What Game Improved Your Taste In Music?

[u/Bay_Ruhsuz004]

[u/amillion6crickets]

Tony hawk games goated soundtracks

[u/Admirable-Marsupial3 → u/amillion6crickets]

Also Dave Mirra BMX

[u/mattyfurtats → u/Admirable-Marsupial3]

Rip - I just found out what happened to Dave Mirra. Such a sad story.

[u/hemingways-lemonade → u/mattyfurtats]

Man I totally forgot about that until you mentioned it.

[u/One-Strength-8265 → u/hemingways-lemonade]

Wait wtf happened?

[u/-Typh1osion- → u/One-Strength-8265]

Update: suicide, had CTE from falls and concussions and apparently a skull fracture when he was 19.

[u/hemingways-lemonade → u/One-Strength-8265]

He took his own life around ten years ago. He was the first extreme sports athlete to be diagnosed with CTE which is thought to play a role.

[u/One-Strength-8265 → u/hemingways-lemonade]

Dude holy fuck.

I thought he just kinda retired or something. Rip.

[u/-Typh1osion- → u/One-Strength-8265]

No idea, time for a visit to wiki....

[u/One-Strength-8265 → u/-Typh1osion-]

Ayo how was your time in Hisui my man?

[u/-Typh1osion- → u/One-Strength-8265]

It was excellent, I battled many red-eyed pokemon. Victories across the board.

[u/Leading-Score9547 → u/Admirable-Marsupial3]

ohhh #2 had such an awesome sound track

[u/Fantastic-Mastodon-1 → u/amillion6crickets]

And Crazy Taxi

[u/Driglok → u/Fantastic-Mastodon-1]

I told my friend, "I think Crazy Taxi was the first time I was exposed to Bad Religion."
My friend said, "No that was your parents."

[u/OkGuidance15 → u/Fantastic-Mastodon-1]

ya ya ya ya ya!

[u/AdminApathy → u/amillion6crickets]

Underground 2 was siiick

Jimmy Eat World, Ramones, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Audio 2, Pete Rock… The game had punk, rock, & hip hop that spanned decades, shit shaped you evenly it was godly to me
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[u/MinotauroTBC → u/AdminApathy]

Way better than most wanted

[u/betsayless → u/amillion6crickets]

american wasteland put me onto bloc party as a little ass kid 😂

[u/bangbangracer → u/amillion6crickets]

So much this. I feel like this was one of the biggest musical influences for me and my friends growing up.

[u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 → u/amillion6crickets]

Thrasher Presents: Skate and Destroy. That game introduced me to rap music beyond the contemporary stuff at the time on the radio.

Run DMC, Stetsasonic, Public Enemy, Gant Starr, A Tribe Called Quest, EPMD.... so much good shit on that game.

[u/Doodiecarrier → u/amillion6crickets]

So here I am doing everything I can, holding on to what I am pretending I'm a superman!

[u/Imaginary_Elephant_7 → u/amillion6crickets]

THPS 2 was the first time I heard Lagwagon and Bad Religion. Decades later and I’ve made so many memories and friends from attending/playing punk rock and hardcore shows. My life would have been very different if not for those games igniting a spark in me.

[u/Virtual-History-6099]

GTA San Andreas and Vice City. Killer soundtracks. 

[u/Neelix-And-Chill → u/Virtual-History-6099]

San Andreas hilariously taught me a lot about old school country.

Why do I like Jerry Reed and Eddie Rabbit? San Andreas.

[u/Sihayaya → u/Neelix-And-Chill]

Three cigarettes...

[u/LordoftheSynth → u/Neelix-And-Chill]

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.

[u/MonsieurVox → u/Virtual-History-6099]

I’ve always been fond of 80s new wave music, and Vice City has so many absolutely bangers.

[u/Bartlaus → u/MonsieurVox]

V-ROCK too. Cruising along the beach in the sunset and then Raining Blood comes on. 

