@@JessesAuditorium Library of ruina is a card based RPG with great gameplay and storytelling. It very quickly became my favorite game after I found it and I would HIGHLY reccomend it.
I'm 10 months late but, it's also an action RPG, considering the game has visuals and characters fighting each other as the turn is carried out, it's pretty amazing and fun to see honestly.
“Library of What The Hell?” is actually quite fitting to be honest. Almost no one actually understands what the hell is happening the first time they play.
So, Library of Ruina is actually an indie game made by South Korean studio Project Moon, and is the direct sequel to the game Lobotomy Corporation despite having wildly different gameplay. The game’s plot revolves around the protagonist being in charge of a supernatural library where guests from the game’s dystopian City are invited to battle it out against the librarians on different floors of the library in combat rituals called Receptions. If they win, they get the books they wished for and all the knowledge contained within. If they lose, they get morphed into books and their knowledge is added to the Library. The goal of the game is to expand the library in this way until the protagonist gains the “one perfect book” that will transform her into a human (she was originally a sentient machine), so you’re essentially playing a villain protagonist aside from the librarians forced to work under her who tend to be more traditionally heroic. As you go through the story, you get to learn all about the game’s wild world and the many crazy personalities that inhabit it, as well as learn some lessons about what it means to truly live, the value of forgiveness, the nature of free will, and other existential themes you don’t expect to see at first glance. It’s a very underrated game, in my opinion. It’s also hard as donkey balls, though not nearly as hard as its predecessor. Now THIS theme. This is the theme for an endgame series of boss fights that kicks off the climax of the story. The group that’s fought is called the Reverberation Ensemble, the primary antagonistic group of the story and where the name of the track comes from. Their members are fought on every floor of the library (the different settings you see in the video are the library’s floors), and the Asiyah/Briah/Atziluth titles you see are names of the library’s different layers. Each phase is played on each layer, with the last, Argalia, being the name of the Ensemble’s leader, fought on the topmost floor. What I love most about this theme is that the instruments played in each phase correspond to where each Ensemble member is fought. The group obviously has a musical theme to them, and have titles relating to orchestra placements. For example, one is the First Violin, another is the Pipe Organ, and so on. So the Pipe Organ member is fought on Atziluth, etc. And it’s interesting that you noticed that the last phase is a combination of the previous ones, because Argalia is the Conductor of the Ensemble, so he’s basically conducting his members in one last stand. It’s a wonderful intertwining of traditional and musical storytelling. About the loud CLINK sounds between phases you mentioned… they are actually finger snaps. No, they are not in the gameplay itself, and are utilized as phase transition markers by this uploader and a few others because it’s a signature sound effect of the game used by the main protagonist (and are used frequently because multi-phase tracks make up almost the ENTIRETY of this game’s non-vocal battle themes). Some enjoy or do not mind the snaps, but I know some people who absolutely HATE it. I personally do not mind it, even enjoy it to an extent because it’s such a dramatic and theatrical way to announce the next phase (the battles of the game are sometimes referred to as stageplays). You seem to be somewhere in the middle, but the other tracks I request of this game probably won’t have the snaps.
Adding onto the snaps, if you look for it there is a playlist of all the multi-phase themes with no snaps but the snaps were inserted for a good reason. Kether, Malkuth, Yesod, Hod, Netzach and Guest Battle to a slightly lesser degree don't smoothly transition into the next phase of their theme like others songs do and function as variations on a theme which makes more sense in the context of its implementation but less sense outside of the game. The rest of the multi-phase themes are fine without the snaps but they were most likely added for consistency because the entire ost was uploaded by the same person
Also EACH floor you see in this video has it's own themes, for example the foundry looking floor is mostly high pace metal, the one that looks like on a bridge over a techno city has a different style altogether, the one with clock looking windows has a choir, churchy vibe and so on.
Well they are actually used in game play, when you get your turn. It is also when the music track and scenery in the game change. The reverb ensemble is different because there are “pauses” between fight
The reverberation ensemble is kind of a wacky concept in music and game design, it's a gauntlet of 10 different boss fights, members of his squad who all have an associated instrument. When you get to the end, the "conductor" Argalia's theme plays a mix of all phases.
Library of Ruina music is so good. All the music is very situational and changes according to certain conditions happening during the fight, hence the multiple genres happening
Without context, it was interesting that you could hear how the instruments were clashing with each other. Each instrument is meant to represent an invader into the library, led by one man who brought them together as the "conductor". Even though they are all here with the common goal, the motives that drive each member are vastly different from one another. Dunno if this was intentional by EIM Studios or not, but it's good to hear opinions coming from people who haven't played this game. I hope you do these for other tracks in the game. Would love to hear your input on floor themes and boss themes.
Very strongly anticipating whenever you get to the other requests that are lined up for this game. It's not the most well-known, but every song in it is top notch without question. This was my first time hearing this specific song, since the game is so tough that I can hardly ever make any progress through it, but it's definitely in line with the songs I'm already familiar with and I'm sure you'll enjoy those if you enjoyed this one.
"Cello,Harp,Percussion,Horn,Tuba,Trombone....,Viola,Clarinet,Second Violin.....,First Violin,Pipe Organ...." "Will you let me conduct this finale? The curtains have risen and the song of the city Is reaching its coda." Love the music of a project moon game and would love to see you react to more of the tracks!
One last thing. My experience with this game, and this soundtrack in particular has been fairly unique compared to other game soundtracks I listened to. You see, this game started off in Early Access, with the development team gradually adding areas and plot scenarios until they reached their final product. This also applies to the composers, Studio EIM (previously known for MapleStory’s OST), who added music tracks and even expanded/updated them. This track in particular got the biggest glow-up. Before, each phase was about 40 seconds long. The final version here has THREE WHOPPING MINUTES for each phase, and reasonably sounds like it could be played by a real-life orchestra. It’s been such a treat and a joy watching/hearing the composers outdo themselves every time over the past year for seemingly no reason other than passion for their work, and it has me looking forward to whatever else they put out in the future. It has me looking forward to seeing you react to other amazing tracks from this game, as well.
