Originally posted by evianwater

Originally posted by Sovrath

Originally posted by evianwater

It might be a good sign that this is one of my major complaints, but it is a complaint.

 

There seems to be a great lack of music in Guild Wars 2, whether you're just exploring or in the midst of furious combat, music *always* adds an important element to the expirience.

 

Music is key to setting the mood to a video game just like it is in any major movie, and the complete lack of it is...strange.

 

Can someone tell me if this was ever mentioned before ? That perhaps they just haven't added it for the betas ? Or did they really decide it wasn't worth their time ?

ugh.

You realize that music in movies isn't necessarily a good thing right? and that a movie can be over scored and that can pull away from the actual acting among other things? I recall "Great Expectations" and writhing in my seat because the music was not only ever present but it also insisted on forcing the viewer into a mindset as opposed to allowing the acting and the cinematogrpahy to create the mood.

There are great movies that have no music at all or minimal music. There are too many crappy movies that have music everywhere.

I think the music in GW2 is actually very good and doesnt' take away from the game at all. It's there but it's not in your face.

Well there's a difference between music being over-done..and music just not being there at all. There's a reason why there are composers that are so well known, adding music to a medium like a video game or a movie is an art in it of itself.

 

If it it is done well, it can change the entire feel of the movie/game and take it to a higher plataeu. If its' done poorly..well..it destroys the medium.

There's no disagreement by me.

However, whether or not the music in GW2 or any game is another matter.

The music is there. You just want it all the time is my guess. There are some beautiful dissonances and some amazing sections. My guess is that you are used to a more "in your face" type of scoring and not one that is there to enhance as opposed to (for lack of a better analogy) be a more central "character" in the game.

Simply put GW2 has some of jeremy soule's best work ever..

To bad something was wrong with your sound..

Originally posted by evianwater

And as for all the responses I must be missing something..because I can't recall any moment in three beta tests where I was immersed by music. 

 

I used to think "combat music" was an annoying feature in video games until the lack of in in GW2.

I can't imagine that music is turned off by default, but you're making me wonder....  I've played in every BWE and have thoroughly enjoyed the music.  It's beautiful, haunting sometimes, never over done and always spot on with the mood of the moment.  Either you don't have it turned on, or the volume is set WAY too low.  I'd check that out in options if I were you.