I cannot Stop Taking Video Game Music Quizzes

[@MarcoMeatball]

The quizzes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6vCeaFpnZhrg6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXa4ZH98frOljas

[@Eksistenssi]

thanks for the links! always hard to find them with just search. As a crazy person who loves those ar tonelico songs, somehow this bulgarian folk choir song from Xenogears kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXeVqWOEqZp9oZI (game that was originally made as FF7) truly fits those same notes as Shikatas songs do. But i wonder if your trained ears might tell me why that is the case. Much love!

[@CriZtOpHr_015]

I am thoroughly entertained by the bearded opera man failing to guess video games music

[@phanquan9470]

🗿 🍷 indeed gentlemen

[@Dreadgen_]

Ah, a man of culture I see.

[@anusaukko6792]

I love vgm quizzes that are about actually DIFFERENT titles rather than just the same 100 iconic tracks over and over again. There's only so many times I can hear Halo, Cod, Old Pokemon, Tetris, Mario etc until I get bored.

[@MarcoMeatball]

My community has really rallied around creating interesting quizzes and I’m so thankful it’s fun for all of us - you’re definitely right.

[@jRoy7]

Need more Amplitude and Supergiant tracks, with a bonus X-Com track. :)

[@anonymoususer638]

I appreciate the variety too, but damn I barely knew any of those games from the first quiz (and clearly marco didn't either). I think it makes more sense to pick obscure tracks from relatively well-known games.

[@se7enhaender]

I think you need to try and aim for a compromise, some middle ground between both extremes. It's insanely pointless to have a quiz when no one would ever know the answers. It's not nearly as pointless to only have the most famous tracks in a quiz, but you can only do that so often. These niche tracks/games might be better reserved for another format, but in a quiz, I'd at least would like (Marco) to have the ability to make an educated guess.

[@durrnip]

Could not agree more even though I got like 2 correct

[@captaindanger13]

4:38 so much weeb stuff

[@OmegaEnvych]

Dang it, if only I wasn't 49 minutes late!

[@oof5732]

what a deplorable amount of content otherwise known as weaboo

[@ArtForSwans]

7:00 The Black Wolf Stalks Again is actually NOT Soken! It's Takafumi Imamura! He's one of three composers for FFXIV, and he's written music for some of the Eden Raids, the Bozja storyline, and even my favorite song ever, Scream from the Pandemonium raids. He's even one of the guitars in Give It All. You'd be surprised at how much FFXIV music is actually written by Imamura and Daiki Ishikawa. All three are worthy of praise.

[@MarcoMeatball]

You’re so right - that’s totally my bad

[@MilesProwerUA]

I do love how at that point is like 1% guessing, 99% just using those videos as means to learn about new videogames and music. My regards to Crosscode Wadanohara Undertale Yellow Love those games. Undertale Yellow especially has amazing OST, especially if you dig deep into it.

[@riemaennchen]

At first I was "What are these games? NEVER heard of these." Then came CrossCode (awesome game btw) and Tales of Symphonia right after one another which I instantly recognized.

[@juandavidmedinatobon9421]

Yes! More people should play CrossCode

[@cpurizumu]

yeah, Sakuraba’s style is really really distinct.

[@tobyonatabe2601]

Had a similar experience with Filibuster theme from The battle cats! highly underrated OST

[@bennchisholm7079]

Always happy to see Beatmania IIDX represented in videogame music quizzes and videos! :) I miss those games so much, there's no arcade cabinets near me anymore

[@KenjiTheSnek]

I seriously think you would absolutely love The World Ends With You. It’s such a beautiful game with a ton of good tracks, mainly japanese-style hip hop.

[@elvida17]

It's absolutely maxing, such cool tracks that really have that Japanese hip hop vibe. Never played the games but I've spent a lot of time listening to the soundtracks, they're just so cool!

[@KashKey-]

God I'm so fucking happy someone finally snuck TWEWY into a Marco video. Such an amazing game, with such an amazing soundtrack.

[@volmie]

8:12 I have to gush about, because pretty much all of Remedy's music is done by a real band called Poets of the Fall, they make music specifically for games under Old Gods of Asgard, but in some games, especially the original Alan Wake, you would find radios just playing music off their albums. I *really really* like that band and Marko Saaresto, their vocalist, has really impressive range as well. Their music isn't for everyone, a lot of it is slow and moody, but some of it is also just plain weird, and some is really upbeat, but if they click with you they're really hard to stop listening to.

[@Aghul]

Hell yeah, a fellow Poets of the Fall fan!