The snap between stages is added in post, in game these 4 songs are used for 10 separate, unique bosses (corresponding to the pictures in the bottom). The first track has 4, the second 3, the third 2 and the last one one, the "conductor". It being a huge song and a journey is intentional because the Reverberation encounter lasts HOURS.
Its great that you enjoyed this theme and you pronounced the ruina correctly just before you started the theme. Reverberation is the culmination of all the members designated instrument. Like cello and violin. Plus the group you see in the beginning were the Reverberation Ensemble The different stages are floors of the library. Aisyah is the lower floors. Briah is the middle floors. Atizulith is the upper floors. Argalia is the leader of the ensemble and plays remixes of the theme version. Furthermore, Argalia fought against the deuteragonist for a straight week without brakes. Now for the game. Library of Ruina is a card building, turn based rpg where you rolls dices for actions. The library invited people with books that granted them knowledge, actual powers and riches. To obtain the books, the guest need to overcome the trial in the library. They could come alone or brings company (both literally and figuratively). The guest will be turned into a book themselves if they died. Emotions need to be high in order to get more books out of the guests The game focused on the main characters motivation from the prequel and the consequences of the prequel's ending. Hoped that explained something about the game. One of my favorite games if you cant tell.
I love it in any form of media, when the Music is One song with multiple ver. of it for dramatic effect. Undertale does this, FURI, Fire Emblem, Samurai Warriors and BlazBlue are some of my favorites to do this.
Amazing that you noticed that the instruments clash with each other. A core thing with The Reverberation Ensemble (the group whose fight song this is) is that they're strong but fundamentally unstable, representing the "qliphoth" from the kabbalah mysticism. It's the inverse of the "sephirah", the tree of harmony in which the goodness of god emanates down to mankind. It's supposed to be multiple aspects of virtue that are all in balanced harmony with one another, and so the qliphoth is instead vice in discord. And this is even represented mechanically. The final time you fight the group they all get in each other's way, with most of their mechanics having a way to twist it against their other teammates. The Reverberation Ensemble are also all linked to music, with each one being associated with an instrument, and their leader Argalia being named the "conductor".
Library of Ruina's music is VERY varied very good. All images in the video are from cut scenes and backgrounds from the battles. If you want to, I highly recommend looking at Roland or Angela boss theme and then Gebura battle just to see the difference the game can have. The themes in this video were for the battles between the main "heroes" vs "villains". And yes, this is a turn based card game.
The Reverb Ensemble has 9 members and 1 conductor, with each of the members representing a different instrument. When you fight them, you fight them in 4 sections, with one being against their conductor. Each section is played with the instruments of the members of the section, with Assiyah being 'Cello', 'Harp', 'Percussion', and 'Horn, Tuba, Trombone', Briah being 'Clarinet', 'Viola', and 'Second Violin', and Aziluth being 'First Violin' and 'Pipe Organ'. Finally, Argalia is all of them, since he's the conductor.
Some library of ruina Tracks u should totally listen to: Roland boss (phase 1-3) Angela boss (phase 1-3) Keter floor (1-3) Xiao theme (Iron lotus) Children of the city
Part of Angela's boss music is the same as part of the finale of Lobotomy Corporation, Sun and Moon - Dark Fantasy Studio. (they did the boss music for Philip, when he had an incomplete E.G.O.)
Yes, so glad to see Library of Ruina music on here!! I love the mention that they seem that each instrument can survive on its own yet are clashing together in this group. I felt that the Reverberation Ensemble, the group that this song represents all have this common goal so they work together, yet you fight each one separately. They haven't yet found their footing as a team, until their comeback later where they have another amazing soundtrack as someone mentioned as well, the "Distorted" version. I also personally love the snap effect because it's something you always hear when you play the game, so it's very satisfying to hear along with the music haha. The studio that was commissioned to make the OST, Studio EIM, also has this song on their channel without any sound effects though, They do a ton of Korean videogame OST work (as they are a Korean company), including MapleStory!
Let's gooooo, love Ruina. I'd love to see a reaction to 'The Reverb Ensemble Distorted' (sequel to these songs), 'The Red Mist' (Tons of electric guitar love), or one of the vocal themes like 'Iron Lotus' or 'Children of the City'.
Ever hear the old saying “it must be seen to be believed”? Library of Ruina is one of those titles that must be played to be understood. It’s something that can’t really be described, because no descriptors can ever do it justice. But that’s just my own opinion. It’s safe to say, I think Project Moon & Studio EIM have a new fan!
Oh someone beat me to it. I was planning to actually request some Library of Ruina music. Project Moon OSTs are so good. The click is an actual in game sound effect that plays when actions are made. It's very iconic for the game and most edits unfortunately use it for the phase transitions. The backgrounds from the game are the battle "stages" where the combat "scenes" play out. Each one is a floor of the Library with a different theming such as Language, Philosophy, etc. My favorite thing about the ost is that the instruments almost feel like they are singing or crying depending on the situation. They composer, Studio EIM really nailed the game's instrumental tracks. This particular theme plays during a boss rush segment where you fight a boss from "The Reverbration Ensemble" on each floor progressing upwards through the Library to the top floor where the protagonist, Roland, confronts Argalia, the man known as "The Blue Reverbration." Each of the bosses are described by another character as being specific "instruments" in the ensemble, and Argalia is the "Conductor," and the piece as a whole is designed to reflect this.
Library of Ruina has A LOT of really good themes, each floor has their own theme who increase in tempo and melody depending on the level. A really good example I could give you is "Netzach battle 1" being really slow and relaxing while "Netzach battle 3 " is the a song that will make you want to dance. I really recommend you to check them out
no one mentioned yet but the loud snapping was just edited in and isnt in the original. Also this is a boss rush where its a set of 10 bosses, fightng each member of the Reverberation until the final one being Argalia, the leader of the group
Ahhhh, beautiful, as always. The Reverberation, main theme of the antagonists, The Reverberation Ensemble. Fun fact: Each member of the ensemble is represented through one of the instruments, and their conductor//leader, the crazy mercenary Argalia ("The Blue Reverberation"), has all the instruments playing during his last phase. Library of Ruina has a gygaton of beautiful soundtracks. Btw~ if you liked this song, you may like "ROLAND", another theme of other end-game boss of the same game.
