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Haha, I might be! 😁But I think it's quite close between the 6 best songs in the game, so any ranking of these are arguable.

Secret Green Passage is great. It's a bit underrated from myself because I rarely think about it, but when I listen to it I highly enjoy it.

It has some really good ones, but I think it was improved upon in many cases in the Celceta remake. The biggest crime commited there is the lack of the Bronze District song (fron the PC engine version) though which is one of my favorite Ys music ever. It's so good!

"Visions" is a completely different vibe and the word "eerie" that you use is the perfect use for it. Interesting comment about the Japanese hirajoshi scale as well, I never knew the name for it before. I'm listening to Visions as I'm typing this, and that track also keeps expanding and growing throughout its run. I can see why you like it this much. 👌

Ohh, hot take! I really like both versions because of different reasons, but they are very different in style so I can see some people don't liking one of them very much.

Interesting! I think the SAV is my least favorite out of the three versions (OG > EVO > SAV) but all three of them are amazing and very different from each other which I highly enjoy.

The Mainz mining town is such a underrated track. I have it in my cozy vgm list for personal use because of the reasons you mentioned. 😍

Correct! They are very different, but I like them both in different ways. I still think that the original works better in-game, but the saxophone makes it a wonderful remix to listen to now and then for me. 🎷

Formidable Enemy is also a really good one! Just as you I'm also new to the franchise and it's always a fun time not knowing how the games are "structured" in their music. Especially hearing new battle music you aren't expecting is always a blast. 🔥

Hehe, maybe it is. I should probably preface all videos by letting everyone know that I'm a complete newbie when it comes to actually speaking about music. But I'm learning! 🧑‍🎓 "Steel Floor Blocking the Way" is a track I often overlook. It actually goes into something I really like when listening to it for a longer while. "Looking Up At The Sky" is SC, so that's out of scope for this video. It's great nonetheless. :)

Ohh, so you're telling me that Chained Echoes is up there as well? I still haven't played the game, but this comment definitely made it jump upwards a few steps in the backlog.

@@Teedyan yes! It’s awesome

I just listened to it for the first time and it's quite good 🔥

It has, right? The initial thumbnail text was actually something like "Both jazzy and soothing", but it wasn't eye-drawing enough so I went with other ideas instead.

This is a very good point. I've just started Cold Steel 1 and really feel that for many of the songs already. They just feel Trails, but many also have their own Cold Steel twist on them.

And another comment that's GOAT:ed! I'm also curious about the direction. The EVO versions of FC are, quite frankly, already pretty good (which can't be said for 3rd...). So, a new interpretation would be fun for a lot of the music tracks.

There seems to be such a nice split between the camps of "Inevitable Struggle" or one of the "Get Over the Barrier" tracks. The most beautiful thing though, is that both camps enjoy both, it's just that one of the tracks wins by a small margin for most people. The car chase scene was great. 🚙

Aw yeaaahh, I'm living for comments like these! That's exactly what I want to hear, thank you for taking your time to comment. 😁

Most of the games are really good for this, aren't they? I had some issues with FFIV that a lot of the language used there felt extremely specific and a lot of the words in that game I've never seen before (or afterwards). In FFV I think most of the dialogue is really good for studying as it feels more "real". Did you feel this as well? And thanks for finding and commenting! While I'm not doing this much nowadays, I want to someday since it was actually a lot of fun to practice Japanese this way. 😁

@@Teedyan I started ffvi today and am finding that one to very quickly be the hardest of the pixel remasters tbh. IV was also challenging too but fortunately not so much. 1 3 and 5 are fairly straightforward adventuring stories while 2 4 and 6 have a lot more political struggles which overall makes the vocab more difficult

I get that to 100%! While I enjoy anime overall, seeing it in games is many times a "bump" for me to get over as anime aesthetic games sometimes are... somewhat special to say the least. But Trails takes all anime troupes and do something really special with them.

I agree, the game is great and a remaster like DuckTales would have been so nice with a bit of new content sprinked onto it. Let's wish it into existence 😁

Thanks for the feedback on this one! I haven't heard a lot about it, neither good or bad so it's nice to hear that it works for someone. When I didn't have it I felt a bit lost in my own videos so the aim with it is to just make sure that the viewer know what's coming up. It's easier to stay and listen for 15 seconds more, if you know that there is a change coming up.

Can't go wrong with either! 🎵

I'm playing through Azure right now! I still feel that Zero is a stronger package so far when counting only new music, but there are some really nice ones in Azure as well so far. I just need to continue to hear even more.

Totally agree! I was out for a run today and listened to some Ys Seven music and it really felt like being "there" in the game. They know their stuff. 😁

You mean to the right? :) If so, then it's Takoboto (using Android).

Thanks for the comment but please refrain from talking about anything past the game that the video is about. I didn't know about any of this yet. :(

@@Teedyan I'm sorry, it was just a battle theme, i'm not going to spoil anything about the game.

@@Daichi82 Just a hunch, but he probably didn't want to know that Lloyd was in the game yet considering how far along in the series it is compared to Zero.

I totally get that, while I really want to catch up the to the most recent games I also want to just enjoy that I have this much content left to enjoy. I have countless other works that I want to erase my memory off, so I totally get what you're saying. How was it to stream the Trails games for you? Did you have issues with people spoiling stuff?

@@Teedyan maybe if I was well known or something I would’ve but no I was never spoiled anything besides stuff I sort of knew out of order since I played cold steel before them. I only had like 2 or so ppl watching me lol but I streamed so I could watch them later

I agree, It's definitely the gaming franchise - that I can think about right now - that uses them the best. Also, I hadn't heard the word "leitmotifs" being used anywhere before so I was too afraid to put it in the video even though I wanted to use the word as we do in Swedish. 😅

@@Teedyan Leitmotif is quite a nerdy/schooled term so i think it is wise to not use it in a video if you don't do hard analyzes of music.

@@jakobjohansson3182 This made me feel better about the decision. 😁

Crazy indeed. It really spiraled down into its own beast of a sub series. It's a bit like how Persona just became the main face of the Shin Megami Tensei series, but not quite as extreme.

I have yet to really "fall" for that one, but I also haven't listened to it that much yet. Many of the music tracks in the Zero OST are already growing a lot on me, so we'll see what I think after a bit of time. Do you like the normal "Get Over the Barrier" more than "Inevitable Struggle" as well?

@@Teedyan for epicness, struggle definitely.

I like Get Over the Barrier but some people seem to like it far more than I do lol. I just think it's good, there are a looot of better battle themes in this series though

And your taste is just as good I see! 😁🔥

I was wondering if it was either inevitable struggle or get over the barrier

I 100% agree with this, that's what makes it so magical. 🤩

The city escape had me hyped, I had to stay up till 8am to finish the game it was THAT exciting!

That moment is really cool. Especially when the backup arrives at the scene.

@@RetroNerdyGamer I also stayed until very late that day, same happened when finished Azure, the next day at work I was a sack of potatoes, but well worth it 😊

Haha, I never thought about the spinning going along with the music. I will think about that the next time I beat him. 😁

Let's love it together! 🤝

That's a good question. I have only listened to it once, but it still haven't grown as much as the original on me. But when I've heard the original too many times in the (near) future, I might need the arranged version of it as an alternative. 😁

That is probably my favorite animation in the whole game. It's so small, but it's such a nice little moment. Good callout!

A man of culture I hear 😁