This OST perfectly accents the emotions this game leaves you with. It is what would play in your mind if you were sitting on a decrepit old space station in the corner of the galaxy, staring out at the stars wondering if there is something more for you out there. It captures the anxiety, pain, and joy of the struggles you and those you meet go through in this wonderful novel of a game.
I just finished the game last night and it's one of those games where I just had to sit and think for a bit after. The music perfectly compliments* the game experience Edit: appreciate someone pointing out autocorrect got me
I got so into this games little world that I was blindsided when the ending credits rolled, it felt like I could just keep living there forever. It’s a lovely peek into another world. I only wish that it lasted longer
I recently started playing Citizen Sleeper and the two things that have really stood out to me is the artwork for the characters (the artist is amazing) and the soundtrack, couldn't express the feeling the music gives me.
I was browsing the Gamepass library, looking for a game, any game as I was overwhelmed with boredom. I came across Citizen Sleeper. For whatever reason, I clicked and read through the description. Seemed interesting, and the art style was intruiging, as well. I downloaded it, though I wasn't expecting much. But my god... this game captured me, consumed me. I was unable to stop playing. Such ambiance and story.... it has broken something inside me. I listen to the music, and my soul weeps. I am not sad, but... feeling something, something that only a handful of games made me feel. I can't stop thinking about it now.
40:36 when the first few milliseconds put a smile on your face -- What shocks me is how it is one of the most replayed sections.. This shows that the entire human race is really in sync with the frequencies of the universe.. we all resonate to beautiful sound vibrations
Rarely does a game's score match it's set and setting perfectly. This music really transported me to the ring. I felt like I not only read an amazing book and played a cool game, I felt like I was a synthetic being on a space station, longing for something more... whether it be company... or just a general purpose in life. Wild game.
My favorite is Shipwatching (31:32). Such a peaceful melancholic beauty to it. But this whole soundtrack is honestly on point. I've had it on repeat for the last week. What a beautiful game.
this game leaves you with so much to think about. the concept of the sleeper having to learn to survive in a body that was built to betray them, the way the sleeper can sift through the cloud, the characters, and just the overall theme of the corporate world we live in being emphasized in this world. In my first play through, i chose to stay on the eye. I rejected all of the opportunities to leave the eye, because i felt that connection that the sleeper feels in those endings. I fell in love with the characters and the way the game was designed. I think ethan has to be my favorite. I don’t know why, but it’s probably his whole thing of being a bounty hunter who decides to use the sleeper instead. I think i placed my finger on it - this game makes you feel alone, lonely in a world where you have to fight your way to survive. you eventually make friends and life finally calms down. its.. it makes me feel sad but so complete at the same time. i’m absolutely in love with this game and i do wish there was more fandom content out there.
If you liked this game, I recommand to read the comics Carbon And Silicon. The thematics and the, let's say, philosophy is really close to citizen sleeper. I feel like they were both influenced by Blade Runner, with this narrative of droïds having to hide and survive in a technologically hostile world.
I had a similar experience to yours playing the game. I too fell in love with the Eye and the characters that populate it. I love the dystopian, Sci-Fi feel of the world. The art style, the music... it all comes together to create an expirence so evocative. The melancholy, the lonlyness pierce through me and I am filled with so many emotions... I can't quite explain it.
I loved that you could work your way through any of the games storylines, reach the end of a storyline, which built itself into where any other game would end (no matter what you chose), but so long as your choice left you both alive and still on the Eye, it would just roll on over the ending and keep going. It's been a while, so I can't remember the names, but I remember going through the emotional journey of getting the Single Dad and his Daughter on the colony ship and then just watching each other as the ship sailed away into the dark, the Dad comforting his crying daughter and me just watching as they receded into the distance. In any other context, the story would have faded to black there, a solemn, tragedy ending. But then I had to go back to my residence and sleep, and time continued to move. I'd never see those people again, but I still had to eat and maintain myself the next day. This game made me feel so many emotions.
