Current Events > the lack of music in tears of the kingdom kind of sucks

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idk when exploring around the fields and nothing is playing is kind of lame

The Hyrule kingdom music was the only one that stood out to me.

I know it won't help much, but put Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time on loop.

Haven't played tears, but I felt that way in botw

The minimalist music is boring. Mario Odyssey kinda did it too

I get it. I love music in games and Secret of Evermore has an amazing soundtrack that is largely at times just ambience which rules. I never played this one or Breath of the Wild enough to have a opinion whether I would prefer actual music or not in a Zelda game. I think I'd want it.

PowerOats posted...

Haven't played tears, but I felt that way in botw

The minimalist music is boring. Mario Odyssey kinda did it too

honestly it reminds me of how empty the game is at times which is why i don't like it

when there's music playing I feel like I'm adventuring, when there's not it feels like I'm just walking to my next objective

Im really tired of ambient music.

Like, playing Souls games, especially Elden Ring, gets kind of depressing with the dull colors and lack of any music outside of bosses. It almost makes me tempted to go fight higher levelled monsters because im just so bored

I mean, OoT kinda has ambient music in its dungeons, and those are great

Inside the Deku Tree isn't some banger, but it's a fitting ambient theme.

On that note, people don't really like the shrine music, but I do.

What BotW and maybe tears needed is a music player. Put some field, dungeon, fight themes. Put in a option to delay the next song.

That was one of the big things that put me off BOTW.
Most people would call it atmospheric or relaxing or something. I was just falling for sleep for real every time I tried to play it.
Makes it feel empty.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

Makes it feel empty.

Literally the point.

SuperShake666 posted...

Literally the point.

if it's intentional that's even worse

SuperShake666 posted...

Literally the point.

I hate.

I feel like the music plays more often in TotK than in BotW

just ride around on a horse

I just listen to other music

I just made a topic a few days ago about how the music in Nintendo games has been really lacking lately. Yoshi's Island for the SNES had a lot of touching music that a lot of effort was put into. Crafted World (or at least what I played of it which was just the first 4 or 5 stages before I dropped it) sucked. I pointed out how I can't even remember the music in BOTW. Ocarina of Time's music was superb. So many tracks had personality/emotion to it. I especially love Sheik's theme. That one actually makes me feel something.

Jupiter posted...

the music in Nintendo games has been really lacking lately.

https://youtu.be/XuZJ-Td1D94
https://youtu.be/lw1XwyW39uk
https://youtu.be/9eNSB6mQL3U
https://youtu.be/_TE22RCxCi4

No matter how good the music was, it would get repetitive as fuck after 10 hours or so. They would either need to compose a massive symphony with multiple movements that are each hours long or this, so they chose this.

There's still plenty of music in the game that plays in specific areas or during fights.

Jupiter posted...

I just made a topic a few days ago about how the music in Nintendo games has been really lacking lately.

I know it's a remix but:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdsrl7I8ack

Just so good.

i like ambient/dynamic music or whatever it's called. listening to the same track/s blaring for x-hours gets really grating for me.

I turn off music in all open world adventure games lol. So, I know exactly why they do that.

I don't understand why so many like hearing music over atmosphere. I wanna hear all the weather effects and rustling. I dunno about this game particularly, but I imagine it's the same as BotW. I think most games step on their own toes by drowning out all the work they put into the depth of atmosphere. However, I could see why someone would want the music in a game as iconic as Zelda. A series that literally has instruments be the main component of different entries.

Tyranthraxus posted...

No matter how good the music was, it would get repetitive as fuck after 10 hours or so. They would either need to compose a massive symphony with multiple movements that are each hours long or this, so they chose this.

There's still plenty of music in the game that plays in specific areas or during fights.

Gaurs plain disagree

Lol, sure let's blast an orchestral theme on loop while exploring the creepy ruins of an ancient kingdom.

I've only got off the "noob aisles" yesterday but from what I've heard it's like BotW but better. The ambience is off the charts. I also love how they kept a lot of the sound from BotW but added little new things like Link humming his theme song while cooking, for example.

Tyranthraxus posted...

No matter how good the music was, it would get repetitive as f*** after 10 hours or so. They would either need to compose a massive symphony with multiple movements that are each hours long or this, so they chose this.

Just wondering then why do people upload these ten hour mega extended mixes to youtube? To prove that they can? I am not going to be in the same area for 10 hours straight either so I tend to not get sick of the music or won't until it's been hundreds of hours. I never got sick of the music in Oblivion or Skyrim. Morrowind yea somewhat just because there wasn't as much of it, but most of it was still very good.

Do the Runescape thing where every area has a song, but each song you've discovered can be played at any time.

Id rather listen to my own music or podcasts while playing anyways

No music made Breath of the Wild incredibly boring to me.

Jupiter posted...

I just made a topic a few days ago about how the music in Nintendo games has been really lacking lately.

Look up the soundtracks to Pokemon Sword/Shield or Scarlet/Violet and then make that topic again

https://youtu.be/tteNQfN-zRs
Nah, this is GOAT tier music

TMOG posted...

Look up the soundtracks to Pokemon Sword/Shield or Scarlet/Violet and then make that topic again

2 of the worst OSTs in the series outside of the Area Zero theme

ViewtifulJoe posted...

Do the Runescape thing where every area has a song, but each song you've discovered can be played at any time.

CM_Ponch posted...

2 of the worst OSTs in the series outside of the Area Zero theme

What's it like to be so aggressively wrong?

I haven't felt any lack of music at all in this game

TMOG posted...

What's it like to be so aggressively wrong?

90% of the music in SwSh and SV is too busy and the vocal sound font is horrible

Kamil posted...

Just wondering then why do people upload these ten hour mega extended mixes to youtube? To prove that they can? I am not going to be in the same area for 10 hours straight either so I tend to not get sick of the music or won't until it's been hundreds of hours. I never got sick of the music in Oblivion or Skyrim. Morrowind yea somewhat just because there wasn't as much of it, but most of it was still very good.

Those 10 hour extended mixes are functionally "until I turn it off" or something people put on to go to sleep. Nobody actually just listens to the whole 10 hours

IMNOTRAGED posted...

I haven't felt any lack of music at all in this game

do your ears not work

Feels like I should be asking you that. Even just running around in a field doing nothing music triggers a good bit more frequently than in BotW.

In reality there aren't many stretches of time where you aren't going into a cave or running into enemies or finding a shrine or diving into the depths, etc. All of which trigger music.

I do wish they'd have changed the snowy music though. That got old about midway through BotW