10-01-2005 06:35									#1
	Vote what the music in cIV should be like. Got spare money?

Lets see how this goes.

Make sure you only tick one (or none) in each of the sections (except the last one)


Remember, if you tick "Cultural", "Age specific" and "Heavy" you are actually saying that you want Heavy Cultural Music that is Age dependant (Age Specific means the music changes appropriately for each era you are in).

Last edited by Sn00py on 10-01-2005 at 09:45

	10-01-2005 19:36									#2
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All it needs is a "kill all music" option, then I'm happy

Winamp

	10-01-2005 20:47									#3
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Who voted for the lines?

Anyway, my vote goes to both Cultural and Uncultural, Age Specific, Soft (I don't like music which could distract me), both Dramatic and Undramatic.

Good poll, Sn00py.

It only lacks a banana option... Unless we consider the lines as the banana option...

	10-01-2005 21:11									#4
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Would recommend unobtrusive ambient stuff. Bit like the original Worms or Fallout, if you can remember their music off-hand.

Either way, a folder where you can put links to your favourite MP3s, in the style of GTA3, would keep most people happy if they hated the default music.

	10-01-2005 21:19									#5
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Both cultural and uncultural, soft, dramatic and non-dramatic. Don't really care if it changes by age. But some faster/more dramatic tracks are a must. Also, have it work fine with another media player in the background if I choose to listen to my music.

	10-01-2005 21:31									#6
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Well, the civ3 music especially in the modern era was atrocious.

	10-01-2005 22:24									#7
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The C3 music, pretty much, though I agree with diplomat.

	10-01-2005 23:11									#8
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quote: Originally posted by The diplomat Well, the civ3 music especially in the modern era was atrocious.

You are surely kidding?!? The music in the modern era was among the best in the whole game.
* Nikolai shrudders by the thought of the older eras' music...

	10-01-2005 23:33									#9
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I want cultural, noncutural, agespecific, nonagespecific, soft, and dramatic music.

	10-01-2005 23:46									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Alex Who voted for the lines?

I did... and I did it because I:

quote: Originally posted by Alex It only lacks a banana option... Unless we consider the lines as the banana option...

	11-01-2005 08:22									#11
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i voted for the lines... because it was possible to do so.

I have recently revisited ctp1 and ctp2. Some of the music in those games was quite good. It was be nice to have an edit option to pull the music from civ 1,2,3 or ctp1,2 that want for civ4.

	11-01-2005 21:05									#12
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Really, I don't care what it is (hard-rock or Kenny G), as long as it is

WELL PRODUCED!

For corporate guidance, the homies working under His Holiness should check in with the designers at PopTop, which has given us not one, not two, but THREE of the best video game soundtracks to date (all strategy, mind you). They did this by ditching the synthesizers and letting, uh, musicians design the music.

Considering how much interest musicians have concerning the fate and quality of midieval music (not to mention others), there should be plenty of hireable talent out there.

My rant.

	11-01-2005 22:03									#13
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I think the music will follow the general styles of previous Civ games, fortunately.

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quote: Originally posted by Alex Who voted for the lines?

I did. This is a protest, because this poll definately needed a banana option. Some people (like me) turn off game music in favor of own CDs/MP3s, you know.

And please, Sid, don't spend time (=money) on music, when you could be developing a really good AI!

	12-01-2005 04:50									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Adagio All it needs is a "kill all music" option, then I'm happy Winamp

I don't think I've even heard the Civ3 music.

	12-01-2005 05:19									#16
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I don't care what the music is. I think the Ancient stuff in CIII is good and always miss it after I get construction. After that I usually turn the music off.
What would be cool would be a distant echo of the Banana Boat song when coming across tropical fruit resource. ". . .daylight come and me wan' go home . . ."

	12-01-2005 05:23									#17
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Oh, yeah, I did forget my traditional... no banana option

	12-01-2005 11:08									#18
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I guess I wouldn't mind too much if there's no music. I like the music of the previous games, but like everyone else I haven't listened to it for a while. But do you really think they'd make the game without music?

	12-01-2005 15:11									#19
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There's no banana option for obvious reasons.

1. There's going to be music for cIV whether you like it or not.
2. If you don't care about the music, then Firaxis won't be interested in your opinion now will they?


And Modo44, while I agree that AI is probably most important, the AI is done by programmers, music done by the musician, I'm sure there won't be a hindrance on the AI because of the musician. right?

	12-01-2005 16:06									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Sn00py And Modo44, while I agree that AI is probably most important, the AI is done by programmers, music done by the musician, I'm sure there won't be a hindrance on the AI because of the musician. right?

Wrong. You need to pay both the programmers, and the musicians. And the budget doesn't exactly stretch. So, if you get lots of music, you get less good programming. It's a simple trade off. I'd rather have one tune throughout the game, if it pays for a couple more hours of AI-developing.

	12-01-2005 20:27									#21
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Poll has interesting results so far: 60% of voters would like age specific music, and this is the only option which has a clear majority.

Of course, the lines show some strong support too.

	12-01-2005 23:19									#22
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Those lines are actually notes on music paper...that's how it will all sound.

	13-01-2005 10:11									#23
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I voted for 'cultural', 'age specific', and 'dramatic'. For music intensity (i.e. hard vs. soft) I voted 'all' since the type of music played should depend on the current events (i.e. drama) going on in the game. The music shouldn't be constantly 'hard' or constantly 'soft' throughout the game. For example, heavier music could be played during times of war, and lighter music during peace-time.

	13-01-2005 10:33									#24
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Agreed. Heavy (or at least dark) music whenever u just got conquered/conquered a base, lost/eliminated an enemy.

	13-01-2005 15:29									#25
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yeah, that would be good, but I am guessing it would be hard for Firaxis to identify when a large war is in action and when there isn't a large war.

	13-01-2005 15:31									#26
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BTW, this poll really shows how difficult it is to please everyone.

	14-01-2005 00:04									#27
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Why can't people listen to their own music? I haven't listened to any in game music since playing the original homeworld.....

	14-01-2005 01:35									#28
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I want Augustus Rises, either old style of a new take.

It is the quintessential Civ song. I missed it from Civ3, and it was the reason I always chose Romans in Civ1.

	14-01-2005 02:17									#29
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Whatever stock music is fine...hopefully, it would be easy for people to substitute their own MP3s.

Gran Turismo 2 has some great music when watching the replays!

Whatever is initially programmed would be nice if it followed the tempo of the game - as other posters have stated.

	17-01-2005 02:16									#30
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I'm in the lines camp. Because I will probably not bother to turn my speakers back on, and instead listen to my stereo system. Nothing like driving imperialist capitalist dogs to their defeat to the sound of Dvorak being played really, really loudly.