It feels like newer games are just too quiet. No background music, just “ambient noise” if you’re lucky. And as someone who really likes Video Game Music I find that disappointing.
Is it just me or do newer titles really lack BGM?
It honestly feels like newer games are ashamed of looking or feeling too much like stereotypical video games and overcorrect as a result.
Like is it just me? Or have you noticed this too?
Wilderness from Diablo 2 is just great! I don’t know if you consider that ambient, or other works like that from early Diablo games, but that was the way to do it, for that style of game!
It was explicitly composed as a song, and plays as a sound file, so I’d say it’s not in the same class of ‘ambient’ as the basically-generated stuff.
Diablo 2’s soundtrack is a forever classic. Definitely turns a decent game into a whole experience.