21-10-2001 04:34									#1
	Music makes the game. Support Apolyton

The music I heard in the four in-game movies @ CivFanatics was kick ass! The "tribal" type music in ancient times, and more advanced music as you go along...nice. I think the music will go a long way toward drawing into the experience. Graphics and sound aren't the most important thing, but I think the overall presentation of the game looks great.

	21-10-2001 05:03									#2
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Yes, it is very good I might actually listen to it more than once

They did a great job on setting the mood with the music- each civ type (European, American, Asian, etc..) gets their own themes, and these themes morph throughout the ages, and are heard during diplomacy.

	21-10-2001 05:13									#3
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i never play with the game music on, if i want music i paly my own mp3....

	21-10-2001 05:16									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Rasputin i never play with the game music on, if i want music i paly my own mp3....

I suppose you're talking about Civ2. Won't you even give Civ3 music a chance?

	21-10-2001 05:29									#5
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maybe once !! but i doubt they play my type of music...

	21-10-2001 05:35									#6
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I thought the music sounded great

	21-10-2001 05:39									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Rasputin maybe once !! but i doubt they play my type of music...

I listen to "my type" of music in the car and whatnot, but well composed music adds to the game experience quite a bit.

	21-10-2001 06:22									#8
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if i want well composed music i listen to mozart etc.....

	21-10-2001 06:39									#9
	voiceovers will not make this game Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

good music, good sounds; no extended voiceovers, no in-game movies to "distract" the player: these are details, of course, next to the gameplay mechanics and the AI. But I know I'll miss the cutted details.

	21-10-2001 10:38									#10
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nah, the music is minor, i never played the game with music on. It's disturbing.

	21-10-2001 13:21									#11
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The music sounds sweet, & it adds a lot to the atmosphear too, much more than the music in other games.

	21-10-2001 14:02									#12
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I certainly agree that music plays a role. In Civ-2, there was 2-3 tunes that was so annoying that I always prefered to play without music alltogether. Somehow the random tune generator always seemed to pick those 2-3 tunes particularly often.

It would be a big improvement if the indevidual tunes is available as separate files (and/or indevidually blockable through the preference-screen), so one easily could delete/mute those that one dont like. The Civ-3 tunes that I have heard so far have been good however.

In my view, the old adventure-game "Little Big Adventure" is one of the best examples what really good background-music can add to a game.

	21-10-2001 14:40									#13
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I will eventually tire of the jingle anyway... be it sooner or later.

A particularly horrendous example comes to mind, however: the music of Colonization! I swear I've never heard such ugly, intrusive tunes from any other computer game.

	21-10-2001 14:53									#14
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I'm a sick bastard and I liked the music of Colozization.

	21-10-2001 15:01									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Hex I'm a sick bastard and I liked the music of Colozization.

Me too Well, this proves how objective one can be about these things.

	21-10-2001 15:13									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Hex I'm a sick bastard and I liked the music of Colozization.

!?!?!

Oh well.

	21-10-2001 15:20									#17
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what's really bad is you keep playing the same album for hours while playing the game...

so when you hear that album or music somewhere else your brain suddenly thinks:"uh oh shouldn't I be playing... " or the image of the game flashes into your head...

	21-10-2001 16:06									#18
	Re: voiceovers will not make this game Enter the AD-FREE zone

quote: Originally posted by Master Marcus good music, good sounds; no extended voiceovers, no in-game movies to "distract" the player: these are details, of course, next to the gameplay mechanics and the AI. But I know I'll miss the cutted details.

I won´t miss the wonder movies, but if there are no voiceovers when I´ve researched a new tech, I´m going to miss them (really liked them in SMAC). IIRC, nothing has been confirmed so far about voiceovers.

	21-10-2001 16:23									#19
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

I certainly add some favourite music from Civ2, hopefully the classics like "Augustus Rises" will be in for a third successive Civ.

I would like a mix of mood music, based on either the civ I am playing as (e.g Rule Britannia as the English) or the era I am playing. Possible play something moodful like Mars from Holst's planet suite when a major war has been declared.