Music in games is ignored :(

[Ozzie]

Personally, I only buy a game for the story and the gameplay and not for the graphics either.
But usually it is mentioned how impressive the graphics look.

[Oliwerko]

Yeah, but some people want ONLY the graphics. And there are lots of people like this. They even won't play a game because it has crap graphics, even if it has suberb gameplay. They have highend PCs and enjoying only the graphics, no matter if it's good or bad game. I have some old crap and I buy games ONLY and ONLY for gameplay. No matter about graphics, if there isn't something really weird about them. And I don't care about the music also. But don't get me wrong - if the graphics are good-looking and balanced (not just technically top-effects) and the music is well composed, it makes a helluva better game then!

[Nikolas]

I find that I care for the story part, and the gameplay...

But I have to admit that a great scene, or cutscene, or BGs (in older games) when dying, or accomplishing something great, was an amazing reward! Same with music pretty much.

While I don't mind playing games with rubbish everything, still the story and the kind of story is most important!

[Stupot]

Some of my favourite games of all time have great soundtracks.
I'm sure that's not the reason I liked the games but it must have added something to my enjoyment of them.  Final Fantasy VII, Tomb Raider, LoZ Ocarina of Time.  I still hum and whistle tunes from these games even today.

And yes, I did put Tomb Raider as one of my favourite games... so sue me.

[lo_res_man]

I agree, tomb raider is a great game, and the music is just superb. I REALLY love the main menu song. And looking at it now allows you to relize, what in the name of all things round and squishy were we getting excited over? SO she is a woman main character. That was new but not NEW new, I think Rosiline from KQ4 and princess peach were both female character before  dear Lara.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Looking at it now, we realize it was the first great 3d platform/action/adventure. Which had great gameplay, and great level design. Those two things alone cane make it a great game.

[Oliwerko]

Yes, I must admit that Tomb Raider is probably the founder of such action/adventure genre.

[blueskirt]

I think after all these years, reviewers and players put emphasis at describing/shopping for the gameplay, plot and graphics because these 3 elements could be fully described since the very begining in gaming magazines, you can write about the gameplay and story, and you can put screenshots of the games to show how it looks like, but unless if we're talking about a soundtrack made from radio songs, you can't really have a good idea on the musical aspect unless if you hear it.

But we've gone a long way since it was gaming magazines that informed us and bandwidth considerably increased since the old days of dialup, while I doubt they will, they could put music samples next to the screenshots and gameplay videos on reviewing websites, but I fear it will take a very long time until gamers see music like they see ingame screenshots.

Personally, while I find music as important as the plot, graphic and atmosphere, there's one advantage to music that the game's other aesthetics cannot have, when you love a game's music, you can search for the soundtrack and listen at it long after you're done playing the game.

[lo_res_man]

Looking at it now, we realize it was the first great 3d platform/action/adventure. Which had great gameplay, and great level design. Those two things alone cane make it a great game.

oh yes, but what i ment was the boobage controversy, its  just a few polygons.
Its a great game with a relitvly simple control system that allows you to explore a world, something many games nowaday could do well to remember.