Music to play to.

[The DSM]

Hey just wanted to see what kind of music people like to listen to whilst playing games.

Personaly I go for Power metal such as Dragonforce or Blind guardian, what about you?

Edit: Just encase anyone says the band "Search bar" they are a terrible band and have butchered music.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

Anything louder really, if anything. I prefer to be able to listen to what going on in-agme, though.

 

[Sneaklemming]

Depends on the game; sometimes whatever I feel like- other times; like with Oblivion or Fallout 3 I look up music that would suit the game and put it all into the game; via mods and such

 

[Armored Prayer]

I tend to play Disturbed and Killswitch Engage whilst playing my games.

 

[GundamSentinel]

Muse works with any game.

 

[Jedamethis]

I just listen to the in-game music, it usually fits better

 

[DevilSShadoW]

well depending on the game, i play metal, trance and even classical.
But for games that have a story, I really wanna hear what characters are saying so no music.

 

[Gabanuka]

Muse, Led Zepplin, Queen, Mother Head and Metalica.

 

[sunami88]

Loud and fast, so Drum and Bass I guess.

Can't beat some Pendulum while pwning newbs.

 

[Animemaster12]

I listen to rock, pop, or anime-related music while playing games. For example Pillar, Dragonforce, Nsync, Aqua Times, etc.

 

[AizenTheAzure]

Depends on the game, no music if i need to hear whats going on. If i actually listen to music it's usually something like Phoenix or Radiohead.

 

[RavingPenguin]

Something to calm and relax me. So usually some ATB or Utada Hikaru, I dont play anything well if I'm stressing out.

 

[Acidwell]

I never put music on for single player games because i want to hear the story but for multiplayer: A random playlist of my favourite songs. I find coheed and cambria is very good for gaming

 

[Nick-O]

I listen to rock, pop, or anime-related music while playing games. For example Pillar, Dragonforce, Nsync, Aqua Times, etc.

Nsync? omg you can't be serious...
If you are I am very disappointed in you, and so is the rest of humanity

 

[Ultima Shadow]

I've found, through extensive research and tiring deliberation, that Master of Puppets by Metallica is the perfect song to listen to whilst playing Quake 3 Arena.

 

[Andalusa]

Anything one my iPod. There's a wide range of music there. When I play games I set it to shuffle and most songs are pretty good to game to.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Punk rock

 

[arc101]

In a racing game a turn off the music and listen to the engines, in every other game, i put my music on

 

[Zaksav91]

Depends on what type of game.

Shooters = anything heavy and fast. So like punk rock or metal. Examples Trivium and Pennywise

RPG's = something a little bit slower but still heavy in some parts. Ex. Dream Theatre, Muse, Breaking Benjamin, and Linkin Park

Strategy games = I like listening to alternative music and indie when I play strategy games. So music like The killers and Daughtry were nice to listen to I thought. Oh and techno is kind of fun to to play for strategy games and for shooters sometimes too.

Adventure games = Adventure games like GTA and Assassins creed I like listening to basically anything that has a good beat. I sometimes try to mimic the beat based on what I do. So anything with good basslines and drum lines. EX. Red Hot chili peppers, Queen,Rush and Incubus. I also like listening to punk rock especially if I'm playing GTA.

Puzzle games = Softer music, anything that calms me down and makes me drift off. Owl City and Theory of a deadman are examples.

Maybe I thought of this too much, but to me, certain music really can help you with how you play a game. That is why i'm a little picky when it comes to what I want to listen to while I play a game.