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FFXIV might have the best soundtrack in an MMO of all time .
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Myths
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I mean… there are a lot of singles you could handpick out of most MMOs that one enjoys most. I couldn’t say one or the other is the greatest of all time with certainty.
Holy Consult, Navigator’s Glory, and Twilight over Thanalan are my top picks. Nemesis is another thrill for encounters.
Holy Consult, Navigator’s Glory, and Twilight over Thanalan are my top picks. Nemesis is another thrill for encounters.
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Morrie’s wig shop
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I’d maybe agree if TESO didn’t exist.
Meicyn
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I groan every time they play “Machinations” in a cutscene. Easily the most overused cutscene song in the game, and it’s a 45 second loop. And it plays in rest areas in Northern Thanalan!
Nearly as bad is the track they had on a 60 second loop for like, two hours during the part in Endwalker where you’re wrapping things up in Labyrinthos.
The desert music is probably my favorite track from RO. Such a fantastic song. Captures the mood perfectly, and I always think about those honking pecopecos when it comes up on my playlist.
Rykan
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Oh dude I hate Machinations. I was so done with that song. My other nominations for groan inducing, overused music are: Imperial Will (We get it, Empire Bad) and Cheeky/Bliss, which only exists to let you know that you're about to witness another poor attempt at humor that you can safely skip over.
It's unreal how much good music there is in that game, yet they keep using those few songs.
RO is filled with good tracks. The Desert Music is awesome. Payon Dungeon probably is the most nostalgic for me, followed by Streamside.
Mondai
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WoW music is so boring to me
Damigos
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Not to meWoW music is so boring to me
Midnight Bliss
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Topics like this make me go WTF and question whether the people posting have actually played more than one mmo
heck FF11 had a better OST than FF14. Ragnarok Online still wins though
heck FF11 had a better OST than FF14. Ragnarok Online still wins though
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dispensergoinup
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Agreed 100%, the callbacks are what make them so good to me.
Brigandier
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FFXIV has a great ost.
FFXI and Aion both have incredible osts aswell.
FFXI and Aion both have incredible osts aswell.
Revolutionary
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Might? There is no competition. Every expansion adds like what... 30+ songs? And it's not a quantity > quality thing, because most of the songs ARE quality. I love how every expansion switches up musical styles (Heavensward church organs were amazing) to keep it fresh... honestly, the soundtrack is one of the few things I can still gush about in XIV because it has never wavered (unlike most other aspects of the game, but that's another discussion).
This incredible song debuted just a month ago:
This incredible song debuted just a month ago:
HiFiVideogameMusic
Banned
It does imo. I own every soundtrack so far.
Here is one of the amazing boss themes
Here is one of the amazing boss themes
Captain Toad
Banned
And FFXIV laughs in its face.
I'm more partial to XI's soundtrack, but every Final Fantasy game has a great soundtrack and is a big part of the experience. XIII is among the best game soundtracks ever.
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HiFiVideogameMusic
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Here is another gem
HiFiVideogameMusic
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Koenigssee
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ARR's music (Pharos Sirius track to be precise) got me interested and paid hard earn money for this game, fully accepted back then that it might be nothing more than a mid MMORPG in FF skin with some classic FF nostalgia sprinkled in.
Glad it is more than that.
Ishgard Day and Night theme are still my favorite tracks, got the golden age Squaresoft RPGs feelings in them.
Glad it is more than that.
Ishgard Day and Night theme are still my favorite tracks, got the golden age Squaresoft RPGs feelings in them.
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HiFiVideogameMusic
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One of my favs from Endwalker
NecrosaroIII
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You know,
There was something I've been wondering about.
There was something I've been wondering about.
What extent was Eorzea damaged during the battle of Carteneau? Obviously it was pretty fucked up since there is debris all over the continent. But some of the dialogue in the conversation with Louisoix implied that the major cities were destroyed and everyone died, but he brought them back with his Phoenix powers? Is this the correct interpretation?
Meicyn
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Yes, your interpretation is correct. The damage is extensive, considering Coerthas was a more temperate locale akin to Germany prior to that event. It was extensive enough to give the region eternal winter. It also made the elementals in the Black Shroud pretty impotent, nigh irrelevant. It was actually nice to see the developers revisit the elementals in one of the major sidequests in Endwalker.
