The Music in Xenoblade Chronicles X SUCKS! (at least some times)

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DakonBlackblade said:

b00moscone said:

You're ignoring some of the things i'm saying -___-

Firstly, it is your own opinion that it doesn't get you pumped for battle, but your opinion is not fact, so don't act like it is.

And again, by my understanding, it is not the only music that plays while in-battle, and if you want to see how it sounds while in battle, take a look at the Treehouse footage.

And again, you can't listen to 4 songs of a game that had 4 CDs worth of music and say that all of its music is bad, so they aren't all bad and the game won't suck as a result.

The emotions a song evoke is not opinion, sound activate specific parts of your brain and evoke a certain emotion depending on its pitch, note, frequency etc. If its tonaly off its tonaly off, you wont feel fear for instance if youre listening to a Beyonce song (unless you somehow have some sort of childhood trauma related to Beyonce lol), so if you, for example, put Beyonce to play during a Resident Evil jump scare moment its tonaly off, visual cue says fear, sound cue says dance and be happy. Actualy, sounds/songs are amongst the strongest intruments for evoking emotions, if you play a game or watch a movie without sounds you do not feel nearly as much emotional impact. Thats a fact not opinion, its proven scientific research stuf. Liking how the song sounds is totaly opinion based tough the emotions it evokes arent.

The best composers greatest prowess is how they manage to manipulate the listeners emotions with a few tunes. Hear Satalaolas soundtrack for The Last of Us for example and you feel the emotional impact of the game without even seeing the scenes or reading the characters lines. His songs are super minimalistic in that game but they touch the exact spots in your brain to activate all the right areas and make you feel the right emotion on the correct time, thats what beeing tonaly on means. This battle song does none of that.

It actually IS. Since people are different, different things will affect them differently. Some people will read a sad story and cry, others won't. Some will see something as very happy, and others will find it over the top. Some scare, others funny. The same goes for music. Some people find metal pumps people up, others rap does it for them, others 'epic' music, others classical, and others still very strong vocals. Pop music puts me to sleep in lots of cases, depending on my mood, but for many it means the party is starting. 

Emotions are very strongly connected to someones mood and even outlook so they are not the same for everyone by any means. You are correct in saying that songs can affect different parts of your brain and release seratonin and other chemicals that can affect your mood, but it isn't the same for everyone, if that were the case there would be no need for different genre's of music. 

None of it is tonally off. It is all on tone and fits with the music it has been designed for. None of the pitch or key is off at all, so no, it is not tonally off. If it doesn't work for YOU, that is fine, but it might work for many others. As for Beyonce, if it is done correctly any music can fit almost any scenario but some come easier to different situations than others. This beyonce song could very well lend itself to a scary situation 

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Also, some songs that have a slower pace and be a great setup for a scare moment and will likely put people on edge because it puts them in a comfort zone then messes with that. Nice, calm, serene and BAM you just shat yourself.