To be honest I've not a single rant to even start with ...how sucky is that?
Not a single one.
I was really hoping to kick off with a bang such as a lack luster view on how I think mmo's were designed to be. At the very least a kick in the groin to WoW or something...Sad day.
What the proverbial hades though I'll try. Just for you one random reader who meant to click the upcomming games list.
Music in mmo's.
Yes I am going to rant about what seems like a small thing to many. Only one game will be attacked savagely (by savagely I mean with bopper sticks or whatever in a non leathal legal form).
LOTRO. This ones for you.
Battle music. Industry guys...Yeah you. What the hell guys?
Why is battle music always either non existant or in lotro's case horrible...drum beats and...drum rolls...and a horn here and there...Wow...
Lets look at howard shores battle music for lotro (I know this is unfair but hey..yeah) the Urakai had some of the baddest ass music ever heard and their fighting tune was even better . I've long forgotten the tracks, gotta lose some info for the newwest patch notes generic_rpg_online_worlds.
Lets go on back to LOTRO's battle hyms...things....whatever.
Sparse and dull and it really does seem to make combat more blah for me personally.. I understand everyones music tastes are different but guys...
Lets give battle music a place amongst mmo scores sometime, as of right now there have been few mmo's I've played with battle music let alone good.
Of course I usually swap it all out anyhow.
Cheers.
Yeah, I hear ya... not only battle music, but in most games, the music in general is too annoying to keep on. FF11 is the only game I know that did music well, whether it be for battles or just out in the wilderness... the music is half of the reason I get nostalgic for it on occasion...I just wish the gameplay was better to go along with it. :(
I have a feeling that if SquareEnix puts out another MMO like I think they already have in development, that it will most likely have good music in it as well.
I don't really see any other games in the near future coming out with kickass music, but i suppose we'll have to wait and see.
Thu Oct 25 2007 10:17PMFinal Fantasy 11 had the best battle music out any mmo, hell it had the best soundtrack realy. And Gajari SquareEnix is in development of another mmo but just like bioware they are keeping their lips shut about it.
Thu Oct 25 2007 10:53PMI agree about the music. If you're going to be paying monthly for a big mmorpg like LOTR then you should get the whole package. It seems like many MMORPGs these days are really taking short cuts to save a bit of cash. To me (which you might disagree) sometimes it is the little things that count and make a great game as a whole.
Fri Oct 26 2007 12:11AMGlad to see their are a few loonies who agree.
Music is a whole level of sense that is rarely even given a second glance outside of some quick tracks.
Though I would be a fool to say their isn't great music in thar mmo's.. It's just that it's like arriving at the gold rush 5 years too late.. Too little gold to matter.
Fri Oct 26 2007 5:32AMGuild Wars: Eye of the North music is the best. Check this link for sample:
Dwarf Theme: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=61514897
Iron Footfalls:
http://www.directsong.com/
Fri Oct 26 2007 3:03PMMMORPG.com writes:
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