[@inkvampyr]

Yes! POTF has beautiful music

[@volmie]

@@inkvampyr For sure, they're definitely quite niche, but everyone should give them a shot

[@volmie]

@@Aghul Oddly I knew the band before I even knew Remedy & their games xD, it wasn't until I played Control (and part of the reason I decided to buy it was because I heard about them being featured) that I learned about them working together

[@docotuero09]

BRING ME THE CHAMPION OF LIGHT

[@nim3787]

"this..... is metroid" *[shows sailor moon]* I'M IN TEARS also both the world ends with you games are great and everyone should play them

[@zecendia]

The arrangement that makes up "The Black Wolf stalks again" specifically is by Takafumi Imamura. Its a rearrangement of "Imperial Will" ,which was composed by Uematsu.

[@phillipj007]

Ys really is really really slept on. Such an amazing series with some of the best music in gaming. Falcom always hits

[@DarthSpiderMario]

I really love the idea of guessing the song by the guitar solo, that’s a real good idea

[@Stratelier]

"Someday" from TWEWY was the only one on the first list I recognized. It has both English _and_ Japanese lyrics, and in-game you hear the JP version first.

[@faerievandal]

MY FACE when OLD GODS OF ASGARD???????? the poet and the muse is so good

[@theirishviking9278]

Basically the only one I got

[@Uhcip]

I think it got copyrighted because theres no music playing there

[@theirishviking9278]

@@Uhcip it did it used to have the full guitar solo

[@lucas_lipp]

​@@theirishviking9278 For me there was just some white noise sound and that's about it. No idea what was up with that

[@theirishviking9278]

@@lucas_lipp its a way to remove copyrighted noise without having to mute the entire section

[@TheAntiCosmic]

I played it so long ago I actually forgot how good the Wadanohara OST was, a classic from the peak RPG Maker era

[@LTDLetsPlays]

After seeing that I was starting to expect mogeko castle next

[@zecendia]

My main memory i retain from playing that game like 10 years ago was getting to the VERY horror part of that game at like 10 pm and it scaring the absolute shit out of me because i was half lucid by that point.

[@InquisitorSinCross]

To answer your question at 10:57 - a very underrated game from ATLUS called Digital Devil Saga. DDS duology has, probably, the best Shoji Meguro's soundtrack among all titles he was working on.

[@MrPallable]

Suprised tbh compared to some of the games shown in this video that Marco wasn't familiar with it, as soon as I heard it without having played the game though immediately thought "This sounds very Shoji Meguro inspired."

[@kitsunebiShake]

my name is zagreus, it took exactly 1.3 seconds for me to hear that guitar and yell "IT'S THAT METAL ARRANGEMENT OF HADES' FIGHT" i opened my phone and knew exactly which track number it was LOL the unseen ones evokes such a fight or flight reaction in me

[@polterghost_]

That was indeed a bunch of random bullshit

[@oof5732]

they served us a gourmet random bullshit meal

[@febryumeko6375]

2:22 PEAK RPG MAKER GAME EVER

[@Roflmaokanker]

5:12 As an old DDR fan, I heard that crash followed by an Organ and knew exactly what song that was. God i love Tatsh's older music and Xepher was amazing to hear as a kid.

[@VRIIIZ]

All of Tatsuya's work is a masterpiece

[@sagi3933]

Undertale Yellow's soundtrack is on par with the actual Undertale soundtrack, in my humble opinion

[@retro777br]

Undertale Yellow is on par with Undertale for me lol

[@retro777br]

@@thatoneundertalefanatic It just got a bit old for me, I like new things.

[@MilesProwerUA]

Okay now let's not go that far. It's REALLY good and I prefer it over 99% of videogame music I know, but it's not AS good as Undertale

[@sagi3933]

There is too much good video game music, fangame or not. Terrible times to live in, too much choice :p

[@Clover298]

Its one of the few fan games which can somewhat rival the original game

[@rudidellama3718]

Popful Mail is by Falcom, so your Ys guess wasnt that far out

[@Samh166-6]

4:00 Battle cats lets go

[@MistyHoney]

Battle cats the GOAT

[@_Five_Knights_]

I'm so happy The World Ends With You finally got love in one of these quizzes!! Someday is like up there as most likely my favourite TWEWY song PFFT And also I think it's the only song I got right in this whole quiz besides Unseen Ones💀💀

[@satellafelix4597]

i haven’t thought about wadonahara in YEARS-super cute lil rpgmaker game, around the same time as Ib z translation groups for rpgmaker games are so dedicated, releasing fully translated vers for others to enjoy

[@Numberplay]

Danganrompa and AI are both murder mystery games so hearing both here made my day.

