NTM

@bonorbitz said:

After years of playing hundreds of games for the Intellivision and Nintendo, when I fired this up for the first time the opening music blew my fucking mind and foretold of what was to come. Ever since I was 4 I paid close attention to orchestral music more than other kids, so the fact this stood out really meant something to me.

Yeah, I liked that too, but isn't that midi? I guess since it made you listen to orchestral music there on out, that makes no difference.

Bortherhood.

@sungahymn: He also spoiled the Ishimura in the second Dead Space even before he went on to say he didn't want to spoil anything.

No, I appreciate Dead Space more (probably). YES! I love Dead Space. No ha, um, yeah all we've heard was that it's going to take place on a snowy planet, and that Isaac will have to deal with a dark side to him, and something about saving someone early on I believe. The last part may not be true, but I know the other two things are what we've heard so far.

@pweidman: I kind of agree'd with the generic look earlier on, but not really now. It's true to Aliens, and the game play is, well... like other FPS games, but I don't think that matters.

@TentPole: I think it's fine. I think the game, regardless of it being great or not, will be true to the Alien franchise, so I'm happy about that. They got Syd Mead to help with the concept of the missing areas of the Aliens universe, and they also talked to Ridley Scott and read the script to Prometheus so they can make sure it's following the series.

@MikkaQ said:

Probably MGS for me. Sure it was all MIDI sounds, but the soundtrack was tense, well composed and sounded exactly lile the hi-tech spy thriller film it was trying to be.

@VinceNotVance said:

I think it was that first Medal of Honor game on the PS1. They actually had Michael Giacchino compose the game's music (not to mention, Steven Spielberg was credited as a producer for the title). A legitimate Hollywood talent composing music for a video game was a huge deal back in the day.

Oh yeahhh.

OK, so for me personally, I wouldn't say it was the very first time, but a game that really stood out and I felt like gaming soundtracks truly reached the quality level of film, had to be Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.

Those two are just examples, there are more songs in the game that really shocked me throughout when I played it back on release (and still do today). I think the only other game I can think of that didn't have as much of an impact for me, was MGS2, that had cinematic music as well. For some reason, there were a lot of people at the time, that kept saying the music in this game was the Pirates of the Caribbean theme, that annoyed me.

Edit - I guess I should have asked, what was the first game you noticed a cinematic-ally dynamic soundtrack?

I think this looks pretty good, and it's to the point that I don't think I won't buy it. From a point scale, I think the lowest it may get is around four or five, and highest around eight. Three or four stars. I'll be surprised if more or less. Hopefully more though! I'm so excited for it.

I'm really hoping this game isn't going to be bad, I love (love! LOVE!) the Alien franchise, and this is one of those games this year that I am extremely excited about, but very cautious. Here is some video footage from GameTrailers. As of right now, I'm in middle of watching the first one, so I'll add a few more very soon after I see those. Unless you want to go there and check them out yourself, either way. Aliens: Colonial Marines, Prometheus? This is great.