So for context each of the "names" except for the last one are the names of the floors you fight on, the last one argalia is the name of the boss you fight on the last floor. The reason why the Instruments come back all at once at the end is cause argalia is the "conductor" for the group you are fighting . as for the name of the song it it's cause the group is called the reverberation ensemble.
Some light spoilers: Each of the background scenes displayed are floors of the library that this battle takes place in (hence the name, library of ruina). Each floor has an enemy of its own to take on. Notice how that the last part of the song is the only one in which the background never changes
Library of Ruina is one of my favorite games, and I loved seeing you react to it. The music really resonated (pun intended) with me while playing, and enhanced what I felt was already fantastic gameplay. Most of the songs were stuck in my head for several months after beating it, and I frankly didn't mind.
Asiyah is the lowest part of Kabbalistic Tree of Life, Briah middle, Atziluth, highest, Argalia is at Keter which is the first and the topmost in the kabbalustic Tree of Life Atziluth Keter - "Crown": Divine Will to create/Infinite Light of the Creator/the Hebrew name of God "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh-I Am that I Am"(LC: Architecture Department/LoR: Floor of General Works) Chokhmah (or Hokma in Lobotomy Corporation/Library of Ruina) - "Wisdom": First unbounded flash of an idea before it takes on limitations/male light/divine reality/first revelation/creation from nothingness(LC: Record Department/LoR: Floor of Religion) Binah - "Understanding": the infinite flash of Chochmah brought into the vessel of understanding to give it grasp of breadth and depth/feminine vessel that gives birth to the emotions/reason/understanding brings teshuva return to God(LC: Extraction Department/LoR: Floor of Philosophy) Not part of the game except in LC where it's the container of Carmen Da'at - "Knowledge": Da'at is not knowledge in the form we usually think about it. We think of knowledge as an awareness and understanding of other things. However, da'at is the awareness and understanding of the self. Briah Chesed - "Kindness": Loving grace of free giving/love of God/inspiring vision(LC: Welfare Department/LoR: Floor of Social Science) Gevurah/Gebura - "Severity": Strength/discipline/judgment/withholding/awe of God(LC: Disciplinary Department/LoR: Floor of Language ) Tiferet /Tipereth- "Beauty": Symmetry/balance between Chesed and Gevurah in compassion(LC: Central Command Department/LoR: Floor of Natural Science) Asiyah Netzach - "Eternity": 'perpetuity', 'victory', or 'endurance' (LC: Safety Department/LoR: Floor of Arts) Hod - "Splendor": Withdrawal/Surrender/sincerity (LC: Training Department/LoR: Floor of Literature) Yesod - "Foundation": Connecting to the task to accomplish/wholly remembering/coherent knowledge(LC: Information Department/LoR: Floor of Technological Science) Malkuth - "Kingship": Exaltedness/Humility. All the other sefirot flow into Malkuth (like the moon which has no light of its own), and it is the final revelation of the divine; the receiver and the giver(LC: Control Department/LoR: Floor of History)(also the 4th picture you will see. Which is after the picture of a bunch of people)
Jesse on Chesod Floor: "Is this a tornado sucking up civilization?" Yeah, you battle on the Floor to keep your loving, kindness, and humanity. Your enemy is a dad who is obsessed with reviving his son, even though the monster he "revives" is not even his son, it's just a mindless monster. Jesse on Binah's Floor: "Are we entering dracula's castle?" cracks me up. You literally fight a vampire there. Elena is a vampire claims to be human and asks for human right, but she also succumbs to her thirst for blood, lacking her wisdom. I always love to fight on Binah's Floor. 10 Floor, 10 Corruptions of humanity and you fight through them to become a human being once again. About Reverberation part, that is quite correct as well. The goal of that Blue Reverberation group is to steal the Light (the Power that can manifest your mental psyche into nuclear weapons) and corrupt the whole city because they have trauma in the past and now they just give up on humanity and try to do whatever the heck they desire when Distorted. They come to our Library to "leave a mark into the City" and use it to start a chaotic era. "The instruments clash but somehow they fit together in a bizarre way" is also what people called that group. Normally, Distorted people just selfishly care about their desire to the point that they will not open their mouth to speak, but Argalia somehow groups them and gather an army to war the Library is an astounding feat.
Man............ I only just finished Urban Plague (the town was a very lovely experience), so listening to this music only just makes me worried for the future considering I suck big dick when in comes to the deckbuilding.
I havent finished watching the video but Im liking it and will give some context: This theme is very near the end of the game, which consists of 10 boss fights back to back! Each boss is titled after an instrument, and each part of the song is divided beetween wich boss you are going against. The first song consist of Cello, Harp, Percussion, Horn, Tuba, Trombone with the second being Clarinet, Viola and 2nd Violion. The third part of the song is mainly played by the Pipe Organ and 1st Violin. Eventually, you fight Argalia, the maestro, and this is the part where every instrument is joined together. It makes a really nice song which builds up over time and comes back fully formed at the very end. Great video!
Makes me hopeful someone someone would react to the ost of this game's prequel Lobotomy Corporation. Specifically Tilarids's music for the game. 1st and 2nd warning would be obvious picks but for me tracks like Blue Dots and Red Dots had more of an impact on me. Eager for something similar I tried properly listening to Insignia Decay and Circle rombed oxygen too. Excuse my wording, I'm no music expert. Much like how when I was very young my parents would constantly play Rage against the machine in the car. I used to hate the confusing and violent instruments and tone, but after being exposed to it for lengthy amounts of time (Long car rides and lengthy LoR modded battles with the music as boss music) I grew accustomed, even fond of these unique sounds. Almost feels like an acquired taste of sorts. in Circle rombed oxygen the repeating melody that appears in the background after a while is absolutely enchanting and I can't stop tapping along with Insignia Decay, finding rhythm and consistency in the chaos. Haven't yet taken the time to listen to non-Lcorp Tilarids music but if there's something similar to this I'd be kinda interested.
