Memorable Music in Gaming #60

Happy New Year, dear viewers! What better way to kick off the year than with a collection of fantastic minimalist compositions? Sit back, enjoy, and have a wonderful year ahead.

Mass Effect 2 | PC | Uncharted Worlds

The Mass Effect series boasts one of the best sci-fi soundtracks ever composed. If classic sci-fi novels came with their own background music, I’d imagine it sounding exactly like this.

I love the optimistic and curious nature of this track—it makes exploration feel intellectual rather than intimidating.

Uncharted Worlds

Celeste | PC | Quiet & Falling

If the real world sounded like this, I’d go out every day.

[Official] Celeste Original Soundtrack - 11 - Quiet and Falling

Siren: New Translation | PS3 |  Lament

I haven’t played this game yet, but there’s something deeply wistful and melancholic about this track. The occasional voice cracks only enhance its haunting, cerebral atmosphere.

If you told me this was from a Suicide album, I’d believe you.

Lament - Siren: New Translation OST

Silent Hill 2 | PC | White Noiz

Akira Yamaoka returns with yet another minimalistic masterpiece. Who would’ve thought a few sustained notes could send you spiraling into a stream of consciousness?

White Noiz

Mass Effect | PC | Presidium

We started this list with Mass Effect, so why not bring it full circle? Longtime Chalgyr.com readers may remember that Mr. Nick—honorable founder of the site—wrote about Presidium way back in entry #33 of this series.

I don’t have much to add except that this is yet another quintessential sci-fi music gem.

Mass Effect Soundtrack - The Presidium [Extended]

 

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Gaming Thoughts... Mass Effect 3 - Favorite Scenes

And now, to talk about my favorite scenes from Mass Effect 3 before making the review live tomorrow.  For starters, I enjoyed this game a great deal and for several reasons.  Seeing so many places where prior choices made could impact the final story makes me want to play it again, though I am going to give it a bit of time to breathe first I think.

In case you are interest, I visited my top 5 from Mass Effect 1 here.  I did the same sort of top 5 list for Mass Effect 2 as well.

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Gaming Thoughts... Mass Effect 2 - most memorable moments

Mass Effect completely surprised me when it came out.  At first I was not a huge fan of it, but then it quickly became one of my favorite games ever.  Here I listed my top 5 moments from the first Mass Effect.  This time I was much better prepared - and much more anxious - for Mass Effect 2 when it came out.  I did a top five from the original Mass Effect, and I plan to do the same here.  This is a quick list of my five favorite scenes and features from Mass Effect 2.  Spoilers aplenty for this game follow.

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Gaming Thoughts ...Favorite Mass Effect Moments

Obviously there is no single video game out there that is 'for everyone' - but it is impossible to deny the large critical and commercial appeal of the Mass Effect series.  Say what you will about the changes in combat, the addition of multiplayer, whether the characters got worse or better with each release and the ending - but what got players excited about the journey were the 'moments' along the way. 

I don't usually do lists or countdowns on here, but after investing so many hours into these three titles (I'm excluding the iPad ones because quite frankly, they were not very good in my opinion and did not spark anywhere near the response from me than the primary three titles did).  Huge spoilers ahead (something else I don't know if I've done before on here) - so read at your own risk! (though the titles have been out long enough that odds are if you have played the games, you have encountered these for yourself).

Five favorite moments from the original Mass Effect.

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