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Hbthebattle 10/08/20 10:23:16 PM #152: |
i have no fish, yet I must bruh
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PIayer_0 10/08/20 10:36:56 PM #153: |
good assailant rating dowolf
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NFUN 10/08/20 10:43:05 PM #154: |
#192: Ao no Kiseki - Feelings in the Moonlight
Janus: 4/4.5 Raetsel: 6.02/7 Total: 5.01/5.75 (5.38) https://youtube.com/watch?v=CtxfsjpgHL4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=OLw5y2lJITk emotions. Has some nice building but doesn't really grab me. Think I like the instruments in the Evo better? Probably the piano at the start at least. Still not much to say. ------------------------------------------------------------- I like this. #191: Trails in the Sky - Release from the Spell, and... FL: 6.2/6.4 Lea: 4/5 Total: 5.1/5.7 (5.4) https://youtube.com/watch?v=xtoRdVjjXMY https://youtube.com/watch?v=w1XBmizN_sE Music that vibes between spooky and sad . Evo version just sounds like the original, although I feel it captures the sadness a little bit better. ------------------------------------------------------------- Pretty boring, I don't enjoy listening to scare cords for three minutes. Oh god, I mean 6:20 of scare cords, godsdammit. I guess the evo version is more of a song Lea missed the two minutes the songs aren't scare chords and are actually really good --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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tgs2 10/08/20 10:51:28 PM #155: |
Assailaint is the type of song that would bait me into giving it a super high rating in the beginning only for me to lower it a whole bunch after doing actual comparisons with other stuff.
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dowolf 10/09/20 12:33:34 AM #156: |
PIayer_0 posted...
good assailant rating dowolf that moment when you're not sure how sarcastic people are being :) --- Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 10/09/20 12:34:17 AM #157: |
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that moment when you're not sure how sarcastic people are being :)nah you nailed it this time --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Toxtricity 10/09/20 11:25:29 AM #159: |
wow; both Lurking Shadow in the Wilderness (already knew i loved this from my SC listening through, tho didn't remember the name, glad to be reminded of it) and Jade Corridors (new discovery as of less than 30 minutes ago) would've been at least 8.x/7.x from me if not 8.x/8.x +
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pyresword 10/09/20 11:33:02 AM #160: |
I probably rated Jade Corridor too low actually. (I wouldn't have given it higher than a 7, but 6.5 or 7 might have been better than 6, at least for the original version)
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cakophon 10/09/20 12:41:33 PM #161: |
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Toxtricity 10/09/20 3:28:30 PM #163: |
CrossCode is honestly pretty falcom-y in sound as a whole lol when it comes to the more electronic side
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Hbthebattle 10/09/20 3:40:33 PM #164: |
CrossCode more like Crossbell
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NFUN 10/09/20 11:01:10 PM #165: |
#190: Trails in the Sky - To be Suggestive
Raetsel: 4.31/5.03 NFUN: 6.5/5.8 Total: 5.405/5.415 (5.41) https://youtube.com/watch?v=AmhkgGeofkM https://youtube.com/watch?v=FPK1AYU1Y0U A battle theme and not a very serious one, fitting for a comic relief midboss or something where the developers don't want to use the normal battle theme or a dramatic boss theme. ------------------------------------------------------------- theme of flying felines that fuck your shit up. traumatizing Dost thou desire the bongo? The original being cute is what shielded it from being overpowered by its obnoxiousness. This doesn't have that Aegis, although it's a little less annoying so it balanced a bit #189: Trails in the Sky - Royal Capital of Grancel player0: 3/5 deo: 7/6.7 Total: 5/5.85 (5.425) https://youtube.com/watch?v=qzeUjTiDx8c https://youtube.com/watch?v=ScebVHU5ta4 A peaceful town theme that develops nicely as it goes on. The original is quite charming and I feel bad for giving it a 3, but the remake has a much more complete sound, especially those