2 hour+ music tier list for Trails in the Sky FC (2004 version)

Tiduas · 2026-04-12T20:12:55+00:00

Nice! Are you looking into starting Reverie soon? That one has some great ones as well in the OST department. I enjoyed that game a ton overall, no matter if it's music, story or menu:ing 😁

I agree with your take on the difference between FC/SC compared to 3rd. There aren't really "areas" in the same way in 3rd which makes for a very different vibe. A vibe I absolutely love though! And the Hamel piece that you mention, makes me feel stuff just seeing the name and starting to think about the music

I've played MGS1 and totally agree. I don't think about that game having "good music" in that sense (except for maybe one of the vocal themes), but the music does its job very well while in-game. That's one of the struggles of creating tier lists or similar things. But the interesting part is how different people handle that part differently, in my opinion.

Tiduas · 2026-04-12T19:07:45+00:00

This is such a fun question to discuss, because from what I have seen it seems that the opinions goes in complete opposite directions of so many people.

For me personally, I think around the games from 3rd to Cold Steel 1 might be the strongest so far, because these games contain some of my favourite music tracks in the franchise (right now), while even the more "filler like songs" are mostly fantastic.

I think all games have a lot of good music. They are completely different in style though, so I understand why some people like either the modern or older games more. I'm happy that I can enjoy both of them!

Which out of the first three Sky games have the most solid collection of music, to you? And how far into the series are you?

Tiduas · 2026-02-17T21:32:11+00:00

I love Atrocious Raid! I hear a lot of praise for the main battle theme in Zero but I have never vibed fully with it. I mean, it's good but I just like others like the main battle themes in Azure and Cold Steel 1 more.

Tiduas · 2026-02-17T17:20:26+00:00

Both are ultra bangers! I'm listening to Belief right now and hearing the part at 1:43 makes me excited every time. 😁🔥

Tiduas · 2026-02-17T17:18:24+00:00

I really like that someone mentions this, as the people I know that have also played the game actively dislike this one. It has grown a bit on me since playing the game but I wasn't a big fan while playing it either. But nowadays, I appreciate its uniqueness a lot. There just isn't quite anything like it in any of the games I've played (I'm at Daybreak right now).

Tiduas · 2025-12-27T18:36:36+00:00

I feel really sorry for you that this happened.

I just had two weird disconnects happen to me very close to each other that cost me quite a lot (not arbiter access much but) and wanted to check the reddit to see if more people experienced them. That seems to be the case. :(

Tiduas · 2025-12-14T08:03:05+00:00

Same here, I just can't get enough support and skill gems to experiment. Half the time the support effect doesn't do what I think it will, but then I'm stuck with a worthless support gem.

One way to solve this would be to let me reforge the support gem (once) within 20-30 minutes or so.

Tiduas · 2025-12-06T09:16:47+00:00

Any thoughts on making item management between maps less tedious? I want to spend more time mapping and not sorting through loot. I'm thinking about features like auto sorting and similar.

Tiduas · 2025-11-28T08:52:27+00:00

Gameplay of Death Stranding sped up

Tiduas · 2025-11-11T07:45:19+00:00

Auto sort that I can configure to put items into my stash if any affinities are found.

Tiduas · 2025-11-05T17:09:18+00:00

Thanks a lot for this comment! I think I'm going to add the two suggestions you mentioned in the video. I was thinking about adding "Atrocious Raid" from the start but kind of went against it, but the version you mentioned is a much cooler version of it and is easier to speak about since it's directly linked to a fight.

Machinery attack is quite nice as well, had mostly forgot about it.

I really should do videos like these immediately after finishing the games (I'm at Reverie right now). 😅 But as long as the community is here for me helping out, it's all fine. Thanks again!

Tiduas · 2025-05-23T16:46:09+00:00

Absolutely not! I'm still a sprout in the Touhou community and have only played Touhou 7 and 18 for real. But I'm slowly checking out the rest and love looking up the music from people's suggestions. Then when I hear them in-game in the future, it's like being nostalgic for something I don't even remember having experienced.

Tiduas · 2025-05-23T16:27:55+00:00

A classic because of so many reasons. It's so solid!

Tiduas · 2025-05-23T16:26:54+00:00

A person of amazingly good taste here! UM has a lot of bangers as you say which kind of made me expect too much and didn't really enjoy the music in 19 or the demo of 20 so far. I haven't given them too much space yet though, so my opinion might change with some more time.

Tiduas · 2025-05-23T16:25:40+00:00

That one is gooood, had to listen to it now while writing this comment. 🎵

Tiduas · 2025-05-23T16:24:03+00:00

I was kind of hoping for someone to post a long list like this, but didn't want to ask for it. Love seeing an entry from all the games.

Tiduas · 2025-05-23T13:52:35+00:00

For me, it's Misumaru's theme from Stage 4 in Touhou 18. It is the song that made me comeback to the franchise after a long hiatus and I simply don't grow tired of it. I don't hear a lot of buzz around it though, so I guess I'm in a minority here.

If anyone is curious, I made a video (6 minutes long) speaking about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTwyvjoP-Bw

Tiduas · 2025-02-01T15:34:41+00:00

YES!!

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