[u/Bartlaus → u/Virtual-History-6099]

I used to have no time for hiphop/rap. Then I played San Andreas.  

[u/Zigor022]

Fallout 3. Never liked old music until i played that.

[u/THATMAYH3MGUY → u/Zigor022]

I have a 33 hour playlist of oldies because fallout 3 stirred something in me.

[u/weetobix → u/THATMAYH3MGUY]

Got a spotify link?

[u/THATMAYH3MGUY → u/weetobix]

YTmusic sorry

[u/ay_Zebra → u/weetobix]

Can’t forget Diamond City Radio

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JIuYQjoY4GnnLH0STezkK?si=iqLn2jHpSRq_H-ZMpNQBGQ&utm_source=copy-link&pi=RTZKBd26TP6MM

[u/Beach_Bum_273 → u/Zigor022]

New Vegas got me into old cowboy country

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/Zigor022]

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.

[u/Awolfx9 → u/Zigor022]

Bro same. I absolutely love listening to oldies music after putting Galaxy News Radio on the Pipboy while traversing Metro Tunnels.

[u/myballsareheavy → u/Zigor022]

Forreal, i just search up fallout radio on youtube sometimes

[u/Timmichanga01]

Tony Hawks Underground 2 and Saints Row 3 and 4.

[u/vapocalypse52 → u/Timmichanga01]

Tony Hawks Underground 2 must have been amazing.

[u/Quips_Cranks_Wiles → u/vapocalypse52]

You never played it? You’re missing out friend

[u/MabbersDaGabbers → u/vapocalypse52]

Played it recently with pcxs2 and YOU CAN TOO ✊

[u/HuskerHardware → u/Timmichanga01]

Saints Row mentioned. That's how I really got into Miss May I and that whole, entire album.

[u/un1k0rn_412 → u/HuskerHardware]

Hold up Miss May I is in the soundtrack? First band I was ever in a moshpit to. Was it in 3 or 4?

[u/HuskerHardware → u/un1k0rn_412]

Yup, it's on 106.66 The Blood on the third game. My buddy and I were hyped when we first heard it.

[u/DejectedTimeTraveler → u/Timmichanga01]

The moment in Saints Row when you are climbing up a building and Bonnie Tyler's Hero comes on. So awesome

[u/AwarenessThick1685 → u/Timmichanga01]

Underground 2 and Underground 2 had amazing soundtracks.

[u/WontinoThreads]

I didn't know much about rock music until I played Guitar Hero.

[u/digitaltravelr → u/WontinoThreads]

I swear, Guitar Hero 3 defined my taste in music until I finished high school

[u/WontinoThreads → u/digitaltravelr]

oh yeah, GH3 had the best song list hands down

[u/CardiacCats89 → u/WontinoThreads]

Through the Fire and Flames

[u/WillSym → u/WontinoThreads]

The first Rock Band had a pretty awesome lineup too.

[u/SnurgBurglerGrizz → u/WontinoThreads]

I liked GH2 best myself...

[u/Granonis]

Doom 2016

[u/TLT44 → u/Granonis]

Oh man. Because of it the newer doom games feel so cheap.

[u/maukenboost → u/TLT44]

What do you mean?

[u/Ok_Western_3156 → u/maukenboost]

mick gordon

[u/SpeCt3r1995 → u/maukenboost]

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.

[u/RenWal1 → u/SpeCt3r1995]

Andrew Hulshult worked on Doom Eternals DLCs.

[u/Manezinho → u/Granonis]

How’s it already 10 years old?!

[u/angrygamer250]

NFS and FIFA songs basically shaped my taste in music.

also loved the GTA SA radio.

[u/rufusbot → u/angrygamer250]

SA radio had it all man

[u/angrygamer250 → u/rufusbot]

Yea that was so much fun with classics playing in the radio while driving through the hood and LS

[u/ObsidianSentryX → u/angrygamer250]

I loved that you mentioned FIFA. Me too man they had some killer tracks I had no idea existed

[u/Bay_Ruhsuz004]

Most Wanted introduced me to rock, metal, and rap music, especially helping me discover bands like Bullet For My Valentine and Avenged Sevenfold.

