The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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[Duke87 1,070]

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When you're playing a game, then it's different. You expect the background music to stay consistent with where you are.

Of course, even then, eventually you reach the end of the level...

[Haljackey 17,306]

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I always enjoyed repeating video game music that progressed / slightly changed as you went further in the level.

Probably my favorite example. A little long yes but keep it in the background and you'll notice the 'progression'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOQzImeBlbU

[simlink 1,098]

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Oh, spammers. :|

[Duke87 1,070]

(9066)

Continually building music in video games is fun, though traditional levels don't really allow for it. Here's a fun example, though, from a stage editor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM1GXpmwRBE

And an example which some people here might be more familiar with:

And the "background noise" when you're in the garage in Streets of Simicity actually gets musical and starts to get rather intense if you stay in there for a while:

[Haljackey 17,306]

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Hmm interesting. My favorite track in SC3K also has a similar biuldup similar to Illumination.

[simlink 1,098]

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@Hal: Infrastructure is my favourite SC3K song as well, thought Concrete Jungle is pretty good as well.

[Duke87 1,070]

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My favorite was Desert Sand, though that was Unlimited only. Of the original tracks my favorite is probably Illumination, which I posted above.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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I really liked the music for SC3K, I thought they fit the tone of the game really well. I don't listen to the music in SC4, though, I put in all my own music and sing along as I play. That music was too, I don't know, breezy or high-culture-sounding for my plebeian tastes.

[Haljackey 17,306]

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SC3K and unlimited clearly has the best music in the SimCity Series.

I've seen some composition work for the music in SC2013... should be interesting to hear.

[Duke87 1,070]

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What SC4 had was too much music - over three hours if you listen to it all start to finish. SC3K's music is about two hours, which is more reasonable.

So, the SC4 soundtrack fails on account of being excessively bulky. That said, there still are a few nice memorable tracks, such as ElectriCITY and Oasis, but the music in general doesn't play as well outside of the game as SC3K's soundtrack does.

The SC4 soundtrack also just for whatever reason feels like less of a work of art and more of something manufactured. Which produces some odd results - you want to give yourself the heebie jeebies, try listening to Primordial Dream in your basement in the dark at 3 AM.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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I think I'll pass on that and stick with "The Song Remains the Same" like I usually do.

While I really liked the music for SC3K, I'd have to give SNES SimCity the nod for my favorite in the series. I loved that, although now I probable still like it for sentimental/nostalgic feelings.

[kj3400 178]

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I definitely liked SC3000's music. Very few songs on there I don't like.

Recently I've been listening to music from Pac-Man World 2. It's amazing that I played this game and did not notice all the songs were played by an orchestra. Of course, I think I was too busy cursing at the screen when Pacman would blow up, burn to death, drown, fall down a cliff, freeze, or the classic 'run into a ghost' death.

[Duke87 1,070]

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Pac Man World is weird. You'd think you can't just expand on a classic arcade concept like that, but they did, and surprisingly managed to make it not completely suck. Still, weird, and classic Pac Man is far preferable.

Trivia: Pac Man was known in Japan as "Puck Man" - they changed it for the American release because in English it would be easy to vandalize "Puck" into something else.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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Heh, I can see the vandalized arcade units now...

[Larks2242 251]

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Window Washers dream was the song back in the day.

[Duke87 1,070]

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Wait, stop the presses, we've got a new front page: Larks spoke positively of a song that's not a rap song.

[Toron Beldevar 16]

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I keep losing my internet, so I'm thankful I got this done NOW.

[Chptrk 86]

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This thread is now 2 years old and I am disappointed that it hasn't been finished yet.

[kj3400 178]

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Well, at the very least we can try to finish it before the year is out. There's 920 posts left and 35 days left, which means we'd need at least 27 posts/ day to finish by then.

Ok then, maybe before the end of winter then...

[simlink 1,098]

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Seems to have slowed down a lot recently...

[astronelson 339]

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Welcome back Chptrk!

[Duke87 1,070]

(9083)

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.

[Chptrk 86]

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That is me and I am he, although neither wear a hat often.

[astronelson 339]

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The quick-reply box seems to be bugging out for me. It doesn't display anything I type.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

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I usually just type from my phone.

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[Chptrk 86]

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I don't understand this site, how do you reply without the quick reply?

[Duke87 1,070]

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The "reply to this topic" button is at the top of the page. Which would be annoying except that it's not necessary. There is nothing you can do there that you cannot do in the quick reply box, and if you want to reply to a specific post you just hit "quote". You can even multiquote!

[astronelson 339]

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I think I've fixed it... somehow. I'll see if it holds.

I was using the "More Reply Options" button, since I was down here anyway.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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My post is post #9090. There doesn't seem to be anything remarkably special about it, but it's mine now, and I rather like it.