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Awful games that have amazing soundtracks
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Speaking of Sunsoft, Fester's Quest had a great soundtrack and was just not a good game
while not universally bad games 2 games I hate that I love the soundtrack to are ff8 and chrono cross. not trying to do a hot take, as I know we have huge fans of these games here and thats fine. there was a mediocre game called onslaught for genesis that had pretty killer music.
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I don't know if it reaches the level of ''Awful'', but it is a totally disappointing game with potential thrown directly in the trash, so I think it counts.
Jesus Christ the OST of this game is beautiful.
Jesus Christ the OST of this game is beautiful.
Yeah, going through XV was a chore and disappointing in tons of ways, but the OST was fantastic.
Deep Fear, a very mediocre Resident Evil clone for the Saturn.
It was composed by anime and film composer Kenji Kawai, who also done the animated Ghost in the Shell movies, Gundam 00, and Mob Psycho 100, among others.
It was composed by anime and film composer Kenji Kawai, who also done the animated Ghost in the Shell movies, Gundam 00, and Mob Psycho 100, among others.
See I disagree. The games are horrible and the soundtracks are bad too.
Easily Nier Automata.
My main issues:
My main issues:
- Boring and empty open world
- Hacking minigame
- Bland characters
- Bad sidequests
- Repetition (Ending B has zero reason to be what it was).
Ff8. Soundtrack is good but gameplay is not especially without god mode. It doesnt make sense that you get stronger by junctioning as much magic as possible which you have to draw from enemies. This means you will spend 3/4 of the game battling enemies
Damn, I clicked to post this.
Might make for a more productive thread to focus more on overlooked soundtracks rather than making this the 80th "overrated games" thread this week.
I'm not sure there's ever been a bigger gulf between game quality and OST quality than Sonic 2006. The game had like five composers (including one of the composers for Panzer Dragoon Saga!) and they all turned in great work. What a game this could've been if only Sega didn't kick it out the door in time for the series' 15th anniversary.
I wouldn't say it's a terrible game, but I do agree with your second point
remember kids, not all hot takes are good takes.
Best game on Switch outside of maybe Mario + Rabbids or Golf Story. I fucking loved it.
ignoring that you called Nier Automata a terrible game, which even if you disliked it, I don't think it's terrible by any means, I still can't believe how good that soundtrack is. I can't remember a soundtrack that was simply the best of a generation so cut and dry. There is usually a top 3 that give each other a run for its money, but nothing this generation came even close to Nier Automata. Persona 5 Royal, FF VII Remake and Octopath all had great soundtracks, but NieR's was on a completely different level, every time I listen to it I like it more than the last time
The canceled Bionicle video game that was unearthed a couple years ago definitely fits the bill. Cause it was a technical disaster up until the moment Lego pulled the plug. The soundtrack however? It's absolutely ace.
(The rest of the soundtrack is just as good, BTW.)
(The rest of the soundtrack is just as good, BTW.)
Now here we go, more like it.
I see Unlimited Saga was already mentioned. Beautiful soundtrack. Utterly awful game.
Granado Espada/Sword of the New World is another one.
Granado Espada/Sword of the New World is another one.
Yeesh. This thread is gonna turn into cheap shots against games people don't like. That being said, I don't like sports games too much, but some of them have incredible OSTs. Also, the last-gen SSX reboot had a killer tracklist, and the Tricky remix was stylish as hell.
I thought Chrono cross had clumsy pacing and a kudzu plot that had at least half of it be summarized by three ghosts on a beach but I can't deny that that soundtrack is manna from heaven.
I wouldn't say it was "awful" per se, but Paper Mario: Color Splash still fell incredibly short compared to the original game and The Thousand-Year Door (at least it was better than Sticker Star!) and had a way better soundtrack than it probably deserved:
Ah, here are the shit takes I was looking for.
Persona 5
I personally had a hard time playing this. About the only thing that kept me going was that kick ass battle theme. Man, it got me pumped every time. Then while I'm playing I slowly remember I hate the combat.
Definitely FF XV... trainwreck of a video game, but masterful music. From the multiple battle themes to boss music, and overworld music....heck even the menu music is just fantastic overall
Mediocre writing, some of the worst characters in a JRPG, one of the worst battle systems in a RPG, a total disregard for the player's time, field skills breaking exploration, the Game of Thrones-tier ending...
I can go on and on.
Wait.... God of War series, Nier, and Sotc seriously being mentioned lol? The games are great to play... the amazing music in them are an added bonus!!!
As far as I'm concerned, Sonic R is simply just a bonus attachment to some great pop group's unreleased album. Terrible game, amazing music.
Fire Emblem Fates. Gameplay was good as always but story was straight trash. Luckily the soundtrack was amazing.
FF13-3. SSS tier soundtrack in a C- game.
I don't really agree with 15, there's like 2 (overused) great tracks and the rest is blah.
I don't really agree with 15, there's like 2 (overused) great tracks and the rest is blah.
As much as I did like Xenoblade 2 quite a bit, the field skills and gacha core crystem system sucked and halted progress quite a lot. Everything else I liked, but quite a lot of the designs were questionable too (also wanna throw in the game has a really awful hud/UI/menu that's too overstylized). Other than that, I liked the game and enjoyed my time with it, but can totally understand all those points leading someone to dislike the game.
I am excited for XenoblaDE considering there's no field skills, blades/core crystal system.
