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submitted 1 year ago by Yokozuna@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

I'll start it off - Legend of Dragoon has my heart with this one

https://youtu.be/jFtxom0RGI0?si=3aU7Vn0k-pr-xMWJ

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[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 28 points 1 year ago

Outer Wilds takes the cake for me.

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That game takes the soundtrack cake for any category it has an entry in

[-] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Kingdom Hearts main menu theme. It's absolutely a nostalgia hit for me. That game was one of my "get-away" games while in a rough situation. Hearing that music always makes me feel a little safer, like I'm just one step away from a completely different life.

Dearly Beloved and the variations on it are the best. I'm partial to the version for Kingdom Hearts 2 but they're all great

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[-] Gigan@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago
[-] MuThyme@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Pretty much any halo has the best menu music to me (I haven't played 5 though).

There's a lot of variety between them all too

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Skyrim, by a longshot. That theme never failed to get me cranked to get my Nordic adventuring on.

[-] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 9 points 1 year ago

HAH. HUAH. HAHH.

HAH. HUAH. HAHH.

OOOhhhh OHHHHH OUHHHHHH!!!! AUHHHHHHH!!!

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Saw this pop up in my replies before I noticed the context and was very confused... lol

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Really deep lyrics. A masterpiece of poetry.

[-] ono@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago
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[-] TheMinions@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’ll go with Mass Effect, the music in the first 3 games is incredible. Especially in the first game I think. This particular piece is called Vigil.

Here’s the not hour long version haha.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

Dude, I only just played the games for the very first time earlier this year and I absolutely feel what you mean. It's the very first piece of music you hear when you start the game, is used throughout the trilogy in pivotal moments, and is the very last theme that plays in the third game. So awesome

[-] TheMinions@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah. Leitmotifs are very effective at tying a story together and really help add some punch to those emotional moments.

I absolutely adore Mass Effect. It’s probably my favorite game ever. Top 3 at least.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

I do see that the narrative and the gameplay have some flaws, but overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the games and the ~100h it took me to finish the trilogy. The Citadel DLC was probably my favourite part of the entire series. I'd also probably put the games in my top x favourite games.

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Skyrim for sure, nothing gets you more prepared to start a new adventure than that.

Honorable mention to the Last of Us after you've completed the game and are just sitting there, staring at the screen and wondering what to do next.

[-] Phelpssan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Probably Metroid Prime. Both the Title Theme and the Menu Theme are fantastic.

Xenoblade games also have brilliant title themes. Here's the one for the first game.

Now, for some spice, let's branch into a type of game I think most people here won't have played - Visual Novels often have great title themes.

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[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago
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[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Legend of Zelda

Yeah, there are newer versions, but I deliberately found the original.

[-] nlm@literature.cafe 7 points 1 year ago
[-] eldnikpw@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[-] Jelly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Metroid Prime. I only played it for the first time this year when the remaster came out and the music blew me away.

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Payday 2 really sets the mood with it's music

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Elden Ring's main theme is literally the only video game song I have in my normal music rotation.

But only because Lunar Silver Star Story's Wings isn't on Spotify.

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[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

Skyrim and RuneScape 2 (pre-audio update) are both pretty damn iconic

At my wedding we had the DJ play Skyrim and Witcher 3 music during dinner and it worked way better than it had any business working

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[-] drislands@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Cadence of Hyrule, for sure. So damn good.

https://youtu.be/SnpaNEj4aCU?si=GrBpxcq1EN96Nv9D

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Not main menu but the golden eye pause menu music on the n64 was a banger 🔥

[-] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No joke about that shit bro

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[-] Reaphenex@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Definitely the original main menu music for Dragon's Dogma.

I remember booting it up on the PS3 back in the day and was like "Wha-?" but after playing the game so many times it's definitely become a favorite. Both for how out of place it is but also how perfect it fits after all the context of the game.

Sad they replaced it for the Dark Arisen version but luckily there is a mod for PC that restores it in all its glory. :P

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[-] Davel23@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago
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[-] Battery@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

One of the best fighting games

One Must Fall 2097

A little bit of nostalgia always helps too

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[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] rikudou 4 points 1 year ago

Witcher 3, phenomenal music.

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Super Mario Bros. 2

[-] Why9@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Dark Souls 3

Even years later, having completed the game many times, that opening song still gives me the chills! So haunting, so beautiful!

Skyrim has to be on the list for the pure joy of it

[-] hark@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
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[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Morrowind

Final Fantasy XII

[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The BF1942 theme/title music is the most epic to me.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ori and the Blind Forest has a great track throughout, but the menu is definitely a highlight.

[-] coolmyll 3 points 1 year ago

Max Payne. It sets the tone of the game at once.

[-] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Crusader: No Remorse / No Regret

https://youtu.be/wwG5BJtZBCU?si=aMMbMveu0s6KltoQ

So many great remixes of it too.

[-] bigredgiraffe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The whole collection of music from Stellaris and Cyberpunk are both excellent.

[-] Tarcion@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Gotta be Into Free which was the original main title music from Dragon's Dogma.

It was removed for Dark Arisen for reasons I am unsure of, so it isn't even something you can experience without mods.

It is wildly different from the rest of the game's music but still connected in a way, and sets a very different vibe. Great game, great music.

[-] EarMaster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Papers please

[-] Wootz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
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