catboy on the internet

Everyone should surround themselves with people and text that makes them feel like there are broad horizons in the world still and that should really be a moral imperative cuz otherwise you become the average american and help create, well, Gestures Wildly

I try to keep myself humble & think of myself as average intelligence cuz everyone knows at least one thing better than I do and one should never become too comfortable and close themselves off to learning. but I think I rly should be less humble at this point cuz most americans rly are dumb as fuck

I was hooked from the start with the battle theme, battle system, and Estelle being a refreshing protag...but yeah, it takes some commitment to and headspace to get immersed! It'll be there once you're ready 🐱

oh you'll Love Trails FC then....

I never followed it closely but saw a youtuber cover it after the fact and dang it looked really cool...

Man remembering video game music is always nice

YouTube video by FataIChoice Reupload 【ペルソナ5】 PERSONA 5 MUSIC - DO OR DIE (FAN MUSIC)

20. Fan made song
Back when Persona 5 was simply rumors and a mysterious youtube channel uploading "persona 5 songs", I found this song and put it on my MP3. I kinda wish Persona 5 ended up more like whatever this is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsyt...

19. Retro game song
Gonna pull on recency bias for this one.
Dracula's Castle from Castlevania sotn.
A theme so hype for the start of the game after such a cool start to the game really can't help but elicit a "they don't make 'em like this anymore" out of me

18. Nostalgic themes
Monkey's Delivery Service from Mother 3. I still love it to this day, it's such a deliciously weird theme of discordant things mixing together to make something greater than the whole. I kept coming back to this theme throughout a lot of high school

17. Final boss themes
SMTV's Battle -Eon- borrows the EXTREME dread and anxiety of SMTIV's Shesha battle theme to prep you for an otherworldly battle of ascended beings in the second half, it's unlike anything else
and I LOVE The Merciless Savior from Trails SC...the violin and choir go Hard

16. Character theme
I have a really really soft spot of Emil and ESPECIALLY Kaine's themes in Nier, a strong reason for being as heavily imprinted on those two characters are their respective themes tbh

15. Remix/cover
What comes to mind IMMEDIATELY is
Dearly Beloved - New Ver. - from that meh KH rhythm game, as far as like, official remixes in a video game
Otherwise, Sophisticated Fight's jazzy version from a Sora no Kiseki Zanmai album is Too Fucking Good

14. Annoying theme
Honestly I can't recall any annoying theme that isn't a meme answer off the top of my head so I'll go on record saying 90% of pause menu music is Annoying let me VIBE to the area themes

13. Boss theme
How can I even DECIDE, MAN...
but I'll just take this chance to highlight
Battle -Destruction- from SMTV for being a discordant BANGER
Chaotic Dance from Baten Kaitos, funkiest boss theme from a mostly nonfunky game
and You Will Know Our Names from XC3 is always 🔥🔥

putting on Poker Night at the Inventory gameplay as background noise while at work and holy shit this really is a concentrated and distilled time capsule of how media was written for nerds in the 2010s

Me reaching out to touch a wall at my side as I get close to it: holy shit I'm a AAA video game player character

Meow

He knows not of mercy, but only of pure carnage and rage

12. Fighting game song
I don't go to fighting game songs and uused to listen to some just from sampling songs from ones people tell me about but I don't have a record of any of those songs anymore so uuh
I DO rly like Smell of the Game from GG Strive...

11. Emotional tracks
HMMMM...
What Will You Leave Behind - Spiritfarer
White Space - Omori
Winding Roots - Sakuna Of Rice and Ruins (real ones know why)
Traveler Theme - Outer Wilds
Specifically, KHx(chi's) Dearly Beloved
Lost Girl - Deltarune

10. Song from this year
Uhh I don't play many games on launch but...
Prestige Ceremony - Threefold Recital
To The Wilder - Death Stranding 2
+ like any of the woodkid songs and a lot of the stuff on DS2's playlist I guess lmao

9. Rhythm game song
I don't have strong emotional ties to rhythm game songs ngl, but one that comes immediately to mind is Two Minutes featured in Spin Rhythm XD. Such a chill vibe

8. Orchestral theme
I'll give this two songs:
FE Echoes' final map theme, Twilight of the Gods. What they did with the original NES theme is jaw fucking dropping
& Scrap and Build Overselves (From Revolution) from Eternal Sonata. Kinda cheating a bit, but this song alone got me to play this mid JRPG

DUDE I FORGOT DMC3'S CREDITS THEME top 10 credits

7. Non-boss battle theme
Hoo boy.
OVERDOSE - Blue Reflection
Sophisticated Fight - Trails FC
Battle -Raidou- SMT Devil Summoner Raidou
Battle Da'at - SMTV
Don't - Persona 3 Aigis episode
Scherzo Di Notte - KH1
Devil Trigger - DMCV
DEOXYRIBOSE - 13 Sentinels
SO MANY more...

6. Underrated OST
I dunno about underrated but I fucking wish Tomohito Nishiura got to work on game OSTs that aren't Professor Layton cuz I adore Dark Cloud 2's OST
And Advance Wars has BANGING character themes, even the "gritty" reboot

5. Credits song
Speaking of credits,
Heritors of Arcadia from FE Echoes is Too Fucking Good
Also fond of SMTV's credits theme

4. Lyrical track
Avoiding credits themes and other overlaps with other categories on this list, I have to Think about this one hmmm
BB's theme from Death Stranding 1 definitely gets to me
FFXIV's Dragonsong will be permanently etched on my heartstrings

3. Relaxing music
Twilight Princess' Faron Woods, can't find a clean version to link off of youtube (thx ninty)
Let's also throw in Lazy Afternoons from KH2...KH1's Traverse Town...Hotline Miami 2's Around, Catherine's Also Sprach Brooks, Lost Kingdom 1 Opening Story, I could go on and on...

Would you pick Fight or Act