The theme in the green floor looking section is effectively a duel of music while it's also a mess of music, I can't explain why without spoiling a lot of things
Very glad to see someone request some Library of Ruina music. Easily one of my absolute favorite games in recent memory, with some of the best music out there. I legitimately cannot wait to see what other tracks from Library of Ruina or potentially even tracks from the first game, Lobotomy Corporation, are in the pipeline.
Hey, I'm going to break the #1 rule of Ruina by talking about this one thing, but can you also react to the Lovetown battle theme? It's a very lovely theme, and the lyrics are just as lovely. The story here is definitely also very lovely, you should join the love parade in the love town.
this song(which is actually three song) i believe was intended to be 9 different themes with each instrument and then come together in the tenth also argalia is called the blue reverberation also excited for if you ever do gone angels p.s. you are not living under a rock this game has a small but very devoted community
Bare witness to the revelations of the ordeals that you have overcome, from mortal men who knew naught of which they came apon, to those who now rival the very gods that you once worshipped, now struck down by your blood stained blade birthed through facing down fellow champions who lost themselves to their own blind eyes, only to follow their ears as they were led down the same path.
Each of the backgrounds from the video is a floor of the Library, and you fight across them all with each of the Patron Librarians to take down the ten members of the titular Reverberation Ensemble.
To add on to that, the Librarians represent the Sephirot nodes on the Kabbalah Tree of Life. Whereas, the Reverb Ensemble represent the Qliphoth nodes on the Tree of Death. In both a figurative & literal sense, they're polar opposites.
SO glad to see you getting to Library of Ruina music, been thinking of submitting a few via paypal myself but i guess i'll see what folks already have queued up for you!
For a bit of context, the meaning of the song isn’t actually related to how the song sounds like at all actually. The last phase’s name - Argalia - is the name of the main antagonist of the game, and his title is The Blue Reverberation, while his… “gang” is called The Reverb Ensemble. This entire track is The Reverb Ensemble’s battle theme, as the ten of them storm the library in a boss rush-type ordeal.
I noticed several times through the songs you said that you felt conflicted about the songs, often in a good way. I just wanted to mention that was the intent, as the boss fight this plays in is supposed to build up to the climax of the game, the culmination of constantly questioning whether or not you're making the right choices, hence the conflicted feelings in the song. Additionally, on the topic of the name of the song, "Reverberation" comes from the particular group that act as the boss of this particular boss rush, known as the "Reverberation Ensemble." An interesting thing is that all of the members positions in the group are named after an instrument, with the leader and who the group is named after, Argalia the "Blue Reverberation," being the conductor. Even if someone isnt that much of a gamer I still recommend this game to a lot of people, as it(and the entire series) is a storytelling masterpiece that shows how much you can truly do with a video game.
Was directed here by a friend! I hope that you try playing the games, both Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina for yourself! They're BREATHTAKINGLY story-rich, and the music is gorgeous!
@@JessesAuditorium LoR is on sale in the deck builder humble bundle package! A minimum of $15 for a bundle of 7 games including this one! Excited to see how you react to the next track tomorrow :]]] And maybe once Limbus Company releases, you'll have the chance to react to music from that game too!
you would expect an epic battle in a quick action battle videogame. nope, a turn based card game. take your sweet 20 minutes to figure out a strategy or watch everyone die and its all your fault!
If you plan to react to more music from Library of Ruina, I recommend Lunartique07's videos since they don't have the added loud snap sounds. Some of his videos are a bit shorter than the more popular ones since the popular ones do loop the shorter phases, but I think it's better to not have your ears ambushed. If he does not have the specific song you're reacting to, the most popular video of the song should be fine. th-cam.com/channels/1YpTyb0K_ebrsNkXQOGJiA.htmlvideos
"Do I dance or do I run for my life" is the quote that pretty much sums up Project Moon's games, Lobotomy Corporation or Library of Ruina
*2nd warning plays*
@@revanf3719 start fighting for your life. At least untill 3rd warning.
Just like to mention. This is music for a card game.
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@@JessesAuditorium Library of ruina is a card based RPG with great gameplay and storytelling. It very quickly became my favorite game after I found it and I would HIGHLY reccomend it.
@@JessesAuditorium I feel like there are not many turn based card games with music that goes this hard
I'm 10 months late but, it's also an action RPG, considering the game has visuals and characters fighting each other as the turn is carried out, it's pretty amazing and fun to see honestly.
“Library of What The Hell?” is actually quite fitting to be honest. Almost no one actually understands what the hell is happening the first time they play.
Project Moon throws you in the deep end harder than Dark Souls.
@@metatron6262 Atleast you don't need to search for the lore in obscure item descriptions
RUINA in spanish is doom
@@revanf3719 You definitely can, though!
Eh? How are people this bad at reading?
So, Library of Ruina is actually an indie game made by South Korean studio Project Moon, and is the direct sequel to the game Lobotomy Corporation despite having wildly different gameplay. The game’s plot revolves around the protagonist being in charge of a supernatural library where guests from the game’s dystopian City are invited to battle it out against the librarians on different floors of the library in combat rituals called Receptions. If they win, they get the books they wished for and all the knowledge contained within. If they lose, they get morphed into books and their knowledge is added to the Library. The goal of the game is to expand the library in this way until the protagonist gains the “one perfect book” that will transform her into a human (she was originally a sentient machine), so you’re essentially playing a villain protagonist aside from the librarians forced to work under her who tend to be more traditionally heroic. As you go through the story, you get to learn all about the game’s wild world and the many crazy personalities that inhabit it, as well as learn some lessons about what it means to truly live, the value of forgiveness, the nature of free will, and other existential themes you don’t expect to see at first glance. It’s a very underrated game, in my opinion. It’s also hard as donkey balls, though not nearly as hard as its predecessor.
