Matthew on 8/4/2012 at 15:05
You said you didn't really want handheld recommendations but, as I see you have a DSi, I'll just throw in a mention of (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Starsign) Magical Starsign, which can be a bit formulaic but has a nice little world built around it.
Yakoob on 8/4/2012 at 16:28
I was just at my local used games store and saw Hotel Dusk for $10 and was itching to get it, as I heard it's quite excellent, but then the little raccoon I keep in my backpack exactly for such an occasion slapped me and taught me better. I've historically sucked and never enjoyed point-n-clicks so I'd probably just end up making an angry thread about it on TTLG 2 hours in :p
And oh yea I totally forgot Chrono Cross. I was always curious about it, but always heared mixed opinions between "awesome" and "ruined the chrono trigger franchise." I do have the soundtrack, tho, and don't think it's any particularily good (or at least, nothing more than generic jrpg music fare).
zajazd on 8/4/2012 at 18:05
I finished Chrono Trigger yesterday - I would recommend it, it's a masterpiece. I look forward to trying Chrono Cross now. playstayshaan.
Yakoob on 8/4/2012 at 19:56
The intro is indeed nice, but the rest is just eeeh. Maybe I am being weird here, but it has that.... "video game music" feel to it, if that makes any sense.
Sulphur on 8/4/2012 at 21:25
Quote Posted by Yakoob
The intro is indeed nice, but the rest is just eeeh. Maybe I am being weird here, but it has that.... "video game music" feel to it, if that makes any sense.
I kinda sorta do. It's to do with the loops and simplistic repeatability of the tracks... which harkens back to the NES days and the fact that video game music needed to be memorable, with a driving melody you'd not easily be tired of because you'd hear these tracks a
lot as you progressed through the game. But that's why CC's OST stands out - the melodies are top friggin' notch, and, at least as far as I'm concerned, you can hear Mitsuda pour as much of himself as he could into it down to the the sounds of fingers sliding across frets being audible in what is, essentially, synthesised MIDI music.
Heck, I remember Christopher Franke (of Babylon 5 fame) saying that Bach and Beethoven were essentially composing pop music of the day in their era, and I have no qualms lumping CC's soundtrack in a sort of 'video game pop' genre - but, you know, once we generalise, pop kind of includes the Beatles as well, and they knew how to inflict ear worms on the general public too. It's not esoteric shit like Vagrant Story's OST, but damn it, it doesn't have to be.
Yakoob on 9/4/2012 at 02:34
Yea more like YOUR MOM is a... well... umm.. actually you have a very good point and I do fully agree :| I especially like your point Bach and Mozart being "pop" in their own day, very much true and part of the reason why artists usually dont get appreciated until long after they are done.
As for Vagrant Story OST... I need to listen to it again. I liked the game (albeit I never completed it; I got lost and the consistency/repetitiveness of artstyle made it hard to navigate, even with a walk through) but cant remember the music. It's wonderful how any audio-visual you could ever want to find these days is just a youtube search away.
PriligySir on 22/4/2012 at 01:07
you are best!
icemann on 22/4/2012 at 04:36
Quote Posted by Yakoob
As for Vagrant Story OST... I need to listen to it again. I liked the game (albeit I never completed it; I got lost and the consistency/repetitiveness of artstyle made it hard to navigate, even with a walk through) but cant remember the music. It's wonderful how any audio-visual you could ever want to find these days is just a youtube search away.
Vagrant story is awesome. Very light on story, but the gameplay is very good. The music is outstanding. Alot of replayability in the game also since you can (once you've beaten it) go back and replay the game complete with all your levels and equipment carried over.
