Good games for muting and playing music

[Sin Agog]

I sometimes have the problem of not knowing what to do with myself when I've got tunes blasting.  It only takes the first two or three songs to exhaust CAB and check my emails.  Staring at the wall can occupy the opening bar of the fourth track.  After that I'm out of ideas.  So what are your favourite games to blast music along with?  Spelunky's always gold for this.  Could barely partake in all the GTA radio station nostalgia everyone got involved with 'cause I almost never had the sound up.  Sometimes find twin-stick shooters are great to play this way.  GoNNer's my go-to muted game lately.  More, please.

[Famous Mortimer]

Any game you've played more than once, or if you're going back to a game to mop up all the achievements.

I did this with multiple maps on "Borderlands 3", just going back for an achievement and popping on a podcast to listen to while I do it.

Or...something like "Puzzle Quest" on the Switch? Basically, I'm just suggesting the last two games I played, sorry.

[bgmnts]

Any online game really; Fifa, Apex Legends, RDR2 etc

[PlanktonSideburns]

this is what i play in those situations

https://justin-wang123.itch.io/rogue-fable-iii

[Space ghost]

I always find golf games are good for this purpose, whatever the Tiger Woods series is calling itself these days. That or pinball fx3 or pinball fx2.

[Dewt]

Games you can play and watch TV/movies at the same time are great

Like I dunno, Civ

[C_Larence]

Any online game really; Fifa, Apex Legends, RDR2 etc

Disagree on Apex, not being able to hear properly is a severe disadvantage.


imo Rocket League is the best for this

[bgmnts]

Disagree on Apex, not being able to hear properly is a severe disadvantage.

Not if you're top tier like me.

[beanheadmcginty]

XCOM XCOM XCOM XCOM

[Mobius]

Civ 6
Football Manager

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

Helps if the in game radio stations are shit. For Fallout 4 I found a Spotify playlist called Sounds Of The Commonwealth that had about 500 songs from the 30s, 40s and 50s on it.

Driving games are good as well. Forza, that sort of thing.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Disgraceful behaviour

[Inspector Norse]

Nothing beats playing a bit of Resident Evil with the sound off and Tiny Tim on the stereo

[Bazooka]

Just Dance 2020 on the Wii.

[Marner and Me]

Sports Sim games.

[magval]

PS4 Spider-Man is a lovely game for cutting about in. GTAV also has a lovely map for driving around. Platformers are good for listening to music to.

[Fry]

Very difficult platform games like Celeste for me. Sitting on one screen for 30 minutes trying to get past a bastard c-side stage is a lot less trying when you can have a pod on in the background.

[Ferris]

Sports games. FIFA/MLB/NHL games are all massively improved by turning the sound off so you don't hear the commentators drone out their preordained shit.

[C_Larence]

Does anyone else get associated memories from listening to podcasts and gaming? I can vividly see parts of Ratchet & Clank when I think of the Ricky Gervais episodes I listened to while playing.

[magval]

Oh yeah. I got into Athletico Mince by binging like 30 episodes playing through the first couple Arkham games. I also have very specific Ratchet and Clank memories tied to Lionel Nimrod sketches.

[peanutbutter]

GBA SP having no headphone jack means my memories of games on it are almost entirely soundtracked by the albums I bought at the same time. I imagine this is a big part of why that particular console seems to have close to no nostalgia for its music.

[Pink Gregory]

Does anyone else get associated memories from listening to podcasts and gaming? I can vividly see parts of Ratchet & Clank when I think of the Ricky Gervais episodes I listened to while playing.

Same podcast, Burnout Takedown.  Adam and Joe with Carmageddon.  A pattern emerges...

[kidney]

XCOM XCOM XCOM XCOM

this but Long War

[Kryton]

Most strategy games or puzzle games I reckon.

[Viero_Berlotti]

No Man's Sky

And please allow me to plug my playlist for this:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6V4xKrxZsN8KP0i9MNlEqY?si=KNCM1IKaRrmCTSZ80VRngA

[buttgammon]

About five years ago, Mrs G got an old secondhand PS2 and I used to play Metal Gear Solid 2 while listening to Basic Channel, Chain Reaction, and similar dub techno. For the atmosphere of the game, the music was perfect - it was a stunning combination.

[I.D. Smith]

XCOM XCOM XCOM XCOM

"XCOM XCOM, you're my XCOM"

I quite like playing simulator/management style games with music in the background, so stuff like Cities:Skylines or Train Simulator.

[Dewt]

The absolute best game I can think of for this is Game Boy Donkey Kong

Also the absolute best game full stop in any context.

[Bence Fekete]

Elite Dangerous + Cluster, Floyd or anything generally ponderous/edgy vibes

[samadriel]

Crimsonland.