"having to learn to survive in a body that was built to betray them," Yeah it was honestly one of the best metaphors for being trans I've seen in video games. Also the whole dehumanization you receive as a non-binary trans person was perfectly captured in this game. But also the warmth that finding community can bring in a bleak world. I still think about this game so often.
instrumental music is a lot more flexible and adaptable in that way imo. you can project a lot of what you're feeling and thinking yourself onto the music and it feeds that back to you. Nothing wrong with music with lyrics but sometimes it makes that process hard if the feeling you get initially is at odds with the content of the lyrics or the tone of the singing, and it can make it less enjoyable.
Amazing OST that fits the game perfectly. Wild how immersed I got in the story and my character - I felt emotion with every dialogue option whether it was undecisiveness, aggrieved, happy... Just saw on PC Gaming Show that there's going to be a sequel and I can't wait to experience more Citizen Sleeper
I love this game AND the soundtrack so much... no game/soundtrack has had such a profound emotional impact on me before and I just want to thank everyone who contributed to making this game come to life.
@@iillililillliliilliiililil5066 it's a quote from William Gibson's Virtual Light: "But here the mirrored ziggurats down Lázaro Cárdenas flow with the luminous flesh of giants, shunting out the night’s barrage of dreams to the waiting avenidas-business as usual, world without end."
I must admit I'm a little frustrated by the game atm, but that's more my frame of mind, finding it hard to relax and let myself go, I've been frustrated by every game I've played in the last few months. But this kept me playing for 5 hours straight last night, I kinda wish I'd powered through and finished it as I was in that zone that i'm having diffuculty finding very often lately. I had to force myself to stop playing as it was 3am. Picking up again tonight left me frustrated again. The music is sublime. It's not overused, just comes in at the right times. Prismatic Lens 41:05 really is beautiful. Not been this taken by a soundtrack since Mirror's Edge/Catalyst.
Detoxing from competetive games, life stresses, and toxic daily environments is tough. Best advice is to keep playing things similar to this and just soak it in and take your time. Happiness is right around the corner.
@@Prohxyy Thank you :D I've booked a long holiday, and am trying to de-stress...Though it's not working quite yet...Hopefully it's just around the corner :)
holy crap i relate to what you describe 😂 a lot. i just stopped gaming due to feelings of just being unsettled. This game got me surprisingly far too before I quit, which us to its merit
replying as I'm breaking into tears 🥲 every ending left me in tears, it's just so beautifully written, somehow so relatable, despite the game being rather short
Too political? lol. The entire game is a political statement about the death woes of capitalism, the dehumanization of marginalized groups and living as a non-binary person in a society with both of these things. How can you love the base game and think saying "refugees shouldn't die actually" is too political? There's literally an anarcho-communist commune in the base game...and they are the good guys.
This OST perfectly accents the emotions this game leaves you with. It is what would play in your mind if you were sitting on a decrepit old space station in the corner of the galaxy, staring out at the stars wondering if there is something more for you out there. It captures the anxiety, pain, and joy of the struggles you and those you meet go through in this wonderful novel of a game.
I just finished the game last night and it's one of those games where I just had to sit and think for a bit after. The music perfectly compliments* the game experience
Edit: appreciate someone pointing out autocorrect got me
I got so into this games little world that I was blindsided when the ending credits rolled, it felt like I could just keep living there forever. It’s a lovely peek into another world. I only wish that it lasted longer
Such nice words you sad.
@@TheloSpike I thought the same. So many tasks I still felt responsible for.
@@TheloSpike 2nd one will be coming out soon ;)
There must be a word for being homesick for a place you've never been.
Fernweh is a gaelic word for that
I recently started playing Citizen Sleeper and the two things that have really stood out to me is the artwork for the characters (the artist is amazing) and the soundtrack, couldn't express the feeling the music gives me.
I was browsing the Gamepass library, looking for a game, any game as I was overwhelmed with boredom. I came across Citizen Sleeper. For whatever reason, I clicked and read through the description. Seemed interesting, and the art style was intruiging, as well. I downloaded it, though I wasn't expecting much.
But my god... this game captured me, consumed me. I was unable to stop playing. Such ambiance and story.... it has broken something inside me. I listen to the music, and my soul weeps. I am not sad, but... feeling something, something that only a handful of games made me feel. I can't stop thinking about it now.
Couldn’t be truer. The only games that have given me a similar feeling have been Stray, Inside, Detroit Become Human and Undertale
i had the same experience lol
"shopping" around on game pass > interesting cover art > interesting description > obsession
Same here, knew about this through Game Pass too!
