad too generic and i prefer the old one

That's right, bro! The big corporations do it better than everyone else! Let's all give our money exclusively to the companies who do nothing but follow trends and shit out the same BS every fucking year!

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>literally teleports behind you

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>preferring the PSP soundtrack
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There's more than just AAA western shit and indies you drooling fucking pedophile

AAA games are gone, user, it's games as service now. If you want actual videogames, look outside of AAA

God damn, those tracks are good enough that you'd think they'd carry the whole game. I know it's Mick, but holy shit. If nothing else his range is simply incredible.

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Hat in Time has some good tracks, made better when they match the sheer clusterfuck going on on screen.

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Careful not to cut yourself on all that edge.

not really

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iirc, Mick didn't do the audio mixing in the game so the soundtrack is barely noticeable ingame, and that is a much worse sin than the crappy ending.