This happens to me on a fairly regular basis. A recent example:Fappy said:
God Hand
An extremely fast paced, purely skill based brawling game. One of the best brawling games ever made. Perhaps even the best of all time. Is also brutally difficult and absolutely merciless especially on it's hardest difficulty. If there's ever a game out there that will shock you with the fact that you are too unskilled, and inadequate to handle it on it's hardest difficulty - It's this one.
How hard is it?
[HEADING=1]This game gave me tendinitis.[/HEADING]
Well to be honest, I spend hours a day on my job working with my hands, so my job definitely also helped cause it. But I actually remember the moment when my hand began unnatural amounts of pain, and it was when I was playing THIS GAME. Yes, this game was so hard it actually caused me real life health problems and a visit to the doctor.
So why am I talking about the difficulty and not the music? Well the music is indeed, fucking awesome, there is one song that sticks out - The theme song.
The song itself is rather simple, and not an aweinspiring tribute to the glory of emotional depth that music can convey within a videogame. But, the theme song embodies the essence of the game itself. The fast pace of the action, the horrible beatings every single thing in this game will suffer, the degrading defeats you will deal with, the zaniness, and the difficulty. And serves as a reminder, before you even START the damn game, that this game will kick your fucking ass.
As soon as I start this up on my PS3, and hear this song roaring my through my speakers, I know I better be ready.
Downloaded the entire soundtrack only shortly after beginning the game. And the boss themes are pure excellence.
Other examples:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I was already enjoying the music immensely as soon as I heard the Sarif HQ theme, and the Detroit police station theme. But the moment when I decided "I need this soundtrack RIGHT NOW." is when you begin the FEMA mission.
While lots of people tend to favor the more melodic videogame musics, I have a thing for more ambient tunes as well. As I think the more subtle music aids immenesly in providing atmosphere and immersion to the game's world. And Deus Ex was top-notch in this regard. The music, on top of the visuals, sucked me into its world like no other game does. This Ambient theme made the realization that I'm in REAL deep shit really sink in for this mission.
And the way the ambience/stress themes blend together as you approach closer and closer to guards on patrol is brilliant.
And then, Red Dead Redemption.
There's no denying the soundtrack to this game was excellent, possibly even PERFECT. I can point to any one song in the game and say "This is a great song." But one in particular made me stop playing, and download the soundtrack immediately.
The Irish rat just 'helped' me cross into Mexico, barring a sudden and extended shootout with Mexican banditos. Irish's promise of fun and games in Mexico didn't seem like it was going to happen now.
After that slice of bloody violence, we hopped off our raft and it was time for me to venture into Mexico. It was in the dead of night, clear skies, and there was not a single living person for miles around besides myself.
Then this song began playing as I rode through the desert night.
....Once it ended. I stopped, stood up, and downloaded the soundtrack. (I was promised the soundtrack anyway as part of my preorder, but didn't download it until I heard this song.)
It still gives me goosebumps when I hear it.
After that slice of bloody violence, we hopped off our raft and it was time for me to venture into Mexico. It was in the dead of night, clear skies, and there was not a single living person for miles around besides myself.
Then this song began playing as I rode through the desert night.
....Once it ended. I stopped, stood up, and downloaded the soundtrack. (I was promised the soundtrack anyway as part of my preorder, but didn't download it until I heard this song.)
It still gives me goosebumps when I hear it.
