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[Omega Kirby]

Always makes me sad when a game is so painfully average or mediocre yet its soundtrack is amazing and has to be lumped with the games overall negative reception.

Tales of Zestiria - Melody of Water

 

[MaximumSpider]

A good chunk of Sonic games.

 

[rhandino]

Eternal Sonata - The Thread

 

[Frumix]

Final Fantasy XIII? Final Fantasy XIII

 

[bizzarewars]

A good chunk of Sonic games.

You can fault the modern Sonic games for a lot of things, but you definitely can't fault them for their grade-A quality butt-rock.

 

[Machina]

Yooka Laylee: the thread

 

[princemarth23]

Nier.

 

[Phediuk]

A whole lot of C64 and Amiga games.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Final Fantasy XIII? Final Fantasy XIII

Yeep. FFXIII's music deserved a better FFXIII.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

Nier

Edit: I take back mentioning Automata. Played for a couple more hours and reached a legitimately interesting boss fight. Truly epic stuff.

 

[Geg]

Paper Mario Color Splash

 

[Ganondorfo]

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

If this soundtrack was used for a Final Fantasy game, everyone would still talk about it.

 

[sphinx]

I feel like Gravity Rush kinda sorta fits in here

game is OK, is not bad, just merely ok

but the music is SUPERB

 

[galvatron]

Spiderman and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge

 

[MTC100]

Eternal Sonata - The Thread

I somehow finished it but I won't lie. It was a drag.

 

[Opa-Pa]

As someone who can't enjoy game music without enjoying the game it comes from, these situations are the worst.

Final Fantasy XV.

Also Cheetahmen!

 

[Jawbreaker]

Voodoo Vince.

"Trophy Room"
"Voodoo Shop"

Not that I'd say it's a waste since the OST can stand on its own.

 

[Wiseblade]

Oh, so it's the Final Fantasy XIII/Chrono Cross thread.

 

[Human Trashcan]

pretty much exemplifies Persona 5 for me. A lot of fantastic music and some great character designs wasted on a bad game.

 

[Boy Wander]

Super Adventure Island

 

[void666]

Child of Light

 

[MissileTrick]

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. It actually had great art and music , but the gameplay was a snoozefest.

 

[Neff]

A whole lot of C64 and Amiga games.

Holy shit, this.

 

[Spman2099]

I present you the amazing music of Silver Surfer.

Seriously, listen to it. You won't believe the insanity of how awesome it is.

 

[LongDongJunon]

Every fucking game composed by Olivier Deriviere

Spoiler

I liked Remember Me tho

 

[adamsapple]

The first Nier. Game lived off of it's sound track.

 

[lem0n]

Mafia 3

 

[Darkangel]

Silent Hill: Homecoming

 

[VDenter]

MGS4 comes to mind.

 

[13ruce]

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

 

[eliochip]

Although I actually really liked this game, Bomberman Heros was critically panned

The soundtrack was revolutionary though.

 

[SimonM7]

A good chunk of Sonic games.

I reckon this is THE answer. Ironically I think arguably the worst Sonic game, Sonic 06, has some of the best music. The cutscenes in Sonic games are no slouches either.

Dreams of An Absolution <3

 

[JonnyDBrit]

A good chunk of Sonic games.

Chief among them, Sonic 06.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggqTSLydqr0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI6JR94quJI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNQEol9OXM

Like, one of the most consistent comments you'll find throughout most Sonic 06 soundtrack videos is utter bewilderment by the fact that this game, of all games, had to have such a good soundtrack

Edit: Why, SimonM7 providing a prime example!

 

[Fbh]

I actually kinda like Lair.
But I think the horrible reception scared John Debney away from working in the video games industry.

Which is a shame because the soundtrack of Lair is absolutely amazing

https://youtu.be/JknHQZpZJQ4

Easily my favorite "epic" soundtrack of last gen

 

[BigEmil]

Blue Reflection, brilliant music

 

[Psychoward]

Child of Light

no

 

[Giran]

The Last Remnant and Rogue Galaxy

 

[Baron Von Beans]

Nier.

Nier and Nier Automata.

I can let yous twos have the point for the first game. The actual gameplay and graphics weren't the best, but I can't say anything is subpar about the rest.

However - Automata? No way. I haven't beaten it once, and in no way does it come close to being a subpar game. Although, I could see reasons why people would think that, I suppose.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

Musashi Samurai Legend was an awful action RPG, especially compared to Brave Fencer Musashi. Junya Nakano and Masashi Hamazu wrote a lovely score to a pretty crummy game.

I love FF XIII so I ain't even gonna mention that one. I guess Unlimited Saga is another Hamazu gem attached to an iffy game.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

The Last Remnant and Rogue Galaxy

The Last Remmant is a bad game?! -deep breath- That's cool. Whatever. Doesn't bother me at all. Not. At. All......

 

[Blam]

Destiny for sure when it had launched.

EDIT:

WET has an amazing set of soundtracks done for it. For a otherwise underrated game.

 

[Kain-Nosgoth]

Seiken Densetsu 4 (Dawn of Mana) :

The Fool's Dance

Burning Spirits

Reminiscence

The Final Decisive Battle

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

I personally like the game, but I'm sure many would agree it's a mediocre game...Knuckles' Chaotix has outstanding music imo...it's something else

 

[A Serious Man]

Saga Frontier 2


I like Chrono Cross but the OST is much better than the rest of the game. Kinda feel the same way about Silent Hill 3 and the original Guild Wars.

 

[Ralemont]

Tales of Legendia. Probably one of the weaker Tales efforts, but has the best soundtrack by far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5mBC4f264

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpz3OdCfK44

 

[PIMPBYBLUD]

The Fight- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIZoHawovmw&ytbChannel=Diomancheg

 

[Shahadan]

Unlimited SaGa is usually the right answer

 

[Consequence]

Furi. Couldn't get into the gameplay much but it's a damn good soundtrack.

 

[Omegasquash]

I present you the amazing music of Silver Surfer.

Seriously, listen to it. You won't believe the insanity of how awesome it is.

I'm glad I was beaten to it. Follin magic.

 

[RavageDark]

Blitz: The League

The game wasn't that bad, but those loading times were ridiculous.