magical strings that you might hear in a Disney or Ghibli movie! ------------------------------------------------------------- grancel good player0 bad #188: Zero no Kiseki - Gnosis hb: 5.5/5.2 tgs: 4.8/6.4 Total: 5.15/5.8 (5.475) https://youtube.com/watch?v=IvRwDH53Qj8 https://youtube.com/watch?v=y60j9enmRj0 This track is creepy, but off-key notes are not exactly what I like to listen to outside-of-game context. What saves this is the higher notes coming in at the end. The Evo version kinda dampens this for me, too. ------------------------------------------------------------- gnosis good hb and tgs bad #187: Zero no Kiseki - Limit Break Janus: 5.5/4.5 Raetsel: 5.6/6.34 Total: 5.55/5.42 (5.485) https://youtube.com/watch?v=4StOgYxkDTk https://youtube.com/watch?v=jeCQv1srveQ This sounds like it wants to be a techno song. A little repetitive at first and the more melodic part doesn't really do anything for me. Kinda like the rhythms at least. The added part after the weedly bit is probably my favorite part here. The first half doesn't have the same interesting rhythms and that's a blow though. ------------------------------------------------------------- Well, it's a good thing I'm not judging these by how well I think they fit in game, because both versions of this song feel like they're lost and from something else entirely. The Original, inexplicably, makes me think of "Worker & Parasite" from that one episode of The Simpsons. It's like it's from some bizarre, experimental..thing. And the Evo Version is very action packed and cybernetic. Anyone remember the PSX game Silent Bomber? No, no you do not. But the Evo Version feels like it should be in that game--I can easily picture an action hero running through a Matrix like virtual reality, blowing up helicopters to this song. ...In an attempt to be on-topic for a moment: The original is a bit too harsh for me. Evo Version is fine, but could stand to be even more futuristic. i always forget that this song exists. it plays once for a not especially memorable scene and it's not good enough to survive under those conditions #186: Zero no Kiseki - New Days azuarc: 5.8/6.1 Mycro: 5.033/5.037 Total: 5.4165/5.5685 (5.4925) https://youtube.com/watch?v=xiaSvk5SFlU https://youtube.com/watch?v=88Foq9ozhOs OG rating is purely for New Days, ending at 2:32. Original feels like a AHIT track for the time warp levels, while Evo is trying too hard to be a softcore version of an intro theme. Both have their pluses and minuses, but I feel like the sound is just a smidge better in the evo. The instruments just hold together more cohesively. ------------------------------------------------------------- i would have said i like the original more but the out of tune violin and some other production screwiness bothers me just slightly enough to prefer evo's. evo's just focuses on more appetizing elements and has more attractive mixing to me, but i like the "90s-ness" of the original at first it sounds likecredits music #185: Ao no Kiseki - Traces of D Janus: 6/6 dowolf: 4.5/5.5 Total: 5.25/5.75 (5.5) https://youtube.com/watch?v=EKefevuz-k0 https://youtube.com/watch?v=vrNSYmlgWmM ok I had to relisten to this to pin down a rating and I think it grew on me a good bit nice. Has a very thoroughly eerie vibe. Huh, this has a much different feel. The percussion and guitar makes it seem a lot more dramatic, which has its own appeal. ------------------------------------------------------------- must...resist...urge...to...make...bad...joke... traces of DEEZ NUTS! 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NFUN 10/09/20 11:01:18 PM #166: |
ratings :3333333
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Hbthebattle 10/09/20 11:13:19 PM #167: |
Gnosis is boring outside of game
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tgs2 10/09/20 11:33:08 PM #168: |
Gnosis Evo was the only song between that and (SPOILERS) that I felt captured the whole "Something spooby/fishy is going on guys!" feeling I think they were trying to go for.
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PIayer_0 10/10/20 12:03:37 AM #169: |
oops
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FL81 10/10/20 12:38:32 AM #170: |
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pyresword 10/10/20 12:48:23 AM #171: |
Gnosis is cool though I'd only have rated it a little bit higher I think.
