Dear patient lemmings, I am in need of your help. I’m searching for games that have some GOD DAAMN OSTs and come with a great story or/and gameplay.
Games that tick these requirements for me:
- Danganronpa 1/2/V3 + Ultra Despair Girls (most recently finished)
- Persona 4/5 (waiting for Persona 3 remaster)
- NFS Most Wanted (2005, 2012), Carbon, ProStreet
- Doom 2016, Eternal
- Test Drive Unlimited 2
- Life is Strange
- Ace Combat 7
- Omori
- ULTRAKILL
This is all going to be “great gameplay” rather than “great story”.
If you have a way to play 3DS games and a tolerance for punishment in your JRPG dungeon crawlers, the Etrian Odyssey series has some of Yuzo Koshiro’s best work.
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When you hit something more serious for the first time, you get this instead.
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And, uh, there’s this memorable remix of the wandering-boss theme from the first game.
You already have Persona games in your list, but let’s add some more Shin Megami Tensei:
Finally … Monster Hunter is an incredibly fun and addictive game series, and though it doesn’t center the music quite as much as a typical JRPG does, it’s got some great stuff. I particularly like the soundtrack of MH: World – although the newer game MH: Rise tried something new with its mostly choral arrangements, I think they are not quite as memorable overall.
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Arena battle from Monster Hunter: World (it’s particularly impressive the way this theme, the small-monsters arena battle theme, and several of the town themes reuse the same melodies in different arrangements)
Bionic commando remake
All of the doom remakes
Timberborn
For honor
Jet set radio future
I’ve heard a lot of ytbers mentioning Jet Set Radio. Was the gameplay revolutionary too?
I would argue the gameplay falls short of revolutionary. Several parts are frustrating but 90% of the time it’s a decent balance of rewardingly challenging timing & platforming vs. “press X and just watch your character do the sickest flip, yo” dumb fun.
The killer tunes, kickass visuals (one of the best early cel shaded games), lighthearted but spunky lore and just overall vibe make it a genuine classic. If you’re on the fence about it opt for Jetset Radio Future, as its an entire console gen worth of polished vs. the original and imho the music is even better.
Ixion and 40k Mechanicus both produced by Guillaume David
Did you like the gameplay of Ixion? It seems some reviewers had some grudges with it a bit.
How in the fuck is Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance not mentioned yet?
A+++ OST, A+ gameplay, and a surprisingly good story for a Platinum game.
Loop Hero