[@jdrm3710]

Yes, of course, as an avid video game music enjoyer myself, I find this fun and miserable at the same time.

[@Flat0Line1]

AI Somnium files - both parts, actually - INSANELY GOOD! Truly hidden gem

[@Ronin11111111]

Yoooooo CrossCode mentioned! Also 9 Years of Shadows, that game's pretty good. Sad I didn't recognised the music before the title reveal.

[@MisterNightfish]

Crosscode is so good! Amazing game.

[@Ronin11111111]

@MisterNightfish Everybody should play CrossCode.

[@juandavidmedinatobon9421]

Yes!! More people should play CrossCode

[@icosmohedron]

In that first quiz I got none of them... EXCEPT for Drawn to Life the Next Chapter That game was incredible

[@mThund3R_]

Treasure of The Rudras is truly a gem. And so many banger tracks.

[@Kaeli042]

5:12 "finally my time has come...wait is that xepher or sphere I can't remember"

[@VRIIIZ]

the great -Tatsh finally getting the recognition he deserves

[@zennvirus7980]

Don't feel bad, Marco. A lot of us also like this type of suffering. It's what makes gaming nights with the old gamer friends so fun... and alcoholically dangerous, since we take a shot every time we get the songs wrong.

[@NikkiTheViolist]

that guitar solo quiz was actually really cool

[@Liageta]

7:37 I thought my headset was breaking D:

[@Party64DS]

Ngl i watch these videos to find more vgm i've never heard, also Marco's reactions are fun.

[@MarcoMeatball]

THATS the goal!

[@lewc7389]

omg wadanohara making an appearance??? i honestly forgot this game existed and thought i'd never hear about it again!

[@nxcto216]

I feel like Marco would enjoy the hell out of the battle cats ost

[@lanalewis6982]

I love the 'Tales of' franchise that I recognized it the second it came on. lol Edit: Digital Devil Saga is from Atlus, same as Persona and SMT.

[@Chara-yp6zj]

BOX 16 BAYBEEEE HELL YEAH Danganronpa is, in reference to what you said at the end of your Undertale playthrough, definitely a game that plays really different compared to judging its cover. It's pretty philosophical at its core!

[@freshthemeemer4266]

still no metroid

[@MarcoMeatball]

Don’t stress I have a feeling this is the year of Metroid

[@freshthemeemer4266]

@@MarcoMeatball YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

[@ZoruaBell]

You GOTTA check out the rest of Undertale Yellow's soundtrack!! It stands on it's own really well from the official game!!

[@linusre4298]

so much ween stuff (i got you)

[@MarcoMeatball]

Ween 😂 best typo

[@AnimalPuff]

Ween

[@MistyHoney]

Ween 😂

[@linusre4298]

@@MarcoMeatball dylexia hits in the best ways

[@maxpxl7254]

4:11 BATTLE CATS MENTIONNED (play this game it's peak drug)

[@purple_pot7822]

10:56 you did not say that to an atlus game with Shoji Meguro as a composer

[@yaddles-slowggles]

motoi sakuraba definitely has a style XD

[@VRIIIZ]

5:12 my GODD, finally, someone did a Videogame Music Quizz with Beatmania, and good lord, is Xepher from my favorite artist Tatsuya Shimizu, a lot fo Beatmania games soundtracks are top tier, and Marco you definitely must listen to any of that amazing tracks regarding Rhythm Games, cause i know, you gonna love it as i did. (also if you notice any grammar error or something with my comment, please excuse me, cause English is my second language but god, i was to excited to comment)

[@Aghul]

I LOVE Poets of the Fall (or rather Old Gods of Asgard, as they go by in the Alan Wake universe) so I recognized Poet and the Muse at the first two tones xD

[@momsaccount4033]

Now you are obligated to look into all of the games in this quiz

[@masterofdoom5000]

Always cool to have a video game quiz with some actual difficulty, every other song feels like a wildcard

[@nervillebryanster2112]

the undertale yellow jumpscare was wild

[@Hayabusa_Ryu]

So happy that Marco knows Void Stranger Music, it's such a delight to listen to. Hopefully more people notice it and try it out, since it's a unique experience that you will not get from any other game

[@retro777br]

I KNEW I recognized the undertale yellow Enemy Retreating melody in Trial by Fury

[@dodybruh2524]

The soundtrack for the first one (Little Goody Two Shoes) is one of the most beautiful soundtracks i've ever heard. Definitley give it a listen. I recommend the tracks "Sonata of Moon and Wind", "Audtakt - Prelude", "Emerald Prairies", "Sunkissed Meadows" and "Whispers of the Moon"

