DragonFlames

Have some bad music from a bad game that is bad because I like it Bad

Meh. I'm sorry, I'm probably being unfair, but Pokémon itself just... ugh. It stirs emotions within me that I'd rather leave dead and buried.

And even the one ""good"" battle theme to come out of the Gen II remakes... well... this came out three years before then *shrugs* I don't know. The second I discovered other games exist, my interest in Pokémon dwindled to nothingness. And the release of Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth was the final nail in the coffin for it.

Crazybus is at least funny.

Pokémon is to me what Trails is to Shrimpy. Though unlike him, I lost all fondness I had for the older games, as well.

And that is all I will say on the subject, because this stupid franchise fills me with nothing but rage and hatred.

The one time Pokémon music was genuinely good was when GameFreak had no hand in making the games. This was the peak for Pokémon OSTs.

I suddenly feel reminded of the worst battle theme to end all worst battle themes. Ugh. And if I have to suffer, so do you all. What in the name of all things holy were they thinking with this garbage? Seriously. Even the worst chicken clucking in Trails isn't as godawful as... whatever the hell this is. I'd take that Yoshi theme Armagon shared over this. Not to mention, this horribly unfitting for the creature it plays for, which may I remind you at one point had this for a theme. Literally all they had to do is make that song into a proper battle theme and all would've been okay. But nope. Garbage it is. Ugh. Excuse me while I cleanse my ears of this trash. Pokémon's music started to go south with Gen IV, and has only gotten worse since. Not that it was ever anything above average, compared to contemporary game OSTs.

Oh, that. Yeah... that one's okay, I guess. Bit out of place in Pokémon, I think, but it's alright. ORAS' OST was decent to good, in general, but that's because they just had to not fuck up remaking the music (which is where HGSS by and large failed, with the battle themes at least. Gen IV's battle themes are pretty bleh in general. The other music's alright, though, I guess).

And now, some Truths, courtesy of one of Draggy's Favorite Games (TM): November 9th can't be here fast enough.

How about this one: Ys V good. Sorry. I felt challenged. XD It can't be, when rap, hip hop, German Schlager, and any post-Gen V Pokémon OSTs exist. xD But yes, CS3's OST is weak as heck. It's saying something when Idea Factory/Compile Heart did one of CS3's main bosses more justice than CS3 had ever any hope of doing, both in terms of music and gameplay. It has its moments where I'm like "yeah, this is dope", but overall, I kinda agree. It ain't for me. That's what I'll say. Just like Xenoblade 2, Conquest, Dragon Quest, Pokémon, most older Final Fantasy games (non-Blue Reflection/Atelier Ryza ATB systems I'm not a fan of)... yup, public enemy #1. Right here. xD

That Hilda has nothing on Stella Glow's Hilda, anyway

Truth. Honestly, I don't even think it's that big a deal. Spinoffs are a good way to explore this universe in different ways without the "baggage" that comes with adhering to the main canon, which may or may not work to the series' advantage, overall. Not to mention they can also try out different styles of gameplay, as well, like Super Neptunia RPG, that was a platformer, or Cyberdimension Neptunia, which was an MMO/ARPG mix, or the upcoming Ninja Wars that seems to go in the direction of full-on Musou. Ultimately, whether it's spin-off or mainline games, I'm just happy the series is still alive. And even if it dies, I'll still have the games that exist, and the memories I made with them. Also, that screenshot you posted looks legitimately awesome. I'm interested now. xD

Also, also More shilling music!

Though to be fair, most of what I play these days is games I already have, because backlog, and such.

Well, okay, you got a point there! I forgot about those, somehow, when I made my original point. And yeah, you're absolutely right. Indie games, and those by some smaller studios (such as the people behind the Neptunia series) I wouldn't like to pirate. These I was referring to, mainly, but I'm in a similar boat to you. There are only very few of these I'm even interested in enough to even want to pirate... actually, basically none, as most of what I like to play can be considered AA at most.

Have some shilling I mean, music.

Preach.

I would see no moral qualms about pirating any game these days, with the trajectory the game industry at large is taking. Though... I would not be caught dead playing anything that has even a hint of EA's, Ubisoft's, or Activision Blizzard's involvement in it (my blacklist is a bit longer than that, but these three in particular stand out). On that note, the other reason I haven't gotten Arise yet is that neat little detail that apparently, there are Artes as paid DLC. Not costumes, not additional characters that add some more fun, but are well and truly additional content. No. Artes. As in, skills. For characters already existing in the game. And frankly, fuck that noise.

True, true ^^ 🤝 Ayup... which is a damn shame, too, because Totori herself is a pretty good character, I think. Oh boy. I confess, I haven't gotten Arise yet, despite looking forward to it very much until its release (had too much on my plate around the time it came out, and now I kinda wanna wait for a price drop), but hearing this makes me a little less enthusiastic about it, heh

I'm starting to think this is your way of taking revenge against me for not liking Xenoblade 2 much. XD All jokes aside, I like Sophie's soundtrack, I think it's really good, but arguing taste is pointless, as they say. To me, the suprenatural stuff was the most (and with the way everything was presented, honestly basically the only) interesting part of the whole setting, tbh. Until they found a way to f*** it up by That, and the "we make every FE cult look like a shining example of writing" level of godawful villains connected to most of the supernatural stuff. But you all know my opinion on those guys by now, I imagine. xD

Blue Reflection Ray is the best anime series I've ever watched in my life. It's an emotional roller coaster from beginning to end, and while it didn't quite manage to make me cry like the game did, it still made me feel various strong emotions, and I really wanted everything to go well for everyone involved. Really the only negative thing about it is that two characters are introduced during the second half that really did not need to be there, and the way their part in the story was handled could have been better. But otherwise, I have literally zero complaints.

Too true! ^^

[insert Draggy incessantly gushing about how amazing this antagonist and final battle is here] XD