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15. NieR | Emil / Karma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-0igeqwJU
VGMC11 winner

Total ranking score: 522
Average ranking: 10.24
Standard deviation: 3.68 (smallest standard deviation)
First place votes: 1
Last place votes: 2

1/16: KCF
2/16:
3/16: tazzy
4/16: Mega Mana, Waveshine
5/16: pyresword
6/16: Chaeix, TheArkOfTurus, Ulti
7/16: Haste, MargaretAnnMid, Mihark, SSBM_Guy, xx521xx, ZaziGuado
8/16: golden009, Korji, Mac Arrowny
9/16: Andylt, Prince46
10/16: deo, DireKrow, Eddv, FL81, p0, Robazoid, skulltrumpet, Team Rocket Elite
11/16: Collen, Snake5
12/16: Disillusion, dowolf, loweffortmemes, Place, Raetsel, sergio
13/16: hb, lefty, Max Galactica
14/16: DoctorJimmy, Janus, NFUN, Plasman, R-Man, tgs2, vaati000
15/16: azuarc, DragonImps, NBIceman, rwlh
16/16: JONA, Pablo Smith

Pablo Smith (16/16): I got a tiny bit excited when I saw the game name because I thought it was Shadowlord for some reason. This isn't Shadowlord! The song can be summed it pretty well in two sentences. Bongos good, singing bad. Oh wait that was one sentence. Eh whatever, I can just make it two sentences when I wake up tomorrow morning.

azuarc (15/16): Ugh. This contest. This champion. This complete waste of a year. I *hosted* the contest and I forget that Emil/Karma won it. Even after I recall, I have to struggle to remember what it sounds like. It's just a random generic NieR song, and while I appreciate NieR from a distance, I certainly don't love anything from the original or from Automata. So while I don't dislike Emil/Karma, it simply doesn't do anything for me...which is funny, because a song with percussion this active should automatically engage me, notwithstanding the light, airy vocals layered on top.

rwlh (15/16): 7/10
#2192
tags: drumbeat, ethereal

My favorite part of Emil / Karma is probably the drumbeat that sounds like horse hooves. I love a good drumbeat, and this song has one of the best. The rest of it is good too but without that beat it probably falls below 7.

Janus (14/16): The vocals here don't really land for me, but those drums are cool.

hb (13/16): I mean I like it, but it doesnt do anything spectacular for me, and there are a lot of similar
stylistically NieR songs that do basically everything it does and more, so the weight of those
comparisons do drag it down.

dowolf (12/16): This is really good, but 8/10 good -- it doesn't catch anything inside me. It doesn't quite capture my emotions and take them where it wills. It's a beauty I observe from the outside, rather than from the inside. If that makes any sense.

loweffortmemes (12/16): Not a whole lot to say about Emil / Karma. While it's not the best Nier song, it's a solid song. Though, I have a very strong preference for Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze in VGMC11's championship, with it being one of my favorite songs from the whole Atelier series, a series that has a ton of music that I like a lot. Not to mention, goldenslaughterer vs. FCDH would have been the preferred finals match from me, and an insanely good one at that with two 9+/10 songs against each other.

Andylt (9/16): At first I was disappointed by this one, I usually like NieR music but this is deceptively simple. But there's something really haunting about this piece and it's stuck with me. I still wish there was more to it, but what's there is a pretty beautiful little package.

Haste (7/16): New Ranking: 8.7 (7th place)
Rank the Retirees: 8.5 (81st place)

The music has grown on me somewhat! I just love the NieR sound production that evokes mysterious, primitive civilizations. It really takes you to another world. This one gives you that feeling better than most other other NieR tracks, even if there are other Okabe tracks I like more,.. I just love those NieR (tribal) drums! No complaints there. I enjoy the subdued singing style. The piano arpeggios are really good. The music isnt overly active, but it doesnt need to be.

pyresword (5/16): This song has really grown on me with time. Pretty vocals, and the section from 1:02 to the end is very cathartic.

Waveshine (4/16): Wait, hold up. Vocals in a video game song that I actually like?! On top of the vocals being good, I love the beat, I love it when the strings kick in and add so much more life to this already amazing song, I love nearly everything about this song. The only criticism I might give is that I wish it had a longer loop point. But thats it. Fantastic song. Rating: 9.45 (love it)Once again, another exception where I rate pass the tenths place because this and Metal Gear were nearly tied

tazzy (3/16): Apparently people are upset this won? Yall are weird. NieR has one of the best soundtracks and it only gets better as the years progress and nobody is able to imitate the sound and weight of the music appropriately. Emil / Karma isnt as good as some of the others like Shadowlord or Song of the Ancients, but damn is it powerful and emotionally gutpunching in all the right ways. Maybe you have to play NieR to enjoy it this much, and I would never ask that anyone put themselves through that.