Come to think of it there's a similar song I rated which I'm kind of surprised hasn't showed up yet since I thought it would get pretty bad ratings from the other person. Not quite a top tier Trails song but Grancel is pretty great :( --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 10/10/20 11:45:26 PM #172: |
#183: Trails in the Sky SC - The Whereabouts of Hope
Lea: 3/4 scything: 7.5/7.5 Total: 5.25/5.75 (5.5) https://youtube.com/watch?v=O6YURGwCsMg https://youtube.com/watch?v=S6iwv2e2XyM zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz too long. ------------------------------------------------------------- I genuinely forgot this song and I'm sad about it; also evo rendition a good arrangment again? Hopefully this streak for evo lasts for- Lea, lea, lea. I know, I know. You grew up the only child in an orphanage with a strict mistress. All day and all night, you had nothing to do but stare at the beige wall and contemplate all that a young, sheltered child had to contemplate--that is, nothing. This dreary childhood led to your risk-taking behavior, your crippling methamphetamine addiction, your series of increasingly broken and dysfunctional relationships, yada yada, Freud would have a field day. I get it. I understand. I know you were beaten on the ears whenever you misbehaved as a youth. I know. I understand. But you need to stop living in the past! You need to move on, start growing, and stop being shackled by your complete aversion to anything that lacks the energy of a cocaine-fueled glam metal guitarist high on a combination of kerosene and dioxygen difluoride and the volume of a Saturn V. Please. I want nothing more than for you to progress and grow as a person, and it starts with appreciating music at a tempo lower than nightcore. It's too bad Singa killed Scything in the middle of his review. May he rest in peace #182: Ao no Kiseki - The Little Heroes -Music Box- azuarc: 5.4/5.3 Raetsel: 6.1/5.3 Total: 5.75/5.3 (5.525) https://youtube.com/watch?v=zvGy89JnfXI https://youtube.com/watch?v=tuqbi0552Fg Short music box is short music box. Evo version is chunkier. But for a nothing track, I don't know that it's really fair to even rate these and try to contrast. ------------------------------------------------------------- I actually like the original version of this quite a bit. It's very simple and short, but I happen to like music boxes and the little touch of hearing it being wound at the start of the track is surprisingly touching... but it's way too short. Extend the song to a full minute so I can properly experience it in full and it might be a winner, but there's just not enough here to get a truly great score. The original version feels crisper and cleaner than the Evo, which gives it a fair edge. #181: Zero no Kiseki - During Mission Accomplishment Raetsel: 4.5/8.2 dowolf: 4.5/5 Total: 4.5/6.6 (5.55) https://youtube.com/watch?v=WDH11NVtxek https://youtube.com/watch?v=KoWU3YYNrao The Evo version is fascinating to me in ways I cannot explain, but I've listened to it three times in a row because I do not want the song to end and it's amazing & great. I have nothing to say about the original version. ------------------------------------------------------------- This is not a victory fanfare, in any sense of the term. uh, dowolf is correct? #180: Zero no Kiseki - Scene of a Street Corner Raetsel: 5.22/4.289 tgs: 6.2/6.5 Total: 5.71/5.3945 (5.55225) https://youtube.com/watch?v=mqyMZUvX8rE https://youtube.com/watch?v=wNDoKXl5SCw They're fine. [Final Thoughts: Well, the Evo version is slightly less than fine. I want to like it, particularly because it's got a saxophone and all, but it's just...wrong. Too busy to be a relaxing town theme, not interesting enough to be more than town theme, and so notably worse than the original to not even be a good remix. I don't hate it, but for something that seems like something I'd like, they certainly dropped the ball.] ------------------------------------------------------------- #vindicated, though this should be much higher #179: Trails in the Sky - Decision to Leave FL: 4/4 Mycro: 7.15/7.2 Total: 5.575/5.6 (5.5875) https://youtube.com/watch?v=R7dJK_kbs8c https://youtube.com/watch?v=cBt5coEZf-8 Sad uhhhh "new agey" (?) music. Evo has an added echo effect that makes it sound less sad, but more new agey. Subtle differences that give it a small change in tone, even if they aren't all that different. ------------------------------------------------------------- i thought i liked the original more at first (instrumentation is more immediately appealing; the piano solo sounds nicer for some reason, and played on a less distorted sound), but after listening to both back and forth for nearly an hour, I've decided the evo version captivates me more. the more 'complex' synth pad sound design in the evo version, and some subtle extra layers of harmony added in, really make it feel more expansive, surrounding, ethereal. Mycro, listen to RINNE #178: Trails in the Sky - Creeping Crisis pyre: 4.5/6 NFUN: 5.4/6.5 Total: 4.95/6.25 (5.6) https://youtube.com/watch?v=_atZqTWxClI https://youtube.com/watch?v=u6CpowP79qY This is a niche of VGM I've never really cared for--when it's just vaguely tense music that plays in between two intense scenes. It's just supposed to maintain the player's already existing excitement but that means the song doesn't really contribute anything on its own. Though, the