Gamemaster77
PC > Mac
I am one of the few people on this forum who has played civ from at least civ3, likes civ5, and is voicing their opinion about it. Although I'm not here too talk about game play.
When i first started playing civ3 I thought the music was very good. It always got you into the mood of the era. It helped get you into that "just one more turn" mode. My favorite of them being the "TechnoMixFull". With every era I was excited to hear the new soundtrack. That being said I was skeptical when it said each leader has their own music instead of each era having different music.
I haven't listened to the civ4 music that much since I haven't really played i that much since I didn't really like it. That being said I can't can't comment much on their music, but all I know is that I really did not like the "Baba Yetu" that everyone seems to love.
When civ5 came out I first played it in a quit room with the computer being the only thing I can hear. I fell in love with the soundtrack immediately. Even the menu music gets me real pumped for the game while I am waiting for it to load. I found out that the individual war/peace music worked great. I sometimes found it irritating in past civs that the music would be so "happy" while I am trying to conquer the world. The war music especially really gets you into the game. My favorite of them being Elizabeth's war music, Bismark's war music, and Catherine's war music. Just about every peace seems good music. I also love how the music changes to other leader's music when you visit them in the diplomacy screen. The only complaint I have is that the American war music does not seem war-like enough.
After listening to the music for a while I started listening to them on YouTube. I eventually wanted to listen to them without internet access. So I want in the civ5 music folder (C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\assets\Sounds\Streamed\Music) and found the music. All the music was OGG file type and I couldn't play it. I then used Switch Audio File Converter to convert all the music into MP3 files. After this a couple days later I put them on my iPod Touch. To do this I had to import all of these to iTunes, but the file names were very messy. They had underscores and stuff everywhere; so I edited all the file names to make them more neat. I also made the artist "Civilization 5", the composer Geoff Knorr, and renamed the album to reflect what belonged in (Leader Music, Europe, America...). This whole process took a couple hours. So yes, I like the music. I have listened to the music in tons of non-civ places such as the couch, while doing homework, in a car (makes for an epic car ride), and even on the toilet. I do have one question though since I haven't had much time to play a lot of civ5. Does the "America", "Europe", "Asia", and "MiddleEastAfrica" music play for all civilizations in that reason. For example, if I am France will I hear music from "Europe" just as often as I hear my own custom leader music? On a side note I find it funny that "MiddleEastAfrica" is the only region without a "peace" folder. Every other region has a "peace", "war", and "either" subfolder of music. "MiddleEastAfrica" only has a "war" and "either" folder.
When i first started playing civ3 I thought the music was very good. It always got you into the mood of the era. It helped get you into that "just one more turn" mode. My favorite of them being the "TechnoMixFull". With every era I was excited to hear the new soundtrack. That being said I was skeptical when it said each leader has their own music instead of each era having different music.
I haven't listened to the civ4 music that much since I haven't really played i that much since I didn't really like it. That being said I can't can't comment much on their music, but all I know is that I really did not like the "Baba Yetu" that everyone seems to love.
When civ5 came out I first played it in a quit room with the computer being the only thing I can hear. I fell in love with the soundtrack immediately. Even the menu music gets me real pumped for the game while I am waiting for it to load. I found out that the individual war/peace music worked great. I sometimes found it irritating in past civs that the music would be so "happy" while I am trying to conquer the world. The war music especially really gets you into the game. My favorite of them being Elizabeth's war music, Bismark's war music, and Catherine's war music. Just about every peace seems good music. I also love how the music changes to other leader's music when you visit them in the diplomacy screen. The only complaint I have is that the American war music does not seem war-like enough.
After listening to the music for a while I started listening to them on YouTube. I eventually wanted to listen to them without internet access. So I want in the civ5 music folder (C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\assets\Sounds\Streamed\Music) and found the music. All the music was OGG file type and I couldn't play it. I then used Switch Audio File Converter to convert all the music into MP3 files. After this a couple days later I put them on my iPod Touch. To do this I had to import all of these to iTunes, but the file names were very messy. They had underscores and stuff everywhere; so I edited all the file names to make them more neat. I also made the artist "Civilization 5", the composer Geoff Knorr, and renamed the album to reflect what belonged in (Leader Music, Europe, America...). This whole process took a couple hours. So yes, I like the music. I have listened to the music in tons of non-civ places such as the couch, while doing homework, in a car (makes for an epic car ride), and even on the toilet. I do have one question though since I haven't had much time to play a lot of civ5. Does the "America", "Europe", "Asia", and "MiddleEastAfrica" music play for all civilizations in that reason. For example, if I am France will I hear music from "Europe" just as often as I hear my own custom leader music? On a side note I find it funny that "MiddleEastAfrica" is the only region without a "peace" folder. Every other region has a "peace", "war", and "either" subfolder of music. "MiddleEastAfrica" only has a "war" and "either" folder.
, I'd jam it.
