chili pepper
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I am really impressed by the soundtrack as heard in the HL2 demos! First you have the impressive techno theme in the teaser. Very nice original tune.
Then there's the really spooky-sounding music in the background that you hear during some of the E3 gameplay videos. For example you can hear it in the jailhouse combat scene. It gave me the creeps listening to it. Also notice the creepy techno ryhthm in the video where gordan is fighting the aliens alongside his human allies. The creepy sound fits in very nicely with the action.
Music is either absent in games or tends to suck when its there, but man, this is just first-rate stuff you might find in big-budget Hollywood action or horror movie. I haven't heard good game music like this since Need for Speed 2 for the PC, but in that game you could hear it only while in the Setup screen. Some people night not care about game music either way, but to me it is icing on the cake when it is done so well. HL2 never ceases to amaze me!
Then there's the really spooky-sounding music in the background that you hear during some of the E3 gameplay videos. For example you can hear it in the jailhouse combat scene. It gave me the creeps listening to it. Also notice the creepy techno ryhthm in the video where gordan is fighting the aliens alongside his human allies. The creepy sound fits in very nicely with the action.
Music is either absent in games or tends to suck when its there, but man, this is just first-rate stuff you might find in big-budget Hollywood action or horror movie. I haven't heard good game music like this since Need for Speed 2 for the PC, but in that game you could hear it only while in the Setup screen. Some people night not care about game music either way, but to me it is icing on the cake when it is done so well. HL2 never ceases to amaze me!