Many games feature amazing music, but certain games take it beyond even that.

Games like DOOM are known for the “procedural” composition they use to marry gameplay and sound, and not only that, the way the music is a perfect tonal match to what is happening.

What games have you played that feature music that doesn’t just make you notice it, but also pulls you further in?

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  • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Unreal Tournament. A soundtrack made by the sceners and trackers. If you know, you know.

  • Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Wytchwood has a soundtrack that goes unnecessarily hard. Especially by the docks. Everything about that game is satisfying.

  • perviouslyiner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Myth II Soulblighter.

    RimWorld - see the YouTube comments for people telling stories of what each song reminds them of.

    Shoutout to ‘simple’ music that works well in a game - Project Highrise, Shapez, or Outbound for example.

  • yuri@pawb.socialEnglish
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    11 months ago

    So not quite what you’re asking for, but right when deeprock galactic came out I found this artist on bandcamp called dreamsaboutdogs. They make electronic music, and their album Cursed quickly became my unofficial deeprock soundtrack. It just meshes super well with the gameplay, I dunno.

    I told my deeprock homie about it and now he does the same thing, so it’s not just me lmao

  • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Deus Ex Mankind Divided.
    Rain World.
    Super Metroid.
    I’ll second Nier Automata. There aren’t even any words in the lyrics, it’s amazing.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Nier Automata. There aren’t even any words in the lyrics, it’s amazing.

      Except for the “final” track, “Weight of the World”, which is just amazing and chilling, especially in the context of the game and lore if you make it to the end of true ending e. Apparently the Japanese version uses a take where the vocalist started crying during it, and in the English version you can hear the vocalist struggling towards the end.

      And there’s the one track that’s name escapes me with the robots chanting “become as gods”.

      A lot of the other tracks have chanting, but it’s intentionally not in any language, despite every track having a pretty heavy emotional feel to it.

  • Donnywholovedbowling@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned Furi!

    The game is a boss rush fighting game that’s incredibly fun to play, and the developers worked with multiple different artists to make the soundtrack. Literally gave them spec sheets for the boss fight they were making music for and info on how the stages progressed etc. So the soundtrack is a living part of the fights themselves. 10/10 highly recommended

    • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Totally agree.

      6.24 You’re mine

      You are the end

      Wisdom of rage

      A monster

      All synth bangers.

      Introduced me to carpenter brut and toxic avenger

  • bruhbeans@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Diablo 1. I have a hard time playing the game anymore, it’s super clunky, but the guitar music from the overworld fucking slaps

  • SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Wasteland 3’s soundtrack is full of bangers. The ambient music and generic combat music is good, but the game has a lot of special tracks that play over specific combat moments. They are religious or nostalgic songs being covered by modern bands, giving the soundtrack a kind of distorted feel. It’s very good.

    Early fight.

  • Weslee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Pretty old now, but Jet Set Radio/Jet Set Radio Future

    Cell-shaded skating/graffiti game from my childhood will always have a place in my heart, and my playlists