[u/RoccoTirolese → u/Bay_Ruhsuz004]

Don't forget the Prodigy and Mastodon.

[u/Bay_Ruhsuz004 → u/RoccoTirolese]

Or Static-X

[u/curilan_ → u/[deleted]]

Shaaaaape Shifteeeeer!

[u/Garok7 → u/RoccoTirolese]

WHITE
WHALE
HOLY
GRAIL

[u/RoccoTirolese → u/Garok7]

Rock, I rock, I rock, I rock, I rock
I roll, I roll, I roll, I rock and roll

[u/Filthy_Troglodyte → u/RoccoTirolese]

OR skindred.

[u/angrygamer250 → u/Bay_Ruhsuz004]

The 'I am Rock!' intro still sends shivers down my spine.

[u/Saphyr-Seraph → u/angrygamer250]

Same here god that was amazing music for the time

[u/Bay_Ruhsuz004 → u/angrygamer250]

Fired Up is also a legendary song

[u/angrygamer250 → u/Bay_Ruhsuz004]

Absolutely. Also Nine Thou, Do ya thing and many more. Such great gems

[u/Capt_Levi831 → u/Bay_Ruhsuz004]

My crew is all fired up
Y'all better just wise up

[u/Knackwurstdaumen → u/Bay_Ruhsuz004]

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

[u/CreatureManstrosity]

Sonic Adventure 2 and Megaman.

[u/90sXMENgoatee → u/CreatureManstrosity]

Praise the lord a sonic adventure enjoyer

[u/Ravening_Wendigo → u/90sXMENgoatee]

Crash 40 was the band for sonic adventure 1 and I think 2 as well. They made some bangers.

[u/90sXMENgoatee → u/Ravening_Wendigo]

You are correct they also did some stuff for black knight, sonic heros, shadow the hedgehog, free riders

[u/BigE_boi → u/CreatureManstrosity]

https://giphy.com/gifs/b2ytbzwv95H9jqoEcG

[u/-Florence--]

Cyberpunk2077

[u/Massive-Lime7193 → u/-Florence--]

Was bumping night city by rel and major crimes by health on my way home from work yesterday

[u/-Florence-- → u/Massive-Lime7193]

Goooodmorning nightt cityyyy

[u/Skuboo → u/-Florence--]

It did do a number on my music taste, just not because of the music in it.

[u/-Florence-- → u/Skuboo]

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 :(

[u/GreatMageSerie → u/-Florence--]

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

[u/Street-Persimmon5051 → u/-Florence--]

The moment where you realize all the quests are named after songs is a pretty damned cool one.

[u/13greed47]

Burnout 3 my beloved

[u/Skuboo → u/13greed47]

Burnout 3 has to be the most influential piece of media on my music taste.

[u/Hottage]

https://giphy.com/gifs/HQllOdb06QS9VdgsMu

[u/KaiserGlax → u/Hottage]

The correct answer

[u/KoburaCape → u/Hottage]

Love me some Tiberian Sons!

[u/Spacial_Epithet]

Back in the day, Tony Hawk.

Recently, Death Stranding

[u/Luvcraft0606 → u/Spacial_Epithet]

Slowly collecting Low Roar on vinyl. Absolutely amazing music

[u/Death_sayer]

THEN YOU SLOWLY RECALL ALL YOUR MIND!🗣️🗣️🗣️

[u/HyperActiveMosquito → u/Death_sayer]

Obligatory nitro boost

[u/one_Time_use01 → u/HyperActiveMosquito]

GALVANIZE!

[u/Dio6437]

Brutal Legend

More 80s metal fills my veins and my Playlists now

[u/madTerminator → u/Dio6437]

They packed so many music and iconic musicians in that game. It’s incredible

[u/Effective-Map6016]

Quake 2

[u/mrbondmustdie → u/Effective-Map6016]

I don't think I've head banged in a video game quite so much 🤘

[u/DifficultMinute → u/Effective-Map6016]

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.

