Something which hasnt been covered (atleast to my knowledge) or a thread I haven't seen yet - is about the music of the next RO. I know this is probably on the bottom of the list of priorities when the majority of suggestions are surrounding aesthetic and gameplay - but I think that music (and even SFX if you want to encompass into this thread) has an equally important role in the game.
The first RO for example - I found it had exceptional music. I loved it! (Speaking of which I'm listening to it now - which gave me the idea for this thread)
I loved the music so much that I converted the ogg vorbis files into mp3's.
Sure, RO's music most certainly isnt Vivaldi's four seasons, or some usual dramatic (and generic) game soundtrack which is to emphasise the epicness of the battles and the heroism blah blah /cliche. Yet alone good games now a days having a good soundtrack to accompany it.
But the thing I loved about the soundtrack is that the melancholly mood it sets works well with the way the game is developed and emphasises how brutal and horrible the Eastern Front and fighting in the East was. None of the glorification and grandiosity that comes in battle and in death - it is quite the contrary if you ask me.
But the classical music was fantastic. The majority of the tracks did have this 'depressing' (I use the term losely because it can be quite a strong word) feel to it, but the tracks that emphasised the combat certainly depicted the desperation, franticness, coldness and slight excitement of battle (just to name a few of the themes) and I completely loved how the music was composed - it had this predominant Russian/Soviet classical feeling with the way the instruments were played.
I dont know who played the music for the original RO soundtrack (I think it might have been an orchestra/symphony? But correct me if I'm wrong which I probably am)
I think in RO:HoS, given that there'll be a singleplayer the soundtrack if played often and in good context will make a great game. If it is coincided with a campaign that follows the hardships of war from both perspectives (as a suggestion in a previous thread about a "diary" style campaign) I think it'll be a great game.
It would be nice to have a new soundtrack similar to the first. What are everyone's thoughts?
The first RO for example - I found it had exceptional music. I loved it! (Speaking of which I'm listening to it now - which gave me the idea for this thread)
I loved the music so much that I converted the ogg vorbis files into mp3's.
Sure, RO's music most certainly isnt Vivaldi's four seasons, or some usual dramatic (and generic) game soundtrack which is to emphasise the epicness of the battles and the heroism blah blah /cliche. Yet alone good games now a days having a good soundtrack to accompany it.
But the thing I loved about the soundtrack is that the melancholly mood it sets works well with the way the game is developed and emphasises how brutal and horrible the Eastern Front and fighting in the East was. None of the glorification and grandiosity that comes in battle and in death - it is quite the contrary if you ask me.
But the classical music was fantastic. The majority of the tracks did have this 'depressing' (I use the term losely because it can be quite a strong word) feel to it, but the tracks that emphasised the combat certainly depicted the desperation, franticness, coldness and slight excitement of battle (just to name a few of the themes) and I completely loved how the music was composed - it had this predominant Russian/Soviet classical feeling with the way the instruments were played.
I dont know who played the music for the original RO soundtrack (I think it might have been an orchestra/symphony? But correct me if I'm wrong which I probably am)
I think in RO:HoS, given that there'll be a singleplayer the soundtrack if played often and in good context will make a great game. If it is coincided with a campaign that follows the hardships of war from both perspectives (as a suggestion in a previous thread about a "diary" style campaign) I think it'll be a great game.
It would be nice to have a new soundtrack similar to the first. What are everyone's thoughts?