If there's one aspect that sparks both intrigue and obsession among players in videogames, it has to be the soundtrack. Whether it's the evocative majesty of a sweeping orchestral movement, the blistering shreds of a frantic guitar solo, or the thunderous beat of a set of drums, music plays a vital component in our overall enjoyment of games. After all, could you imagine traversing the fog bound streets of Silent Hill or pummeling an opponent in to the dirt during a bout of Tekken without its accompanying score? We don't know about you, but for the folks at PSU Towers, it just wouldn't feel the same.
As such, we've decided to tip our hats to some of the most memorable music tracks to grace Sony's home consoles, starting with everyone's favorite grey box of tricks, the PSone. Being the helpful chaps we are, we've also embedded YouTube versions of each track below so you can enjoy each tune to your heart's content. Join us now as we count down our Top Ten Music Tracks on PSone...
They don't make games like this anymore.
Too dated in my book. The AI is way too unpredictable to be acceptable today. It's definitely a game of its time.
I had a good time with the game. It is a product of its time. But when it came out it was a must have game for a lot of people. I wish Ubisoft would make another game in the series or at least a reboot.
Due to the lack of modern stealth games, and me constantly playing the MGS series, I've been looking for alternative stealth games to play, and went back and re-played the SC series recently. I wouldn't call SC1 or SC:PT masterpieces, there are AI issues, they're very much trial-and-error games, and that can lead to a lot of frustration. I also found the stories in this series to be boring, uninteresting, and just sloppily told. Cinematics are also of poor quality for both in-game scenes and CG cut-scenes, the soundtrack didn't leave any impression on me either.
Chaos Theory is better, but there was still a lot of room for improvement, and Double Agent (old gen ver.) was a sloppy mess that ended up a regression from CT. But still, at least they tried back then, these days Ubi-junk doesn't even try to make good games!
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
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