GeneralHaven't playedVice City locals

The 2002 radio lineup was seven stations and every single one had a job

Going through this because people keep saying they want the old soundtrack back and I think they want something more specific than that.

V-Rock was the loud one. Flash FM was the pop one. Wave 103 was the cold synth one for driving at night. Fever 105 was the smooth one. Emotion 98.3 was the sad one for when the mission went badly. Radio Espantoso was the one that made the city feel like it belonged to someone other than you. VCPR was the one you left on because it was funnier than the driving.

Seven stations, seven distinct moods, and you could pick the one that matched what you were doing. That is a curation problem, not a licensing budget problem, and a hundred station soundtrack does not solve it.

keysrunner_886w ago

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kalaga_hiker5w agoHaven't played

V had a lot of stations and I ended up on two of them for a hundred hours because the rest did not have a job.

gatorinthepool6w agoHaven't played

vcpr was funnier than most television and it was on a station you had to choose to leave on. that is a bold thing to spend a writing budget on

tommysshirt1w agoHaven't played

Wave 103 for driving at night is why I still cannot hear certain records without seeing a specific stretch of road... twenty four years.

tulipdriver6w agoHaven't played

Seven moods rather than a hundred songs is the actual insight here. Modern soundtracks are bigger and less useful because you cannot choose a feeling any more.

vicebeachcam6w agoHaven't played

The curation problem framing is right and it explains why people say they want the old soundtrack when what they want is fewer, better defined stations.

codeinabox6w agoHaven't played

Radio Espantoso making the city feel like it belonged to someone else is the best description of that station I have read. It was the one that told you Vice City had people in it before you arrived.

oceandr19861w agoHaven't played

Emotion 98.3 being the sad one for after a bad mission is a thing I have never seen written down and immediately recognised... that station did a job nothing since has done.

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