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Well, I like all the classics like early Megaman, Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, Hitoshi Sakimoto, anything from Falcom (Y's, Xanadu, etc).
There are some truly oddball compositions out there that are dear to me, like a lot of the work of Zuntata, which was an in-house band for Taito in the 90's. Similarly, a lot of the weird, sample-based music from the Amiga-era, from people like Chris Huelsbeck, Dave Wittaker and Rob Hubbard.
In recent years, from Japan I've really gotten into anything that Yoko Shimomura has done, and Michiru Yamane upended/revitalized some of the later Castlevania's music in the best way possible.
I will always go to Koichi Sugiyama's Dragon Quest music whenever I want to turn someone on to truly beautiful game compositions (chills), or just relax. Also Matt Uelmen's music for Diablo 2 and Torchlight games also veers toward more contemporary genre's, but is atmospheric, masterful and provides a really well-done alternative sound for what we usually get in interactive media.
Some super strange stuff that just sticks out as not belonging anywhere else: Katamari Damacy's OST, the VibRibbon soundtrack, the Neverhood soundtrack by Terry Taylor, the hidden gem that is the "Moon: Remix RPG Adventure" soundtrack (seriously a great one; check it out).
I have a lot of game music and it's my primary soundtrack while I work.

Thanks for the promote!
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*promote

That's the weirdest pronunciation of "castlevania" that I've heard.

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Chrono trigger is my favorite game of all time.. I think I maxed all the character levels through repeated new game+

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Always been on my top games list along with FF7, HL2, Portal, & Chrono Trigger

I'm surprised how good this sounds. The structure reminds me of 8-bit video game music. Castlevania on Crack anyone?

Cheers!

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one of my favourite games as a kid *promote

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>> ^d3bas3r:
>> ^ponceleon:
A pity he didn't review Shadow Complex... definitely one of the best games made in a very very long time. If you own a 360, you are REQUIRED to download Shadow Complex. It is Metroid/Castlevania mixed with a bit of splintercelly tangent thrown in... HIGHLY recommended!

I second this recomendation. It is a good game.


Third. $15 very well spent. The character progression was awesome; it was empowering to go from a pistol and flashlight to being a double jumping, assault rifle wielding, bionic armored badass. I made my first playthrough over a couple days, and I'm about to go back for round 2.

>> ^ponceleon:
A pity he didn't review Shadow Complex... definitely one of the best games made in a very very long time. If you own a 360, you are REQUIRED to download Shadow Complex. It is Metroid/Castlevania mixed with a bit of splintercelly tangent thrown in... HIGHLY recommended!


I think he really doesn't review good games. I mean unless the game is SO AWESOME he feels like he has to mention it he'd rather review crap.

>> ^ponceleon:
A pity he didn't review Shadow Complex... definitely one of the best games made in a very very long time. If you own a 360, you are REQUIRED to download Shadow Complex. It is Metroid/Castlevania mixed with a bit of splintercelly tangent thrown in... HIGHLY recommended!


I second this recomendation. It is a good game.

A pity he didn't review Shadow Complex... definitely one of the best games made in a very very long time. If you own a 360, you are REQUIRED to download Shadow Complex. It is Metroid/Castlevania mixed with a bit of splintercelly tangent thrown in... HIGHLY recommended!