40:36 when the first few milliseconds put a smile on your face -- What shocks me is how it is one of the most replayed sections.. This shows that the entire human race is really in sync with the frequencies of the universe.. we all resonate to beautiful sound vibrations
This game had such an impact on me... I'm still listening to the OST months later. I only wish it was longer!
They released a new "episode"(?) Or whatnot in October! Should be more stuff to play through now if you haven't already done so.
Oh, realizing maybe you meant you wish the soundtrack was longer? As opposed to the game? 🙃
@@StricklandVanessa tbh I do wish the game was longer too. Finished second DLC today and super stoked for last one in 2023.
Are you excited abt citizen sleeper 2? :D
This whole OST is such a 'sleeper' hit... ;)
🤣
Nice
I can hopefully see what you did there citizen of earth :)
i have never been more proud to have bought a game because of it's OST than i am now. this one is awesome
I like to listen to this on my night walks in the Greenway.
Yatagan,Yesterdays sky. Photosynthetic Skin and shipwatching are such amazing sounds :)
Rarely does a game's score match it's set and setting perfectly. This music really transported me to the ring. I felt like I not only read an amazing book and played a cool game, I felt like I was a synthetic being on a space station, longing for something more... whether it be company... or just a general purpose in life. Wild game.
matsutake is one of the best songs ever written lol
prismatic lens is on the top of the list for me
possible futures, density and sleeper hit way to different tho
Never get bored of this amazing sountrack.
This game changed my life... and this will always be one of my favorite soundtracks of all time!
Relink made me cry a little. Beautiful game.
My favorite is Shipwatching (31:32). Such a peaceful melancholic beauty to it. But this whole soundtrack is honestly on point. I've had it on repeat for the last week. What a beautiful game.
You should checkout The Final Station OST and the expansion.
this game leaves you with so much to think about. the concept of the sleeper having to learn to survive in a body that was built to betray them, the way the sleeper can sift through the cloud, the characters, and just the overall theme of the corporate world we live in being emphasized in this world. In my first play through, i chose to stay on the eye. I rejected all of the opportunities to leave the eye, because i felt that connection that the sleeper feels in those endings.
I fell in love with the characters and the way the game was designed. I think ethan has to be my favorite. I don’t know why, but it’s probably his whole thing of being a bounty hunter who decides to use the sleeper instead.
I think i placed my finger on it - this game makes you feel alone, lonely in a world where you have to fight your way to survive. you eventually make friends and life finally calms down. its.. it makes me feel sad but so complete at the same time. i’m absolutely in love with this game and i do wish there was more fandom content out there.
If you liked this game, I recommand to read the comics Carbon And Silicon. The thematics and the, let's say, philosophy is really close to citizen sleeper. I feel like they were both influenced by Blade Runner, with this narrative of droïds having to hide and survive in a technologically hostile world.
I had a similar experience to yours playing the game. I too fell in love with the Eye and the characters that populate it. I love the dystopian, Sci-Fi feel of the world. The art style, the music... it all comes together to create an expirence so evocative. The melancholy, the lonlyness pierce through me and I am filled with so many emotions... I can't quite explain it.
I loved that you could work your way through any of the games storylines, reach the end of a storyline, which built itself into where any other game would end (no matter what you chose), but so long as your choice left you both alive and still on the Eye, it would just roll on over the ending and keep going.
It's been a while, so I can't remember the names, but I remember going through the emotional journey of getting the Single Dad and his Daughter on the colony ship and then just watching each other as the ship sailed away into the dark, the Dad comforting his crying daughter and me just watching as they receded into the distance. In any other context, the story would have faded to black there, a solemn, tragedy ending.
But then I had to go back to my residence and sleep, and time continued to move. I'd never see those people again, but I still had to eat and maintain myself the next day.
This game made me feel so many emotions.
"having to learn to survive in a body that was built to betray them,"
Yeah it was honestly one of the best metaphors for being trans I've seen in video games. Also the whole dehumanization you receive as a non-binary trans person was perfectly captured in this game. But also the warmth that finding community can bring in a bleak world.
I still think about this game so often.
