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I’m not the biggest fan of Xenogears. It’s definitely got some rough edges, and the 2nd half is a complete cluster-fuck of a story, but praise must be given for it’s complex and mature tale. I can totally understand the people who can’t tolerate the endless hours of text it forces you to read, but I still must insist you all give the soundtrack a listen. Without question, it’s Mitsuda‘s masterpiece, and that’s saying something considering how often people label him (nerd bias aside) one of the finest composers in history. Creid was an official arrangement album released a couple months after the Japanese launch of the game. The recording quality and production value were absolutely stellar for the time. Arrangement albums typically didn’t get this level of effort back then, and even today, I’ve only honestly come across half a dozen that follow suit.
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