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>laboratory level
>futuristic sounding synths
This is not just real, its a truth.
Anon's vibin
Sounds like a good game.
Ok uh, barely related, but:
Is there an actual name for the genre of music of Half Life 2, Ep1/2, Alyx?
Its like... progressive rock but sometimes also hardrock guitar riffs, but also with ... basically 'experimental' industrial/techno usually mixed in quite well, and then also very often with essentially breakbeat drumming, and a lot of it also uses some pretty uncommon time signatures and switchups.
And then sometimes there is either classical instrumentation, or, essentially some kind of filtered or synth version of it.
... I literally fail to describe it succinctly, I don't know how, I'm not aware of anything else that really sounds consistently like it.
So, like Nine Inch Nails then. That's called just industrial.
I mean, NiN and industrial in general has many elements in common with it...
I dunno, its less ... orthodox, in time signatures, than basically all NiN I can remember listening to, with the exception of Ghosts.
Ghosts has a lot more just... weird timings, but they're also paired with melodies and chords that are dissonant or off in some way...
Not much of Ghosts is high tempo, 'action-y', and HL2's melodies are actually not as odd and dissonant, they're more conventional, just often played with unconventional instruments/synths.
And, NiN's drumming, cymbals and such is usually nowhere near as frantic.
... Maybe I just don't have a wide enough industrial palette, and I guess maybe yeah, 'HL2 style' is best described as a subgenre of industrial?
NiN did the soundtrack to Quake.
An of course their logo was on the ammo crates for the nail gun. Because if you have an automatic nail gun, nine inch nails make the perfect ammo. You're not going to kill shamblers with 23ga pin nails.
Yeah, there is no denying that NiN and industrial in general was... running through the blood of the late 90s / early 00s FPS pioneers.
Heck, not even just FPS:
Frank 'Motherfucking' Klepacki.
... who the fuck comes up with both Hell March... and IndustroFunk?
He just like invented a subgenre, as a song.
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TIL you can’t greentext on Lemmy
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> American level
> clapping noises
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I've been using >code blocks for that, but I low key want actual greentext here.
Just use a backslash to escape the >
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It doesn't feel as satisfying. But yes, it's an option.
I feel like it should be possible
It should, but I don't expect either Lemmy or PieFed to implement it. Because, like, the original role of greentext was quoting, and we already have quote blocks.
>cherry blossoms in the level
>koto and sho OR shamisen and shakuhachi
Sax... And violins.
Counterpoint: The Crosscode soundtrack.
Forest level: accordion, guitar, only a bit of flute, no violin.
Forest level 2: accordion, choir, and xylophone.
Forest level 3: steel drums, guitar, some other kind of guitar.
Ice level: flutes, bass guitar.
Ice dungeon: french horn, synthy violin.
Lava level: (none)
Desert level: Exactly what OP said.
Desert town: Totally different from what OP said.
Beach level: guitar, flute, piano, very little steel drums, no ukulele.
but anon, what if you are Spider-Man in a Fun House in 1991?
Bongos, error beeps, and the wails of the damned.
And that instrument that makes plastic clicky noises, expertly played.
I don’t mean to offend anyone but I cannot respect you as a human being, let alone a sentient organism, if you enjoy video game music at any time other than whilst playing a video game.
“I like the music in doom, it’s weirdly ambient despite being so aggressive.” Perfectly fine, even respectable. “I was listening to the mortal kombat soundtrack the other day…” You are lesser than a sea cucumber.
Was the last time you listened to game music when it was all chip and midi? There's some beautiful and moving music in games.
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I could sympathize with your point if VGM was still the blips and blops of cheap midi synths like it was in Doom's hayday. Heck, I still someshat sympathize with the idea that VGM just doesn't work as well as albums for making a pure listening experience because the game inherently restricts it's format (though I'd say it depends on the game). But VGM by [current year] has gotten so good I must ask what VGM you have heard. Would you make the same claim for film soundtracks?
Unsolicited VGM suggestions that I think prove my point
Expedition 33, Neon White, Ultrakill, Team Fortress 2, Hyper Light Drifter
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