Is the music important in video games?

[ruben_gamer4life]

lets not get of topic and anyway i think that even if the game doesn't have music. you might still be able to listen to your music from your CD player, Ipod, or MP3.

[Agent Smith]

Thats what i do when i play CSS or HL2:DM, listen to Stricken by Disturbed or some Soundgarden and im pwning my way to the top.

[Nihili_2501]

Well DIRRRR weird noises that are coming out of game are important......and I like nuggets

[kratos2934]

Ofcourse the music in video games is important! It builds some kind of suspense in video games. Thats when the music is really needed. I can not play a video game that has no music.

[Pilgrim John]

kratos2934 said:

Ofcourse the music in video games is important! It builds some kind of suspense in video games. Thats when the music is really needed. I can not play a video game that has no music.

In some areas in some games, though, silence is necessary to build suspense as well. Take Silent Hill and Resident Evil, for example: everything is quiet... TOO quiet. Then, when you least expect it--CRASH! A monster jumps in from the window and starts attacking you! See? Not having music in some areas can be suspenseful, too.

[kratos2934]

zer0 said:

kratos2934 said:

Ofcourse the music in video games is important! It builds some kind of suspense in video games. Thats when the music is really needed. I can not play a video game that has no music.

In some areas in some games, though, silence is necessary to build suspense as well. Take Silent Hill and Resident Evil, for example: everything is quiet... TOO quiet. Then, when you least expect it--CRASH! A monster jumps in from the window and starts attacking you! See? Not having music in some areas can be suspenseful, too.

I know what you mean, but silence just freaks me out. Thats why I sometimes avoid parts like that on Resident Evil games. I like it better when it plays some silent eerie music and it gradually becomes louder then BAM! Some monster guy pops out and the music changes. Do you understand what I mean?

[Pilgrim John]

Yeah, but I like complete silence, and THEN scary crap happening. Know what I mean? It's scarier.

[Waffle Monger]

zer0 said:

Yeah, but I like complete silence, and THEN scary crap happening. Know what I mean? It's scarier.

Silence is golden, but I mean, a whole freaking game without music is boring as crap. Imagine a 60 hour RPG without any music... id kill myself from the boredom

[Panique]

Or, you could make a DRASTIC movement, and put on a CD XD

I do that when I get bored.
I remember once putting on the Shrek soundtrack CD to play Zelda. ><

[Waffle Monger]

LOL!
I used to play alot of Cowboy Bebop when I played Crimson Skies, and alot of different crap while playing Halo2, cuz I ended up going against nothing but pre-pubescent little monsters who suck at cursing.

[Panique]

It's fun to contrast. Play a dark game and put on some pop music XD

Super Mario Bros. to SOAD. -glee-

[Agent Smith]

when you say SOAD, do you mean System of a Down? System of a Down is awesome!!!

[Panique]

Yeah, System of a Down. :] I've never tried Mario/SOAD, I'll have to someday.

[kratos2934]

I can't stand silence in music! I always have some sort of music on. Usually when I hate the music in an RPG I switch my iTunes playlist to shuffle. I always get some random song.

[Pilgrim John]

Huh, System of a Down, that heavy metal band? I usually don't listen to them, but I have played some Skillet and The Black Mages while playing a game. I tell you though, "Alien Youth" and "Fingernails" really don't sound like songs you'd listen to while playing Billy Hatcher.