Super Smash Bros. Melee and International Karate for me, which I found interesting as I would have guessed the other two would be favorites going in.
Group Z results:
Smash Brothers Melee: 14
Chrono Cross: 11
International Karate: 8
NieR Automata: 6
Age of Wonders 3 and Republic.
Age of Wonders and Republic
Age of Wonders 3 and Republic: The Revolution
Age of Wonders 3 and Emperor of the Fading Suns are my votes.
Anyone who DOESN’T vote for EoFS is on my Dunzo List.
Wonders of the Fading Suns
Age of Wonders 3 and Emperor of the Fading Suns.
Age of Wonders 3 and Republic: The Revolution
I kept waiting for Rocket Jockey to take off, like a Ventures song, and it never did, but I’m still giving it a nod because it was doing something original. And along with it, Republic, with that Soviet somberness.
Rocket Jockey and Republic
Mostly because the other two felt like the kinda moody music that deliberately and intentionally tried not to stand out too much, the kind of track that plays repeatedly over a long playthrough so needs to not be grabbing your attention, so as not to start annoying you through repetition.
It is NOT.
Rocket Jockey and Emperor of the Fading Suns.
What are the odds that TWO SegaSoft games would end up in the same part of the bracket?! That’s crazy!
Age of Wonders and Fading Suns
Age of Wonders 3 and Republic: The Revolution
NieR: Automata
Chrono Cross
Age of Wonders 3
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Missed yesterday’s vote, booo! I think I would have voted for Smash Bros. and… IK. Or Chrono Cross. Not sure. My first thought was, oh, huh, that IK tune reminds me of a trance track called Heart of Asia, I wonder if it cribbed the C64 tune? It wouldn’t have been the first time a C64 tune became a floor-filler afterall. On further investigation however, it seems both pieces of music are indebted to Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, which I’d not heard of before – a wonderful melody. Rob Hubbard’s IK theme is a very different beast though, nonetheless.
So from the current group I love the Age of Wonders 3 piece. Rocket Jockey sounds like it’s building up to something and I love the idea of that something being… the game itself. Dick Dale eat your heart out too. Really dug it even if I did want some sort of payoff or… resolution within the music. Emperor of the Fading Suns, even after a couple of listens didn’t really grab me like the Republic track did, which was unexpectedly gorgeous.
Age of Wonders 3 and Republic: The Revolution.
Age of Wonders 3 and Republic for me as well.