Retem City breathes in cycles. The day/night variants here aren't just palette swaps of the same tune, they're genuinely different moods, from the shimmering midday haze to the Midnight View that sounds like it's dissolving into sand.
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"Where the Sound Vanished" opens the whole set with this eerie, desolate atmosphere that sets a tone none of the other NGS volumes really touch. The vocal tracks (Song of War, Song of Mourning) bring serious weight in Japanese, full of dramatic tension that contrasts the ambient desert exploration pieces.
The Retem Alnothe scenery track has this lonely, almost meditative quality that sticks with you. If you played NGS during the Retem update and want to feel that arid melancholy again, this is your way back.