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#67: Ao no Kiseki - Destruction Impulse
Raetsel: 7.2/6
Lea: 7/7.5
Total: 7.1/6.75 (6.925)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jlBLyfet_jI
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1AzJInDSmXs

The original version sounds like a good Final Boss theme. It conjures images of someone gaining ULTIMATE POWER and demanding you acknowledge them as the TRUE GOD. Evo version sounds like a more generic crazy person who's going to slice you to pieces for fun. [spoiler tag would go here if I could add them to Google sheets: That means the Evo version is far more fitting in game, but far less interesting to me musically and since I'm expressly forbidden from taking in-game context into account, I'm obviously not going to award any bonus points to the Evo version for fitting the character better. Still felt like pointing it out somewhere though.]
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First one felt more destructiony.

#66: Trails in the Sky SC - The Fate of the Fairies
pyre: 6/6.5
NFUN: 8.7/6.5
Total: 7.35/6.5 (6.925)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3GB-xej4GFc
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5qpGSzkNgto

Whatever. RPG battle music yay. The violin part is nice but otherwise this song--while fine to listen to--doesn't do a lot for me. Evo version is a bit better because it has more impact.
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DIVE INTO YOUR FATE NANDO DEMO

First fifteen seconds I was pleasantly surprised. Seemed to be a take that I liked less due purely to personal tastes; a sidegrade rather than a bad direction. And then :20 hit. I guess it's not terrible; it'd be really difficult to ruin the original Fate of the Fairies. I'm getting pretty sick of unnecessarily worse Evo takes, though

#65: Zero no Kiseki - Schwarz Auction
azuarc: 5.8/5.4
NFUN: 9.9/6.6
Total: 7.85/6 (6.925)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=h4FhQ9CRE48
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ontpbkkGpKw

Evo version is certainly revamped, but while it's not miserable, I also don't think it was the right call here. This was not a track where grungy electric guitars were going to work. There's also a few notes and cymbals that are out of place.
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My favorite song of Zero (hot take). This just absolutely nails the theme it's going for. The ritzy opening is perfect to set the stage for a debonair spy before it transmutes fully into a spy thriller song. Honestly, I overrate this just on the intro. The song itself is really good, don't make a mistake, but the intro sets a really lofty expectation that manages to not be disappointed at all

yeah right off the bat this is dropping the ball. I respect what they're trying to do by adding the percussion to the beginning, but the intro was so good because it was pure. That could be added fine to the rest of the song, just not there. The way it's constructed kind of loses some gravitas. The guitar had potential... the synth and clap that comes in a minute in is really good though. The song is really put together here. The changes they made after the chorus are acceptable too, albeit not nailed as perfectly. In retrospect, as it turns out, the percussion didn't really fit the rest of the song. After the first minute I could see somebody liking this version better. They'd still be wrong, just not painfully wrong

azuarc determined to break my heart

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