Traditional Chinese instrumentation layered over PC game synths, and it works way better than it should. Landao Wuyu: Shaonü De Yueding is a 2007 Windows title with a soundtrack that bounces between contemplative and dramatic without warning.
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"萬花琴" has this plucked string melody that sticks in your head for days. "恬靜海" lives up to its tranquil sea name, all gentle waves of sound. Then "戰爭的蕭條" drops in with wartime tension and completely shifts the mood. There's a nice range here, from the cozy "炊煙之鄉" to the unsettling "詭異" to the danceable "熱舞曲."
The whole thing feels like flipping through chapters of a wuxia novel, just sonically. Grab this if you want a RPG soundtrack that trades Western fantasy tropes for something with real cultural texture.