Now THIS theme. This is the theme for an endgame series of boss fights that kicks off the climax of the story. The group that’s fought is called the Reverberation Ensemble, the primary antagonistic group of the story and where the name of the track comes from. Their members are fought on every floor of the library (the different settings you see in the video are the library’s floors), and the Asiyah/Briah/Atziluth titles you see are names of the library’s different layers. Each phase is played on each layer, with the last, Argalia, being the name of the Ensemble’s leader, fought on the topmost floor. What I love most about this theme is that the instruments played in each phase correspond to where each Ensemble member is fought. The group obviously has a musical theme to them, and have titles relating to orchestra placements. For example, one is the First Violin, another is the Pipe Organ, and so on. So the Pipe Organ member is fought on Atziluth, etc. And it’s interesting that you noticed that the last phase is a combination of the previous ones, because Argalia is the Conductor of the Ensemble, so he’s basically conducting his members in one last stand. It’s a wonderful intertwining of traditional and musical storytelling.
About the loud CLINK sounds between phases you mentioned… they are actually finger snaps. No, they are not in the gameplay itself, and are utilized as phase transition markers by this uploader and a few others because it’s a signature sound effect of the game used by the main protagonist (and are used frequently because multi-phase tracks make up almost the ENTIRETY of this game’s non-vocal battle themes). Some enjoy or do not mind the snaps, but I know some people who absolutely HATE it. I personally do not mind it, even enjoy it to an extent because it’s such a dramatic and theatrical way to announce the next phase (the battles of the game are sometimes referred to as stageplays). You seem to be somewhere in the middle, but the other tracks I request of this game probably won’t have the snaps.
Adding onto the snaps, if you look for it there is a playlist of all the multi-phase themes with no snaps but the snaps were inserted for a good reason. Kether, Malkuth, Yesod, Hod, Netzach and Guest Battle to a slightly lesser degree don't smoothly transition into the next phase of their theme like others songs do and function as variations on a theme which makes more sense in the context of its implementation but less sense outside of the game.
The rest of the multi-phase themes are fine without the snaps but they were most likely added for consistency because the entire ost was uploaded by the same person
Also EACH floor you see in this video has it's own themes, for example the foundry looking floor is mostly high pace metal, the one that looks like on a bridge over a techno city has a different style altogether, the one with clock looking windows has a choir, churchy vibe and so on.
Well they are actually used in game play, when you get your turn. It is also when the music track and scenery in the game change. The reverb ensemble is different because there are “pauses” between fight
@@trucluu7894 Yeah, I remembered the part about the speed dice snaps, but at this point, I'm too lazy to change it.
I usually say "post singularity dystopia" which lays to me a tad better than supernatural ^^
The reverberation ensemble is kind of a wacky concept in music and game design, it's a gauntlet of 10 different boss fights, members of his squad who all have an associated instrument. When you get to the end, the "conductor" Argalia's theme plays a mix of all phases.
Library of Ruina music is so good. All the music is very situational and changes according to certain conditions happening during the fight, hence the multiple genres happening
and then you go red mist XD
@@TheGameleader5000 gebura just casually overwriting several Boss themes with her own boss theme
@@Arkar-pl9ku thats what i mean XD .... because the boss hears the boss music then
@@TheGameleader5000 the real boss shows up lol
Without context, it was interesting that you could hear how the instruments were clashing with each other. Each instrument is meant to represent an invader into the library, led by one man who brought them together as the "conductor". Even though they are all here with the common goal, the motives that drive each member are vastly different from one another. Dunno if this was intentional by EIM Studios or not, but it's good to hear opinions coming from people who haven't played this game.
I hope you do these for other tracks in the game. Would love to hear your input on floor themes and boss themes.
Fun fact, the clicking noise of the phase change is an in-game sound to signal the start of your turn.
Very strongly anticipating whenever you get to the other requests that are lined up for this game. It's not the most well-known, but every song in it is top notch without question. This was my first time hearing this specific song, since the game is so tough that I can hardly ever make any progress through it, but it's definitely in line with the songs I'm already familiar with and I'm sure you'll enjoy those if you enjoyed this one.
"Cello,Harp,Percussion,Horn,Tuba,Trombone....,Viola,Clarinet,Second Violin.....,First Violin,Pipe Organ...."
"Will you let me conduct this finale? The curtains have risen and the song of the city Is reaching its coda."
Love the music of a project moon game and would love to see you react to more of the tracks!
One last thing. My experience with this game, and this soundtrack in particular has been fairly unique compared to other game soundtracks I listened to. You see, this game started off in Early Access, with the development team gradually adding areas and plot scenarios until they reached their final product. This also applies to the composers, Studio EIM (previously known for MapleStory’s OST), who added music tracks and even expanded/updated them. This track in particular got the biggest glow-up. Before, each phase was about 40 seconds long. The final version here has THREE WHOPPING MINUTES for each phase, and reasonably sounds like it could be played by a real-life orchestra. It’s been such a treat and a joy watching/hearing the composers outdo themselves every time over the past year for seemingly no reason other than passion for their work, and it has me looking forward to whatever else they put out in the future. It has me looking forward to seeing you react to other amazing tracks from this game, as well.
welcome to the library, may you find your book in this place.
The snap between stages is added in post, in game these 4 songs are used for 10 separate, unique bosses (corresponding to the pictures in the bottom). The first track has 4, the second 3, the third 2 and the last one one, the "conductor". It being a huge song and a journey is intentional because the Reverberation encounter lasts HOURS.
Its great that you enjoyed this theme and you pronounced the ruina correctly just before you started the theme.
Reverberation is the culmination of all the members designated instrument. Like cello and violin. Plus the group you see in the beginning were the Reverberation Ensemble
The different stages are floors of the library. Aisyah is the lower floors. Briah is the middle floors. Atizulith is the upper floors.
Argalia is the leader of the ensemble and plays remixes of the theme version. Furthermore, Argalia fought against the deuteragonist for a straight week without brakes.
