Patient Gamers

Sly cooper 1, crash twinsanity, Witcher 3, Banjo-Kazooie, Hi-Fi Rush, Nier Automata

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2

I listen to Stellaris OST a lot these days. Turns out that good music to plan galactic domination is also good music to design and build software.

Don’t really play the game much anymore though. That was one of my main pandemic games.

The Neverhood

Hard pick because I listen to a game or series for a while, then another. Just today I went and listened to a lot of Sonic tracks, which I do once every few months. I guess Atlus games (SMT, Persona, EO), Metal Gear Rising, Ace Attorney, TWEWY are in the lead off the top of my head, but after a month I might give a different answer. My relaxing music playlist is mostly the official classical arrangements of Etrian Odyssey 1+2, so let's go with that.

To The Moon

I have played that game five times (so I could share the experience with other people) and have broken down into tears at the end every time.

• Rome Total War
• Anno 1602
• Stronghold

I suspect I'm driven by nostalgia and by literally hundreds of hours of repeat exposure.

Unreal Tournament 2004 is my favorite OST by number of tracks that I love. It has several absolute banger tracks, like Morpheus3, Hyperblast-Redux, Convoy, Atlantis and Level11. I often keep a number of those tracks on my playlists.

Although I don't like the game itself much (I suck at it), Cloudbuilt also has some awesome tracks, my personal favorite is Aurora. The guitar chords at the apex is just heavenly.

Rebel Galaxy has some very nice stuff to feel like a 'merican space cowboy, it's mostly licensed music as far as i can tell.

Assault Android Cactus usually gets your blood pumping hard, which is great because the game is a pretty fun twin-stick arena. The tracks Assault and Licorice are just 👨‍🍳😙👌

... Come to think of it, looking at my list, I'm a real sucker for sci-fi OSTs, huh. I do want to make honorable mentions to Mass Effect (mostly 2), Skyrim and Smash Bros. Ultimate

All you young'uns and your fancy moderns music.

Nothing beats Gone Jackals songs in Full Throttle.

https://youtu.be/Dih7toPsows?si=wENFI_wtzVJstjHG&t=110

• Shovel Knight
• Chrono Trigger
• Unreal Tournament 99
• Quake II

Deus Ex and System Shock 2

Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.

Bit dated, but at the time Descent II’s Redbook sountrack was pretty good for ‘96.

right now i'll have to go with "The Neverhood Chronicles", it's stuck in my head since i started playing it again last week on a PS1 Emu.

SimCity 4 ❤️

Ones I haven't seen in this thread yet:

Cuphead, Cave Story, Celeste, Dredge, Furi, Katamari Damacy (and others in the series), Peggle, Super Mario Galaxy

Homeworld and Hotline Miami are my two favorites!

Let's try and keep it below ~~10~~ 11 entries:

• Disco Elysium
• Outer Wilds
• Hollow Knight
• Shadow of the Colossus + Ico
• Pyre (+all other Supergiant games)
• Valkyrie Profile
• Banner Saga trilogy
• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
• Chrono Trigger + Cross
• Eastshade

Honestly nowadays so many games have great soundtracks, it is a joy to behold! Makes it harder to chose favorites though...

Nier Automata. The entire discograpy

Halo Reach, hands down. Phenomenal, all the feels

Is 2016 old enough now?
The DOOM 2016 soundtrack fucking rips.

Bastion, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Mirror's Edge.

and Hades, although I refuse to call it a "patient gamer" game

Metal Gear Rising Revengence Need for Speed Most Wanted Hi-Fi Rush

• Halo Combat Evolved
• Mirror's Edge
• Sim City 3000
• The Sims
• The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
• Fez
• Flatout 2
• Jet Set Radio
• Sword and Sorcery LP

Minecraft (incl. Wynncraft)

My top four haven't changed in a while:

• Chrono Cross
• Nier Gestalt/Replicant (original version)
• Persona 5
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

I love EDM, so any game that uses it or is inspired by it holds a special place in my heart, like Streets of Rage, Rez, Dance Dance Revolution, or the Trails of Cold Steel games (especially the second one).

Golden Sun GBA soundtrack. Also there are some really nice remixes of the fan community. The game is from 2001 but can be played with Nintendo Switch online subscription. As well as the second game (they are basically one game).

All of Persona OSTs, if i had to pick one it would be 5, but all of them have songs on my playlist that i hear to this day.

I also love Devil May Cry OSTs, i heard bury the light on repeat for months

• Chrono Trigger
• Undertale/Deltarune
• The World Ends With You
• Jet Set Radio
• Them's Fightin' Herds
• F-Zero GX
• VVVVVV
• CrossCode
• Crypt of the Necrodancer
• Shatter

Bungie-era Halo has the best OST in the industry hands down, though recently Lunacid let me hear some certified bangers; someone here mentioned B:G&E, and I second that opinion although I wouldn't have thought of it myself.

Morrowind and project wingman are peak. FFXIV is fantastic with a persistent leitmotif across each entire expansion. The final endwalker boss basically wrapped up YEARS worth of story and that fight music was a medly featuring every expansion's leitmotif and holy shit I can't get over how incredible it was. Also the pandaemonium raid music. And Alexander. Seriously you can rabbit hole for HOURS on FFXIV music.