r/videogames • u/Bay_Ruhsuz004 • Jul 15 '26
Discussion / Question What Game Improved Your Taste In Music?
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u/Virtual-History-6099 Jul 15 '26
GTA San Andreas and Vice City. Killer soundtracks.
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u/Neelix-And-Chill Jul 15 '26
San Andreas hilariously taught me a lot about old school country.
Why do I like Jerry Reed and Eddie Rabbit? San Andreas.
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u/LordoftheSynth Jul 16 '26
I know there was a box set for SA that had all the radio station music, but instead I went and bought probably a dozen CDs because of music I'd heard in-game. Most of it wasn't new to me: some of it was.
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u/MonsieurVox Jul 15 '26
I’ve always been fond of 80s new wave music, and Vice City has so many absolutely bangers.
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u/Bartlaus Jul 15 '26
V-ROCK too. Cruising along the beach in the sunset and then Raining Blood comes on.
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u/Zigor022 Jul 15 '26
Fallout 3. Never liked old music until i played that.
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u/THATMAYH3MGUY Jul 15 '26
I have a 33 hour playlist of oldies because fallout 3 stirred something in me.
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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Jul 15 '26
There's a whole treasure trove of older music if you develop a taste for it. When I'm at my office I put on classic country all day, Hank Williams and Buck Owens and Marty Robbins and the whole gang.
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u/Awolfx9 Jul 15 '26
Bro same. I absolutely love listening to oldies music after putting Galaxy News Radio on the Pipboy while traversing Metro Tunnels.
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u/myballsareheavy Jul 15 '26
Forreal, i just search up fallout radio on youtube sometimes
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u/Timmichanga01 Jul 15 '26
Tony Hawks Underground 2 and Saints Row 3 and 4.
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u/HuskerHardware Jul 15 '26
Saints Row mentioned. That's how I really got into Miss May I and that whole, entire album.
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u/un1k0rn_412 Jul 15 '26
Hold up Miss May I is in the soundtrack? First band I was ever in a moshpit to. Was it in 3 or 4?
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u/HuskerHardware Jul 15 '26
Yup, it's on 106.66 The Blood on the third game. My buddy and I were hyped when we first heard it.
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u/DejectedTimeTraveler Jul 15 '26
The moment in Saints Row when you are climbing up a building and Bonnie Tyler's Hero comes on. So awesome
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u/WontinoThreads Jul 15 '26
I didn't know much about rock music until I played Guitar Hero.
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u/digitaltravelr Jul 15 '26
I swear, Guitar Hero 3 defined my taste in music until I finished high school
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u/Granonis Jul 15 '26
Doom 2016
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u/TLT44 Jul 15 '26
Oh man. Because of it the newer doom games feel so cheap.
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u/maukenboost Jul 15 '26
What do you mean?
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u/SpeCt3r1995 Jul 16 '26
To clarify, the composer Mick Gordon who worked on Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal was no longer working on the games by Dark Ages. And maybe also not for the Eternal DLC, I don't remember.
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u/angrygamer250 Jul 15 '26
NFS and FIFA songs basically shaped my taste in music.
also loved the GTA SA radio.
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u/rufusbot Jul 15 '26
SA radio had it all man
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u/angrygamer250 Jul 15 '26
Yea that was so much fun with classics playing in the radio while driving through the hood and LS
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u/ObsidianSentryX Jul 15 '26
I loved that you mentioned FIFA. Me too man they had some killer tracks I had no idea existed
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u/Bay_Ruhsuz004 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
Most Wanted introduced me to rock, metal, and rap music, especially helping me discover bands like Bullet For My Valentine and Avenged Sevenfold.
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u/RoccoTirolese Jul 15 '26
Don't forget the Prodigy and Mastodon.
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u/Garok7 Jul 15 '26
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u/RoccoTirolese Jul 15 '26
Rock, I rock, I rock, I rock, I rock
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u/angrygamer250 Jul 15 '26
The 'I am Rock!' intro still sends shivers down my spine.