Now for the game. Library of Ruina is a card building, turn based rpg where you rolls dices for actions. The library invited people with books that granted them knowledge, actual powers and riches.
To obtain the books, the guest need to overcome the trial in the library. They could come alone or brings company (both literally and figuratively). The guest will be turned into a book themselves if they died.
Emotions need to be high in order to get more books out of the guests
The game focused on the main characters motivation from the prequel and the consequences of the prequel's ending.
Hoped that explained something about the game. One of my favorite games if you cant tell.
I love it in any form of media, when the Music is One song with multiple ver. of it for dramatic effect. Undertale does this, FURI, Fire Emblem, Samurai Warriors and BlazBlue are some of my favorites to do this.
The "variable mix", as TV Tropes would call it.
calling the theme that partly belongs to Blood Red Night 'Dracula' is super fitting, good catch
"2 songs at the same time"
You're goddamn right. Two songs at the same time. One is for Reverberation Encemble member and one for the Floor Librarians
Amazing that you noticed that the instruments clash with each other. A core thing with The Reverberation Ensemble (the group whose fight song this is) is that they're strong but fundamentally unstable, representing the "qliphoth" from the kabbalah mysticism. It's the inverse of the "sephirah", the tree of harmony in which the goodness of god emanates down to mankind. It's supposed to be multiple aspects of virtue that are all in balanced harmony with one another, and so the qliphoth is instead vice in discord. And this is even represented mechanically. The final time you fight the group they all get in each other's way, with most of their mechanics having a way to twist it against their other teammates. The Reverberation Ensemble are also all linked to music, with each one being associated with an instrument, and their leader Argalia being named the "conductor".
"Do we dance? Do we run?"
We fight!
Library of Ruina's music is VERY varied very good. All images in the video are from cut scenes and backgrounds from the battles. If you want to, I highly recommend looking at Roland or Angela boss theme and then Gebura battle just to see the difference the game can have.
The themes in this video were for the battles between the main "heroes" vs "villains".
And yes, this is a turn based card game.
Thanks Windows XP, big fan
I'm so glad this game is seeing more recognition! as others have definitely said, every other song from this game slaps and I hope you react to more.
The Reverb Ensemble has 9 members and 1 conductor, with each of the members representing a different instrument. When you fight them, you fight them in 4 sections, with one being against their conductor. Each section is played with the instruments of the members of the section, with Assiyah being 'Cello', 'Harp', 'Percussion', and 'Horn, Tuba, Trombone', Briah being 'Clarinet', 'Viola', and 'Second Violin', and Aziluth being 'First Violin' and 'Pipe Organ'. Finally, Argalia is all of them, since he's the conductor.
Some library of ruina Tracks u should totally listen to:
Roland boss (phase 1-3)
Angela boss (phase 1-3)
Keter floor (1-3)
Xiao theme (Iron lotus)
Children of the city
Part of Angela's boss music is the same as part of the finale of Lobotomy Corporation, Sun and Moon - Dark Fantasy Studio. (they did the boss music for Philip, when he had an incomplete E.G.O.)
@@NetMoverSitan they probably meant the realisations, not the last floor realisation
Yes, so glad to see Library of Ruina music on here!! I love the mention that they seem that each instrument can survive on its own yet are clashing together in this group. I felt that the Reverberation Ensemble, the group that this song represents all have this common goal so they work together, yet you fight each one separately. They haven't yet found their footing as a team, until their comeback later where they have another amazing soundtrack as someone mentioned as well, the "Distorted" version.
I also personally love the snap effect because it's something you always hear when you play the game, so it's very satisfying to hear along with the music haha. The studio that was commissioned to make the OST, Studio EIM, also has this song on their channel without any sound effects though, They do a ton of Korean videogame OST work (as they are a Korean company), including MapleStory!
Perfect music for settling a conflict with your in-law brother and his gangster friends
Let's gooooo, love Ruina. I'd love to see a reaction to 'The Reverb Ensemble Distorted' (sequel to these songs), 'The Red Mist' (Tons of electric guitar love), or one of the vocal themes like 'Iron Lotus' or 'Children of the City'.
Ever hear the old saying “it must be seen to be believed”? Library of Ruina is one of those titles that must be played to be understood. It’s something that can’t really be described, because no descriptors can ever do it justice.
But that’s just my own opinion. It’s safe to say, I think Project Moon & Studio EIM have a new fan!
Oh someone beat me to it. I was planning to actually request some Library of Ruina music. Project Moon OSTs are so good. The click is an actual in game sound effect that plays when actions are made. It's very iconic for the game and most edits unfortunately use it for the phase transitions. The backgrounds from the game are the battle "stages" where the combat "scenes" play out. Each one is a floor of the Library with a different theming such as Language, Philosophy, etc.
My favorite thing about the ost is that the instruments almost feel like they are singing or crying depending on the situation. They composer, Studio EIM really nailed the game's instrumental tracks. This particular theme plays during a boss rush segment where you fight a boss from "The Reverbration Ensemble" on each floor progressing upwards through the Library to the top floor where the protagonist, Roland, confronts Argalia, the man known as "The Blue Reverbration." Each of the bosses are described by another character as being specific "instruments" in the ensemble, and Argalia is the "Conductor," and the piece as a whole is designed to reflect this.
Library of Ruina has A LOT of really good themes, each floor has their own theme who increase in tempo and melody depending on the level. A really good example I could give you is "Netzach battle 1" being really slow and relaxing while "Netzach battle 3
" is the a song that will make you want to dance. I really recommend you to check them out
no one mentioned yet but the loud snapping was just edited in and isnt in the original. Also this is a boss rush where its a set of 10 bosses, fightng each member of the Reverberation until the final one being Argalia, the leader of the group
somebody finally move their asses to check the masterpieces from Library of ruina? Hell yea
Didnt expect LoR music but I am not complaining
Ahhhh, beautiful, as always. The Reverberation, main theme of the antagonists, The Reverberation Ensemble. Fun fact: Each member of the ensemble is represented through one of the instruments, and their conductor//leader, the crazy mercenary Argalia ("The Blue Reverberation"), has all the instruments playing during his last phase. Library of Ruina has a gygaton of beautiful soundtracks.
