Tenderfoot Thahd Ha$$oNiaN Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 http://music.nethergate.net/ Anybody play Exile 2 back in the day? The background music was amazing. Why was it not implemented in Avernum? The background music made the game for me nto to mention the gameplay. Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 The short answer is that Jeff Vogel doesn't personally like background music in games so nowadays he doesn't bother including it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I remember background music in Exile: Escape from the pit but not in Exile II. Did it always have background music? Maybe I turned it off when I played it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I think it had to be specifically turned on. —Alorael, who didn't. Mediocre background music is often worse than no music. A single track that plays through an entire game is maddening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Ha$$oNiaN Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Off my mac addict CD, it was automatic, which by the way, was awesome. Also judging by the intro music to the Avernum games alone, there could have been absolutely epic music there. Aside from the point, games like spiderwebs are becoming scarce, and while I honestly haven't played enough of Avadon to be a judge, I feel I will be playing Exiles and Avernums for years because they are MY genre of game. Thank you Jeff Vogel for making many REAL games. Piss on Gears Of War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I actually miss that background music. Now I just have to settle for iTunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice ex post slarto Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Exile 1 originally had no background music. Exile 2 always had background music, although I believe it defaulted to being off. Exile 2's background music was AWESOME -- fit perfectly with the mood and atmosphere, and somehow you could loop it for a very long time without it getting annoying. That's an accomplishment that puts it up there with the Zelda theme as far as successful looping game music goes. Exile 1 had optional background music added to its v 2.0 release, the release the gave it the Exile 3 graphics. I'm not sure why, since Exile 3 did not have any background music option. The Exile 1 music was also a MIDI of Bach, I believe, which was less varied and less interesting. Ircher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Micawber Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Exile 2 has music? I can't believe I have been playing it since 1999 without noticing that. Perhaps the music is only on Mac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Quote: Exile 2's background music was AWESOME -- fit perfectly with the mood and atmosphere, and somehow you could loop it for a very long time without it getting annoying. Would that I could agree. The music was very good, but I have never encountered a song that doesn't get monotonous on loop every four minutes in a ~30 hour game. Quote: Exile 1 had optional background music added to its v 2.0 release, the release the gave it the Exile 3 graphics. Huh. I never knew about that. What was it like before? I had a version (downloaded around the time BoE came out) that had music, but not what I'd call "Exile 3 graphics": it didn't have any multi-tile monsters, and it still used some of the really primitive early Exile graphics (e.g. the mite graphics from Realmz for araneae). Was there an earlier version with more primitive graphics than that, and no music? I wish I had access to my parents' old computer, which should still have the version of E1 I played on it. Alas, while the machine is still extant, it's about 3000 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Didn't we have a conversation earlier in the year and somewhere along the lines one of us said something about there no being music in exile. There is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice ex post slarto Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 E1 and E2 both received facelifts sometime after E3 came out, and ALL of their graphics tiles and character icons were replaced with the stylistically quite different E3 and BoE style graphics. There were no engine changes, thus no multi-tile monsters for example, but the graphics were all replaced. E3's graphics were totally redrawn by new artists, thus the same things sometimes look dramatically different. The original icons looked cruder largely because they consisted mostly of solid colors and unidirectional representations and did not do much blending or shadowing. Personally, I liked them better, though more people prefer the newer graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I think you summed up the various versions best here. It might be a good idea to post this version countdown with release date in the main Exile forum page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Karoka Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Originally Posted By: House of S (#6) Exile II v2.0, original graphics set swapped out for Exile 3 graphics - neon turquoise cave floor - same (awesome) music included W-What?! Where do you turn on this music?!?!?!!??!?!!?!!1?!!??!?!!!?!?11!?1?!?!11one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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