How tf did they manage to include /every/ emotion I felt playing this game with an *instrumental* soundtrack
It’s just that good 🤷♂️
instrumental music is a lot more flexible and adaptable in that way imo. you can project a lot of what you're feeling and thinking yourself onto the music and it feeds that back to you.
Nothing wrong with music with lyrics but sometimes it makes that process hard if the feeling you get initially is at odds with the content of the lyrics or the tone of the singing, and it can make it less enjoyable.
Amazing OST that fits the game perfectly. Wild how immersed I got in the story and my character - I felt emotion with every dialogue option whether it was undecisiveness, aggrieved, happy...
Just saw on PC Gaming Show that there's going to be a sequel and I can't wait to experience more Citizen Sleeper
9:34 Matsutake
i like this one
I love this game AND the soundtrack so much... no game/soundtrack has had such a profound emotional impact on me before and I just want to thank everyone who contributed to making this game come to life.
makes me hungry for mushrooms
Or stories.
Coming back to say this OST is great on DMT.
the luminous flesh of giants.
What is this in reference to?
@@iillililillliliilliiililil5066 it's a quote from William Gibson's Virtual Light:
"But here the mirrored ziggurats down Lázaro Cárdenas flow with the luminous flesh of giants, shunting out the night’s barrage of dreams to the waiting avenidas-business as usual, world without end."
@@CarbonBasedRainForm thanks
I must admit I'm a little frustrated by the game atm, but that's more my frame of mind, finding it hard to relax and let myself go, I've been frustrated by every game I've played in the last few months. But this kept me playing for 5 hours straight last night, I kinda wish I'd powered through and finished it as I was in that zone that i'm having diffuculty finding very often lately. I had to force myself to stop playing as it was 3am. Picking up again tonight left me frustrated again.
The music is sublime. It's not overused, just comes in at the right times. Prismatic Lens 41:05 really is beautiful. Not been this taken by a soundtrack since Mirror's Edge/Catalyst.
Detoxing from competetive games, life stresses, and toxic daily environments is tough. Best advice is to keep playing things similar to this and just soak it in and take your time. Happiness is right around the corner.
@@Prohxyy Thank you :D
I've booked a long holiday, and am trying to de-stress...Though it's not working quite yet...Hopefully it's just around the corner :)
holy crap i relate to what you describe 😂 a lot.
i just stopped gaming due to feelings of just being unsettled.
This game got me surprisingly far too before I quit, which us to its merit
Love getting lost in this OST. The game has an excellent flow to it so far from what i've played.
This OST is just so damn good.
Beautiful and terrifying
Listening to this OST make me feel like I'm on a space station.
Beautiful
What a glorious gem..
I hope the devs will work with the same composer on CS2 :)
I hope it comes to playstation, because I really want to experience it!
If you've got even the most basic of PCs, you should be able to run it.
@@BrenBrenMartin can confirm! I run mine on Mac _(I know, I know, it's heresy)_ and it runs like a dream
@@IntrusiveThot perfect example of how throwing endless money and mechanics is not the best way to make an experience out of a game
@@nathanjanke7941 Agreed, you don't need a huge budget and require players to have beast level PC's to make a great game.
Analog controls for navigating the map and selecting icons is dreadful, I got a refund and then got it for PC and am super thankful I went that route.
1:06:53 always makes me cry
replying as I'm breaking into tears 🥲 every ending left me in tears, it's just so beautifully written, somehow so relatable, despite the game being rather short
sublime
Really like the 1st song
we need to petition for lobster emoji.
🦀🦀🦀🦀
I tried the game, refunded, sadly (not for me) but this OST is an absolute masterpiece.
The base game is amazing. The dlc gets odd about refugees and gets political. Too bad
Too political? lol. The entire game is a political statement about the death woes of capitalism, the dehumanization of marginalized groups and living as a non-binary person in a society with both of these things. How can you love the base game and think saying "refugees shouldn't die actually" is too political?
There's literally an anarcho-communist commune in the base game...and they are the good guys.
Sorry, didn't read a word of this. Just wanted u to know ❤
@@Markdoubleu69ngl bro that's sad.
@@smolbean3700 There's no such thing as a 'non binary' person. Biology matters.
@@Markdoubleu69 fucking troll. gtfoh
What is this awesome OST! I can't wait to play and review this on Game Pass