Quote Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF View Post
I can't agree on the music front. There was some gorgeous stuff back then, but there's some gorgeous stuff these days as well. What I will say though is that they did incredibly impressive things given the technical limitations of the day.
Can you think of any examples, though? I was honestly trying to think and the only game in recent memory that surpassed, instead of poorly emulated, Hollywood action movie-music is Metal Gear Solid 4, but that's not fair because Harry Gregson-Williams scored the game!

Everything else is licenses. My gf is playing Bioshock now and the music really sets the creepy atmosphere, but it's all licensed.

edit: okay, there's guys like Hitoshi Sakimoto (just noticed Valkyria Chronicles) and obviously Uematsu is still active. but that also goes back to JKTrix's analysis of the decline in Japanese importance, which leads to less risk taking, or the other way around (chicken or the egg)