Heavy guitar riffs crashing into orchestral stabs right from the opening. Shin Sangokumusou 8 Empires keeps that Omega Force tradition of making strategy menus feel way more intense than they should. "FORT" and "GARRISON" cycle through the war council screens with this restless energy, like the music is daring you to stop planning and just go fight already.
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"ATTITUDE" goes full shred for the final battle, distorted and relentless. Then "HONORABLE EXIT" pulls back into something genuinely somber when you lose. The DLC throwbacks to DW3 and DW7 are a nice touch. If you've ever spent six hours in Empires edit mode, you already know "PARTNERS" by heart.