Btw~ if you liked this song, you may like "ROLAND", another theme of other end-game boss of the same game.
Funny enough, he just did!
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So for context each of the "names" except for the last one are the names of the floors you fight on, the last one argalia is the name of the boss you fight on the last floor. The reason why the Instruments come back all at once at the end is cause argalia is the "conductor" for the group you are fighting . as for the name of the song it it's cause the group is called the reverberation ensemble.
Some light spoilers:
Each of the background scenes displayed are floors of the library that this battle takes place in (hence the name, library of ruina). Each floor has an enemy of its own to take on. Notice how that the last part of the song is the only one in which the background never changes
Library of Ruina is one of my favorite games, and I loved seeing you react to it. The music really resonated (pun intended) with me while playing, and enhanced what I felt was already fantastic gameplay. Most of the songs were stuck in my head for several months after beating it, and I frankly didn't mind.
Is more like the blue reverberation ensamble theme.
Also on the finger snaps, the is one channel that has the different phases without the snap.
Asiyah is the lowest part of Kabbalistic Tree of Life, Briah middle, Atziluth, highest, Argalia is at Keter which is the first and the topmost in the kabbalustic Tree of Life
Atziluth
Keter - "Crown": Divine Will to create/Infinite Light of the Creator/the Hebrew name of God "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh-I Am that I Am"(LC: Architecture Department/LoR: Floor of General Works)
Chokhmah (or Hokma in Lobotomy Corporation/Library of Ruina) - "Wisdom": First unbounded flash of an idea before it takes on limitations/male light/divine reality/first revelation/creation from nothingness(LC: Record Department/LoR: Floor of Religion)
Binah - "Understanding": the infinite flash of Chochmah brought into the vessel of understanding to give it grasp of breadth and depth/feminine vessel that gives birth to the emotions/reason/understanding brings teshuva return to God(LC: Extraction Department/LoR: Floor of Philosophy)
Not part of the game except in LC where it's the container of Carmen
Da'at - "Knowledge": Da'at is not knowledge in the form we usually think about it. We think of knowledge as an awareness and understanding of other things. However, da'at is the awareness and understanding of the self.
Briah
Chesed - "Kindness": Loving grace of free giving/love of God/inspiring vision(LC: Welfare Department/LoR: Floor of Social Science)
Gevurah/Gebura - "Severity": Strength/discipline/judgment/withholding/awe of God(LC: Disciplinary Department/LoR: Floor of Language )
Tiferet /Tipereth- "Beauty": Symmetry/balance between Chesed and Gevurah in compassion(LC: Central Command Department/LoR: Floor of Natural Science)
Asiyah
Netzach - "Eternity": 'perpetuity', 'victory', or 'endurance' (LC: Safety Department/LoR: Floor of Arts)
Hod - "Splendor": Withdrawal/Surrender/sincerity (LC: Training Department/LoR: Floor of Literature)
Yesod - "Foundation": Connecting to the task to accomplish/wholly remembering/coherent knowledge(LC: Information Department/LoR: Floor of Technological Science)
Malkuth - "Kingship": Exaltedness/Humility. All the other sefirot flow into Malkuth (like the moon which has no light of its own), and it is the final revelation of the divine; the receiver and the giver(LC: Control Department/LoR: Floor of History)(also the 4th picture you will see. Which is after the picture of a bunch of people)
Jesse on Chesod Floor: "Is this a tornado sucking up civilization?" Yeah, you battle on the Floor to keep your loving, kindness, and humanity. Your enemy is a dad who is obsessed with reviving his son, even though the monster he "revives" is not even his son, it's just a mindless monster.
Jesse on Binah's Floor: "Are we entering dracula's castle?" cracks me up. You literally fight a vampire there. Elena is a vampire claims to be human and asks for human right, but she also succumbs to her thirst for blood, lacking her wisdom. I always love to fight on Binah's Floor.
10 Floor, 10 Corruptions of humanity and you fight through them to become a human being once again.
About Reverberation part, that is quite correct as well. The goal of that Blue Reverberation group is to steal the Light (the Power that can manifest your mental psyche into nuclear weapons) and corrupt the whole city because they have trauma in the past and now they just give up on humanity and try to do whatever the heck they desire when Distorted. They come to our Library to "leave a mark into the City" and use it to start a chaotic era.
"The instruments clash but somehow they fit together in a bizarre way" is also what people called that group. Normally, Distorted people just selfishly care about their desire to the point that they will not open their mouth to speak, but Argalia somehow groups them and gather an army to war the Library is an astounding feat.
Library of Ruina is a very good game and i can't way for Limbus Company. Nice music request!
Man............ I only just finished Urban Plague (the town was a very lovely experience), so listening to this music only just makes me worried for the future considering I suck big dick when in comes to the deckbuilding.
When in doubt, singleton
@@BlazingMagpie I don't even know what that is. I haven't started on Nightmare yet. I've been busy.
We don't talk about Town
We do not talk about that town
Fortunately there are some guides or playthroughs that you can watch. Along with some helpful stuff on the reddit site.
I havent finished watching the video but Im liking it and will give some context:
This theme is very near the end of the game, which consists of 10 boss fights back to back! Each boss is titled after an instrument, and each part of the song is divided beetween wich boss you are going against. The first song consist of Cello, Harp, Percussion, Horn, Tuba, Trombone with the second being Clarinet, Viola and 2nd Violion. The third part of the song is mainly played by the Pipe Organ and 1st Violin.
Eventually, you fight Argalia, the maestro, and this is the part where every instrument is joined together. It makes a really nice song which builds up over time and comes back fully formed at the very end.
Great video!
Makes me hopeful someone someone would react to the ost of this game's prequel Lobotomy Corporation. Specifically Tilarids's music for the game.
1st and 2nd warning would be obvious picks but for me tracks like Blue Dots and Red Dots had more of an impact on me.