keyboard(?) part here at 0:45 is pretty neat and probably raises the score by a full point. ...okay so all that only applies to the original version because the Evo version is actually pretty cool. Not 100% sure why--I would guess the larger variety in instrumentation and the greater subtlety in dynamics, but the atmosphere of the Evo version is much more engaging. ------------------------------------------------------------- spooky scary honestly I kind of dig the changes here. it's much less cheesy and more interesting to listen to while retaining the sinister mood just in time for halloween #177: Ao no Kiseki - Miss You pyre: 6.5/6 Raetsel: 4.9/5 Total: 5.7/5.5 (5.6) https://youtube.com/watch?v=UKYjqbt0E70 https://youtube.com/watch?v=LMTAlf6QIIQ This song is way too fucking catchy. The Evo version is not quite as catchbut also has the usual pretty Ao Evo violin. ------------------------------------------------------------- Unremarkable. --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 10/10/20 11:56:19 PM #174: |
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Lmao stop reading my diary NFUNit was open in the frame of one of your selfies so i pulled a reverse punny --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pyresword 10/10/20 11:57:02 PM #175: |
I was always a bit lukewarm on Whereabouts of Hope in comparison to other similar songs tbh.
Man I really do love the tone of the violin for the Ao Evolution songs. I think it's similar in the other Evo games also but for some reason I've noticed it the most in Ao. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FL81 10/11/20 1:18:51 AM #176: |
I kinda like sad, sappy music ;>_>
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dowolf 10/11/20 11:29:46 AM #177: |
Whereabouts of Hope is easily the worst version of that melody, 3/4 seems fair.
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NFUN 10/11/20 11:57:49 AM #178: |
#176: Trails in the Sky - Challenger Invited
FL: 5.5/7.3 Raetsel: 4.7/4.91 Total: 5.1/6.105 (5.6025) https://youtube.com/watch?v=1miii690HKE https://youtube.com/watch?v=ChSNVxkC4dI Upbeat battle theme, to the extent that it works against itself. This is too happy! Finally an Evo arrange that is a solid upgrade. More racing game vibes (like the Strepitoso Fight arrange if it was done right), with an electric guitar + violin Falcom flair. Considerable improvement here, while still keeping the feeling of the original. ------------------------------------------------------------- Eh. [Final Thoughts: I stand by "Eh" as the only thing I have to say about either version of this song.] #175: Trails in the Sky - Grand Arena pyre: 5.5/5.5 deo: 5.9/5.6 Total: 5.7/5.55 (5.625) https://youtube.com/watch?v=0b9-qBcvHSs https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cuq6loXHV5s Happy fun-time festival music. Not a lot to say here. Song doesn't stand out at all and both versions are basically the same. ------------------------------------------------------------- Very happy about this coincidence --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Janus5k 10/11/20 11:59:27 AM #179: |
:bruh:
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NFUN 10/11/20 12:00:13 PM #180: |
hot take Grand Arena > Challenger Invited
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Hbthebattle 10/11/20 12:12:20 PM #181: |
lmao
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NFUN 10/11/20 12:27:09 PM #183: |
#174: Trails in the Sky SC - Crushed and Scarred
Janus: 6/5.5 Lea: 5/6 Total: 5.5/5.75 (5.625) https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ad4SJO3xwm4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=fM9EXElck14 Very somber track, has a respectably melancholy vibe. Like how it sort of incorporates the Aureole motif. Beginning feels a bit more eerie. The mallet instrument at 1:08 feels weirdly fluid and I'm not sure that works to the song's benefit. Otherwise about the same. ------------------------------------------------------------- It's fine. The evo version is more magical sounding. Lea's learning it seems #173: Trails in the Sky - Those Who Protect the Greatest Treasure pyre: 6/6.5 Lea: 5/5 Total: 5.5/5.75 (5.625) https://youtube.com/watch?v=DyCQayi8jcM https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yjazn9ENe9w Definitely lacks the impact a final boss song should ideally have, but it's fine I guess. Reprises some other musical themes from the game in some neat ways also. In the Evo version the full orchestral arrangement definitely helps though. ------------------------------------------------------------- Fair, next --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 10/11/20 12:34:46 PM #185: |
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That was a final boss theme?!?!?!? Are you sure I should play all these games. Dope final boss themes is the mechanical rabbit that motivates me to finish giant JRPGsIt was one of the phases of the final boss theme. The other hasn't been ranked yet, being much better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rIegfs7c3E Those Who Protect is universally regarded as the worst final boss theme in these five games --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pyresword 10/11/20 12:39:10 PM #186: |
I mean we've also got Merciless Savior as far as good final boss themes go. Also Azure Arbitrator even if I don't particularly care for that one myself.
