Yes yes, I know that I have been posting a lot of polls about "music in video games", however, I just have so many questions so I really would like to know. This question comes mainly from a trend that I see from later games. Imagine this: you are playing a shooter and for about thirty seconds there is an awesome theme played. You just start to get into the music and then it goes away, leaving just the gun noises and such in the backround.
Personally I find this annoying and I prefer games that used to have looping music (ex: FF, Star Ocean, the works). I find that whenever a song is looping that I find myself enjoying the game more and whenever it starts to annoy me, I go through it faster so that I can get a little change, that or I just tune it out. I find in games that don't loop (Ex: Half-life 2, Halo, Call Of Duty, ect.) that I tend to lose interest in the game and get lost more and go away from the objective because I wasn't paying attention.
I can see reasons though for not liking looping music. Things like becoming annoyed at the repeated theme, too much sound or a distracting theme to take away from the game. I can really see the defense. But I like it more when they loop
Am I the only one that does this or are there others?
Poll: Do you like it when video games loop music?
p.s: I usually add a third neutral choice to my polls, however in this case I know that people would go with that choice. I know it is a hard call; even for me. However, I really want some different answers.
Personally I find this annoying and I prefer games that used to have looping music (ex: FF, Star Ocean, the works). I find that whenever a song is looping that I find myself enjoying the game more and whenever it starts to annoy me, I go through it faster so that I can get a little change, that or I just tune it out. I find in games that don't loop (Ex: Half-life 2, Halo, Call Of Duty, ect.) that I tend to lose interest in the game and get lost more and go away from the objective because I wasn't paying attention.
I can see reasons though for not liking looping music. Things like becoming annoyed at the repeated theme, too much sound or a distracting theme to take away from the game. I can really see the defense. But I like it more when they loop
Am I the only one that does this or are there others?
Poll: Do you like it when video games loop music?
p.s: I usually add a third neutral choice to my polls, however in this case I know that people would go with that choice. I know it is a hard call; even for me. However, I really want some different answers.
