u/Significant-Wall8952

Octopath Traveler 1+2 Soundtrack

Just wanted to show some love for the soundtrack of these games.

It’s honestly insanely well made and kind of criminal how underrated it feels.

I don’t really get why it’s not talked about more, because for me this is easily up there with some of the best game soundtracks I’ve heard.

Everything just fits so perfectly together, every instrument feels like it belongs exactly where it is.

I recently played Octopath 1 for the first time and was already buffled how good the music is… but now I’ve started Octopath 2 and it somehow feels like they went :D yeah, let’s make it even better then.

And I have to say, Partitio’s cowboy-ish theme absolutely slaps :D It’s got that playful, charming vibe that just sticks in your head and makes you walk around like you’re in your own little western film.

Just wanted to drop some appreciation for how ridiculously good the music in these games is. It really deserves way more love :D

edit:

forgot to mention

the sountrack changes when you change day / night. how awesome <3 :D

nice detail!

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u/Significant-Wall8952 — 4 days ago
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Habe 2026 endlich GTA IV durchgespielt! AMA

Hey zusammen,

Ich habe GTA IV 2026 endlich abgeschlossen 😄

Ich glaube, ich habe das Spiel damals als Kind schon gespielt.

Die Story habe ich damals nie wirklich beendet.

Irgendwann gingen die Missionen nicht mehr weiter oder ich wusste einfach nicht mehr, wie es weitergeht.

Ein richtiges Ende habe ich also nie gesehen.

Heute habe ich es endlich geschafft, und die Credits gesehen 😄

Und ich muss sagen: Ich hatte insgesamt eine großartige Zeit mit dem Spiel.

Gameplay, Grafik, das Design der Spielwelt, Liberty City als düsteres New York, die Missionen, die Charaktere, die Atmosphäre… alles wirkt unglaublich hochwertig und episch für das Alter des Spiels.

Natürlich gibt es Momente, die heute etwas altbacken oder unfreiwillig lustig wirken, gerade wegen der eher steifen Emotionen und Animationen. Aber insgesamt ist GTA IV für mich extrem gut gealtert.

Die Story ist überraschend düster und melancholisch.

Genau das macht das Spiel heute irgendwie besonders.

Und ehrlich:
Ich finde, GTA IV ist auch 2026 noch absolut empfehlenswert.

Ich habe das Spiel mit ein paar Mods gespielt, wollte aber bewusst kein komplett übertriebenes Next Gen Unreal Engine Ding daraus machen 😄
Eher Vanilla Plus mit besserer Atmosphäre, schöneren Texturen und modernen Fixes.

Falls jemand etwas Ähnliches vorhat und keine Lust auf stundenlanges Modding hat, hier meine Modliste:

Pflichtmods:

  • Fusion Fix
  • DXVK
  • GTAIV.EFLC.Various.Fixes

Diese Mods machen das Spiel einfach deutlich flüssiger und stabiler.

Weitere Mods:

  • Complete Edition Vehicle Pack
  • Higher Resolution Miscellaneous Pack
  • Hi-Res Characters UPDATE v1.1
  • HQ Vanilla Textures City Revitalization
  • Warcaco Graphics Mod
  • Rivers of Blood v8.1
  • GTAIV Xbox Rain Droplets
  • Project Birds
  • Radio Restoration Mod (für die alten Songs :)
  • Restored Trees Position
  • Props Restoration
  • Various Pedestrian Actions
  • Project Lights
  • RDR2 Vegetation Converted to IV
  • HD Textures Meadows Park
  • Pineapple's Realistic Gun Sounds (ich glaube ehrlich gesagt, das hat bei mir nicht wirklich funktioniert 😄 oder ich habe einfach mehr erwartet)

Meine absoluten Highlights waren:

  • Fusion Fix
  • Project Lights
  • die ganzen Texture Upgrades
  • und vor allem Solitude 3 Timecycle

Solitude 3 war für mich DER Atmosphären-Mod schlechthin.
Ich bin echt froh, dass ich den noch relativ spät entdeckt und installiert habe. Absolute Empfehlung. Bitte probiert Solitude 3 aus!

