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[BiGBoSSMk23]

I was wondering if anyone has come across games that they just can't get into, and yet have such an amazing soundtrack that you actively try to see the good in it, even though it's not your cup of tea.

For me:

Assassin's Creed II and Jesper Kyd's music.

In my opinion this game is not nearly as well realized as the music, or the music is in a class of its own. I fucking love it. Can't get enough of it, and I could never get into the game for various reasons.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Super Castlevania IV. Pretty nice soundtrack, really mediocre Castlevania.

 

[Coffee Dog]

Minecraft.

 

[FettS1]

Chrono Cross - the game is good (not as good as Trigger, in my opinion) - but the OST is absolutely amazing!

 

[Spirit Icana]

Ar tonelico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un5PR4RLq7s

The music made this game.

 

[Zhao_Yun]

Chrono Cross. One of my favorite OSTs of all time but the game was just mediocre imo.

 

[Deleted member 284]

Hello Actraiser the thread. Game was pretty ok for it's time. Soundtrack is top tier.

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

Super Castlevania IV.

Woah, off topic for a second, I've seen your avatar in an old PlayStation magazine before, back in late 90's. Always wondered where it was from.

Was it called Front something...?

 

[TwistedN]

Sonic the Hedgehog

Spoiler

2006

 

[Superflat]

Mass Effect 3

Loved Clint Mansell's track and I ultimately liked the soundtrack more than the game. Incredibly evocative and well produced.

Variation on main theme:

An End Once and For All
Leaving Earth

 

[Morfeo]

Final Fantasy VII: The thread.

 

[Maxim726X]

Nier.

Game was great, in my opinion... But the OST was possibly the best of the last generation.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Woah, off topic for a second, I've seen your avatar in an old PlayStation magazine before, back in late 90's. Always wondered where it was from.

Was it called Front something...?

wat

That's the cover art from Wasteland, an old PC RPG from 1988. Inspiration for the Fallout games.

 

[vio]

This is some seriously good music. Like really good.

Game was ok, super ambitious but not good as it should havebeen. Needed another year of polishing and fixing stuff.

 

[Syril]

Woah, off topic for a second, I've seen your avatar in an old PlayStation magazine before, back in late 90's. Always wondered where it was from.

Was it called Front something...?

It's the box art of Wasteland.

 

[HabeeNo]

Could be an unpopular opinion, but Final Fantasy XIII

 

[Llyranor]

Woah, off topic for a second, I've seen your avatar in an old PlayStation magazine before, back in late 90's. Always wondered where it was from.

Was it called Front something...?

That's from Wasteland

 

[RPGamer92]

Nier thread? Nier thread.

 

[Wiktor]

Zombies / Corporate Lifestyle Simulator
Decent game, one of the very best soundtracks of last couple years

 

[Skiesofwonder]

Advent Rising

Game sucked, but had godly music.

 

[Dusk Golem]

This is some seriously good music. Like really good.

Game was ok, super ambitious but not good as it should havebeen. Needed another year of polishing and fixing stuff.

Beat me to the punch.

Alone in the Dark 5: The Thread.

 

[LiK]

The Bourne Conspiracy. Amazing soundtrack.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

 

[Sentenza]

Morrowind and Skyrim.

 

[Riposte]

Final Fantasy VII: The thread.

I would say this is true of every single Final Fantasy game to varying extents.

 

[BeamImpact]

Final Fantasy X for me id say

 

[BFIB]

ACIII had a great soundtrack.

 

[Ganondorfo]

Castlevania Curse of Darkness
Proof:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leBaBDtgGWc

 

[djtiesto]

Hotline Miami. Didn't care much for the game and its loose controls and high-death-toll/insta-respawn type gameplay but god damn that soundtrack!

Also Shatter is a solid Arkanoid-style game with a few interesting twists on the formula, but damn that soundtrack is in another league entirely.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Star Fox Assault has a sound track that sounds like it belongs on a much larger and more epic space adventure than that game. Amazing, orchestrated remixes of SNES and N64 classic tunes with a few really good new songs.

Assault wasn't a bad game, but it had the soundtrack for a much better game.

 

[Wazzy]

I'll go with Chrono Cross. I love the game but the OST is fantastic and stood out the most.

Final Fantasy VII: The thread.

In what way? VII's OST is great but it's not amazing nor does it outclass the game itself.

 

[theDeeDubs]

Hotline Miami for me. Loved the music but didn't like the gameplay.

 

[Goteki_45]

 

[Bust Nak]

I am going with FF8.

 

[Ludist210]

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. Fantastic music (some of my favorite of last generation), so-so gameplay overall.

 

[z1ggy]

Final Fantasy XIII has an amazing OST, sadly the game is pretty average.

 

[Celine]

Enemy Zero:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo1a4iICOzM&list=PLC8B0E452CC233833

 

[Balmung421]

DOTA 2's new music pack outclasses the game

Spoiler

's meta

 

[J.W.Crazy]

Remember Me has a great soundtrack. I remember thinking while playing what a shame it was that most people would never hear it because the game as a whole missed the mark.

 

[KojiKnight]

Chrono Cross - the game is good (not as good as Trigger, in my opinion) - but the OST is absolutely amazing!

This is the best answer. I really liked Chrono Cross, the music however is just plain God Tier.

I'd say Mega Man X3 for my choice. Not the best X game by far, but the music puts most of the others to shame.

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

wat

That's the cover art from Wasteland, an old PC RPG from 1988. Inspiration for the Fallout games.

Oh, ok. Still, I weirdly remember seeing that picture in an older PlayStation magazine...

Good one. Hans Zimmer has made some decent game soundtracks.

 

[Hahs]

There was an option to playback all the sound effects in the game, and it included the music - actually made a "mix-tape" back in the day that included my favorites!

Soundtrack

 

[Slamtastic]

Marvel vs Capcom 3

 

[EatinOlives]

I really couldn't stand Lost Odyssey or any of its stubbornness in clinging to outdated JRPG design for the sake of feeling like an old-school JRPG, but its soundtrack was sublime.

Dat world map theme.

An amazing piece perfectly capturing the essence of fantasy world exploration. And what do they use it in? A fucking menu, because they couldn't be arsed to make a world map.

 

[Anteater]

Eternal Sonata, man I hated that game outside of its visuals and music

 

[Shig]

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon has a dang great soundtrack.

 

[vidgmes]

The soundtrack was one of the things I really liked about Remember Me.

http://youtu.be/eiC8REQ4ls4?t=1m41s

 

[zruben]

I have to agree to the mention of Final Fantasy X and Chrono Cross in this thread

Super Castlevania IV. Pretty nice soundtrack, really mediocre Castlevania.

you and I will never be friends

 

[Barry Burton]

Halo, the campaign specifically.

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

Remember Me has a great soundtrack. I remember thinking while playing what a shame it was that most people would never hear it because the game as a whole missed the mark.

Great example. Honestly, this game was ass. (no pun intended)

Style over substance, and I did buy it because of the soundtrack but god was the game dull and uninteresting.