Lyrical Music in Video Games.

I find lyrics in games annoying. I only prefer my vocal cues to come from friends and enemies and not the song

Star Ocean 3, Kingdom Hearts I & II.

I loved the lyrical genius or Hip Hop in GTAIV. To tell you the truth, I would rather hear the radio stations on that game than in real life...:rolleyes2...over the years I've heard some good music in sports video games aswell even though I don't like sports games as much as the music. And Final Fantasy has good lyrical music as well. I personally think whether lyrical or not, if you place the right music in the right situation, you can make a hit every time.:cool:

I personally prefer the lyrical brilliance of San Andreas to GTAIV, it seemed more fitting for the game overall. I even liked the mixture of Countryside music, alongside the Gangsta rap radio stations and found myself occasionally changing between the various stations cause I liked them so much.

Suteki Da Ne, Eyes on Me, Pain & Kokoro, I think all were well incorporated into the game and really enhanced the experience of the game play.

I quite like the vocal tracks in Gust games :p Mana-Khemia had a decent final boss vocal song, as well as a few vocal pieces throughout the game where it was suitable :p Ar Tonelico, where the story itself revolves around songs, had well-placed vocal tracks too and quite a large number for an RPG - I still need to play the sequel at some point since that has even more :p

Lyrical music is fine in games when the lyrical music is good. Unfortunately Japanese developers seem to be partial towards J-pop and insufferably sentimental ballads.