Final EW Zone Music

[Novae]

I loved it the first time. Really. But I loved even more the oppressing mood when we first arrived. The muffled music, the dark plains and the majestic sky. I want to feel that solemm moment of deep solitude again.

[Iscah]

Having done the post-game unlocks – first the last few aether currents and then the bonus dungeon – and it continues to be a difficult thing.

Unlocking flight and taking off into that eerie sky suited the full song playing, though would probably work well with the full-but-lyricless version too.

But the quest unlock... I heard the first verse of the song about three times while it got interrupted by quest cutscenes and started over, and having it as background music for such unrelated dialogue felt wrong.

The dungeon quest seemed to be setting the stage for beast tribe quests or something like it, which would only make the unsuitability of the song worse if we're going to be there doing mundane quirky tasks for hours.

Basically, I think, the element of lyrics changes it from something that can just play in the background infinitely to something that deserves to be listened to from start to finish.

[SamsaraTrickstar]

I love the song, I really do, but having it as zone music is surely the quickest way to make me sick of it. Same thing with the one Torn from the Heavens bar from Endwalker Footfalls that was reused in Labyrinthos during a good portion of the late MSQ.

Is there ever going to be a way to switch the last zone music to what it was when you first arrived to the zone?

Ye doing a song for zone music is such a stupid thing but then I see just mute the music any ways and play what I want.

[Luluna]

I love the music, if they where to give the option for those who do not but I would be sad to see it go.

[Gora]

Honestly I didn't like the complete version of the BGM at all. IDK what it is but I find nearly all the vocals in this game really cringy and tacky. I really liked the initial version you get when you enter though, it suited the zone perfectly. The half-complete version was also pretty good, not too overdone like the final version. I'd love for a toggle as has been stated already, but currently I'm just forced to mute whenever in the zone which is a shame.

[Brownondorf]

i agree that they should revert to the first version of the song once you complete the msq.
Like many people i turn off the music when i know i need to stay in that zone for a long period of time, i dont want to get tired of the song.
Or they should add a night and day cycle in that zone too and have the song play half the time and the version 1 play the other half.
They need to do something! the song is super good but plenty of people just turn off the music... by the time they release the soundtrack people will not want to hear that song anymore :/

[Eriane_Elis]

Voices used in backdrop music is a big taboo in gaming. It's fine to set the mood but not when you're there for an extended period of time. Maybe it's a bug and they meant to use the instrumental version instead?

[ErryK]

Voices used in backdrop music is a big taboo in gaming.

big taboo? who said that?

[SigmaOZ]

@OP


Agree, we need an option to switch to the original music for the zone.


For me is like hearing the same song in the radio over and over, it gets extremely boring eventually.

[Vahlnir]

big taboo? who said that?

As far as I'm aware, no one but them.