I appreciate a good music score as I am quite sensitive to the moods that they can create.
In my case, a good score can definitely enhance my enjoyment of a game but the opposite, though more rare, can also occur. Divine Divinity is a game whose soundtrack is generally praised but somehow I disliked it a lot. I think that it has partially to do with the instrumentation as it came across as "cheap instrumental synth".
For the new D:OS, I had higher hopes and gave the composer the benefit of the doubt but old tracks were apparently used due to him getting ill. And I simply couldn't stand some of the tracks….for some reason I really couldn't and I had to turn the music off. This is the first time that such a thing happened to me.
Although admittedly, some tracks, probably the new ones, were pleasant but I got tired of turning up/down the volume everytime I changed area so I decided to permanently sacrifice the score
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But I am not the only one as I happended to have seen someone in a forum saying that he also had to turn off the music in order to "maintain his sanity"….those words were my feelings exactly. I guess I am not alone so I am not a special snowflake at all
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