Heavy, relentless energy from the very first track. AI War: Vengeance of the Machine's 2013 soundtrack scores a strategy expansion where the AI is done playing nice, and the music makes sure you feel that. "Falling Down" and "Rising Up" sit back to back like a narrative in two acts.
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"Ashes To Ashes" into "Dust To Dust" does the same trick. The whole tracklist reads like a war story told in chapter titles, and it sounds like one too. "Every Man For Himself" hits that desperate mid-campaign energy perfectly.
"A New Dawn" and "Return To Glory" promise hope at the end, but you have to earn it through "The Hurricane" first. If you've ever panic-managed a fleet against impossible odds, this is what that adrenaline sounds like as music.