PS1-era electronic grit mixed with surprisingly moody ambient work. Front Mission 3 dropped in 1999 and the soundtrack carries that late-90s PlayStation texture where synths had weight and limitations became style. "The Government" opens with institutional coldness, all rigid percussion and suspicion.
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"VS Wulong" is pure tactical combat adrenaline, the track that plays in your head when you're calculating damage percentages at midnight. "Sorrow" does what it says with this sparse, lonely melody that sticks around long after the mission ends.
The city themes shift as you move through Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. Each region gets its own sonic identity. "Forest (Southeast Asia)" and "Plains (China)" build entire landscapes out of PS1 sound hardware. If you miss when strategy RPGs had soundtracks that made menu screens feel cinematic, go back to this one.