/v/ - Video Games

You still get licensed tracks, only now the game loses them after so long. Also since it will usually be current year top hits, you probably won't like the shit that they have anyway.

>>15186801

Some soundtracks were pretty Diverse, the THUG soundtrack comes to mind.

>>15186809

I think the game had like 112 tracks from differing genres*

That's actually for the best. You wouldn't want to play games with licensed current year soundtracks.

What's depressing is that no, we won't ever get a sequel (either direct or spiritual) to the Burnout 3 Trilogy.

>>15186920

Paradise was a good last hurrah tho'

Rockstar does it. Ofcourse they remove the music after 5 years because of copyright jewery.

The kikery of the music industry and its garbage current year content caught up with vidya some years ago. It's for the best that original game soundtrack is more prevalent since it's the only "genre" of music that doesn't have any social agendas behind it.

We've had a good run though, every since WipEout pioneered licensed music in vidya back in '95, when music was still purely music.

>>15186968

Paradise was terrible. I hated it.

Maybe it would've been redeemable if it didn't fell for the open world cancer.

And still, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2010 is a better open-world Burnout than Paradise.

Games set in the past have the best licensed soundtracks. All but the biggest hits (Elvis, the Beatles ect.) are pretty cheap to license a few decades after their release. Plus we know what were considered the best songs of that era.

There really should be more games set in the interwar. Audio recording and radio was in full swing during that era, but it's old enough that most of the hits are public domain (any work for hire and anything by an author that died before 1948). Devs wouldn't have to pay anything except file size for those.

>>15187015

>since it's the only "genre" of music that doesn't have any social agendas behind it.

Thanks for outing yourself as a musically illiterate faggot.

>>15187136

Oh shut the fuck up Anon, you know I'm talking about modern music that's popular.

there was some Tiesto music in some korean mmo back in 2006 / 2007

>>15187426

>Every single racing game has shit soundtrack

Spicy opinions there mate.

>>15186809

I think tony hawk's shit taste in rap soiled most of the soundtracks later on in the franchise

Licensed soundtracks were cool and all, but why do you need them anymore? It's incredibly easy to just mute the game soundtrack and play your own music; these days even consoles can do this (PS4 especially has a solid music player that you can control as an overlay without having to leave the game screen).

>>15186968

it didn't even remotely live up to 3 but i still liked it, especially online

>>15187644

Constantly streaming music under the game audio with no context to what is going on isn't the same as having an integrated soundtrack that is timed to what you're doing on screen.

The OG Xbox is a good example of how custom soundtracks should work. Games that support them usually played songs for the gameplay segments, and anytime you would restart in things like racing games a different song would play. Burnout games were smart about this as they would stop playing music anytime you get taken out, and would even alternate songs depending where you were in the menu.

Also just playing music over the game is fucking gay and you're a nigger if you do

>>15187593

there are exceptions

Midnight Club 3

>>15187644

A game can introduce you to a new song/genre/artist you were not aware of that you might end up liking.

>>15187644

It's about setting the mood of the game. Way better method than shitty cutscenes made by hack writers with shit CGI-animations.

And no, the PS4 music player stinks compared to previous generations abilities and versatility when it came to playing your own music.

Licensed music only makes the devs look too lazy and cheap to produce an original soundtrack.

>>15187426

>slower playback dips the pitch

>even goes robotic at times

wew, that's some hot-off-the-stove shit you got there, m8.

BEEP BEEP

COMING THROUGH WITH THE BEST

>>15194253

Oh and btw, you can turn all the rap (negro music) off in game.

NFS Underground 2 nd Burnout 3 shape my love of Alternative Rock as a 14 year old.

>>15195041

>Burnout 3

>Alternative Rock

Nigger, that emo cuck music was not "alternative", either in sound or popularity.

Never forget

It's a single track, it's pretty much a remix but goddamn does it kick my ass every time.

Also the Manhattan section in World in Conflict.

You know what I really miss more than licensed music in vidya though?

Good videogames

Saints Row 2 had a very fitting soundtrack. Its soundtrack is really a time capsule to the previous decade.

>>15203373

I NEED A GANGSTA BITCH

>>15192355

top pick

LCS had some great shit too

also

No mentions of NFS III-IV-V soundtrack? SAD

>>15203373

its soundtrack is like youtube 2008 in a video game

>>15202953

Not even the worst track

MGS V may have been a disappointment but its licensed music was on point

>>15192940

It depends on context though

If the player is in a vehicle

/listening to the radio it makes sense

>>15204143

I haven't played this game in like 10 years and still have this fucking song stuck in my head

>>15204283

>avex trax pretty much owns eurobeat

>niche genre that very few people go out of their way to listen to

>most production companies are dead/have moved on

>should be some of the cheapest music to licence and a cheap way to add hype onto gofast

Truly the biggest mystery.