Project Lights war ebenfalls extrem geil und hat Liberty City nachts einfach fantastisch aussehen lassen.

Ich finde ehrlich, dass GTA IV auf einem OLED in 4K auch 2026 noch fantastisch aussieht. Für ein Spiel von 2008 ist das echt beeindruckend.

Ask me anything

Härteste Missionen:

The Snow Storm ,Three leaf clover (sehr lange mission einfach, ohne checkpoints), Pegorino's Pride (weiss nicht warum ich die so oft wiederholen musste, irgendwie immer was schief gegangen :D) und die letzte mission, hab vor Schreck die Helikopter Steuerung vergessen bzw. war mit ballern beschäftigt und bin einmal gesunken :D

glaube an sich können Missionen schwer sein, wegen fehlenden Checkpoints in der Mission selber.

Hier noch ein paar meiner Lieblingsscreenshots aus meinem Playthrough:

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u/Significant-Wall8952 — 10 days ago
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I finished GTA IV in 2026 finally! AMA!

Hey everyone,

I finally finished GTA IV Revis(it)ed in 2026 😄

I think I played the game as a kid back then, but mostly just messed around in the open world. I never actually finished the story. At some point the missions stopped progressing, or maybe I simply had no idea how to continue. Either way, I never really reached a proper ending.

Today I finally managed to see the credits roll!

And honestly:
I had an amazing time with this game.

The gameplay, graphics, world design, Liberty City as this dark New York-inspired setting, the mission design, the characters, the atmosphere… everything still feels incredibly high quality and cinematic for a game this old.

Sure, some scenes feel a little dated or unintentionally funny today because of the stiff emotions and animations, but overall I think GTA IV has aged surprisingly well.

The story is also way darker and more melancholic than I remembered, and that’s honestly what makes it stand out even more today.

For me, GTA IV is still absolutely worth playing in 2026.

I used a couple of mods during my playthrough, but I intentionally didn’t want to turn the game into some completely over-the-top next gen Unreal Engine experience :D
so More like a Vanilla Plus version with better atmosphere, improved textures and modern fixes.

So in case anyone wants to replay GTA IV today without spending weeks modding it, here’s the setup I used:

Essential mods:

  • Fusion Fix
  • DXVK
  • GTAIV.EFLC.Various.Fixes

These alone make the game feel much smoother and more stable.

Other mods:

  • Complete Edition Vehicle Pack
  • Higher Resolution Miscellaneous Pack
  • Hi-Res Characters UPDATE v1.1
  • HQ Vanilla Textures City Revitalization
  • Warcaco Graphics Mod
  • Rivers of Blood v8.1
  • GTAIV Xbox Rain Droplets
  • Project Birds
  • Radio Restoration Mod (for the original songs :)
  • Restored Trees Position
  • Props Restoration
  • Various Pedestrian Actions
  • Project Lights
  • RDR2 Vegetation Converted to IV
  • HD Textures Meadows Park
  • Pineapple's Realistic Gun Sounds (although I honestly couldn’t really hear much of a difference maybe it didn’t work correctly or maybe I expected too much)

My absolute highlights were:

  • Fusion Fix
  • Project Lights
  • the texture upgrades in general
  • and especially Solitude 3 Timecycle

Solitude 3 was probably the best atmosphere mod for me personally.
I’m really glad I found and installed it during the later half of my playthrough.

Absolute recommendation. Seriously, try Solitude 3 :D

Project Lights was also incredible and made Liberty City at night look amazing.

Here are some of my favorite screenshots from the playthrough:

Honestly, I think GTA IV still looks fantastic in 2026 on an OLED display in 4K. For a 2008 game, it’s genuinely impressive.

Ask me anything ^_^

Three Leaf Clover was the hardest.

I had no memory that some of the missions was so hard

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u/Significant-Wall8952 — 11 days ago