Music kinda sucks

[Estevan Valladares]

I could be here talking about all the music that marked my life in gaming. From the Mass Effect sure memorable soundtrack and momentous music, or the Guild Wars 2 moments in which the music bombards you with emotions. Almost everyone has memories of setting foot in Undercity or Orgrimmar, Stormwind maybe, even in Moroc in Ragnarok online, or "cheaper yet", project Zomboid desolating "slav" song. "That is how you died".
I have always been amazed by most music in games, and this game features BARDS even. In FFXIV you have bards, and the music in that game does put them to shame.
For a game that people are daring to say "will change the market", besides all the bugs and bad writing you came to expect from the AAAest of the AAAest games, so no surprise there, the music is terrible.
After over 100 hours of game, I simple dont listen to it anymore. The music becomes irritating after a while, because it mostly does not go with the ambience it is in, and the only really "thrilling" music (start only) is the gregorian chant in the main menu.
Dont get me wrong, again, I like the game, and it is fun to play.
But it is not something that will "redefine gaming market" or "justify the hype". IT has a LONG way to worth the price paid even. Not that I had a problem with it, because I am blessed with a good job that pays well and not living in the US which costs of living are horrendous, so I do have the money to "throw" at the game, but it does not worth more than a lot of games much cheaper than it.
So, when I see people saying this game going to redefine game industry, what I understand is that they are saying: "Incomplete games, riddled with basic bugs, like not triggering a quest step unless you know already how it would go, cinematics that focus on the backs and only backs of characters while you talking to them, not even the -behinds- for shock effect, but the back part of chainmail armor, and dialogue that sometimes looks like something ChatGPT would say in a TTS voice", I would say: Well, this already is what steam is full of. But much cheaper.
If you talk about the graphics or systems, most of it anyone can make by just downloading Unreal Engine 4 (not even 5) and asset flipping some of the Unreal store assets, many of them free. I can even link you a suit in Unreal Engine 4 that already rigged cinematic characters so you can make cinematics better than any in Baldur's Gate 3 from your own PC.
Honestly, the game would be better served with less hype and more "we are learning guys", because that is what is happening here: Learning.

[Deri]

The music reminds me of Diablo 2 days.

[Kaisha]

It's... a mix for me.

I get they are going for a sort of 'bardcore' style. They have 1 or 2 decent tracks 'down by the river, I want to live, etc...' but apart from that it's all pretty much meh. Not bad, doesn't get irritating (which is nice), but certainly nothing to rave about.

I prefer deeper, more orchestral sound tracks. Journey OST, ORI, World of Warcraft (though I get that it'd be near impossible to match WoW...), even the Kingdom series and ONI I found to be more interesting (in their own quirky indie way).

[Zsrai]

The OST is good, but not great. There are some great songs though.

The rests of the OP is the standard forum drivel against the game that they felt like sneaking in.

[Babbles]

The composer has used many themes from previous Larian games, yes.

If I was going for originality, I'd give it a 2/10.

If I was going for the Larian composer has made some of the best game music in the last 20 years and they have found a theme? 17/10.

[pascal.difolco]

Down, down, down by the ... drain you should go

[Estevan Valladares]

I never said I am being objectively right. Bugs, those are objective. The fact that cinematics clung wrong angles all the time, that is objective.
In this post I just said I dislike the music, which is a personal take.
Raphael Music is "cool", but it does not go "with the fight", only the start. It is just "a music".
It is not like other games which the music does change by the flow of the battle. And not only like FFXIV which change in terms of "the trash mobs", or the "final boss". Some games change the music while you are fighting according to your performance in the game.
To me, the music simply "playing", is not "redefining the market".
And objectively, BG3 does not redefine anything in terms of gaming market. THAT, that is objectively true. There is nothing about this game that is the first, the most advanced, the most innovative, or the best coded or designed feature. It is just not. You can like it, you can have fun with it, still does not make it innovative, better coded or better designed.
But this post, was just me talking about what I personally think about the music.

[guard65]

game sounds great muted, I stream on my other screen.

[DeMasked]

I like Divinity Original Sin 2 OST more.

[Quillithe]

Publicado originalmente por Babbles:

The composer has used many themes from previous Larian games, yes.

If I was going for originality, I'd give it a 2/10.

If I was going for the Larian composer has made some of the best game music in the last 20 years and they have found a theme? 17/10.

Actually Larian's had a different composer for DOS 2 and BG 3 than their previous games, since Kirill Pokrovsky died.

I felt like Borislav Slavov really had a good soundtrack for DOS2, but BG 3 isn't anything too memorable IMO. It's not terrible, but I can't really remember it the way I can some soundtracks.

[Zef]

Your entire point is irrelevant solely because of Raphael's boss theme music.

One of the best and memorable boss fight music in any game.

[Viper]

I listen to the game with earbuds because in my househoild we don't intrude on others bubble. I turn the music down to half so obviously music is the least thing I care about.

[ElokoMs]

Divinity II OST is much better, e.g. Rivellon or A part of their story

And my favorite track is the main theme of Wrath of the Righteous.

[Shells]

The soundtrack is one of the most understated things I've heard in a long time. Larian has certainly done a favor for the masses of gamers and listeners who are unable to grasp complex ideas, themes and structures. Terrible, primitive, uninspired!

[DeMasked]

Publicado originalmente por ElokoMs:

Divinity II OST is much better, e.g. Rivellon or A part of their story

I feel like BG3 OST is a bit more in your face while DOS2 OST more easily works in the background during a fight. I like the more subtle music.

[hamster4]

Since you mentioned FFXIV... it's Soken. It would be unfair to compare any soundtrack to Soken's work.

Jokes aside. I like DoS2's ost better, and I don't get why people are so upset over criticisms on the soundtrack. It truly is not the best. And I don't know much about gaming industry so take my opinion with a grain of salt, but when it comes to CRPGs, the cinematic, the mocaps - those are definitely new.

As for the mechanics and programming, none of those are groundbreaking new techniques, sure. But I think this is an example of transition from quantity to quality. Just the amount of details and honest work put into this is exceptional.

Why are you mentioning other parts of the game if you only want to criticize the music though?