Maybe not the best part of the EA Sports soundtrack rollercoaster, but by the time you get there it feels pretty good. After weeks and months of toiling to perfect your craft on the virtual field, building your Pro into an impact player or securing yourself as the greatest general manager a sport has ever seen, there may be nothing left to prove in the game itself. It may be a matter of simply playing out the proverbial string and waiting for another new iteration of your franchise of choice. But now, after the ups and downs of gameplay and the ups and downs of the accompanying music, you're in a great place: you don't even hear the soundtrack anymore. The brain has essentially filtered it out, treating it like white noise the same way it does the dehumidfier running in the corner or the fridge humming in the kitchen. It's not as satisfying as the emotions felt when you crack the seal for the first time and hear the music that goes with it, discovering what tunes you like on the disc, or even discovering a new band as a result of their appearance in the game. It's still pretty great though, because the displeasure that same soundtrack provided in the interim between those early days and now was getting to be a bit much. All that's left is you and the game. And that's most definitely the way it was meant to be.
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