[@MarcoMeatball]

I started playing it but haven’t come back yet

[@dodybruh2524]

@@MarcoMeatball That game is the definition of an overlooked gem

[@mekolayn]

Holy, somebody knows about Wadanohara

[@leffan3107]

IN STARS AND TIME MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥

[@Ash-Bun]

so I haven't seen anyone mention this, but that very first song was from Little Goody Two Shoes which is a moe as all get out resource manager game with some intense horror elements, and if I recall correctly, they put so much effort into making sure every supported language was the same experience, which tends to be a rarer thing in indie games these days unfortunately.

[@olaf8778]

Since you dont seem a lot about danganronpa i recommend you listen to some of the ost since its pretty unique. especially the debate themes discussion break, discussion heat up, discussion hope vs despair and scrum debate. i recommend the versions from the third game. The games are kinda like Phoenix wright, in that you always have a murder case in each act and you have to gather clues and end the act in a big trial where you have to find out the who the murderer is with the evidence you found.

[@kaynewoolley9104]

The investigation theme from danganrompa 2, ikoroshia is amazing. One of my favourite game tracks

[@SpellboundTutor]

I got exactly two, one from each quiz: The World Ends With You on the first quiz. Definitely an iconic RPG OST. I think a ton of JRPG fans from the late 2000s would put the song "Calling" down as a certified banger. The Black Wolf Rises from FFXIV on the second. When it comes to FFXIV, my mind is a steel trap of dumb miscellaneous things. I *almost* got Danganronpa, but I hadn't heard it in so long, I was like "God, what could this have been from?"

[@unnamedx2]

6:29 c'mon, marco as an ys fan myself and never having played xenoblade even i could tell that was you will know our names

[@MarcoMeatball]

😭😭😭😭

[@SuperPaperPokemon]

As soon as he said Ys, I just though: "Yer one letter of the alphabet too late, partner"

[@mcmichel2]

Damn the one who made these quizzes has some great taste

[@Sirine_Eques]

Now I feel bad I got the beginning songs on the 2nd video (like hell I got any on the first). Only to get over confident and not get my two fav bonkers games later for Ai somnia and drakengard 3. You sir are a gem for doing these and being such a good sport when they are tough to guess.

[@BeRadMH]

The Black Wolf Stalks Again is such a wild ride of a song.

[@narius_jaden215]

I think the reason heavy metal works so well with orchestra is that they're both so focused on the instrumental side of things.

[@Ebiko]

In terms of guitar, the metin2 OST definitely lives rent free in my head. 😂

[@rinny2131]

that first quiz was truly a bunch of random bullshit lol but falcom's music always hits!! i have a whole playlist of songs from the trails games. its my 'driving into work' playlist, haha

[@emolis8381]

drawn to life is a crazy throwback i played the hell out of that game as a child

[@justasprapuolenis2432]

I got hades, danganronpa and nirvana initiative tracks i'm happy with that, some of my favorite games.

[@riemaennchen]

A fully Guitar focused list and not a single "Warriors" game mentioned. Songs like "Wall of Fate" "Lu Bus theme" (especially the new Dynasty Warriors Orirings version) " Thousand Suns" or "Epic Man" are soooo good.

[@SirStrangefolk]

I only got Drawn to Life 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles. I should probably have gotten Tales of Symphonia and I'm really upset with myself that I didn't get Two's theme from Drakengard 3.

[@DuskWolf224]

Well, I can tell you I got absolutely nothing in the first quizz LMAO! Second one, I got at least one song per difficulty until it got to expert... and then I was out of my depths XD

[@dengc8973]

Seeing Undertale Yellow and The Battlecats back to back in the same video is crazy

[@karew7051]

waifu action has some good taste

[@MistyHoney]

Hell yeah brother 😁

[@therealshrinemaiden6898]

WADANOHARA MENTIONED HOLY SHIT

[@oof5732]

god bless a musician who also enjoys rich storytelling in games and not just the soundtracks

[@OmegaEnvych]

Not gonna lie, I felt so down when I realised that track I heard was Black Wolf Stalks Again because I did Emerald Weapon EX so many times for the mount... But then when I heard Muladhara theme from Digital Devil Saga, I was like "THAT HAS TO BE DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA! IT HAS TO BE! I PLAYED THAT GAME SO MANY TIMES!" Buuuut... I didn't figured out neither Xenogears nor Alan Wake and I love both of these games OSTs (and love Poets of the Fall in general) and feel really ashamed I didn't figure out solos from them :(

