#shin megami tensei I ost

[sl33py-g4m3r]

> pascal the dog is here

[mementoasts]

happy birthday devil survivor my beloved!! altus!!!! where is my switch port!!!!!!!

[ultaslodgings]

Hey guys so can we talk about how the Shakan track has Aogami's leitmotif playing in it (at around 2:27 is when it starts), because I frankly don't know what to do with this information? I'm just in pain

There's another motif that plays at 0:32 but I've spent weeks trying to guess what it is and I've come out with nothing, so if any of you could help-

[rad-roche]

still boning up on the basics! done in realistic paint studio, fixed up in clip studio paint

you can see me really fighting the tools here. still, practice is practice

[nodutra19]

Snowgrave Inspirations?

So we all know the Snowgrave route was inspired, or at least has the texture of being as such, by creepypastas in the sense a game is being broken and has an almost gestalt intelligence in its reaction to being so. Beyond specific references and such, what do y'all think specifically inspired it? I imagine shit like Ben Drowned and Godzilla NES factor in, but I want to provide a unique addition:

Persona 1, or more specifically, Revelations: Persona.

Some set dressing for the uninitiated: Persona 1 has two routes:

The main story is the SEBEC Route, which centers around the demon invasion and transformation of Mikage-cho as a result of the machinations and experiments of the shady SEBEC ("Saeki Electronics & Biological & Energy Corporation") and how one Maki Sonomura stands at the center of all this.

That's the story most experience, but there's a harder alternate route called the Snow Queen Quest, or SQQ for short. This route centers around the titular play which was performed at St. Hermelin High, the school of the game, and how the Snow Queen Mask came to be possessed with a vengeful spirit. But in order to activate this quest, you have to take a number of steps after leaving the school to visit Maki but before activating the SEBEC route, which most people do because of the natural flow of the story; while not the most cryptic or elaborate thing I've experienced, you definitely have to go out of your way in order to experience this part of the game.

While the SQQ is similarly hiemal as Snowgrave since the Queen freezes the school over and attempts to sacrifice a pivotal teacher to bring back the "Eternal Night," the main thing I want to talk about is:

The fact that in the original American release of the game, retitled Revelations: Persona, cut this alternate route out. Now, there's a lot to be said about this release of the game and P1 as a whole. For that, I highly recommend Snickety Slice's videos on it from his Compendium series of essays.

As Snickety Slice says in the SQQ portion of video 3A, which focuses on the American localization of the time, no one really knows why it was cut, by which is meant there is no definitive answer. The most popular theory, as he posits, is that this was done to meet the Christmas deadline, which is a tad ironic considering the atmosphere and setting of SQQ. However, you can actually access a tiny bit of it: if you return to the school, you'll see it's disappeared and when you enter it, an FMV of the school surrounded by three towers and a peak plays. Snickety remarks how confusing this must have been for American players at the time since the actual steps to activate the quest were cut out.

With cheats you can access it, but it's a glitchy, nonsensical mess. I mention all this because of the glitchy theme in Deltarune so far, especially as a result of Noelle's seeming magnetism for the unnerving and dark as revealed in the Spamton sweepstakes and Noelle's posts. I think the details of SQQ and Snowgrave are too disprate to draw real parallels so far, but I get the feeling Toby is drawing from its atmosphere, especially the disconcerting aura of the original American release and the stray FMV. As for the glitchiness, I get the feeling it was all concentrated into Spamton, especially given Spamton's role in the game so far.

I haven't gone through P1 in a very long time, so this is where my rambling ends, but perhaps someone else can draw deeper parallels.

The only real problem is I have no idea how much of Megami Tensei Toby Fox has played. He's a weeb of high caliber, so I imagine he's gone through most of it by now, maybe even early Persona, given how UT's and DT's Talk systems were inspired by MegaTen's demon negotiation, which was present in P1 and the P2 duology, which certainly lines up with his age and background. After all, he gave the Earthbound: Halloween Hack that "Shin Megami Tensei Bullshit."

Also everyone here should check out the PSX OST. It has the best leitmotif.

[bestgameostcrownduel]

Round 1, Side B: Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (2017) vs Golden Sun (2001)

Shin Megami Tensei | Golden Sun

Campaigns under the cut!

Campaign for Shin Megami Tensei:

Strange Journey's OST is super underrated when it comes to SMT. IV gets the love it deserves, but SJ doesn't and I want to change that.

Campaign for Golden Sun:

Best GBA soundtrack (⁠ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ⁠)⁠━⁠☆ﾟ⁠.⁠*⁠･⁠｡ﾟ

[leggo-my-aego]

MY REACTIONS TO THE **HEARTSTEEL BOYS** PLAYLISTS FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BARELY CONSUMED LoL CONTENT (PART 2/2)

note: again, sorry if im wrong w anything, but i rlly tried my best 💜

note2: ALSO THEY SHOWED UP IN THE WORLD FINALS AND I FUCKING MISSED IT IM SOBBING 😭😭😭😭

note3: im doubting riots gonna show more of the Heartsteel content for a LONG time so this is my way of coping with that </3

this post ft. Kayn, Sett and Yone so if yll wanna see my first post w/ Aphelios, Ezreal & K'Sante, heres a link!! :

ANYWAYS BACK TO OUR IRREGULAR SCHEDULED PROGRAM

KAYN 💜

>he reminds me of an overactive dog that barks at anything that moves and the description just emphasizes that

>SOO dudebro. like mans spawned from a frat and is now making music

>born to rave and def has aux in house parties where cops come to arrest ppl cuz noise complaint

>seems like the type of people who walk around in public with a speaker and blasts music while ppl stare at him

>opposite of k'sante, would NOT trust him w my drink <//3

>would trust him to start barking randomly tho and be a getaway driver (would we survive ? prolly not, but we're fast 😈)

>also used soundcloud a lot for opposite vibes of Aphelios. this mans was definitely a soundcloud rapper since high school and was voted as that superlative

>i think the fact my song reccs are from my road rage playlist is also another thing about his character

> Personal Song Reccs based off this playlist💜:

• GASLIGHT! - Maggie Lindemann, Siiickbrain

• Oh Shit!!! - Injury Reserve

• FEEL. - Kendrick Lamar

SETT 🧡

>i can only think of that discord bit of him and k'sante talking ab their protein powder and k'sante just raw dogging the powder like a psycho

>similar vibes to Kayn but this man would actually be apologetic if someone told him to turn down the music

>obsessed with Rocky and Bruce Lee films since he was a kid for sure and makes references that none of the boys get

>definitely has a guilty pleasure for catchy and annoying pop music. definitely knows the words to call me maybe by carly rae jepsen and was caught singing it by aphelios

>i wanna think he growls before a fight even in this universe

>i think ab that recent art of him tearing his shirt after the World Final performance

> Personal Song Reccs based off this playlist🧡:

• Cobra (Rock Remix) [ft. Spiritbox] - Megan Thee Stallion

• DEATHCAMP (ft. Cole Alexander) - Tyler the Creator

• God's Menu - Stray Kids

YONE 💖

>im SO serious when i say i thought all this man listened to was white noise music before i listened to this playlist

>honestly, i wasnt too far off. my song reccs are straight from my Brain Static playlist

>gives club music. but like those really lowkey ones if u know what im talking ab

>if this wasnt a playlist from a game company i would think this mans would have classical music in this playlist too

>he DEFINITELY is a Pandora user rather than spotify user for obvious reasons old ass

>hes so old im crying 😭

>i wanna think him n aphelios both listen to game soundtracks n bond over it. those two have my heart n i think is an underrated duo given they do the bts stuff

> Personal Song Reccs based off this playlist💖:

• coalescence 1212 - アトラスサウンドチーム (from Shin Megami Tensei IV : Apocalypse OST)

• EARTHBOUND - black balloons

• dream about some mistakes i made - nilöwh.

[furryprovocateur]

For the video gaymer ask meme: 1-8

platform of choice when gaming

not to be annoying but sony is the console manufacturer i prefer. in a perfect world sony would not be the best of the big three and would instead easily be the worst. but we live in a society that does not value men who. how does the full quote go idk it

2. top 5 games of all time

in ascending order: shin megami tensei: persona 3, sonic adventure 2: battle, fire emblem, phantasy star online: episode I and II plus, shin megami tensei: nocturne. the top 2 have been fairly set in stone for several years now, and the remaining 3 have fluctuated among the top 10 or so but this feels most correct. sad that the 6th place snub is FFXII 💔

3. favorite boss

NONE OF THEM!!!! #antiwork anyways i'm not sure what i would use as a criteria for this. i think i'm gonna go with the master from fallout because it really is just the most well done encounter in any RPG imo. if there's a "favorite final boss" question i'll kms because this would be my answer for that one.

4. favorite OST

here since i already answered this i'll just isolate some of my favorite tracks off the top of my head: "Dark Samus Boss Fight" - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, "Miller Ball Breakers" - Jet Set Radio, "Kopfsprung" - Ever17, "You Blow My Mind" - Street Fighter III: Third Strike, "This is True Love Makin'" - Capcom vs. SNK 2, "Distant Travels" - Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, "Climbing to the Top" - Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, "Hoist the Sword with Pride in the Heart" - Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City, "Their Own Brand of Justice" - Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City (yes it gets two entries. fatlus, remember), "Demon of Darkness" - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, "Septentrione" - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, "Changing Seasons" - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, "Lovely Gate 3" - Sonic Adventure 2, and, if you've actually read this entire list, we must end with the classic "NO MORE NO MORE HEROES" - No More Heroes.

5. most memorable game moment

any time i see this prompt on asks like this my mind immediately and distinctly goes to one of the plot twists of zero time dilemma, specifically one regarding D team. i won't say what it is, but all i will say is that it had me going "SHUT THE FUCK UP. . . NO FUCKING WAY" for like 5 mins straight. the ending of drv3 is also up there on the same level of memorable.

6. first game you ever played

probably the original super mario bros. on NES at a family member's house. it's much harder to delineate what was the first game i meaningfully played on my own. i'm tempted to say something like mario kart 64.

7. most recent game you've played

trying to catch a calm lilleep from the dreamworld in white 2. before that, i was mat duping in PSO all of yesterday. i had 5 characters to do mat plans for, including TP materials (i got them with action replay. idgaf if you call that cheating because not having access to an entire material offline is stupid. 🤪). i had to stop at like 11:30 last night due to getting tired, but i only have like 400ish mats left to do, which is pretty decent all things considered.

8. most anticipated upcoming game

is "none of them" an answer? jkjkjkjkjk i wouldn't say i'm actively anticipating anything but i guess by default metaphor re:fantazio because i pre-ordered it and know nothing about it. i'm more interested in seeing what the fuck it's gonna be than i would say anything else. metroid prime 4 seems like an easy candidate for hype so i'm staying cautious. i never really wanted the prime trilogy to get a sequel and would've rather they just do their own thing like they did with dread. oh well.

[nyanbinaryneferpitou]

Tagged by @morallygay thank you!!

Music: My fave genres are pop, rap, hip hop, and R&B, but I'll listen to basically anything if I like it yknow. I also listen to a lot of video game and anime osts!

Shows: My all time fave anime are hunter x hunter, yu yu hakusho, revolutionary girl utena, mob psycho 100, and nana! I also like dungeon meshi, princess tutu, trigun, idolish7, and haikyuu. For tv shows I love golden girls, I've rewatched it like 100 times lol.

Colors: PURPLE 💜💜💜

Characters: PITOU they're my fave character probably ever!! Some others are alluka, kurama, hiei, anthy, utena, ahiru, marcille, falin, izutsumi, maomao, yuki, momo, and jihyeon <3

Musicians: I've been in the top 0.001% of megan thee stallion listeners for a reason. Also love britney spears, victoris monet, tinashe, shygirl, and hikaru utada! My favorite game osts are nier automata, shin megami tensei 3, and bayonetta 🫶 Also... danganronpa... sorry :( For anime osts yu yu hakusho and revolutionary girl utena are 🔛🔝

Tagging @yuritual @sho0tmcmahon @snugstones and anyone esle who wants to do it! (no pressure btw)

[dimonds456-but-only-hlvrai]

Musical References in the Cuphead AU

Something I've been thinking about since I first started animating this AU MONTHS ago was how to go about writing the music. Now, I fucking love jazz, but bro I cannot come up with an entire jazz song in Kris Maddigan's style for a fangame, I am WAY too inexperienced.

Epiphany: musical easter eggs, references, and guides.

For each character, I have a BUNCH of song references. They're either gonna cameo in the song, aid the vibe, or be a general structure for me to follow. Each song also has at least one Cuphead song, and that's the overall vibe I'm going for with their numbers. Each song is here for a reason, and 10 points to whoever can guess some of these lol.

If you're confused as to why a song is on here, send me an ask :)

TOMMY COOLATTA

Tommy Likes Mean People (fan song)

A Night in Tunisia (if nothing else, definitely the vibes of this one)

The BeyBlade Theme

Silent Hill 2 Dog Ending / Dogsong (Undertale)

Amalgam (Undertale)

Twin Peaks Theme

Half Life 2 Radio Theme (Gman's Theme)

Bootlegger Boogie (Cuphead DLC OST)

Botanic Panic (Cuphead OST)

DR COOMER

There's Nothing There (Main theme) (Aquacycle)

"I did have a wife, but they took her in the divorce" (Cruel Angel's Thesis from Evangelion) (Midi version)

Music to Soothe the Savage Snake Plant

The Fallen Child (THE DRUMS)

Super Punch-Out! Menu Theme

A CYBER'S WORLD? (Deltarune OST)

Clip Joint Calamity (Cuphead OST)

Carnival Kerfuffle (Cuphead OST)

BUBBY

Shin Megami Tensei IV OST - Black Market (interrogation scene)

Dr Feel-Good (Mötley Crüe)

Welcome to the Jungle (Guns n Roses)

Thunderstruck (AC/DC)

Moonbase Alpha (aeiou)

Tubes (the fan song)

Music to Soothe the Savage Snake Plant

SolusLunes - Endless Space

Witch Theme (Left 4 Dead)

Fiery Frolic (Cuphead OST)

Junkyard Jive (Cuphead OST)

BENREY

Passport Guardian (its3oe)

Gordon's Haste (fan song)

The Villain You Wanted (fan song)

Bohan the Raven King (Heavenly Sword OST)

At Doom's Gate ("this is a receipt.")

Yoshi's Island (Benry's Castle)

Opera De Ossium (Boneworks OST)

Bombs For Throwing at You (Portal 2)

The Part Where He Kills You (Portal 2)

Baking the Wondertart (Cuphead DLC OST)

DARNOLD

Upgrade Station (Team Fortress 2 OST)

Killer 7 - Heroic Deeds

Porkrind's Emporium (Cuphead OST)

More to be added, but yeah! :)

Now I just have to also do this for the world theme and the run and gun levels I told myself I wasn't gonna make. 🙃

[sl33py-g4m3r]

(Nobody’s home)

[p3answer]

i should finish watching sasamiya. but i am too busy. listening to shin megami tensei iv ost now on spotify

[waywardsalt]

this has been a good year for new games for me, ironically bc i had a shit time with totk and was able to better recognize what i like. totk is a game i have not touched since beating it, while every other game i have played this year have be considerably better and just. idk good experiences

so some reflection on the games i played for the first time this year that i really liked!

i played fire emblem engage this year- i literally forgot that that happened this year, i've only been counting games since totk, and i've played some good fuckin games after totk, but i honestly had a good silly time with fe engage. the music is great, the story is a bit flat and hammy at times but was still engaging (hah) and i was pleasantly surprised by the development of the main character, and it was pretty hard even on an easy difficulty, which each map sometimes taking an hour to get through as the story progressed. plus i can't deny that the referneces to other fe games with the emblem rings was a cool selling point, i'm not too familiar with the other fe games and it was interesting to see some of the characters from them. loading into lucina's paralogue and instantly recognizing the map layout and music got to me pretty good as someone who was introduced into the series by awakening. it was great!

