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S.T.A.G.E. on 04 March 2017

Florence and the Machines rendition of stand by me caused me to actually shed a tear after finishing Final Fantasy XV. Very few games, let alone movies have done this to me. Music has a greater power of achieving that for me, but ontop of a game purely based around brotherhood was like a shot to the heart. Hearing her rendition before playing the game did not mean much. If you've played it, you might know what I mean.

It now joins the ranks of the only other two games to make me shed a tear. The Last of Us and Lost Odyssey.



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ShadowSoldier on 04 March 2017

Music is such an underrated component of video games. I think on a whole Square does a really good job of creating memorable, engaging soundtracks. FFXIII despite it's problems, had a really great soundtrack. Good music is able to enhance a narrative and licit emotion from it's audience.

My personal favourite main theme is MGS1's The Best is Yet to come and Snake Eater. Every time I hear those tracks, I instantly want to go replay the ENTIRE MGS saga.

https://youtu.be/6miaTf1gF4g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CbFAZ2ztlE

Perfect.



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Mr_No on 04 March 2017

The only video game scene that actually made me shed tears was Uncharted 4's epilogue, which was excellently done.

Look for it. It's quite spoiler-ish to post here.



S.T.A.G.E. on 05 March 2017
Hiku said:

Two games for me. Suikoden 2 and Shadow Hearts 2.
For Suikoden 2 it was also during a song. But it only plays once, early on in the game. And at that point, it was whatever. Just a nice tune. But the ending ties into the beginning, and that particular scene that cues that music. So re-watching it was emotional.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WLyjRex0ac

For Shadow Hearts, it's a promo video song that wasn't in the actual game. But after seeing the ending and watching/listening to it, it just gets to me every time, even to this day.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFFHocNdbls

And by every time, I mean even right now. =(
9 seconds in and I had to press Stop.

Beautiful. The Suikoden song is amazing.  I cant imagine how id feel if I to listen to that during an emotional scene. You will find a lot of music in FFXV like this though. Simply beautiful.



d21lewis on 05 March 2017

Awesome. Didn't make me cry but that song did touch me. Good stuff.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 05 March 2017
ShadowSoldier said:

Music is such an underrated component of video games. I think on a whole Square does a really good job of creating memorable, engaging soundtracks. FFXIII despite it's problems, had a really great soundtrack. Good music is able to enhance a narrative and licit emotion from it's audience.

My personal favourite main theme is MGS1's The Best is Yet to come and Snake Eater. Every time I hear those tracks, I instantly want to go replay the ENTIRE MGS saga.

https://youtu.be/6miaTf1gF4g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CbFAZ2ztlE

Perfect.

OMG The nostalgia dude!  I love the Snake Eater theme song. It stuck out like a sore thumb because of the tone of the game. It was almost like a parody of itself, since the game was so serious yet the characters were so outrageous. My favorite MGS of them all as well.



S.T.A.G.E. on 05 March 2017
d21lewis said:
Awesome. Didn't make me cry but that song did touch me. Good stuff.

Yeah, same here in the beginning. After the game is where it really struck a chord of me. Just all the memories and emotion. Check back with me after you finish. Haha



d21lewis on 05 March 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:
d21lewis said:
Awesome. Didn't make me cry but that song did touch me. Good stuff.

Yeah, same here in the beginning. After the game is where it really struck a chord of me. Just all the memories and emotion. Check back with me after you finish. Haha

I'm hyped, now. Gotta finish it.



Turkish on 05 March 2017

Ending of FFX got me

Hiku said:

Two games for me. Suikoden 2 and Shadow Hearts 2.
For Suikoden 2 it was also during a song. But it only plays once, early on in the game. And at that point, it was whatever. Just a nice tune. But the ending ties into the beginning, and that particular scene that cues that music. So re-watching it was emotional.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WLyjRex0ac

For Shadow Hearts, it's a promo video song that wasn't in the actual game. But after seeing the ending and watching/listening to it, it just gets to me every time, even to this day.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFFHocNdbls

And by every time, I mean even right now. =(
9 seconds in and I had to press Stop.

Should I play Shadow Hearts 1 and Suikoden 1 as well?



weaveworld on 05 March 2017

Yeah, SE is usually pretty spot on with their music. Although personally the 'stand by me' cover gives more of a vibe than the game itself. I am still disappointed with the game after the movie and anime had made me anticipate a true masterpiece of a story.

Happy to see Shadow hearts here though! Masterpiece!