What I miss from amiga games: The Music

[runequester]

One thing I really miss from amiga games, as well as other oldies, compared to current games... the music

1: I liked that the music sounded unlike anything you'd get anywhere else. You couldn't turn on the radio and hear something like the intro to Alien Breed.

2: In-game music. Yeah, a lot of games try to be ambient, but it'd be nice to have the option more often rather than just background noise.

3: A lot of games have extremely generic music. Epic sounding movie music for the intro, often very interchangeable. There's no mistaking say, the music of Chaos Engine with that of Turrican.


Obviously there's exceptions but this is something I really miss.

[runequester]

oh, don't get me wrong, I love a lot of the gameplay in those old games too

[runequester]

Yeah, I agree with you on the "epic sounding movie music" sentiment -- everyone wants to be Hans Zimmer and it ends up sounding bland and boring. Sometimes I wish games still had looping background music, but then I think that it wouldn't fit most modern games.

EDIT: Then there are some games which pull off the orchestral music perfectly! Outcast, for example, has nice music if I remember correctly.

yeah, a lot of games want to be ambient. THe thing is.. give us the damn option

I'd have enjoyed Doom 3 more if it had some metal tracks to blast monsters by, like the original had (albeit in midi)


An indie game I picked up recently is Osmos, which has great, interesting music that really adds to the gameplay feeling

[runequester]

I must say I prefer the music in a higher number of amiga games than I do any other system, be it modern, or classic.

It does have a certain unique sound to it