Chaos Legion
Year: 2003
Type: Original Soundtrack (OST)
Composer(s): Hideyuki Fukasawa
Number of tracks: 24
Hard rock from Japan
With Chaos Legion , another game in the special interest category finds its way onto this website. I confess that I know next to nothing about the story. Something about gods, demons and other unholy things, all of which fall victim to our oversized sword in over-the-top Japanese style. We play the character Sieg Wahrheit (no shit), complete with red hairstyle and fur collar coat. We are assisted by the eponymous legions, which we summon according to the situation, just like in Pikmin or Overlord ... or something like that.
If you want to know more, ask my brother, who for some unknown reason found the game really cool and even unlocked the last, legendary Legion, for which you had to do something special - no idea. You're welcome to look it up somewhere, I'm not going to go to the trouble of doing so for a now 20-year-old piece of crap that I have virtually no connection to.
That's why I was all the more interested in the soundtrack. It is the debut work of Hideyuki Fukasawa, who not only later became famous for his work on the Onimusha-games and the Street Fighter-series, but is also the first composer from the Far East that I am proud to immortalize on this site. Congratulations!
Congratulations are also in order for the OST, because it's really well done. I don't know what it is, but for me, video game music in the style of Chaos Legion is always quite easy to locate towards the eastern hemisphere. In the style of Japanese action orgies, the sound blasts around our ears and mixes rock riffs with ominous synths, reminiscent of Metal Gear or Nier .
Meanwhile, you shouldn't expect too much variety. The OST has a high tempo - or at least creates such a feeling. Heavy electric guitars shred to powerful drums, we can virtually see in our mind's eye how damage and combo counters soar. Examples of this are "Welcome to the Darkness", "Pledge", "Choire of Curse" or "Monks". The volume level is almost constantly on full blast here. A break? Not a chance!
Away from this, Fukasawa also goes in the direction of contemporary music and incorporates The Matrix-style techno in his tracks."I Can Hear the Shriek" begins with female vocals before the beat drops and the dancefloor opens up. "Fell No Fear" is in the same vein, while "Bloody Truth" is a little out of line and focuses on a classic Final Fantasy -style epic, although the booming bass gives it its own touch.
Every now and then Chaos Legion also has 'quieter' moments such as in "Blood Remains", "Ravine of Silence" or the very beautiful "Now I See", but you will search in vain for really thoughtful or even emotional pieces like in Nier: Automata .But since you can't accuse DOOM of that either, there's no reason to criticize it.Only the high degree of repetition in the tracks, which average 3 ½ minutes in length, could be noted on the negative side. If that doesn't bother you, you can look forward to a thoroughly worthwhile first attempt that should appeal to fans of the genre and nostalgics alike.
Nostalgia warning
The rating of the individual tracks is purely subjective and clearly colored by my own experience with the game. You can find out more in the article About Nostalgia.
| Nr. | Title | Interpret(en) | Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Blood Remains | Hideyuki Fukasawa |  |
| 02 | Narration BGM (First Half) | Hideyuki Fukasawa |  |
| 03 | Stage Title BGM | Hideyuki Fukasawa |  |
| 04 | Welcome to the Darkness | Hideyuki Fukasawa |  |
| 05 | Pledge | Hideyuki Fukasawa |  |
| 06 | From Result Screen to Intermission (First Phase) | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 07 | Choir of Curse | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 08 | A Way to Nowhere | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 09 | Evil Shore | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 10 | The Drones of Hell | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 11 | Ravine of Silence | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 12 | I Can Hear the Shriek | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 13 | From Result Screen to Intermission (Middle Phase) | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 14 | Monks | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 15 | Fell No Fear | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 16 | Narration BGM (Second Half) | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 17 | Bloody Truth | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 18 | Battle Cry | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 19 | Solemn Voice | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 20 | From Result Screen to Intermission (Final Phase) | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 21 | Be Killed Again | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 22 | Massive Strokes | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 23 | Now I See | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
| 24 | The Final Result | Hideyuki Fukasawa | |
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Muh Wahrheit
Victor Delacroix, Sieg Wahrheit und ein Metacritic-Score von 37%. Ah, those muhmeries.
Still a better game than Fallout 76.