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The 9th Annual Vanilla Level Design Contest - Abstract Map
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - Twilight of the Gods
Limbus Company - In Hell We Live, Lament

MATCH 1

I don't really get much out of City Trial. It just feels very average, unlike Faded Dream of a Psychomeddler

Abstract Map is really cool! It has a pretty vaporwave feel, which while it can be a hit or miss genre for me, there are some songs I like in it, and this can definitely be seen as one. I like the sampling in this.

MATCH 2

So I don't like Battle! Arceus (Phase 4) for obvious reasons, but I love how ridiculous of a song this is for a Pokemon game. There's something really fun about listening to a song in a game and going "what the hell is this doing here?" Though on top of that, there's something about that genre name coupled with this song that I find really interesting. Just the idea that Arceus is accompanied with this song as if its presence is something incomprehensible seems cool to me. I guess you could say that was a thing with the original Diamond and Pearl's Arceus theme, but this song certainly carries that feeling a lot more.

Twilight of the Gods is probably one of my favorite Fire Emblem songs! I don't know where it ranks within Bracket C, but it's my C2 retiree. I also really love Heritors of Arcadia, which funny enough is also from FE Echoes. Maybe I should listen to more songs from this game. The strings at the beginning and the vocals to the piano part at 0:48, really everything about this song is super good! Even more mind-blowing to me is when I found out that it's an arrangement of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vrC6BPXhlE. The Fire Emblem: Gaiden version is pretty middle of the road for me, but the way it feels completely transformed in the Echoes version is really amazing to me.

MATCH 3

Not a fan of Nature. I don't like the melody, and there are times where it feels fairly discordant to me like from 1:56-2:13. I'm actually not sure if I'd take this over Battle Arceus despite my rankings at the bottom lol.

I really like In Hell We Live, Lament! The softer verses aren't the best, but the chorus is really good! I've had that specific part in my head a lot lately. Though I don't like the vocals in the background during the second time the chorus plays. They sound like they're fighting for dominance over the main vocals when the latter is what I want to hear.

Twilight of the Gods > In Hell We Live, Lament >> Abstract Map > City Trial ~ City > Nature > Battle! (Arceus) ~ Phase 4