You have impeccable timing, Dante...
63. Homestuck - Umbral Ultimatum
Rating: 17/30
Azuarc's Ranking: 68
Comments:
(xp1337) Umbral Ultimatum is not one of the better Homestuck songs, IMO, and I feel like I like Homestuck's music less than most of the board already.
I first heard this in VGMC5. I'm not a huge Homestuck fan, but there's a few songs I like, all of them more than this one, but this was sort of the first of the bunch to stick out to me. It is a little weird and spacey; I usually prefer things a bit more cohesive, but it's ok.
62. Final Fantasy Legend II - The Legend Begins
Rating: 17/30
Azuarc's Ranking: 25
Comments:
(FL81) decent
(Kenri) Not a huge fan of this, but it's a reasonably good chiptune that I don't mind listening to, at least. Just doesn't really stand out to me.
(NioraptH) I think.. a legend is beginning
(xp1337) Eh. As I was saying earlier, I think I just don't "get" a lot of chiptunes.
Well, if I'm about to disappoint Dante, I can at least be disappointed myself first. Just about every one of the songs on this list comes from a bunch of YouTube playlists I have. When I hear something that catches my attention or that I remember I once liked, I add it to the current playlist. I originally started this with the intention of doing one song per day, shortly after VGMotD came about, and listing my songs on another site. That didn't last very long, but this was my very first song choice. What that second top commentor on YT says about the game? Yeah, that's me too, sitting quietly listening to the game's sound test on headphones during long bus trips when it was too dark to see anything, but well before I had anything resembling a walkman (or a music collection.) I love the music from FFL2, and try to give it exposure whenever I get the chance.
61. Illusion of Gaia - Larai Cliff ~ Where the Wind Doesn't Reach
Rating: 17/30
Azuarc's Ranking: 93
Comments:
(Kenri) ...Wow, I don't like this at all, or even understand what it's trying to accomplish. I guess it's supposed to sound imposing or something, but mostly I'm just caught up in not wanting to listen to it.
(xp1337) Eh, this is okay too. However, it benefits tremendously from being in this group, because I don't think I'd have it score 1st in any previous group I've had. Not even sure how many of those it'd have gotten 2nd in!
Illusion of Gaia was another song I grew up with, but it always had a quirky distinctive sound to it. The samples were definitely trying to sound much more symphonic than anything else on SNES, and I'm not sure how well it pulls that off. Still, there are a number of tracks from the game I like, including the memory song (aka In the Earthen Womb) and the end boss (aka Clash of Light and Shadow.) Larai Cliff is not of that caliber, nor is it on par with Great Wall of China or Sky Palace, but it's a decent enough representative.
If it's any consolation, Dante, the song did get two 5s. It just fared not-so-well with the other four.