5. Legend of Heroes VI - Silver Will
Score: 24/30
Azuarc's Ranking: 51
Comments:
(SoliPants) Tol choice was pretty obvious here.
(xp1337) Silver Will was the other song I was very familiar with before. I actually was having fun with this during the other songs. I was hoping for this version of Silver Will because I prefer this one, but you said Legend of Heroes VI and not SC, so I started second guessing myself on what Silver Will I was going to get (Kind of like Hepatica last time, except I feel the default answer there is (KOS-MOS) as it was.) It started getting intense because I think first place on the rankings was depending on the version here, because I think I'd take Run and One Final Effort over the other Silver Will.
(Kenri) I remember listening to this once a while ago and just thinking it was "okay"... But it's actually pretty good. Maybe I'm thinking of a different song. Anyway, this does have some weird sections that I'm not a big fan of, and it's kind of long, but when it's good, it's really good.
(th3l3fty) oh my god did you seriously give me Positive force and Silver Will in the same set...Silver Will would get +5 from me in literally any group without Positive force
You'll note the one person who ranked it that did not comment was Ed Bellis, who apparently has it in for this song. Silver Will had a near perfect record until he decided to nail it with a 1. He was determined to see it not be the #1 on the list, and quite frankly I agree with him. It's a great piece, but we've had three pieces in a row that are a touch on the slow side, and Silver Will in particular just seems to sit on its melody and not do much with it. It's perfectly deserving to be somewhere in the upper end of the list, but it was on pace to go top 3, and I think that's just a pinch too high for a song this monotonic.
4. VVVVVV - Positive Force
Score: 25/30
Azuarc's Ranking: 8
Comments:
(xp1337) Positive Force is great though. Probably my favorite VVVVVV song, although Pushing Onwards and Predestined Fate are both up there with it.
(NioraptH) delicious chiptunes and it just sounds so CUTE and FLUFFY~
And finally we have our first song to transcend an average of 4.0 per round. With three fives and two threes (and a four,) it just comes out above the line, but just misses top three. Well, ok, not really, since third place had 27/30, but it was one place away from medalling. I can't say it wouldn't be deserving; it's rare you hear a chiptune that deserves such honors, but of course this is a contemporary chiptune rather than an old school NES piece. IIRC, I read somewhere that SoulEye wrote the piece using exactly two sound samples. VVVVVV's soundtrack in general is excellent, but this song is indisputably the crown jewel in the collection.
ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF AZUARCBALL Z: Now down to the top three, who will bring home top honors? Dire Dire Docks looks poised as the favorite to snuff out its remaining competition, but Beyond the Bounds is not prepared to go down without a fight. Meanwhile, as the two are duking it out, could underdog Hamelin stun the field and the world by defeating them both? Find out next time!