Falcom's Ys catalog distilled into fourteen tracks of pure action-RPG adrenaline. This 2012 collection pulls arranged cuts from across the series and every single one hits like a boss encounter. "MIGHTY OBSTACLE" is that wall-of-guitars Falcom Sound Team energy turned up to eleven, and "The Ambition of Duless -OVER DRIVE-" lives up to the subtitle completely.
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But "ICE RIDGE OF NOLTIA" is the one that stays in your head. That melody cutting through heavy rock instrumentation. "DREAMING" gives you a breath before "The Beginning of SEVEN -INNOCENT PRIMEVAL BREAKER-" tears everything open again.
The quieter stuff like "Fountain of Love" proves they can do tender just as well. If you've never understood why Ys fans won't shut up about the music, start here.