ESO Music

qsnoopyjr

How do you feel about ESO music, zone music, music during boss fights, etc.

Turelus

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

I love it to bits and any time I am playing the game as a main focus I have it on.

I do mute it/turn it down when grinding or doing daily quests however so I can watch/listen to something else.

I'm really sad that ZOS/Bethesda went the route of iTunes only music for the second OST release. I would drop £10 on it right now if I could have a Amazon purchase version, or even a digital download from Bethesda/ZOS which didn't use Apple DRM.

qsnoopyjr

I was watching this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-yzTnmcPnQ

Then it got me thinking about current state of ESO music.

Do they really put much effort in it?
Do they really put much effort into making the bosses come out with a badass entrance?
Or is it all, "who cares, just kill him fast so we can repeat and grind this zone again"

Shouldnt final boss fights be somewhat epic? Or are you all seriously happy with rushing them during their speeches and killing them fast, because... So much to do so little time.

No time to enjoy the roses.

Tyrion87

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

I love it. I even listen to it sometimes (the soundtrack) when I don't have access to my PC (trips etc.) and I'm offline for a long time.

Angus

Good, I listen to it, but not too interesting, rather turn it off and put on my own music

It's great for PvE - brings back that feeling of being a kid and watching LotR for the first time with the epic soundtracks.

But Cyrodiil needs something a little rowdier like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTW30Q4B3Go

Balamoor

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

It's great music I'm hoping that Morrowind will have original music as well and it's own OST available.

Stania

Good, I listen to it, but not too interesting, rather turn it off and put on my own music

It was good at first, but eventually I grew tired. Also, sometimes is amusing to kill enemies with unfitting music.

JD2013

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

Love it and looking forward to more soundtracks coming.

jcaceresw

Terrible, its not good, and needs improvement, I listen to other stuff almost 100% time

Is not that the music is terrible. Its just that is boring hearing the same again and again. So when playing this game I put it to 0% volume and don't listen to anything else. Sometimes, I listen to some music but for some minutes. Hope the new chapter bring back the whole Morrowind soundtrack.

qsnoopyjr

jcaceresw wrote: »

Is not that the music is terrible. Its just that is boring hearing the same again and again. So when playing this game I put it to 0% volume and don't listen to anything else. Sometimes, I listen to some music but for some minutes. Hope the new chapter bring back the whole Morrowind soundtrack.

Does that apply to all games? Is there any game that you can think of where it really never gets boring?

I'm thinking maybe Quest 64 or a few Final Fantasy games

JD2013

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

jcaceresw wrote: »

Is not that the music is terrible. Its just that is boring hearing the same again and again. So when playing this game I put it to 0% volume and don't listen to anything else. Sometimes, I listen to some music but for some minutes. Hope the new chapter bring back the whole Morrowind soundtrack.

Does that apply to all games? Is there any game that you can think of where it really never gets boring?

I'm thinking maybe Quest 64 or a few Final Fantasy games

Aw I loved Quest 64!

jcaceresw

Terrible, its not good, and needs improvement, I listen to other stuff almost 100% time

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

jcaceresw wrote: »

Is not that the music is terrible. Its just that is boring hearing the same again and again. So when playing this game I put it to 0% volume and don't listen to anything else. Sometimes, I listen to some music but for some minutes. Hope the new chapter bring back the whole Morrowind soundtrack.

Does that apply to all games? Is there any game that you can think of where it really never gets boring?

I'm thinking maybe Quest 64 or a few Final Fantasy games

Oh yeah. Apart for boredom it can also because I just wanna play the game without headphones to rest my ears (and because prolonged use of headphones also gives me some headache and ear pain)

AcadianPaladin

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

I like the music very much - especially during all those times I can pick out strains of familiar melodies from TES III, IV and V.

Oh, and luvs Malukah's voice singing in the taverns.

qsnoopyjr

jcaceresw wrote: »

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

jcaceresw wrote: »

Is not that the music is terrible. Its just that is boring hearing the same again and again. So when playing this game I put it to 0% volume and don't listen to anything else. Sometimes, I listen to some music but for some minutes. Hope the new chapter bring back the whole Morrowind soundtrack.

Does that apply to all games? Is there any game that you can think of where it really never gets boring?

