Originally Posted by
MapleMeringue
That music came at a price. Most of XIV's music is total bunk outside of the primals. The bulk of the dungeons, zones, towns, etc all have mediocre filler tracks compared to other MMOs. Being real, Soken is probably one of the worst key composers Square has had.
The full Nobuo Uematsu original soundtrack from when the game launched was so much better it wasn't even funny. The battle music and zone music was so fucking good. I'd ditch the whole Soken overworld soundtrack for On Windy Meadows and Quicksand on loop.