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xellos2099alpha
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How is this even a thread without
Final Day and With Hearts Aligned
Final Day and With Hearts Aligned
Platinumstorm
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FFXIV has an incredible soundtrack to the point that it's stupid to even list them because there are so many good ones.
I am a little surprised that WoW is receiving some support; Blizzard itself considers the game to have more of an atmospheric soundtrack than a musical one.
WoW has some standouts:
Howling Fjord, Wintergrasp [Night], Grizzly Hills, Invincible, and Lament of the Highborne. Outside of that I've never been overly impressed with the soundtrack, and I've played WoW for 18 years, and FFXIV for 12.
I am a little surprised that WoW is receiving some support; Blizzard itself considers the game to have more of an atmospheric soundtrack than a musical one.
WoW has some standouts:
Howling Fjord, Wintergrasp [Night], Grizzly Hills, Invincible, and Lament of the Highborne. Outside of that I've never been overly impressed with the soundtrack, and I've played WoW for 18 years, and FFXIV for 12.
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Trazyn the Infinite
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I think WoW used to have just as good of a soundtrack - with some standout ones even through Cata and MoP - but they fell off hard. I can’t remember or hum a single tune from the last few expansions and I raided Mythic throughout Legion and BFA. Hundreds of hours and not a single memorably chord or melody.
FFXIV on the other hand? I mostly just casually play it and I can remember each melody/tune for each zone. Boss battles I can listen to endlessly even outside the game. That is a sign of a great OST.
Kumomeme
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sigmaZ
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FF XIV has great music, but it's all a bit flashy for me. I prefer simple, groovy, melody driven stuff like this over over-the-top melodramatic choruses any day of the week.
Nico_D
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It has it's moments. ARR was largely inconsequential, some highlights here and there but too far apart. The first time I actually paid attention to the soundtrack, or the soundtrack caught me, was at the end of Heavensward with Dragonsong.
Stormblood, again, passable but nothing memorable. Shadowbringers on the other hand was amazing through and through. I haven't started Endwalker yet, I hope it ´manages to keep it up.
Stormblood, again, passable but nothing memorable. Shadowbringers on the other hand was amazing through and through. I haven't started Endwalker yet, I hope it ´manages to keep it up.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I still think World of Warcraft at least the early expansions as well as Suramar have the best music in a MMO in the open world environments.
FFXIV's best music comes from dungeons and boss fights IMO.
I do have a soft spot for the music of FFXI which I feel as a whole is better then FFXIV.
FFXIV's best music comes from dungeons and boss fights IMO.
I do have a soft spot for the music of FFXI which I feel as a whole is better then FFXIV.
Trazyn the Infinite
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It absolutely has that kind of music by the spades as well. Almost every zone is simple melody driven stuff. Many dungeons are melody driven. Its usually only reserved for raids/bosses for the super epic choirs.
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
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Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Masterpiece of a game.
sigmaZ
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Yes. Those tend to be my favorite tracks.
FFXIV audio for me dont feel well tought out, audio feel like a roller caoster.
Audio guy wake up from heavy drinking and said hey! lets put some heavy metal here and some pretentious choir there.
I grew up on 10,11,12 audio, even 7-9 had great music. SQUARE plz put some good tunes in 16, tell the audio guy to dont do too much.
hear this? days have spent camping monsters hearing the same damn tune, its simple and can hum along. *spotify playlist >_>*
Audio guy wake up from heavy drinking and said hey! lets put some heavy metal here and some pretentious choir there.
I grew up on 10,11,12 audio, even 7-9 had great music. SQUARE plz put some good tunes in 16, tell the audio guy to dont do too much.
hear this? days have spent camping monsters hearing the same damn tune, its simple and can hum along. *spotify playlist >_>*
sigmaZ
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Klosshufvud
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Agree with this. This is why Uematsu is the God of JRPG composing. His music is simple but with a clear melody and mood to it. Soken is just opposite of that. He goes overdrive too easily and too many tracks end up being a mess of instruments going at it at once. When I listen to Soken, I'm just lost on what the intended mood besides "this is epic" is. Not impressed by anything I've heard in FF16 aswell...
SkylineRKR
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FFXIV is awesome overall. I remember playing ARR on PS4 and was hooked. I particularly liked scouting Limsa Lominsa and Field theme 4 is an awesome theme: