we've discussed many times what the best RTS game is on a number of different metrics. but which one has the best soundtrack?
>>2406783https://youtu.be/BvpGBi5pMnM?si=PKA89ivIWunWBGnEhttps://youtu.be/hfpN9mJjvMk?si=K0TOxMny-WO1FtNvhttps://youtu.be/tWwoyxHl7X8?si=fBK9cHkNXYqXhDXnhttps://youtu.be/qKe-uNRe7pU?si=FVgdRTFckMV0do2Vhttps://youtu.be/mD4GbGmvNRc?si=W9_QUbkz6ZEkdeuVhttps://youtu.be/cyDwuwwlXcQ?si=YkVCYeA_hHOG3pU9https://youtu.be/cBB42rlhu60?si=iTQKtSKPazcNFcZwhttps://youtu.be/2nDzLtCGoFo?si=vdH-K5amcCp7D2Dmhttps://youtu.be/wGR9cUbUSmg?si=DfxhQVf7VmuSzQlWhttps://youtu.be/RRtlWfi6jiM?si=8CJ1gx3WDczjuf58https://youtu.be/RPTsD_Y8LXM?si=1CrAfXJmvbkd3gJShttps://youtu.be/pA0jY2b_QpI?si=x7_EyrNCRMUaibB_https://youtu.be/HOs21DrPxMw?si=wj2bSHzvKLgDD6nGhttps://youtu.be/jKr-gWKkwuM?si=ASBpWOvIPJWUIN-l
Weird. The first thing that played in my head was Dark Reign 2's main theme. Well, I do remember the game as the first 3D RTS that didn't look like a bunch of ugly brown and grey crap.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxf8NBA3STc
>>2406801Forgot one morehttps://youtu.be/XKW7yGsCMxQ?si=KBsYEqbv-G15f2sW
>>2406801>>2406869you forgot the most important one https://youtu.be/jRpKc0vhJiA?si=Lvt2JJHIYvLJr6So
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG42F-5AVOEOh yeah, I think we're purging with this one lads.
Does this count?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmutyrc2os4
>>2406783Rise of Nations because HoMM is not an RTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MIVphtdUQc
>>2406801>>2406801Damn hard picking a favorite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi-jEWIKyu8
https://youtu.be/ZalIuZYJi0c?is=OXDe5FYHQzuZhvlUThe best ever.
>>2409680https://youtu.be/judw9sHa0SY?is=igynh9YxW2kTu9AW
>>2406801https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFw_48vv5NQ&list=RDSFw_48vv5NQ&start_radio=1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4yOiHLzwCg&list=RDd4yOiHLzwCg&start_radio=1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_rbFhbcbT8&list=RDl_rbFhbcbT8&start_radio=1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC0WSu-bqBc&list=RDFC0WSu-bqBc&start_radio=1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycl0vpbMfWw&list=RDYcl0vpbMfWw&start_radio=1
>>2407062>>2406783Second for Rise of Nations. No other RTS game from its era has a full hour of orchestral music as the OST (and even now few do). My favorite track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2OYEU1D42k&list=RDr2OYEU1D42k&start_radio=1.
>>2406783Civ 4.
>>2406783jeff van dyck
>>2406783>strategy games overallHeroes series (3,4,5), Total War series (med1, med2, Rome 1), Civ 4 baba yetu, Stellaris, Eu3&4, AoW Planetfall, Disciples 2>rtswarcraft 2, starcraft, age of empires 3, the sims 2&3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyqTPqVRoBkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQiq578BzIIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYp_joa8wT8
>>2416556https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG2Jyqx8lE0
If you notice, there is not a single successful RTS with a bad soundtrack.Make of that what you will.
>>2406783>but which one has the best soundtrack?>1st TierWarcraft 2AoE1>2nd TierWarlords Battlecry gamesBroodwarWarcraft 1AoE2>3rd TierCommand & Conquers+Red AlertsWarcraft 3Sc2Don't remember age of mythology soundtrack too well.
this takes me back
>>2406783>the best soundtrack?Civ IV for Bach
>>2418306MOM had just 1 bg muzak for the overworld and that's it.
>>2416899Whom was the guy that did the OST for Forts, a side-to-side RTS about structural integrity, reinforcement, sightlining, and some of the most unique micro for an RTS game, seeing as it's less about units and more about increasingly making a base safer. Due to the micro, singular moments are so boiled with tension that the music was designed to be played semi-dynamically when something serious seemed to be happening. I especially love how they got completely new soundtracks with each DLC.
>>2416899youtube.com/watch?v=ZMEoZ07MnZc
>>2406783Populous: TB
>>2406783Obviously starcraft 1
>>2406783>Let's discuss a metric that has nothing to do with game or gameplay, but it's just a distraction serving no purpose other than atmosphere>In an RTSI mute every single music any game has. Never understood the appeal of having music in strategy games.t. 42
>>2438924when was your autism diagnosed sir?
>>2406783>but which one has the best soundtrack?StarCraft, not even close. SupCom may have the best gameplay, but StarCraft wins in terms of music (and story).
>>2406783Total annihilation. Jeremy Soule in his prime making robot warfare sound epic.
>>2406801>terran1>not terran3also>anything from tiberian sun that isn't thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq7NEhZcMC8
>>2406783https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bregXidDzkU
Broodwar Zerg theme, it doesn't get any better than that.
>>2406783>we've discussed many times what the best RTS game is on a number of different metrics.>but which one has the best soundtrack?Brutal Legend
Gotta be Command and Conquer or Red Alert.
>>2439654Command and Conquer: Red Alert
>>2439760Everyone just called it “Red Alert”. And “Command and Conquer” also had some good tunes.
>>2406783Not the best one, but for me Rise of Legends ost will be one of the top RTS soundtracks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJrS-ON2k8c
>>2406783AND REMEMBER THIS ABOVE ALLOUR ROMAN GODS ARE WATCHINGMAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT ASHAMEDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UApsdueSYQ0
>>2443477Gotta be this one for mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBnr_Hc9BA0
>>2406783https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjX76RqApXI