[u/Dry_Rent_8646]

Jet set radio future.

I honestly cannot believe no one has said this masterpiece yet

[u/SicariusCourtenay]

https://giphy.com/gifs/PITGogw905wxvOcMjF

[u/EldenDaddy30 → u/SicariusCourtenay]

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.

[u/SicariusCourtenay → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/TheThiefMaster]

Craaaaazy Taxi!

Ya ya ya ya yah!

[u/FartSalone → u/TheThiefMaster]

Nearly died of exhaustion having to scroll so far JUST TO FIND THIS GEM!

[u/BluntForceDentist]

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.

[u/AnalChain → u/BluntForceDentist]

YOU'RE LISTENING TO FLASHFM

[u/TheSpiralTap]

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.

[u/vapocalypse52 → u/TheSpiralTap]

Even Tiger Woods golf had an amazing soundtrack.

[u/Asleep-Gear-840 → u/TheSpiralTap]

I had to scroll way too far to find SSX

[u/Ok-Sea300 → u/TheSpiralTap]

EA of the PS2 era was actually kick ass. Ohh how the mighty have fallen.

[u/AngriestCrusader]

Payday 2

[u/notdanb → u/AngriestCrusader]

Whole soundtrack is great, but Razormind will always be the standout for me

[u/bendyted]

Most Toby Fox things I should say

[u/JgdPz_plojack]

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.

[u/Skullhead_LP]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XsRbLNGt71qiPHnGCB

[u/KolyaVolkov92]

Sleeping Dogs introduced me to squarepusher, lorn, budos band etc.

[u/SOSpammy → u/KolyaVolkov92]

I always stayed tuned to Ninja Tune Radio.

[u/WanderingRobotGames_]

ULTRAKILL and Hollow Knight

[u/kroom69x]

Doom

[u/arguable-usually]

JET SET RADIO FUTURE

As a 12 year old, this really opened me up to being much more open about music.

[u/blkpnther]

Forza Horizon

[u/pervus42]

Pacific Drive has a good soundtrack. X files meets car repair survival simulator for gameplay.

[u/Influence_X]

Hotline Miami 1-2

[u/Slut4Snacks → u/Influence_X]

Yessssssz

[u/Daniel___Lee]

"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.

[u/Rattkjakkapong]

Doom eternal

[u/Murky-Tooth-324]

San andreas introduced me to Kool & The Gang

https://youtu.be/qp1c4H87etg?is=NNVAcQ7GtW2qW84C

[u/Tyguy935]

DOOM, DK64, Sons of the Forest, WAW and Black ops 1 zombies, RDR2

[u/ConsularMage500]

Wild no one has said Expedition 33

[u/DaygoTom → u/ConsularMage500]

God tier track. But gamers tend to gravitate toward more edgy stuff, I think.

[u/thatdude658]

Fallout 3. I now like smooth jazz and music of the fallout esthetic.

[u/Thick-Aspiration]

MX vs ATV Unleashed

[u/Ienjoymodels]

Rock Band and GTA Games 

[u/kabukishaman]

Carmageddon 2

[u/Wiinterfang]

Bangers Galore

[u/Jazs1994]

More recently cyberpunk 2077

[u/Reddemeus]

Flatout 2 and need for speed underground/most wanted for rock music

And also hotline Miami for fucking synthwave!

[u/Critical-Ad-3915]

Fallout 4

[u/Unable-Ad2927]

[u/WorldofMe11]

Ultrakill. This game drastically changed how I see (listen to) and appreciate music.

[u/SinTonca]

[u/Asparagus_Lower]

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

[u/Knowledge_VIG]

ATV Off Road Fury.

