A sea of possibilities

As a non-gamer, I immediately thought of nautical themes when I heard the title The Queen and the Sea . Something that reminds me of water, of the sea - either in the form of free/liberated melodies, such as we heard in The Bad Seeds or as a relentless force of nature that crushes us in its waves. The DLC leans more towards the latter, although we are not in for a God of War kind of action. Instead, The CrownYoann Laulan, Valmont de Ragondas3 or ShipwreckYoann Laulan, Valmont de Ragondas4 have an increasingly dark, almost horror-like tone, which tends to give us a taste of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing .

In between and afterwards, the score plunges us back into the usual hustle and bustle (LighthouseYoann Laulan, Valmont de Ragondas4) and even mixes in an electric guitar in Beyond Reasoning (The Queen)Yoann Laulan, Valmont de Ragondas4 . Everything shreds and culminates in Bloc Party BoatYoann Laulan, Valmont de Ragondas4, which brings up hillbilly-meets-techno vibes. Admittedly not for everyone, the penultimate DLC still offers the most variety - excluding the Demakes from Fatal Falls - in terms of instrumental variance.