The music :cringe:

[Flatbuffer]

Guys music just sucks in this game. I'm so incredibly disappointed in the sound. It's actually completely detrimental to gameplay, that's how bad it is.

[Glemt]

Originally posted by Stiglets:

Guys music just sucks in this game. I'm so incredibly disappointed in the sound. It's actually completely detrimental to gameplay, that's how bad it is.

Wow. I think it's beautiful to see people with different opinions, and it's really bad for you to have this experience : / I would not have expected it though. I adore the music in this game and a friend of mine who came over to check it out noticed it positively immediately too.

What exactly don't you like about it? As which Civs did you play?

I played as China and Germany/Greece (hotseat with said friend) so far, and encountered Japan, Norway, America and the Aztecs, and not a single melody sounded annoying to me...

[Machin Shin]

first thing i do in every game is music = off

[Glemt]

Originally posted by PitchBlackSun:

first thing i do in every game is music = off

I get that. I do the same with The Witcher 3. People found that very weird but for me the music killed the immersion totally. Which Civ however? Loving it.

[VisuallyInteresting]

I completely agree, I really liked the music in Civ V - but this music just grates on me big time, seems really poor. I've turned it off to play some of my own classical tracks or the Stellaris soundtrack lol.

[TheG0DMachine]

Originally posted by VisuallyInteresting:

or the Stellaris soundtrack lol.

AYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Topaz Magoo]

I agree i have now muted it and i youtube a playlist. I mean civ 3 had pumping soundtrack, seems like they took step backward.

[trekwiz]

I agree, sort of. It's not that it makes me cringe*, it's just that it's so dull and not noticeable. When I first started, I found myself checking to make sure the music was on because it was so easy to tune out.

The intro music is incredible; I wish the rest of the music were equally good. The music in every past Civ game has been absolutely epic--Civ IV's music is my favorite, but I loved III's, and back in the day, I used the music from II to make Windows 3.1 themes. It's always been hard to miss, it's right there pulling you in deeper. I've loved that about past Civ games. But this soundtrack doesn't have that epic quality.

*There is one song that makes me cringe, and it probably highlights why I don't like the music. It's the French Medieval music. I've heard that song many times before at my preferred renaissance faire. The version used in Civ VI is so...technical. It's accurate and recognizable, but it's missing the character that makes it a catchy, enjoyable song. I was so disappointed when I noticed this one.

When I get back to Civ VI after the next patch (got a few games on the Halloween sale to play through now), I'm going to shut off the game music and play my own collection. I've never done that with a game before. ):

[Captain Giggity]

Originally posted by trekwiz:

I agree, sort of. It's not that it makes me cringe*, it's just that it's so dull and not noticeable.

Exactly how I feel about it. It's just so repetitive it turns into a white noise lol.

[nakaVS]

It's never going to get better than Civ 4. Never.

[Proletius]

God, the Ancient Era music really is distractingly bad, isn't it? It's like they asked the composer for "white noise, but more grating". Maybe it gets better in later eras, but I don't want to have to play through hours of this auditory pollution to get to that. (Brazil seems okay, though - maybe playing as them I can find some enjoyment in this game - so far, I just haven't been feeling it, but I'm pretty sure the soundtrack is a major factor in that. EDIT: Although listening to the soundtrack for Brazil's later eras, I'm reconsidering that plan. Maybe I'll just play something on youtube.)

[Traveler]

Where's Brazils Bosanova!!!

[Narkulus]

I played for 2 hours this morning before realizing my audio reciever was turned off.

[watchout4snakes]

Yes, Civ 6 music is abhorrent and potentially mind-damaging.

My workaround is to mute the game music and listen to Yanni Radio on Google Play. It's not unpleasant and it's completely forgettable, as should be all in-game music.

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by Hrathen:

First thing I do in every game is music = off

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[Corgisaurus]

You are not referring to the Civ 6 theme right? Because if you find that bad you probably won't enjoy epic music of any kind.