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Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Sunleth Waterscape
Diptera Sonata

Another Charge Cycles song against another one of my top VGM songs of all time. Easy pick here. This one is worse than the other Charge Cycles we had, though I wouldn't say this one is like aggressively bad either. It's just kind of ambiant music that's just there. Really weird and glitchy ambiant music, but it doesn't do anything I outright hate, and there are a few cool lines actually. But, again, it's still not good either, and Ar-ciel is a top tier VGM song. I also gushed about this last year but that cathartic line at 3:30 is so good.

I'm not the biggest fan of FFXIII's soundtrack compared to the rest of the series, but The Sunleth Waterscape is pretty great (as are most variants of this melody). I actually prefer the vocal version of Fabula Nova Crystalis (not actually from the game itself or the OST I don't think), but this upbeat version of the melody is still great also. I really like the way the vocals and piano mix in this song. Zenith also really great actually, though I can't think of anything particular to say about it. Still voting Sunleth Waterscape, but it was a lot closer than I anticipated.

I'm having trouble pinpointing exactly why, but Clap Your Hands irritates me way more than I feel it should. The singer puts some kind of like...tremolo or something into his voice? Something about the dynamic inflections or something just feels totally off and it's bugging me. Diptera Sonata is a song I've heard way too many times on account of my college roommates playing Binding of Isaac all the time, but it is a pretty solid song. I wish it was slightly less passive of a song, but well it's still definitely good as is.

Ar-ciel Ar-manaf > Sunleth Waterscape > Zenith > Diptera Sonata > Transformer Robot Sings Wheels on the Bus > Clap Your Hands
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