henke on 9/6/2009 at 09:53
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
Hearing [the Akuda bar theme] loop 23 times while [Beyond Good & Evil] installed pretty much killed it for me.
Yes holyshit what is it with developers embedding music(or ambient sounds) in installers? What if I want to listen to my own music and surf while it's installing? When I want to start playing the game I'll play it, no need to make the installer "part of the experience". :mad:
That being said, it's still a nice tune though.
Thirith on 9/6/2009 at 10:03
Quote Posted by henke
Yes holyshit what is it with developers embedding music(or ambient sounds) in installers? What if I want to listen to my own music and surf while it's installing? When I want to start playing the game I'll play it, no need to make the installer "part of the experience". :mad:
I don't know - I've always liked the more interesting installers. I have fond memories of the original
Command & Conquer's install routine.
Having said that, if they play music they should bloody well make it optional by having an on/off switch. As you said, henke, people might prefer listening to their own music, or watching videos online etc.
Mr. K. on 9/6/2009 at 10:22
1 - Morrowind's opening
2 - Anything Homeworld, Angus Dei for example
3 - Anything Thief, the closing for Thief 2 was very sweet
4 - Anything Arcanum
5 - Tristam theme in Diablo 1
6 - Anything Mirror's Edge, Still alive without vocals
7 - Still alive from Portal
Man, I'm not ever going to finish this list...
Thirith on 9/6/2009 at 10:25
Quote Posted by Mr. K.
2 - Anything Homeworld,
Angus Dei for example
:D I love this one almost as much as
Rouge Squadron. It sounds like the music for
Homeworld is being sung by a choir of Scots Taffers!
EvaUnit02 on 9/6/2009 at 10:59
Quote Posted by Thirith
I don't know - I've always liked the more interesting installers. I have fond memories of the original
Command & Conquer's install routine.
Oh, does anyone remember the installers for Interstate '76 and Battlezone 1? Now those were cool.
Painman on 9/6/2009 at 11:07
I like too much stuff to choose a single fave. I'll just give mention to one particular game's tracks and their artists:
X3:
Alexei Zakharov and Natalia Yakovleva: In particular, "Peace 2" (The piece for the Kingdom End system)
Daniel Finney's stuff for Terran Conflict: Particularly "Theme 1" (Kuiper Belt) and "Hostile 1" (Mars).
The game has its issues, but it also has some
damn good music.
...Sorry, I lied. I'm also going to go low-tech and mention the MOD tracks done by (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straylight_Productions) Straylight Productions for Epic and Origin. Good stuff.
gunsmoke on 9/6/2009 at 17:57
Quote Posted by henke
Yes holyshit what is it with developers embedding music(or ambient sounds) in installers? What if I want to listen to my own music and surf while it's installing? When I want to start playing the game I'll play it, no need to make the installer "part of the experience". :mad:
That being said, it's still a nice tune though.
Having just installed Gothic again, I have to agree. I like to just have the damn thing running in the background and make a noise when I need to change discs. Having to mute that loud shit music, and then randomly go back to check on its progress is annoying.
june gloom on 11/6/2009 at 18:54
Anybody else like the music in Defcon?
Koki on 11/6/2009 at 19:15
If I said that I do, would you believe it?
june gloom on 11/6/2009 at 19:22
No?
Yes?
Maybe?
I don't know. Ask me when Satan puts on a coat.