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tgs2 10/11/20 12:45:26 PM #187: |
That's some pretty insipid orchestra as far as "Final Boss" music goes. Could have fooled me if you said that was just a unique boss theme.
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Hbthebattle 10/11/20 3:10:46 PM #188: |
The real final boss theme of FC is Silver Will because it plays for the "spam your s-crafts on Reverie" phase
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Janus5k 10/11/20 3:12:15 PM #189: |
the true final boss of FC,
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NFUN 10/11/20 3:44:59 PM #190: |
#172: Trails in the Sky the 3rd - Overdosing Heavenly Bliss
azuarc: 5/5.1 Mycro: 6.2/6.3 Total: 5.6/5.7 (5.65) https://youtube.com/watch?v=BUFqkmB5SSA https://youtube.com/watch?v=DCsKjtMkW-Q For a likeable song, I certainly don't care for this one much. The Evo adds a few flourishes in the middle that are a slight improvement, but very little changes. ------------------------------------------------------------- i don't care that much about this one, nor do i have a strong preference, but i find myself more energized and reactive to the evo version slightly at least. I think i'd prefer the original version typically in terms of sound though what the fuck #171: Trails in the Sky - Whereabouts of the Stars tgs: 4.2/4.2 deo: 7.8/6.5 Total: 6/5.35 (5.675) https://youtube.com/watch?v=YqexreSWRE8 https://youtube.com/watch?v=kQPzdZLwg6w There needs to be SOMETHING here to go alongside this harmonica. I actualy like the way it sounds, but it feels like someone took out a background harmonia bit from a different song, and just left it on its own while pretending that it's a new track. ------------------------------------------------------------- oh god the instrumentation in the evo #170: Ao no Kiseki - A Trap Lurking in the City azuarc: 5.2/6 dowolf: 7.5/4 Total: 6.35/5 (5.675) https://youtube.com/watch?v=eVGEuoaiHSo https://youtube.com/watch?v=AkQQkPfjjAs OG is not meant to be a stand-out track. It serves its purpose in the game, and that's fine. Evo upped the ante considerably, and the backing is much more intriguing, although some of the melodic choices are occasionally questionable. ------------------------------------------------------------- OG has a cool intro baseline thingy. Evo is super bland. --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Hbthebattle 10/11/20 3:46:38 PM #191: |
what the fuck
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tgs2 10/11/20 3:50:05 PM #192: |
Oh cool. I can finally apogize for the low rating I gave Whearabout of the Stars. I would probably rate it a 7.5 or 8 now. Had it showed up near the end after emotional songs like (Spoilers) and (Spoilers), and not be song #2 after the big pile of meh in Confessions, I would have been much more open to it like I am now
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pyresword 10/11/20 3:52:21 PM #193: |
At least we're killing the songs I don't like when everyone else does along with the songs that I like when no one else does.