[u/Distinct-Nerve2556]

I found the jet set raido soundtrack in collage and now baslicly only listen to it and anything like it

[u/Jolly-Painting-6615 → u/Distinct-Nerve2556]

Jet Set Radio is what I came looking for

[u/Duublo121]

Doom Eternal got me into metal, so that game for sure

https://giphy.com/gifs/XZbAsygv5VTZ5oumfo

[u/Comprehensive-Hat684]

GTA San Andreas

[u/Trezzatron]

DOOM made me fall in love with rock and metal

[u/almostthemainman]

Fight night round 3

[u/PretzelMeepus]

BANG, BANG, BANG.... pull my devil trigger

[u/HyperActiveMosquito]

I'm surprised Doom isn't mentioned yet

[u/rufusbot]

Thrasher: Skate & Destroy had a huge influence on me as a young lad. Later San Andreas helped define my tastes as a teen.

[u/rufusbot]

Thrasher: Skate & Destroy had a huge influence on me as a young lad. Later San Andreas helped define my tastes as a teen.

[u/ySkip007]

Guitar Hero 3

[u/Fangsong_37]

The music from the Warcraft RTS games was great. Blackrock and Roll is still awesome all these years later.

[u/NGANDT_TM]

https://giphy.com/gifs/V03lQW5ASYqCiFDlSD

[u/vapocalypse52]

Shatter, PS3.

[u/J_Cool_Guy_15]

The Sonic franchise, and the Persona series.

[u/TASMPROGS115]

The Sonic Franchise basically has almost every genre in it at this point and definitely broadened my horizons

[u/HF484]

Sonic Adventure

Open Your Heart was one of my gateways into real metal music

[u/DesolateCosmoGaming]

Burnout series and Persona

[u/CoffeeToDeath]

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.

[u/Cpt-hazama]

The hidden songs in cod zombies started my love for heavy metal

[u/IdealCreative1031]

Any game from the early 2000s. But most notably for me the WWE smackdown versus raw series.

[u/RikFeral]

Tony Hawk's ProSkater/ Underground, SmackdownVsRAW and KH2

[u/50LD13R8UTT3R]

Just shapes and beats and a dance of fire and ice

[u/LowerObjective4500]

Sonic Forces and Metal Gear Revengeance

[u/BoussIRL2]

Death Stranding. When I need calming music, Low Roar is an absolute must

[u/_chill_wave_]

Radio Mirror Park
Mirror’s Edge OST
Sonic Adventure 2
Guitar Hero/Rock Band

[u/Fabulous_Engineer_39]

Civilization games made me realize I love classical music

[u/IdentityThefti]

NFS, GTA, MGR.. 

[u/United_Appeal_6306]

Doom 2016/ Doom Eternal

[u/Five_Pebsi]

Expedition 33 :)

[u/ElPeloPolla]

Burnout 3 and Shadow of the Collossus

[u/MrBiggleswerth2]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5WiRzBTVwBvME8R8wJ

[u/sehajodido]

Burnout Paradise

[u/frusignu]

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

[u/Taluca_me]

The Ori games have awesome and angelic

Expedition 33 is full of hype and aura music

[u/Carvinesire]

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.

[u/TheGameDayDad]

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 & 2. Still listen to both playlists on Spotify to this day.

[u/WFX]

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.

[u/ConstructionHour9102]

MX vs ATV

[u/kotor-170]

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

[u/Chaos_HonchKrow]

Tony Hawk's, guitar hero and WWE games

[u/Big_Tree_18]

GTA Vice City and Madden 06

[u/Logical_Comparison28]

https://giphy.com/gifs/mo9GMeQVk1sis

[u/LeSombra17]

Burnout series, Tony hawk games, GTA and many golden era EA games, they were my childhood!

[u/kidnorther]

Vice city and Agressive Inline

[u/JeanGemini]

Tony Hawk and Burnout shaped my taste in label-signed artists, Kingdom Hearts gave me a love for specifically composed music.

[u/Organic_Half_9818]

Pro skater 2, gran Turismo 2

[u/Ok_Gas1070]

A lot of the songs from San Andreas became my favorite

[u/KingTeddy0209]

GTA v honestly