I'm thinking maybe Quest 64 or a few Final Fantasy games

Oh yeah. Apart for boredom it can also because I just wanna play the game without headphones to rest my ears (and because prolonged use of headphones also gives me some headache and ear pain)

Well, when you play without headphones do you like the music? Or do you goto your favorite radio station or youtube playlist, etc instead?

Yes, headphones can be annoying especially over the ear, my ear always seems to itch LOL.
I'm with you though, I think they can do a lot better with music.
Know what game just came to my mind? Dynasty Warriors, the music is dynamic and it changes with how the situation is going on.

Like when someone has the scroll in ESO, the game music in AvA should be very dramatic, should be a daruade sandstorm. The team with scroll should have a fast pace, the team that lost the scroll should have some dramatic music, and the 3rd team should have some kind of melody going on.

Same thing keeps are UA or random fights not near anything, music should change so people when they hear a certain music, they know whats going on.

Every game seems to have a huge opportunity to improve and make some great changes, but I feel like the only changes games make these days are "balance patches". Nobody does anything else to the game outside of making expansions, except balance it to death.

MasterSpatula

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

I quit the game for 10 months when the B2P transition happened. I only came back because my YouTube recommendations included the ESO soundtrack one day. I clicked on it and listened all the say through, and I realized I really, really missed this world.

Sigtric

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

I voted "Perfect" but not for the rest of the statement in the poll.

ESO's music (and sound in general) is amazing

It is however often turned down in favor of hearing friends in voice comms, or sometimes playing other music

Dr_Resilient

Bad, I hardly even notice it because its so bad, I'll put my own music on 60% of time

Normally.

At the moment, after the Homestead patch, the in game audio is not working. The only thing i can hear is the sound of melee weapons.

Pendrillion

I love the ESO soundtrack... What I find annoying is that many of the exploring themes constantly get broken by the battle music. ALso some of the new tracks of Orsinium and especially TG seem not to fit that well into the original soundtrack. I guess there is room for improvement.

Because of the Battlemusic I listen to a playlist I made of all Elder Scrolls Soundtracks, also put in some Game Of Thrones and stuff that I find fitting...

victorhrpereira

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

Elder Scrolls music never disappoints, it's really nice, but I think we need more music variations for PVP.

qsnoopyjr

Sigtric wrote: »

I voted "Perfect" but not for the rest of the statement in the poll.

ESO's music (and sound in general) is amazing

It is however often turned down in favor of hearing friends in voice comms, or sometimes playing other music

voice comms is okay, but when you play other music... the eso music isnt perfect my friend.

theher0not

Good, I listen to it, but not too interesting, rather turn it off and put on my own music

Good, but not great. But sometimes I put on my own music (mainly metal)

Beardimus

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

It's epic, I bought the album

FluffyReachWitch

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

The music got me through a very bad bout of illness and many boring weeks of data entry. And now I've got a playlist of relaxing songs that I listen to while programming, doing tedious work, or exercising.

Some favorites: Dawn Gleams on Cyrodiil (yay, Wings of Kynareth), Greenheart (is that Watchman's Ease I hear at 3:26?), The Heart of Nirn, Stendarr's Mercy, and Auridon Sunrise.

Strider_Roshin

Good, I listen to it, but not too interesting, rather turn it off and put on my own music

I have the music turned off when I PvP because I like to hear my opponent's abilities/buffs. It allows me to react quicker. In PvE however the music is well done, but I just prefer the type of music you hear in Bloodborne, as well as their metal covers.

menedhyn

I really like the in-game music and I occasionally have it on when i'm playing. But more often than not I turn it off and listen to the ambient sounds instead. Having a good pair of headphones brings the background sounds alive.

I listen to the soundtrack music a fair bit when i'm not playing games though.

Edziu

almos perfect, while Im on cyre I prefer to turn off because we are 24/7 in battle in only maybe this 1 music which is very very boring after not long time and annyoing after playing few days nonstop on pvp

SirIronclad

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

I overall really like the soundtrack, but we could definitely use more variation. I'm hoping that whoever is reponsible for the music is willing to experiment. There really aren't many outstanding pieces and that's somewhat of a shame.

Bananko

Perfect, I never turn it off and listen to something else

I've only ever played the game's music in the background in every game (MMO's and others) I've ever played.

I've never added my own music.