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handsomeboy2012 posted...

MC_XD posted...

the last ranking thread

Didn't know you had another VGM ranking, any way I could check it out?

I'm not proud of some of the write-ups and it's not entirely representative of my current taste, but here you go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j5cuir2wezknzlf/MCXDRankingProject1_Posts.docx?dl=0

As for the current project...

#287: Ikaruga - Reality
Nominator: Doppler (10/10)
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ym2uK-nm7k" data-time="

This song is similar in some ways to #287 and yet also the opposite. Namely, instead of the song sounding subdued to the point of nothing standing out, in this one, it feels like all of the parts are constantly shouting at you or in a fight to the death for dominance. It's a very tiring song to listen to. A big part of that I think is the sound font itself, rather than the design of the song, because I actually have this issue with a lot of Ikaruga songs. It's just such a harsh, hit-you-over-the-head set of instruments. Different notes sound too similar to each other in the voices they're using. It also doesn't help that they used basically the same sample for multiple parts, rather than trying to give each section of the song its own unique voice. For example, at 0:45 onwards, you can hear a main "melody" section and at least one "bass" part, but they were both done using the same synth, so it ends up blending together and fighting with itself way too much, in my opinion. I like the energy of the song, but... yeah, too chaotic.
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