ive been into metal for years and i still dont know what raining blood's lyrics are about.
exactly my point. which is why metal, even metal with lyrics, is the ultimate video game music. some would argue for techno, orchestrations, industrial or some kind of mash of styles. but thats the stuff i mute so i can listen to 80s black metal.
exactly my point. which is why metal, even metal with lyrics, is the ultimate video game music. some would argue for techno, orchestrations, industrial or some kind of mash of styles. but thats the stuff i mute so i can listen to 80s black metal.
No.
Music selecton should depend on the setting, atmosphere and mood you want to invoke.
The idea that metal fits everywhere is ridicolous. But if you mute anythig that isn't metal and only listen to metal, then you're not really interested in expereincing the atmosphere the game wants to create in the first place.
Personally I think metal sucks 99,99% of the time.
It's really situational, wether a song with lyrics fits or not.
In most circumstance I'd be against it, but if the atmosphere allows it, it can work well.
An example what I mean would be the fight against the ELS in the Gundam 00 movie. Most of the time you don't have lyrics during the fights (only chanting or ohs and ahs and such from the choire, but no words) but in the scene were, among other things, Andrei Smirnov sacrifices himself, they play a sad song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVCUn8bPcvs
Or the final scenes in "Record of Lososs war" where "Wind, Birds and Sky - Reincarnation" plays, after Ashrams death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-DVepkn4Is&feature=relmfu starting at 6:10. Ignore the language, it's irrelevant for this discussion anyway - though in retrospect it makes me wonder how I could ever watch that in german... the german synchro SUCKS. Japanese with subtitels FTW.
In both cases the sound effects and voices volume is toned down for greater effect of the songs.
Though that were movies/series, wether it works well in a game too is something that had to be tried out I guess. For in-game cutscenes it certainly can work, if done right.
99.99% of any genre sucks. thats just the nature of the music industry.
Ridiculous did it. I say go for it. I like when mods try something different.The only time a lyric-ed song played during an actual fight was during the final mission, and players could afford to kick back a bit during that sequence.
Then you have a very "broad" taste in music (or lucky enough to mostly know of the good ones). I'd say that 90% is a good average percentage for any industry or art (not only music), 99% if you're picky. See Sturdgeon's Law.99.99% of any genre sucks. thats just the nature of the music industry.
more like 50%. 99% numebr is onyl for metal.
99.99% of any genre sucks. thats just the nature of the music industry.
more like 50%. 99% numebr is onyl for metal.
There is something I just thought of: Wingmen babble!
If you have music with lyrics, the wingmen comments and death-screams might be problematic. Imagine a nice song and right into it a your wingman screams "NICE SHOT SIR"...
good one for a suicide mission into shivan space.
You can disable wingmen and/or Command auto-messaging in FRED2_Open either globally or on a ship-per-ship basis.
and this song (or at least an excerpt of it, its kind of long and drawn out in some places) is absolutely begging to be put in freespace:If anyone would put this kind of rubbish in a freespace campaign, I wouldn't know how fast to turn off the music... Or how fast I would just uninstall the whole campaign.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS6HXQa9uME
and this song (or at least an excerpt of it, its kind of long and drawn out in some places) is absolutely begging to be put in freespace:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS6HXQa9uME
While modernism in music has never made things easy for the audience, screwing up the piano has a long and proud tradition and has resulted in some great stuff.Quote from: nukeand this song (or at least an excerpt of it, its kind of long and drawn out in some places) is absolutely begging to be put in freespace:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS6HXQa9uME
I listened to all 14 minutes... That was awful. Reminds of the modern music trend where people pluck piano strings and other weird ways to use their instruments. Then they just make some noise without any rhyme or reason and argue that it's music.
a mission can be designed around a song.Well, we kinda know that. We all played Vassago's Dirge, remember.
:nervous:a mission can be designed around a song.Well, we kinda know that. We all played Vassago's Dirge, remember.
-200000 respect points lost for headdie:nervous:a mission can be designed around a song.Well, we kinda know that. We all played Vassago's Dirge, remember.
-200000 respect points lost for headdie:nervous:a mission can be designed around a song.Well, we kinda know that. We all played Vassago's Dirge, remember.
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Every mod I have played has featured only instrumental music, I was wondering if putting lyrical music in a mission would be a good idea? Or would it be too distracting in the heat of battle?
Ive been into metal for years and i still dont know what raining blood's lyrics are about.
you either get metal or you dont, you obviously dont.
most people are dumbasses. and as a result are hooked by simple concepts, like 3 chord songs, sexual themes (people are perverts and sex sells). anything shallow will sell big, because most people are shallow individuals. this creates a situatiuon where artists, who are not very good, and through shear marketing to the heard is enough to make them big. why do you think **** like classical and opera are so unpopular with the heard. the quality of the music is top notch, so why the **** dont you see cars full of teenagers blasting bach or wagner? because the industry rides the teen market and floods it with music with lyrical themes that are relevant to them, and they buy it up in droves.
you either get metal or you dont, you obviously dont.
The universal "you just don't get it" defense?
Yeah, well, I'm on the conviction that not all things are created equal and have equal worth.
And that applies to everything - from artistic styles in paintings, to music.
Depends if it is appropriate for what you are trying to convey. 'nuff said.
Depends if it is appropriate for what you are trying to convey. 'nuff said.
I was considering this song actually:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWKpDSSKhgo
No opinions on whether you would like to play a mission to this music?