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Janus5k 10/11/20 3:53:23 PM #194: |
ok for a split second I had Overdosing and Dreamy and Boisterous confused and was about to bruh really hard especially after final boss talk
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pyresword 10/11/20 3:58:36 PM #196: |
Banquet of Frenzy > Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land anyways
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NFUN 10/12/20 1:35:15 PM #197: |
#169: Trails in the Sky the 3rd - Labyrinth of Light and Shadow
hb: 5.9/6.3 dowolf: 6/4.5 Total: 5.95/5.4 (5.675) https://youtube.com/watch?v=VeIakAdgk9w https://youtube.com/watch?v=tlbCPgye5hU This song has a calming, melncholy feel, and I like that about it even if it doesn't have the kind of energy I enjoy in songs. Speaking of energy, the Evo version definitely gives it some more urgency, but I don't like like the sound of the synths used as much as the original, which holds it back even if I think I like it more. ------------------------------------------------------------- The echo effects make the Evo versino feel really different. I like it! Unfortunately, kinda starts feeling cluttered after a bit. #168: Trails in the Sky SC - The Dream Continues hb: 7.7/8 dowolf: 3/4 Total: 5.35/6 (5.675) https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHCLsd0wsMU https://youtube.com/watch?v=zt6fos345J8 This track just tugs at your heartstrings- it's both wistful and optimistic, and perfectly conveys the feeling of knowing that things are going to improve in the fututre. It's incredibly sweet, but dragged down a tad by being fairly repetitive. The Evo's versions string additions absolutely help it too, giving the piece just a bit more emotional resonance for me. ------------------------------------------------------------- Kind of relaxing I guess Remind me to never let dowolf participate in another one of these --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Hbthebattle 10/12/20 1:39:47 PM #198: |
do wolved
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Janus5k 10/12/20 2:41:14 PM #199: |
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NFUN 10/12/20 6:19:58 PM #200: |
#167: Ao no Kiseki - Orchis Tower
Place: 5/5 tgs: 6.3/6.4 Total: 5.65/5.7 (5.675) https://youtube.com/watch?v=1Z5j_lwSDHA https://youtube.com/watch?v=AUsQG7M_xiE i burst out laughing upon starting the og track and i'm not even sure WHY but theres something i guess. going on the big adventure in high fantasy world. i look at my map and it directs to me the residence of asterbeard the wise who lives in the woods surrounded by tough but not too tough enemies and a big green man who wont shut the fuck up. i drink some nesquik(R) to boost my Agility Stat ------------------------------------------------------------- #166: Zero no Kiseki - Yearning of the Moon Janus: 6/5 deo: 6.3/5.6 Total: 6.15/5.3 (5.725) https://youtube.com/watch?v=kGV4O01AYmo https://youtube.com/watch?v=uq93YAA2C_M Calming flute music. Not really much to say beyond that. Evo has violin instead, gives it a more "classical" feel. Think I prefer the original though not by a lot. ------------------------------------------------------------- --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 10/12/20 7:42:53 PM #201: |
#165: Trails in the Sky the 3rd - Determination of Fight
Place: 5.5/8 Raetsel: 5.1/4.333 Total: 5.3/6.1665 (5.73325) https://youtube.com/watch?v=c_WfQ_JsDq8 https://youtube.com/watch?v=JWkxetE0v_A first 'big' point disparity that i've ranked so far--crazy how much better evo's arrange is! definitely do not dislike og as i was really into it when it started and held that enthusiasm as the track went on.can see myself coming back to listen in the future ------------------------------------------------------------- I literally cannot find even one word I want to say about this song. I don't understand, Place #164: Trails in the Sky the 3rd - Luxury Airship "Lusitania" pyre: 5.5/6.5 NFUN: 5.5/5.5 Total: 5.5/6 (5.75) https://youtube.com/watch?v=-cno-RtCWfk https://youtube.com/watch?v=uVYwE1bsd-c Every RPG needs an upper class aristocrats theme. As with all examples of this type of song, this particular version is "fine". The evo version is clearly the better one since it is freer and more playful sounding, and it uses dynamics more effectively, but it can't fundamentally escape the unamibitousness of the melody. ------------------------------------------------------------- Just a waltz. Just a waltz. #163: Trails in the Sky - Feelings Soar With the Wind tgs: 5.8/6.2 Mycro: 5.55/5.5 Total: 5.675/5.85 (5.7625) https://youtube.com/watch?v=7K7qCYaDzT8 https://youtube.com/watch?v=QjAt3yW3ZXg ------------------------------------------------------------- live arrangement of evo version isn't bad, but in this case the fakeness of the original gives it more spice, timbral variety and starkness between layers, which is definitely my preference in at least this circumstance --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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