Dragon Poker's sixth soundtrack volume swings wildly between Lovecraftian dread and beach party energy, and somehow that's exactly the point. "The Faceless God -Nyarlathotep-" drops a heavy, ominous atmosphere before "Summer!
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Samba! Summer!" yanks you straight into a tropical rhythm section without warning. That tonal whiplash is the whole Dragon Poker identity at this point. The Ryosuke Kojima featured tracks are standouts. "Brain Shaker" lives up to its name with aggressive guitar work, while "Moumoku no keiten" and "Hangyaku no kyoken" bring a vocal edge that most mobile game soundtracks never attempt.
"Eien no Camelot" and "Knights of the Round" pivot into Arthurian grandeur with orchestral weight. The back half explores darker mythological territory with "Youkaikiganjou Onigashima" channeling Japanese folklore and "The Wicked Witch" twisting Oz into something genuinely menacing.
Six volumes in and this mobile card game is still commissioning music with real ambition.