There is actually an incredible amount of backstory that went into the construction of this world. (Errata: In-video I incorrectly identified the Shadowlord's Castle remix as being a remix of The Incomplete Stone, which doesn't actually exist as part of the 15 Nightmares mixes.That's what I get for not checking tracklists that I haven't looked at for the better part of a year!) It really is nothing but a brawl and a slugfest and having the music at such odds to the rest of the game kind of brings home that feeling of not-rightness without just defaulting to being weird and I'm making this up as I go along, seriously, this is just fun to listen to. Obviously we don't have the same kind of dreamy, organic score that we have for most of the game, but I think the sharp contrast from the OST works here. In addition to just being able to kill things, the game also provides you with a chunk of remixed variations of its songs to provide you with some new background music because when your entire goal is 'kill things' you need some high-energy synth-rock to back you up. Song of the Ancients (Lost Androids Mixuxux)īlu-Bird (Hansel und Gretel) You'll see one of them next time and it is simultaneously hilarious and terrifying. There are also a couple of things that are unlocked and not quite mentioned. The rooms get progressively harder, but they have some all right prizes once you get to the end and they a little aesthetic twist, if you care to indulge. It's basically three doors with five battle arenas each and some cryptic information about the backstory. I mean I definitely got my money's worth (posthumously supporting the game is already giving my money's worth) but I wouldn't call it essential (although they helped me get my Platinum trophy without stabbing somebody in the eye so that's a plus). I believe they had intended to make more content (the release of this package was referred to as 'the first NIER DLC', which suggests as much) but just never got a chance. They didn't have an opportunity to make much of it, unfortunately AQ Interactive re-absorbed the company before they got particularly far into the endeavors. An unstable voice calls out in an unstable world.

Petrify kaine and seal away the shade