Customer Reviews

PLAY! Live CD and bonus DVD

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

This is not worth more than the cheap DVD-R and CD-R's they are copied on. That's right, they're not factory pressed, in fact I'd go as far as saying that they were probably done in some guy's house over the weekend. They've cut off half of the best track on the CD, The Chrono Trigger/Chross Medley, and don't even include that performance on the DVD, which has sub par visuals at best. Take it from me, someone who was already suckered into buying this: NOT WORTH IT!

Order at your own risk. After paying for this CD/DVD set through the PLAY! store (before they started this listing on Amazon), I waited... and waited... and waited... and it has been 8 months now, and I'm still waiting. Despite multiple attempts at contacting the PLAY! folks, I have no information on the status of my order, no CD/DVD set, no refund, nor even one single acknowledgment that my concerns were heard.

Many of the people who DID manage to receive the set couldn't help but comment on the shoddy, home-burned, sloppily-edited nature of the package.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE!

Here it is, the Play Symphony CD and bonus DVD. They come in a regular CD jewel case, so it'll fit right in your CD collection.

The music is very good, with interesting choices (who else would have remembered these old C64 themes?), excellent arrangements, and top notch recording. It's been in my computer, playing, since I received it two weeks ago. I won't go over all the tracks, suffice to say they are all excellent and you should enjoy them, even if you're unfamiliar with the game or video games in general.

The DVD is good, but is only a 20 minutes subset of the whole concert. I know it is not representative of an actual Play! Symphony concert, and a concert video recording is always underwhelming compared to the experience of being there, but nevertheless I would have liked to have the whole concert on DVD, as it's the next best thing for those of us who can't go to the actual concerts (given the limited number they do). Ah, well, these 20 minutes are already good to have.

The booklet is okay, giving some information on the games and the composers behind them. All in all, a good product, my only complaint is that there should be more of it.

Although I loved the concert, my experience has been the same as other reviewer Christopher. And to make matters worse, I was only interested in the CD for the "Chrono Trigger/Chross Medley" that reviewer Pierre says is incomplete on the cd. Devestatingly disappointing.

boitier du CD reçu, cassé
Si non il est bien composer et arriver dans de bon delais . Et on est content

I just got this CD / DVD. Not only is it in a really fancy CD box that holds the two disk but the items inside have obovious been done professionally. I have no clue what the last review got be it was not the disk I got 3 days after I ordered and you would think it was a blue ray from looking at it.

Well worth the price for the extra film on the DVD.

So if you are reading this, it probably means you like music games from video games. I have heard the pieces on this album on streaming sites for soundtracks, but my biggest issue with them is that the composition does not sound like the video game. Now, whether this would bother you or not is really up to your personal taste, but judging on other people's reviews, why are you spending 3 times more money when you can get the awesome Video Game Live albums instead with just a fraction of the cost?