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garethporlest18 · Jul 10, 2007, 04:00 PM // 16:00

Nope haven't had the music on in over a year.

Big_Iron · Jul 10, 2007, 04:02 PM // 16:02

I love the usic from GW and even got the upgraded music packs. But yeah, Propheices is by far my favorite. I like the others, but you can't beat the music in Pre IMHO.

Likelytodie · Jul 10, 2007, 05:03 PM // 17:03

Not bad music, I prefer to listen to my own though.

Darksun · Jul 10, 2007, 06:05 PM // 18:05

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Originally Posted by MrFuzzles

The music is great, but no matter how superb the music is, you'll always get sick of it after listening to it for hours on end. I don't think many of us still have the music on in any game after playing it for more than a month.

Speak for yourself, some of us have much longer attention spans & patience.
I've been playing since it was released, I hate playing without the in-game music & sounds. They are just as much a part of the game to me as the graphics. I have the bonus music packs installed so it's not as repetitive, but either way it's great.

Gargle Blaster · Jul 10, 2007, 06:26 PM // 18:26

i don't listen to the in game music. itunes solves any of my music wants. For there is no Psy-Trance in Guild Wars

MrFuzzles · Jul 10, 2007, 06:40 PM // 18:40

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Originally Posted by Darksun

Speak for yourself, some of us have much longer attention spans & patience.
I've been playing since it was released, I hate playing without the in-game music & sounds. They are just as much a part of the game to me as the graphics. I have the bonus music packs installed so it's not as repetitive, but either way it's great.

I'm not sure what listening to the same tunes on repeat has to do with patience and attention span.. If anything, music gets *more* repetitive if you're constantly "attentive" towards it. Kinda unneccesary to lash out and ninja-insult my attention span over our preferences in music, isn't it? :/

I still play with sounds on, I feel disconnected without them, but all music gets repetitive to me. No matter how awesome the tune is, I get tired of it after listening to it for months and weeks on end for hours at the time.

Grunntar · Jul 10, 2007, 06:44 PM // 18:44

I love the music. It sounds better with DirectSong, of course. (And you get more music with the purchase.)

Vinraith · Jul 10, 2007, 06:47 PM // 18:47

Like all of Soule's work, it's excellent. 760 hours later and I still don't feel any need to put on something else and turn the music off, that pretty much says it all.

Eiri · Jul 10, 2007, 09:59 PM // 21:59

I love the Guild Wars music and all of Jeremy Soule other works and i have it always on.

What i don´t like in Nightfall is that the music is less catchy compared with Factions or Prophecies and that it is constantly interrupted by combat music as Shakkara said.

Nevin · Jul 10, 2007, 10:01 PM // 22:01

I love the music, just never bought the additional packs.

agrios · Jul 10, 2007, 10:10 PM // 22:10

I bought the music expansion pack long ago. It has some really nice stuff. But overall, GW is boring to death. Sometimes I have to turn it off to avoind falling asleep. They are incredibly well composed and performed, but they are boring.

They should go something more epic, like Michael Hoenig's work on the Baldurs Gate series.

Theres games - worse by far - than GW, but they got good music (like Rappelz).

Tahlia Tane · Jul 10, 2007, 10:32 PM // 22:32

How can some of you TURN OFF the music? It's a huge part of the game. Sound and music is PART of the game. WTFFFFFFFFFF

IlikeGW · Jul 10, 2007, 10:35 PM // 22:35

I'm not much of a Soule fan. He gets maybe 1 great track out of 10 awfully meandering and dull ones, and for some reason the great ones don't even get frickin play in the games. It's like an unwritten law or something if Jeremy Soule makes a good tune for your game you'll only play all the junk ones during the actual game.

Tahlia Tane · Jul 10, 2007, 10:37 PM // 22:37

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Originally Posted by Shakkara

I like the music but I absolutely HATE the combat music in Nightfall. I wish they made it able to be troggled off.

*soothing music*
mob 1...
*BAM BAM BAM PAhAHAHAHA!*
mob 1 dead...
*soothing music starts from the beginning*
10 sec later, mob 2...
*RAMBAM RATATATA!*

Lol, I know what you mean. Dynamic music is very important to the experience, IMO. But in Nightfall it is a little rough on the edges sometimes. I can understand how this annoys over time. The combat music should have been a little more subtle.

A perfect example of a game with excellent dynamic music and sound is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (or The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess). But in contrary to Guild Wars, it's not made up of pre-recorded tracks.

MrFuzzles · Jul 10, 2007, 10:46 PM // 22:46

Anarchy Online had something similar. The music was made up of hundreds of these short snippets of basically 2 or 4 bars, and the engine pasted them together as you went. It allowed them to seamlessy change the mood of the music without just crossfading entire tunes into eachother. Pretty cool.

Series · Jul 10, 2007, 10:47 PM // 22:47

I love the music in Guild Wars, Immortal is awesome.

...oh, you mean the music that comes with it? What's that sound like?

Diablo™ · Jul 11, 2007, 12:05 AM // 00:05

Best Soundtrack for a game I've ever heard for a long time...

Pompeyfan · Jul 11, 2007, 12:09 AM // 00:09

Always have GW music turned right down as prefer MP3's in the background or have the TV on.

Darksun · Jul 11, 2007, 12:10 AM // 00:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrFuzzles

I'm not sure what listening to the same tunes on repeat has to do with patience and attention span.. If anything, music gets *more* repetitive if you're constantly "attentive" towards it. Kinda unneccesary to lash out and ninja-insult my attention span over our preferences in music, isn't it? :/

Sorry you took offense to that.

Cynicide · Jul 11, 2007, 12:32 AM // 00:32

The soundtrack in Guild Wars is pretty good, although Soule's best work is Icewind Dale without a doubt.

I'd purchase the extra music but I'd rather have it in cd format.