Provided you have enough sounds (aka refills) to go after the genre/style you want, Reason is more than powerful enough to make game music. I've literally made all kinds of music with Reason and really enjoy it. The only limitation with Reason is that they do not support many 3rd party sample libraries (VST, AU, etc). They have Rack Extensions and their own Refills but there's plenty of good material there.

Well that's a good point. If you're scoring a cinematic then you would need to import video. But most of the time I'm writing music for levels and don't need video.

Thanks!

Nate

IIRC, Mass Effect music producer used FL Studio.

Anyway, you can make any DAW sound like whatever you want if you know how. Music theory won't change among DAWs, what a saw oscillator or an equalizer is either, so pick whatever you feel comfortable with and use it.

Thanks for clearing that up. I was very confused about that. Also I have a lot of music but most of it is Hip-Hop, R&B, and Dub-Step. Should I use these to create a demo while working on a more of a cinematic and gaming demo or should i hold out until the new demo is done?

It's your call really. You could publish your current demo and then update it with more cinematic and gaming-related demos later. Most folks are always changing their demo and more content goes live and is made public.