[@LuckyBones77]

Did anyone else only get the one at 9:31 and absolutely nothing else lmao I dunno what you thought it was, but its a mystery game with a ‘murder game’ premise. Visual novel with investigation/court elements. Ace Attorney but more anime. The song in the quiz is a variation on the normal investigation music (Box 15) that only plays during the last two investigations, so that immediate guitar riff is HYPE. In general, the soundtracks of all three DR games are great in the context of the game, but not great for just regular listening. Except the investigation themes, which need a longer loop bc you’re investigating for so damn long lol

[@calleha01]

I got digital devil saga also but nothing else was anything I have played, except crosscode but I only finished the tutorial

[@BlueSoraMaroon]

CRASH FEVER MENTIONED OH MY GOSH and I am SO SO HAPPY that TWEWY got a song in there, even though I guessed it wrong

[@LyMizukage]

lmao I really wanna see this guy listen to like anything from the Neverhood OST (very old claymation game) - stuff like Olley Oxen Free or Klaymen's Theme. that stupid game was a huge part of my childhood, largely forgotten now but some of the OST slaps so hard for no reason

[@ZeriaIiyasei]

I need a guitar hero game with all those sick guitar solo tracks.

[@epicbrofist6531]

These always make me laugh since i play along and get almost all of them wrong aswell😂

[@kevincano1421]

I've always wondered why there are almost NO songs from the Megaman saga in any of these videos. Even when there is one out there, it's always the same...a single burned song from the classic saga. The Megaman X saga has tons of songs for this type of videos and they are really good.

[@SoulWhiteAngel]

Its funny you wouldnt say what you thought danganronpa was. Its technically a murder mystery game with a visual novel story telling. Its really good. #2 was also great. AI the somnium files is the same and also really great.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Bruh the first quiz was so hard they used Xepher which is iconic for being in DDR but decided to use a goddamn alternate version from its original franchise's soundtrack that I don't think you can even play in the game because it's too long

[@greenhydra10]

Starting off with Little Goody Two Shoes of all things? This one is sure to be interesting.

[@ladylaurel5941]

I was pleasantly surprised to hear a track from that game because it’s so good yet so criminally underrated

[@riaglitta]

I was totally calling Ar Tonelico too haha - freakin' love that series' music

[@meadow6760]

4:24 I knew nothing up until this point and I cannot begin to explain the level at which I popped off when I heard this track again ❤

[@anthonycassola4241]

Marco, its a very deep rabbit hole, but you HAVE to listen to some PSO2 soundtracks. Not ngs but original pso2. It has 6 ingame story episodes with fantastic music.

[@Arcturys]

That first quiz was brutal, I only knew 2 tracks (Twewy and Drawn to Life). The second one I did a lot better on, love myself a good guitar solo.

[@Nunchchucks]

Have you ever listened to the Final Fantasy Type-0 soundtrack? Highly recommended, especially "What Becomes of Us"

[@rainichan]

that Ar tonelico guess was great 😂it has similar, but not quite the same vibe. someday i'll be able to request a boatload of non-Hymmnos AT (and maybe some nosurge) tracks, because a lot of the non-Hymmnos music is fantastic.

[@RaikaMaelyn]

5:42 Got instant whiplash and PTSD seeing Xepher. LOL Did not expect a IIDX song here. Tatsh songs are pretty awesome.

[@SkyBlueFox1]

I’m amazed that I even recognized Xepher. I don’t remember exactly where I heard it, but I think it was an old high-school buddy who had learned the DDR steps for it by-heart.

[@MistyHoney]

I was wondering if anyone would know that one, I first heard it in a mario maker video 😁

[@exCLOUDyGH]

Treasure of the Rudra (Rudra no Hihou in JPN) is a good RPG for the SNes that was fantranslated to English many years ago (atleast 15 or 20). I believe Spirit Chaser is a Boss Battle Theme.

[@Etherwinter]

Do you have an addiction? Do you require aid?

[@Game4Etienne]

No matter how much music I know and can recognize... There is no way I'll be able to remember all the names

[@CelestialDoggie]

8:26 I was a classically trained pianist and basically up until college I shunned everything except classic. And though I went to college FOR piano performance, around then is when Guitar Hero and Rock Band came out, and man did I pick up a brand-new appreciation for 70s/80s rock and metal. And then I discovered symphonic metal. If you want a REALLY solid (and by solid, I mean AMAZING) mix of metal and classical, go find like Rhapsody of Fire or Sonata Arctica lol.