i played persona 5 royal after totk and. what a fucking palette cleanser it's one of the best games i have ever played and i've... somewhat liveblogged my first playthrough and snippets of my second, it's fantastic (not flawless tbf) and just a lot of fun. the music is great holy shit and it was also just a great story to experience, with some interesting messaging throughout with the confidant stuff and the things brought up by the third semester. i didn't even initally get persona 5 with the intention to play it myself, it was for my sibling, who played it once and put it down and hasn't touched it since while i picked it up on a whim and was hooked by the music and style and gameplay and... holy shit it's so good. i don't even mind okumura's palace too much.

i managed to get myself a copy of kid icarus uprising (and also got the guide book by accident, don't ask, it's helpful anyways), and... they sure did make a third person shooter on the 3ds and it sure does. Handle. in all honestly the controls are kind of a mess but the game feels really good to play when you get a handle on them, even if i keep accidentally sending pit falling to his death in the ground segments because just moving him is a bit rough. the game is also surprisingly hard, and i wouldn't just chalk it up to the controls, and the music (esp the tracks for the air segments and the way its timed to the game events... ugh) is fantastic, and what i've seen of the story and characters so far is charming! i have only gotten up to past chapter 9 out of... 30? because each chapter is fairly long and... those controls. it's great!

i also managed to get my hands on shin megami tensei iv! i first found it through the fantastic soundtrack, played the first through hours after it failing to boot a few times and getting fucking destroyed by the earliest enemies because holy shit this game will beat you into the ground if you try, and was like 'hm i wonder why they went with that specific sound for a lot of the ost' and then got to fucking tokyo and i. i do not know a lot abt smt iv's story and i'm grateful. getting to tokyo was a bit internal 'holy SHIT' moment and i am so desperate to figure out what the fuck is going on with this story and world it's really fascinating. i haven't progressed the story in a while even through i know where to go just because i'm trying to level flynn and my demons and do side quests because i am not going to underestimate any new encounter ever it's fantastic.

did i start playing clangen this year? i might have. it's good. it's fun. i've played it on voice call with my friend a few times. i'm currently hooked on starting with 1 apprentice and 1 kit like a lot of people are doing on here, building cool stories based on it. it's neat.

that's (probably) all of the new games i've played (and enjoyed) this year so far, but i found out that fallout: new vegas is ten fucking dollars on steam (20 with all of the dlc) and i might have to give that a shot after tracking down a bunch of mods to keep it from crashing, and just from what i've seen of people talking about it, it sounds like a game i really need to try either this year or sometime next year. i'm mostly still just floored that it's less than thirty dollars.

[rad-roche]

the rerelease of smt v just dropped and i LOVVEEEE shin megami tensei but i cracked and listened to the ost early and i'm beyond excited because when the post apocalyptic swing hit i said, out loud, 'KOZUKA??' like i was watching the man himself break into my home

[fagcrisis]

Idk if you're down for video game soundtracks that is most of my actually interesting musical taste repertoire but persona franchise ost goes hard and shin megami tensei series ost even harder (I think you'd like persona 3 and shin megami tensei nocturne the most but it's just a guess)

my sister listens to a TON of persona so im already p familiar w that lmao but ill check shin megami tensei music out as well...

[mejomonster]

With some hours of looking up Vector to the Heavens on "music like this" sites, I came up with a playlist that will hopefully be as effective as me looping that song for hours focus-wise. Sharing in case anyone else might use it:

Also? When i was searching for songs with similar beat I saw a lot of other Final Fantasy composers besides shimomura, Type 0 and FF14 in particular, and Xenoblade Chronicles and Shin Megami Tensei ost songs. So I'm going to guess I'd probably like some of those games for soundtrack at least whenever I get around to them. In particular I really liked the Xenoblade piano music. I also really clicked with the Shin Megami Tensei IV music I found.