Stranger Than Heaven's combat is so good it (almost) makes up for that Tupac reveal

The one thing every big Summer Game Fest showcase had in common this year was a pre-show countdown with some kind of countdown music on loop for about 30 minutes. We've all heard most of it before. Sony's rolled out the same garish State of Play music for at least a year or longer at this point. But these kinds of showcases rarely happen so close together, so the only logical thing to do with these thoughts about pre-show music is to rank each one, from worst to best.

4 Sony's State of Play

Ew, no. Just… no. The State of Play's melody is hectic and discordant, and the synth beeps and boops are far too loud and high-pitched for absolutely no reason. There was a small period of downtime where........

© Polygon