60. Star Ocean 4 – Sacrificial Lamb
User: electricpiper
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First Impressions: Not much to go off here, really.
Thoughts: Notice how many of the soundtracks landing here are about a minute and a half long? There are a lot of good tracks of short length, but I much prefer longer ones. Of course, making it too long leads to other problems, so it is a fine balance. This one definitely feels like there should be more to it. The instruments are good, and the ominous chanting is nice, but there is almost no room to have that expanded on.
Rating: 5.5/10
59. BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend – Soukyu no Hikari (Short Version)
User: Phase
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First Impressions: I usually like vocal songs more than this.
Thoughts: Japanese tracks like this? They often get a high score from me. Not this one. The vocalist is not as good as most, to the point I think the background music is actually better. That’s not something I say often. In addition, it is short. I know, I know, it warned me by being called the short version, and it probably goes with the game opening. That still makes it seem an unsatisfying length.
Rating: 5.5/10
58. Skies of Arcadia – Bombardment 2
User: Mega Mana
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First Impressions: Bombardment 1 is better.
Thoughts: I like hearing Skies of Arcadia’s soundtrack in game. It compliments the atmosphere well. Outside of it? There really is not much in the way of it being special. This track falls in that category. If it stayed more like its introduction, I would like it more. Instead it gets sort of mellow, to the point that I lose some interest in it despite it not being a long track.
Rating: 5.5/10
57. Muv-Luv Alternative – Seimei no Honou
User: Phase
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First Impressions: Great build up, but not much else to comment on.
Thoughts: My guess is that this plays during a dramatic, and perhaps saddening, story scene. It is probably great for atmosphere in a situation like that. I really did not care much about it on its own though. It sounds nice, it just does nothing to stick out in my mind. For any reason. So there’s the issue for me.
Rating: 5.5/10
56. Digital: A Love Story – Paper Dolls
User: SSBDarren64
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First Impressions: Is this thing schizophrenic?
Thoughts: What the heck? We start with a train or something, and then calm music, and then it becomes something energetic and stays that way until near the very end, where it abruptly becomes calm again. I am not fond of the first and last part, but that middle section is pretty cool. It takes up most of the piece, so ignoring the rest of it is fairly simple.
Rating: 5.5/10
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