Final Fantasy 13 Soundtrack

i sure hope so myself.  but it's easy to still have some doubts otherwise, cause i still remember myself almost agast, or shocked at the least, that ff10 would still carry on the midi tradition, after being floored by "libera fatali" in ff8 and the arranged score that came subsequently--"...but it's ps2, it's next gen, it's on a dvd disc!"  whatever the case, the teaser tune(s) are a hopefuly sign of things to come.  thanks for your reply

Disc space isn't the only issue --- streaming music requires some combination of disc access, RAM (for buffering), and/or CPU (for decompression).  That leaves less of those resources for other stuff, so there's a tradeoff involved.  The developers of FF7DC thought the tradeoff was worth making in their case; evidently the FFXII team didn't think it worthwhile in theirs. 

With PS3, the performance hit should be negligible so everyone will use streamed music unless they want to experiment with interactive music instead (which I'd personally prefer, but probably most soundtrack fans think otherwise).

Last edited by tennin (Aug 16, 2006)

tennin wrote:

Disc space isn't the only issue --- streaming music requires some combination of disc access, RAM (for buffering), and/or CPU (for decompression).  That leaves less of those resources for other stuff, so there's a tradeoff involved.  The developers of FF7DC thought the tradeoff was worth making in their case; evidently the FFXII team didn't think it worthwhile in theirs.

ah, that makes sense.  i suppose that could--possibly--explain how GTA has tons of licensed music streaming along with some truly horrendous graphics.  a reversal of priorities for them.  maybe.

edit: actually, perhaps that's not necessarily the case, RAM+CPU conversation.  look at shadow of the collosus, ico, etc for example.  top notch graphics, but still live orchestra.

Last edited by loveydovey (Aug 17, 2006)

Alcahest wrote:

5 Discs (4 + drama?)

Oh god, I hope not. That would be horrendous, and I certain wouldn't buy it if it was that.

Yeah, there's also a regular edition, presumably without the drama CD, so you will probably be better off getting that one, but the packaging won't be as nice, I'm sure.

I'll easily get the regular version w/out the drama disc, saving $10 will be nice.

Didn't like the LE release of the FFXII OST, what with the unecessary excessive size of the DVD case; glad they still released a jewel-case-sized edition.

Why the hell do publishers insist on using DVD cases for CDs, anyway? It's awkward, and makes me separate them from the rest of my collection.

At any rate, I've really been looking forward to FFXIII, and it's soundtrack, so here's hoping it's 4 discs of GOLD!

Last edited by Bernhardt (Oct 23, 2009)

Why all the hate for the LE's?  I love em, I'll definitely be grabbing it, drama and all.  Sure they can't all fit nicely on your shelf, they'll stand out, but I think that's kinda the point of LE's, isn't it?

James O wrote:

Why all the hate for the LE's?  I love em, I'll definitely be grabbing it, drama and all.  Sure they can't all fit nicely on your shelf, they'll stand out, but I think that's kinda the point of LE's, isn't it?

I didn't like FFXII's large size either (but never rebought the normal one), though thankfully Grandia III and a couple other things 'justified' it.....but it's the drama thing I don't want. Since there's a normal one with no drama CD, it's no big deal after all.

Now this is a chocobo theme, Hamauzu f---ing delivers it. I have a feeling that this soundtrack will be so sweeeeeeet.

Now I just gotta hope that the regular package looks almost as nice as the LE-version so I don't have to buy the LE one just for the looks.

The arranged version of Senkou (slash?) is a good example of Hamauzu being on me, and the militaristic track (aka something sounding like lighter DoC) is when he's off me.