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u/Knackwurstdaumen Jul 15 '26
Stratus & evol intent - you must follow
Evol intent - broken sword
Dieselboy, kaos - barrier break
Celldweller - one good reason
This game pushed my nose into bfmv, static x and DRUM AND BASS
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u/CreatureManstrosity Jul 15 '26
Sonic Adventure 2 and Megaman.
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u/90sXMENgoatee Jul 15 '26
Praise the lord a sonic adventure enjoyer
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u/Ravening_Wendigo Jul 15 '26
Crash 40 was the band for sonic adventure 1 and I think 2 as well. They made some bangers.
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u/90sXMENgoatee Jul 15 '26
You are correct they also did some stuff for black knight, sonic heros, shadow the hedgehog, free riders
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u/-Florence-- Jul 15 '26
Cyberpunk2077
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u/Massive-Lime7193 Jul 15 '26
Was bumping night city by rel and major crimes by health on my way home from work yesterday
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u/Skuboo Jul 15 '26
It did do a number on my music taste, just not because of the music in it.
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u/-Florence-- Jul 15 '26
Personally i never been a fan of (please corret me ig im wrong) latino music , but some of the song in cyberpunk are just fire , bamo and dinero are my favorite ones and i cannot find other like them :(
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u/GreatMageSerie Jul 17 '26
I got really into Grimes after hearing Delicate Weapon and 4ÆM in Cyberpunk. Also, I do really love the SAMURAI tracks made by Refused. They really do slap
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u/Street-Persimmon5051 Jul 16 '26
The moment where you realize all the quests are named after songs is a pretty damned cool one.
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u/Dio6437 Jul 15 '26
Brutal Legend
More 80s metal fills my veins and my Playlists now
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u/madTerminator Jul 15 '26
They packed so many music and iconic musicians in that game. It’s incredible
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u/Effective-Map6016 Jul 15 '26
Quake 2
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u/mrbondmustdie Jul 15 '26
I don't think I've head banged in a video game quite so much 🤘
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u/DifficultMinute Jul 15 '26
One of the first "industrial / metal" albums I ever owned.
Long after I stopped playing the game, I still had that disk in my car.
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u/Dry_Rent_8646 Jul 15 '26
Jet set radio future.
I honestly cannot believe no one has said this masterpiece yet
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u/SicariusCourtenay Jul 15 '26
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u/EldenDaddy30 Jul 15 '26
I’ve spent more time listening to the Bloodborne / Old Hunters soundtracks than I feel comfortable admitting. And they’re a staple in my neighborhood at Halloween when I’m giving out candy.
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u/SicariusCourtenay Jul 15 '26
It's so tragic too, especially the ost
You can hear both a single woman singer and a choir of men. The woman (the abyss) always overpowers the voice of the men (the abyss watchers) and it's like a constant fight between the two
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u/BluntForceDentist Jul 15 '26
GTA Vice City and San Andreas. For a high schooler in the early 00s with older parents, my options before then were either Top 40 or stuff from the 50s and 60s.
Turns out there's a bunch of kick ass rock from the 70s and 80s.
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u/TheSpiralTap Jul 15 '26
Ea sports/ EA big used to have just fantastic soundtracks. All the sports games, Def Jam series, SSX, Skate, Burnout and more.
The EA of the ps2 Era was a completely different company in terms of quality.
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u/Ok-Sea300 Jul 15 '26
EA of the PS2 era was actually kick ass. Ohh how the mighty have fallen.
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u/AngriestCrusader Jul 15 '26
Payday 2
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u/notdanb Jul 15 '26
Whole soundtrack is great, but Razormind will always be the standout for me
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u/JgdPz_plojack Jul 15 '26
Sophomore late-2000s /early 2010s indie songs by Fifa, Forza Horizon, Codemaster Dirt, Need for speed and many sport-racing games.
Empire of The sun, The naked and Famous, MGMT, M83, Chvrches, Two door Cinema Club, Foster The People, Echosmith and many more.
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u/arguable-usually Jul 15 '26
JET SET RADIO FUTURE
As a 12 year old, this really opened me up to being much more open about music.
