Give me your favourite OSTs, individual tracks, whatever.

  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.worksOPM
    21·
    15 hours ago

    I have lots of favourites but I feel like most will be suggested by others so I’ll go for one that isn’t as popular: Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine. The whole soundtrack is amazing start to finish. Some of the best piano tunes to ever be in a video game, and a super under-appreciated game. It should’ve been way bigger than it was. Unfortunately it’s being tainted by its less-than-stellar sequel which came out recently. Don’t play the sequel, but definitely play the original. It’s fun solo but it really shines co-op with a friend (or three). It supports up to four players and I’d definitely recommend co-op if you have the means. I used to play it on 360 with a friend of mine and it’s some of my most fond gaming memories. It’s not a difficult game to figure out but it’s not an easy game to get good at. But all that is to say, play the game, or if you can’t, absolutely listen to the soundtrack. It’s awesome.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1·
    14 minutes ago

    Pillars of eternity 1 and 2, octopath traveler, Chrono trigger, streets of rage, sonic 1-3, and doom eternal were all pretty amazing

  • AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    4·
    2 hours ago

    I’ve seen a lot of good mentions here already but haven’t seen Nier: Automata yet. I thought the game was overrated, but there are a lot of great audio tracks

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      I’ve seen a lot of good mentions here already but haven’t seen Nier: Automata yet.

      A number of people have suggested it. I linked to the playlists on one comment here. Note that if you’re using the Lemmy Web UI, it — unfortunately, in my opinion — uses AJAX “infinite scroll” loading for comments, and has no way to disable this functionality. Thus, if you are using a web browser and search for text further down in comments, you won’t find it, as the web browser doesn’t know that it should load the rest of the comments to search through them. You have to scroll all the way to the end of the page, keeping yourself at the bottom to force the Javascript on the page to load all the content chunk-by-chunk until it’s done, then do a search. This is one of my irritations with the AJAX “infinite scroll” design, that it breaks browser “find in page” functionality. I’m not saying that there’s never utility to it, but I’d generally rather have the ability to turn it off for situations where the list I’m loading is bounded in size and where I have a fast connection.

      Reddit’s old Web UI at least had a one-click link to load all comments on a post; it would load the first 200 and then have a single click that would load all comments. Lemmy’s Web UI presently lacks this functionality.

  • meaansel@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 hours ago

    axiom verge 1 and 2 - good in different ways. i liked to put first on for long coding sessions, and the second expanded in interesting directions
    transistor & pyre & hades - all scored by Darren Korb, but different genres. from first moment, transistor has such vibe in big part thanks to it’s soundtrack, and is among my all time top games
    Nier automata - won awards for it’s soundtrack, clear to hear why
    crypt of the necrodancer - rhythm game should have a good soundtrack, and it does
    witcher 3 - the battle themes - like “silver for monsters” are unique style of action-y folk, very rare to find anything else that scratches that itch.
    dusk - awesome and dynamic metal
    risk of rain 1&2 - first game itself didn’t click with me, but, oh man, that solo in “Monsoon” get me every time, and “Coalescence” is poignantly melancholic in a similar way to “song of the ancients” from nier - which is (a very high praise and) much more expected from nier’s type of game than a “risk of rain”'s. “face of the deep” from ror2 from second is head-spinning in a good way
    no man’s sky - it introduced me to 65dos, for which i’m very grateful. that soundtrack is still probably my favourite album of theirs noita - low-key psychedelic, very vibes
    unreal tournament 99 - and i think it’s not just nostalgia, because one of my favourites - “mechanism 8” - is from the map i almost never played
    “Ultrakill” - good soundtrack, and yet cyber grind tracks from guest composers are still my favourites. “The cyber grind” in particular is just exhilarating

    individual tracks i overheard from games i haven’t played:

    old “touhou project” games - their soundtrack is full of gems, even if it’s not my genre of game
    system shock 2’s “Med Sci 1” and “Engineering” - very nice, i want more of that and can’t find
    “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”'s “Lumière” - made me wishlist the game just for having it
    “Final Fantasy IX”'s “You’re not alone” - very nice melody i like to whistle sometimes. considering playing it just for having it
    original “Castlevania”'s “Vampire killer” rocks

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    46 minutes ago

    Marathon 2: Durandal has only one song, the title theme, but I do like it as a good “get one pumped to play the game” song! From the band Power of Seven.

    EDIT: Also, while I don’t know if I’d want to just listen to it alone outside of the game — never tried — Jets’n’Guns has a soundtrack that works well for the game. Done by the band Machinae Supremacy. One of the game’s levels is set in a future Machinae Supremacy concert.

    Also, Bandcamp link for the soundtrack: https://machinaesupremacy.bandcamp.com/album/jetsnguns-soundtrack

  • FrederikNJS@lemmy.zip
    5·
    3 hours ago

    Outer Wilds - The way this game uses music and ambient sound to foster a sense of wonder, dread, excitement, sorrow, and much more is nothing short of incredible. Probably the best game I have ever played.

    Subnautica - Equally impressive use of music as Outer Wilds, many of the same feelings, but a much much different vibe and genre.

    Return of the Obra Dinn - A grim game where the soundtrack with church bells and heavy string instruments really underscore the mood.

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    2·
    3 hours ago

    Ragnarok Online. Really love “Desert” and “Dancimg Christmas in the 13th Month.” So many more, but those two really stand out.

  • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world
    31·
    3 hours ago

    Lots of good choices in the comments already so I’ll start with what I’m currently obsessed with: Project Wingman and its DLC, FRONTLINE-59.

    OTXO is also great if you’re looking for some heart-pounding action, both in-game and to listen.

    Neotokyo, the old source mod has two fantastic cyberpunk albums for its OST: GSDF and NSF. Both have their own unique style instead of trying to imitate the classics which is a huge plus.

    I’ve seen Drakengard being mentioned already so have some heavenly sounds announcing the end of the world. If you’d like something that doesn’t cause as much mental damage as the first game, Drakengard 3 is your friend! It’s still possesses the mad undertones of the original and some of the boss music can be take it or leave it for some people as the heavy electronic vibes can clash with the medieval fantasy aesthetic (I love them all personally) but it has some absolute bangers as well.
    Here are the usual suspects when people talk about this title:

    • Black Song - surprisingly light considering when it plays in the game.
    • The Final Song is a backing track for an 8 minute boss fight with no checkpoints and no place for mistakes (1HP through the whole thing baby!).
    • This Silence Is Mine - if you want to listen to someone who’ve been through hell and back singing asking for the sweet release of death. It’s raw, it’s emotional and it perfectly encapsulates all the themes of the D3’s protagonist, Zero. Still one of my favourite OST songs of all time despite listening to it for at least a decade now.

    Last but not least, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse. It’s filled with fun and energetic tracks which fit perfectly with the light comedic tone of the series. Jake Kaufman’s masterpiece and probably my favourite OST in the series.

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    4 hours ago

    I really like the soundtrack to Suikoden. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but it’s one of the better ones for me.

    And lunar silver star story is pretty good too.

    • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 hours ago

      Being able to listen to tracks 2-11 of the game disc in a regular CD player felt like wizardry to 14-year-old me.