Personally, I’m a huge fan of Hollow Knight, Ori and the (Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps), and Kingdom Hearts. Orchestral soundtracks are just something else…

  • Dutczar@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Indie games in general have great OSTs, MGS:R and Persona (and SMT in general) are obvious popular picks.

    The World Ends With You is less mainstream (with one of the few gripes being the lack of boss-specific themes, at least in the DS original I played - but it makes up with the diverse overworld and normal battle themes), as is Etrian Odyssey.

    I think orchestra is mixed, it’s either the best fucking tracks ever (often when mixed with electric guitar or other modern instruments, but not necessarily), or they kind of blend with other orchestral tracks I know and don’t end up being unique enough to remember.

    • GlideEnglish
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      2 years ago

      TWEWY is grossly underrated in general, but when it comes to the OST, that’s doubly true.

      Make’s me wonder what they were thinking when they made the anime that was so sparse, even void at times, of all this amazing music they had to work with.

      • Dutczar@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Eh, on one hand it’s overrated when people keep saying “it’s a better Persona, those fans just don’t play anything except Persona 5”, I think that’s stupid. TWEWY genuinely has a lot of flaws. A slightly too fast endgame, the second screen, etc.

        But for me the gameplay is just so goddamn fun and well designed (making your own set of attacks, combining input methods, all the risk vs reward difficulty systems), and it has a few really good ideas that make me want to recommend it to anyone. I imagine you can beat the game in like, 10 hours on Easy without optional fights too, so, it’s not a big time investment. (Though actually getting the game is difficult. Switch I heard sucks at controls, phone version doesn’t seem to work on new ones, emulating the DS probably sucks too)

        In fact, I thought the OST would be the overrated thing, since its style might not be for everyone. Especially Twister, I think it took some time getting used to. I didn’t watch the anime but I know they had to change the opening track, so it sounds awkward.