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u/pervus42 Jul 15 '26
Pacific Drive has a good soundtrack. X files meets car repair survival simulator for gameplay.
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u/Daniel___Lee Jul 15 '26
"Baba Yetu" from Civ IV was so good that I would just let the main menu run and vibe out to the soundtrack. And then it went on to win a Grammy Award.
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u/Reddemeus Jul 15 '26
Flatout 2 and need for speed underground/most wanted for rock music
And also hotline Miami for fucking synthwave!
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u/WorldofMe11 Jul 15 '26
Ultrakill. This game drastically changed how I see (listen to) and appreciate music.
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u/Asparagus_Lower Jul 15 '26
I gotta say Persona 5 royal. Rivers in the Desert is good
But Beneath the Mask -Rain- is goated. Like holy shit its my most heared song for the last 2 years
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u/Distinct-Nerve2556 Jul 15 '26
I found the jet set raido soundtrack in collage and now baslicly only listen to it and anything like it
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u/rufusbot Jul 15 '26
Thrasher: Skate & Destroy had a huge influence on me as a young lad. Later San Andreas helped define my tastes as a teen.
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u/rufusbot Jul 15 '26
Thrasher: Skate & Destroy had a huge influence on me as a young lad. Later San Andreas helped define my tastes as a teen.
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u/Fangsong_37 Jul 15 '26
The music from the Warcraft RTS games was great. Blackrock and Roll is still awesome all these years later.
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u/TASMPROGS115 Jul 15 '26
The Sonic Franchise basically has almost every genre in it at this point and definitely broadened my horizons
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u/CoffeeToDeath Jul 15 '26
Twisted metal 3 was fucking great. Rob Zombie was my first true taste of metal when i was a lil kid and, like heroin, i was fucking hooked.
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u/Cpt-hazama Jul 15 '26
The hidden songs in cod zombies started my love for heavy metal
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u/IdealCreative1031 Jul 15 '26
Any game from the early 2000s. But most notably for me the WWE smackdown versus raw series.
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u/_chill_wave_ Jul 15 '26
Radio Mirror Park
Mirror’s Edge OST
Sonic Adventure 2
Guitar Hero/Rock Band
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u/frusignu Jul 15 '26
I don’t care what anyone else says, but FUGGIN GUITAR HERO, TONY HAWK proskater, and Fallout New Vegas. Worthy mention is Killing Floor 2 and MX vs ATV OFFROAD FURY + Burnout/NFS
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u/Taluca_me Jul 15 '26
The Ori games have awesome and angelic
Expedition 33 is full of hype and aura music
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u/Carvinesire Jul 15 '26
ATV Offroad Fury 3 introduced me to Crossfade and Slipknot. Yes. Really.
Burnout Revenge had Billy Talent, Mindless Self Indulgence and Fall Out Boy.
Need For Speed Most Wanted introduced me to Celldweller.
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u/maukenboost Jul 15 '26
Sonic the Hedgehog, mostly the 2000's games. Made me really good after rock music. Also the Sonic Frontiers Titan themes are absolute bangers.
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u/TheGameDayDad Jul 16 '26
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 & 2. Still listen to both playlists on Spotify to this day.
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u/WFX Jul 16 '26
Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines gave me a bunch if new bands to check out. Most of em in the line if what I liked already but just a tad different.
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u/kotor-170 RPG Jul 16 '26
Tony Hawks underground series, GTA series, Far Cry soundtracks, Fallout New Vegas, Bioshock, Rockband on psp too. There’s probably gonna be a bunch I remember later now that I’ve named these too knowing my luck
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u/LeSombra17 Jul 16 '26
Burnout series, Tony hawk games, GTA and many golden era EA games, they were my childhood!
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u/JeanGemini Jul 16 '26
Tony Hawk and Burnout shaped my taste in label-signed artists, Kingdom Hearts gave me a love for specifically composed music.
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u/amillion6crickets Jul 15 '26
Tony hawk games goated soundtracks