Eager for something similar I tried properly listening to Insignia Decay and Circle rombed oxygen too.
Excuse my wording, I'm no music expert.
Much like how when I was very young my parents would constantly play Rage against the machine in the car. I used to hate the confusing and violent instruments and tone, but after being exposed to it for lengthy amounts of time (Long car rides and lengthy LoR modded battles with the music as boss music) I grew accustomed, even fond of these unique sounds. Almost feels like an acquired taste of sorts.
in Circle rombed oxygen the repeating melody that appears in the background after a while is absolutely enchanting and I can't stop tapping along with Insignia Decay, finding rhythm and consistency in the chaos.
Haven't yet taken the time to listen to non-Lcorp Tilarids music but if there's something similar to this I'd be kinda interested.
"And we venture Dracula's castle" You were right on point there ngl
The theme in the green floor looking section is effectively a duel of music while it's also a mess of music, I can't explain why without spoiling a lot of things
Btw these multiple guys with the jackal and all .. they are the reverbration
Very glad to see someone request some Library of Ruina music. Easily one of my absolute favorite games in recent memory, with some of the best music out there. I legitimately cannot wait to see what other tracks from Library of Ruina or potentially even tracks from the first game, Lobotomy Corporation, are in the pipeline.
Ohhh I hope theres some LobotomyCorporation (Library of Ruina's predecessor) requests as well, theres so many jams in both of these games.
cough tomorrow cough
Hopefully Limbus Company as well upon its release.
@@JessesAuditorium If so then I will wait in anticipation.
Hey, I'm going to break the #1 rule of Ruina by talking about this one thing, but can you also react to the Lovetown battle theme? It's a very lovely theme, and the lyrics are just as lovely. The story here is definitely also very lovely, you should join the love parade in the love town.
We don't talk about Love Town. We can, however, watch someone react to someone singing about it.
Depends how strict the copyright for the Mili tracks are, but we'll see. Fingers crossed!
this song(which is actually three song) i believe was intended to be 9 different themes with each instrument and then come together in the tenth also argalia is called the blue reverberation also excited for if you ever do gone angels p.s. you are not living under a rock this game has a small but very devoted community
Bare witness to the revelations of the ordeals that you have overcome, from mortal men who knew naught of which they came apon, to those who now rival the very gods that you once worshipped, now struck down by your blood stained blade birthed through facing down fellow champions who lost themselves to their own blind eyes, only to follow their ears as they were led down the same path.
"Do I dance, Do I run for my life?"
Both. Both.
I hope you get to the vocal themes of that game, I love them
Ruina music? Hell yeah!
Climbing mount Everest is sort of what the whole battle feels like honestly
The name Reverberation actually comes from the context of the game. It's because you fight against the guy whose title is "Blue Reverberation".
OH MAN RUINA AS WELL? GOOD DAY!
Each of the backgrounds from the video is a floor of the Library, and you fight across them all with each of the Patron Librarians to take down the ten members of the titular Reverberation Ensemble.
To add on to that, the Librarians represent the Sephirot nodes on the Kabbalah Tree of Life. Whereas, the Reverb Ensemble represent the Qliphoth nodes on the Tree of Death.
In both a figurative & literal sense, they're polar opposites.
SO glad to see you getting to Library of Ruina music, been thinking of submitting a few via paypal myself but i guess i'll see what folks already have queued up for you!
This is the last game I expected to see covered.
For a bit of context, the meaning of the song isn’t actually related to how the song sounds like at all actually. The last phase’s name - Argalia - is the name of the main antagonist of the game, and his title is The Blue Reverberation, while his… “gang” is called The Reverb Ensemble. This entire track is The Reverb Ensemble’s battle theme, as the ten of them storm the library in a boss rush-type ordeal.
12? I thought there was only 10.
@@MilanTehVillain Nah it’s 10, I miswrote 😅
Just making sure.
@@MilanTehVillain I mean technically the Musicians of Bremen are three people fused into one body, so Macrosis is kinda right and kinda wrong.
Very fair.
10:07 - Ah yes, the one I call "Ra's Al Joker".
Yes-yes, it's a card game everyone.
I noticed several times through the songs you said that you felt conflicted about the songs, often in a good way. I just wanted to mention that was the intent, as the boss fight this plays in is supposed to build up to the climax of the game, the culmination of constantly questioning whether or not you're making the right choices, hence the conflicted feelings in the song. Additionally, on the topic of the name of the song, "Reverberation" comes from the particular group that act as the boss of this particular boss rush, known as the "Reverberation Ensemble." An interesting thing is that all of the members positions in the group are named after an instrument, with the leader and who the group is named after, Argalia the "Blue Reverberation," being the conductor. Even if someone isnt that much of a gamer I still recommend this game to a lot of people, as it(and the entire series) is a storytelling masterpiece that shows how much you can truly do with a video game.
Was directed here by a friend! I hope that you try playing the games, both Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina for yourself! They're BREATHTAKINGLY story-rich, and the music is gorgeous!
Hello. Good timing cause more LOR is coming tomorrow
@@JessesAuditorium LoR is on sale in the deck builder humble bundle package! A minimum of $15 for a bundle of 7 games including this one! Excited to see how you react to the next track tomorrow :]]]
And maybe once Limbus Company releases, you'll have the chance to react to music from that game too!
you would expect an epic battle in a quick action battle videogame.
nope, a turn based card game.
take your sweet 20 minutes to figure out a strategy or watch everyone die and its all your fault!
NO FUCKIJG WAY
Ohoho i think he not know gameplay and how changes music in game
If you plan to react to more music from Library of Ruina, I recommend Lunartique07's videos since they don't have the added loud snap sounds. Some of his videos are a bit shorter than the more popular ones since the popular ones do loop the shorter phases, but I think it's better to not have your ears ambushed. If he does not have the specific song you're reacting to, the most popular video of the song should be fine.
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He needs to get into the tales of series. There are some good ones there
He reacted to “Ring A Bell” from Tales of Vesperia roughly 3 months ago.
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