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AndrewWK on 12 March 2013
TheLastStarFighter said:
AndrewWK said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
This is really like boobs vs vagina. Why choose? But if I have to, I choose boobs. Well, to be more clear, a vagina (graphics) is necessary to have any interaction at all. Boobs (music) are not. However a spectacular vagina is not that much better than an average one. However, spectatular boobs are rare and special and stay in your memory forever.

The music of Zelda, Mario, Final Fantasy, Castlevania, Mega Man, KOTOR, Mass Effect, Halo... I catch myself humming these tunes all the time. They evoke emotion, memory, feeling. Good graphics are great but not lasting. More recently Xenoblade is a truly outstanding soundtrack that sticks in my head, and Last Story's work by nobuo uematsu took me back to my memories of FF. Graphics are great, but music has a greater impact to me.

no its more like boobs vs ass

Touche.  Vagina would be gameplay.


Holy I even wanted to post the very same sentence



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dobby985 on 12 March 2013

I usually have the game muted and listen to my own music. :P

It's the trendy hipster thing to claim that graphics are unimportant, but you couldn't be more wrong.
Graphics are immensely important in the eyes of the average consumer.



TheLastStarFighter on 12 March 2013
dobby985 said:
I usually have the game muted and listen to my own music. :P

It's the trendy hipster thing to claim that graphics are unimportant, but you couldn't be more wrong.
Graphics are immensely important in the eyes of the average consumer.


You are wrong to say others are wrong. There is no right or wrong on this topic, only personal taste.  Different people value different things in games, that's why not everyone buys the same game.



JazzB1987 on 12 March 2013

Music is more important!


I even bought my $2000 sound system before I even had a good TV etc.

For me music/sound are more important than the graphics/video.

Music can have an impact on the feeling you have in a scene even if the game is 8bit graphics. It can also plausibly be used to change the mood within a second.

Graphics are used to explain what is going on in general but music/sound is filling the scene with "life".

To bad that alot of times the music is just being created for the sake of creating music with no connetion to the scenery etc..


P.S. a good example for how music can change your mood  is the Majoras Mask  clock town music   you know that the game is becoming more "hectical on day 2 and more dangerous on day 3" even tho you dont see anything in the video

Its bad quality but everyone who remembers that game should know what I mean.

Day 3 starts at 2:35






dobby985 on 12 March 2013
TheLastStarFighter said:
dobby985 said:
I usually have the game muted and listen to my own music. :P

It's the trendy hipster thing to claim that graphics are unimportant, but you couldn't be more wrong.
Graphics are immensely important in the eyes of the average consumer.


You are wrong to say others are wrong. There is no right or wrong on this topic, only personal taste.  Different people value different things in games, that's why not everyone buys the same game.


I'm talking about the average consumer. Obviously that doesn't include everyone. Individuals are entitled to their own opinions.



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Barozi on 12 March 2013
AndrewWK said:
Barozi said:
Once I stop playing a game I immediately cannot remember if there even was music in the game.


Thats because a lot of games really have forgetable music. But everybody knows the Super Mario or Zelda soundtrack. So I´d say graphics and music are equally important

I don't know the Zelda "theme" or soundtrack sorry. And aside from the Super Mario Bros. first level theme I can't remember any music in Mario either. Super Mario Land had a few songs I memorized back in the days, but they are long forgotten by now.



Barozi on 12 March 2013
dobby985 said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
dobby985 said:
I usually have the game muted and listen to my own music. :P

It's the trendy hipster thing to claim that graphics are unimportant, but you couldn't be more wrong.
Graphics are immensely important in the eyes of the average consumer.


You are wrong to say others are wrong. There is no right or wrong on this topic, only personal taste.  Different people value different things in games, that's why not everyone buys the same game.


I'm talking about the average consumer. Obviously that doesn't include everyone. Individuals are entitled to their own opinions.

A shame that I can't find a survey about this topic. Would've been nice to see.



AndrewWK on 12 March 2013

Barozi said:
AndrewWK said:
Barozi said:
Once I stop playing a game I immediately cannot remember if there even was music in the game.


Thats because a lot of games really have forgetable music. But everybody knows the Super Mario or Zelda soundtrack. So I´d say graphics and music are equally important

I don't know the Zelda "theme" or soundtrack sorry. And aside from the Super Mario Bros. first level theme I can't remember any music in Mario either. Super Mario Land had a few songs I memorized back in the days, but they are long forgotten by now.


I hope you enjoy it my friend



Barozi on 12 March 2013
AndrewWK said:
Barozi said:
AndrewWK said:
Barozi said:
Once I stop playing a game I immediately cannot remember if there even was music in the game.


Thats because a lot of games really have forgetable music. But everybody knows the Super Mario or Zelda soundtrack. So I´d say graphics and music are equally important

I don't know the Zelda "theme" or soundtrack sorry. And aside from the Super Mario Bros. first level theme I can't remember any music in Mario either. Super Mario Land had a few songs I memorized back in the days, but they are long forgotten by now.


I hope you enjoy it my friend

Oh yeah I know that. But see I can't remember them unless I play or hear them.
In one hour I will have forgotten everything of it again.



brendude13 on 12 March 2013

Both are equally important to me. I think music is highly underrated though, a lot of games wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for the music.