Vini 430 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) It's music. I played Zelda BOTW a few years back when my ex had a Switch. Somehow the world seemed so freaking appealing to me way more than any other open world game and I couldn't figure out why because the graphics were terrible, the controls in handheld mode were atrocious and I found some gameplay elements extremely annoying like the surface climbing and repetitive puzzles and tower climbing and those stupid ass fights with robots, and the weird Japanese borderline pedo quirkiness. And you wanna talk about FPS drops in the woods? Holy shit. I just now figured out why when I remember the game the thing that sticks out the most is music. Every area had it's own theme song and the overall mood was elevating. Some of the best music I've ever heard, even when just exploring. Nintendo has great composers, and terrible video game designers. Edited February 24, 2020 by Vini Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,230 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 so, in your mind...........you think you played a "terrible" video game because the music kept you in the game? Thanks for demonstrating how little credibility you have on this topic. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vini 430 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) No it's more like the music and the mood and tone it created covered for all the flaws. It's a mediocre game at best Edited February 24, 2020 by Vini Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,676 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) Mediocre.. lmao Vini.. lol Music has the ability to transport you to a time and place and feel things that couldn't be expressed properly with words alone. Great music ties the entire thing together and elevates something above what it would be with just regular music. Kind of like how certain songs can represent entire summers, or points in your life. Music plays a huge part in creating a connection to a time... or in this case a game for me. I remember the director of Ori and the Blind Forest said that for those games, he told the team, if it's possible to convey a feeling or emotion of a character without words ALWAYS do it through the animation, sound and music instead... and I absolutely agree with him. Notice how Nintendo's games don't really rely on voice acting and things to sell their emotions but heavily utilize phenomenal expressive animations and music? That's why. Great music is what elevates a great game to an amazing game imo... but it doesn't cover up flaws in game design. You're full of shit Edited February 24, 2020 by Remij_ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vini 430 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Remij_ said: Mediocre.. lmao Vini.. lol Music has the ability to transport you to a time and place and feel things that couldn't be expressed properly with words alone. Great music ties the entire thing together and elevates something above what it would be with just regular music. Kind of like how certain songs can represent entire summers, or points in your life. Music plays a huge part in creating a connection to a time... or in this case a game for me. I remember the director of Ori and the Blind Forest said that for those games, he told the team, if it's possible to convey a feeling or emotion of a character without words ALWAYS do it through the animation, sound and music instead... and I absolutely agree with him. Notice how Nintendo's games don't really rely on voice acting and things to sell their emotions but heavily utilize phenomenal expressive animations and music? That's why. Great music is what elevates a great game to an amazing game imo... but it doesn't cover up flaws in game design. You're full of shit Great music isn't the only thing that elevates a game, it can be the only good flavor in a turd sandwich. Which is what this is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,676 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Just now, Vini said: Great music isn't the only thing that elevates a game, it can be the only good flavor in a turd sandwich. Which is what this is. lmao no... Games with just good music don't get 97 metacritic scores with over 100 reviews... stop being dumb. Unless you're planning on making another thread which you explain how you realized that you were an idiot about the other stuff too? If that's coming... then carry on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vini 430 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Remij_ said: lmao no... Games with just good music don't get 97 metacritic scores with over 100 reviews... stop being dumb. Unless you're planning on making another thread which you explain how you realized that you were an idiot about the other stuff too? If that's coming... then carry on. Yeah there's maybe 3 games on that list with a memorable score. Edited February 24, 2020 by Vini Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,676 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Vini said: Yeah there's maybe 3 games on that list with a memorable score. lmao... what you just UNINTENTIONALLY did was post that the music didn't matter to those games meta scores... and yet BotW is right up there. The point of this thread was to say that BotW was a mediocre game with a great music score, and now I have you posting that the music doesn't matter in the top 20+ metacritic games... and yet BotW is there... proving your point completely fucking wrong about music being the only thing is does well. Congrats. Edited February 24, 2020 by Remij_ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vini 430 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Remij_ said: lmao... what you just UNINTENTIONALLY did was post that the music didn't matter to those games... and yet BotW is right up there. The point of this thread was to say that BotW was a mediocre game with a great music score, and now I have you posting that the music doesn't matter in the top 20+ metacritic games... and yet BotW is there... proving your point completely fucking wrong. Congrats. lol listen to this dude arguing like Jerry out here I didn't say it never matters, it matters when everything else is also great. You're the one that claimed it's the only way games score above 97 lmao Edited February 24, 2020 by Vini Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,676 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Vini said: lol listen to this dude arguing like Jerry out here I didn't say it never matters, it matters when everything else is also great. You're the one that claimed it's the only way games score above 97 lmao You just said BotW was mediocre in everything else.... lmao. I never said it's the only way games score above 97? ROFL... I said games that score 97 don't do so by JUST having good music. God damn you're dumb as fuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vini 430 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 Half the games in that list are mediocre. I just posted it to shut down your stupid ass logic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vini 430 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 Triggered sheep-hermit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kaz 2,439 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 how can you even argue with this idiot lmfao. nintendo's secret weapon isn't it everyone's secret weapon then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,255 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Vini... What a dumbass Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bhytre 2,753 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Nintendo's secret is that they operate in a cult-like fashion and successfully turned their sheep consumers into brainwashed zealots that will buy any trash Nintendo shits out and defend them even when they drop the ball hard. Fanatical manchildren fucking SHEEP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ike★ 2,908 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Koji Kondo, Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda. The holy trinity of video game composers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cooke 2,027 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Yeah the totally average game BOTW is only good because of its music Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kaz 2,439 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 1 hour ago, bhytre said: Nintendo's secret is that they operate in a cult-like fashion and successfully turned their sheep consumers into brainwashed zealots that will buy any trash Nintendo shits out and defend them even when they drop the ball hard. Fanatical manchildren fucking SHEEP lol no that happened to lemmings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Vini 430 Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hit a nerve on this one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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