Music

cujoman39 · 2002-12-12, 10:58 PM

What kind of music is there going to be in the background. i mean i want to kill to a beat and playing my own music covers up the sounds of the game

Hamma · 2002-12-12, 10:59 PM

Thats a good question - and I dont know the answer

BLuE_ZeRO · 2002-12-12, 11:08 PM

Originally posted by Hamma
Thats a good questions - and I dont know the answer

I love that song!

cujoman39 · 2002-12-13, 01:17 AM

i dont want to hear classical music on my killing spree, although medal of honor frontline did a go job with it .

i think there should be some thing from at least rock and trans to heavy medal, but some good trans in a game would be cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cujoman39 · 2002-12-13, 02:15 AM

because music is a important part of a game

Doobz · 2002-12-13, 02:18 AM

gah, ill just pump some NOFX and Dropkick Murphy's off of my cd-player

cujoman39 · 2002-12-13, 02:24 AM

ya but then you cant hear the game itself, but that would be some cool backgroung music.

afex · 2002-12-13, 03:07 AM

Originally posted by cujoman39
because music is a important part of a game

no its not

xuur · 2002-12-13, 03:09 AM

in T2, since the music was MP3 format, I ended up replacing everything they had with my own. It really does help alot to have your own tunes going when things start getting frantic.

It would be nice if we could do the same in PS by design.

Lexington_Steele · 2002-12-13, 03:48 AM

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Originally posted by cujoman39
because music is a important part of a game
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Originally posted by afex
no its not

That is like saying good graphic are not important to a game.

The better the graphics, the more you will enjoy playing the game. The better the music, the more you will enjoy playing the game.

afex · 2002-12-13, 03:52 AM

Originally posted by Lexington_Steele
That is like saying good graphic are not important to a game.

good graphics AREN'T important to a game. thats why its called GAMEPLAY. not OOOOO LOOK AT THE PRETTY POLYS.

music adds NOTHING to a game except something you have to turn off if you want to be any good at it.

if you're listening to music instead of listening for footsteps, you're going to get owned every time.

afex · 2002-12-13, 03:53 AM

and if you absolutely have to have music going, then just turn on winamp

Archonxvi · 2002-12-13, 04:03 AM

I am going to have to agree with afex here. If you have music on, it can be difficult to hear quiet things in the game, such as a sniper shot in the distance, footsteps from a stealth, etc. However, I am going to have to disagree on the graphics issue, seeing as it is graphics that allows you to differentiate between everything you see, and increased graphics usually allows you to see farther in the distance, aiding scouting, sniping, etc.

Hamma · 2002-12-13, 09:43 AM

I always turn off any ingame music

Lexington_Steele · 2002-12-13, 10:29 AM

Originally posted by afex
good graphics AREN'T important to a game. thats why its called GAMEPLAY. not OOOOO LOOK AT THE PRETTY POLYS.

music adds NOTHING to a game except something you have to turn off if you want to be any good at it.

if you're listening to music instead of listening for footsteps, you're going to get owned every time.

Are you really trying to tell me graphic aren't important? If you to choose between two very similar games that got similar reviews and one had better graphics, which would you choose?

Eye candy definately adds to my enjoyment a game. In fact the only reason I might check out the game Eve is because it looks so beautiful. I think ear candy does the same. Don't you enjoy listening to music? Why wouldn't something you enjoy possibly add enjoyment to video games?

As far as requiring silence to be good at a game, I feel very differently. I play better when I am "in the groove."

I am sure that you have noticed days when you were either "on" or "off." Listening to the right music has the ability to put me in a state of mind where I do better. I find it helpful, you might not. I don't know about you, but I can still hear footsteps over the music.

I think the purpose of a game is to enjoy it and music helps me enjoy games.

You seem to equate enjoying a game to winning. Your argument, against music being important to a game, is that it detracts from your performance in that game. I am sure not everyone feels that enjoying a game equates to winning.