• Lenny@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Swap music with Graphics or Story and I’m with you on most games.

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      1 year ago

      IGN’s review of Starfield has zero mention of the music, same with its Fallout 4 review.

      Just checked The Verge - also not mentioning the music of Starfield at all.

      In my opinion, music is what turns a good game into a great game.

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        Eh, that’s very subjective. A ton of people (me included) mute the music and have something else in the background (with exceptions, of course).

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        Music has always been the part I’ve cared the least about. Out of the thousands of hours I’ve wasted on games, the only video game song I can think of out of the blue is the Mario theme song. (And Raphael’s battle song in bg3 because I just fought him; that shit was pretty cool.) It always surprises me when I see OSTs included in deluxe editions because I think, who’s going to listen to 2 hours of instrumentals from a game they played 5 years ago. To each their own I guess.

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        1 year ago

        Very true.

        But then again, it’s a Bethesda game. You already know what the music going to be.

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          1 year ago

          You also already know the quality of the story and gameplay. Seems they didn’t buck the trend this time.

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            No, you don’t, because Fallout 4 was particularly trash on both counts. It’s explicitly why I haven’t even subbed to Gamepass or anything for Starfield after growing up obsessed with Oblivion, FO3, FONV, and Skyrim, as well as buying the Pip Boy Edition of FO4 because I was so excited for it.

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            1 year ago

            Yup. It’s been twenty years since they started the whole “player cannot fail and they must succeed at everything” gameplay ideal. Anyone still expecting better is playing themselves.

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            1 year ago

            It’s been the same music for 20 years.
            Oh look it’s another rendition of the Morrowind title theme.