For an example of a piece of music that feels specifically Ionian, take a listen to Toby Fox’s main theme from the belovedUNDERTALEsoundtrack, which makes use of the mode to convey an understated but swelling feeling of optimism: Video game music is particularly ripe with modes, probably ...
Overall I think it's foolish to price a game solely on an estimated playtime. 30 hours of trash is not worth the same as 10 hours of quality. But it also shouldn't be disregarded entirely. How much money did you invest? How good does the game look? How unique is the gameplay?
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an amazing throwback to iconic Nintendo storytelling and I'm almost glad I missed it the first time around Latest Celeste's composer announces a shoot 'em up RPG that recalls Undertale - a pitch almost as grand as I know the soundtrack will be See...
It has earned critical acclaim and is beloved by gamers for its deep, nuanced plot, fun gameplay and catchy original soundtrack. When localizing Undertale in Japanese, however, the linguists did something amazing: they put an additional layer of complexity over already complex references. Two of...
King’s Field is not a good game by any modern standard. In some ways it wasn’t at the time of its release. However, the ingredients for greatness were there – and, though it took decades, FromSoftware was allowed the time to refine the recipe. If there’s a lesson here, it’s...
greed, grief, cruelty, and love. It's at once shockingly funny, profoundly sad, and undeniably charming. It has an excellent, eclectic soundtrack, and a unique mechanic in which characters can land extra hits in battle by attacking on beat. So why hasMother 3never been released outside Ja...