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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Apr 19th 2011 at 9:40:36 AM

Courtesy link: Monster Tale

This is basically a recently-released DS metroidvania with a significant mon-raising component to it. Pretty nice game; you should check it out.

The music is...okay, I guess. It's either very contrapuntal but insufficiently attentive of harmony, or it's very electronica/techno influenced in terms of building on small snippets of rhythm or melody repeated over and over again. Not quite my style.

That said, Zoe's battle theme puts the latter style together quite well.

One cool feature of the boss themes is that they usually feature a motif from their boss's character theme, a general boss motif, or both. Zoe's theme has both. And it combines them in a really nice action track.

In fact, it was the first place I heard the boss motif itself. It's also in Meade's battle theme but I didn't notice it then. The boss motif is this awesome thing involving i VI VII in minor, repeated.

Unfortunately, Deanu's battle theme doesn't feature either a character motif or a boss motif. So to get to this awesomeness you'll have to get to the end of the third area of the game, to go to the very top of the Treehouse Grotto in Zoetopia—the room known as the Spookhouse Lookout—in order to meet Zoe again.

But don't worry, the Treehouse Grotto theme is ALSO awesome.

(Also unfortunately, the soundtrack is not available for listening on Youtube. But it is available, in another format, from another source.)

edited 19th Apr '11 9:44:48 AM by GlennMagusHarvey

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#2: Apr 19th 2011 at 9:49:44 AM

And just for bonus points: Zoe is voiced by Monica Rial.

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Apr 22nd 2011 at 6:50:10 PM

Come to realize it...the main theme of the game is actually quite nice and touching.

It took a bit of time to grow on me, but now it just makes me awwwww.

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Apr 23rd 2011 at 7:25:49 PM

Every one of the boss rooms has a unique name, i think.

I think.

I know Zoe's is the Spookhouse Lookout. Ethan's is the Gear Garage. Unfortunately I didn't catch the others, though it seems that Priscilla's has no special name—the map just says "Primhedge Palace".

Altimeter Since: Dec, 1969
#5: Apr 23rd 2011 at 8:52:31 PM

O HAI

edited 26th Apr '11 7:37:20 PM by Altimeter

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Sep 14th 2011 at 8:59:01 PM

I've just been told that Meade's battle room is named "Scratch Pit Arena". Courtesy of Unknown Entity.

Now we're just missing Deanu's.

edited 14th Sep '11 9:03:09 PM by GlennMagusHarvey

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#7: Sep 15th 2011 at 3:35:33 PM

That boss theme was really great. The boss herself was pretty tough too.

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#8: Nov 5th 2011 at 11:53:10 AM

Unfortunately, UE missed Deanu's boss room name. So so far, we know this:

  • Meade: Scratch Pit Arena
  • Deanu: (unknown)
  • Zoe: Spookhouse Lookout
  • Ethan: Gear Garage
  • Priscilla: Primhedge Palace (no change)

Well, that's another reason to get someone to play the game, I guess!

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#9: May 2nd 2012 at 12:30:23 PM

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007P4ZMTS/ref=dm_sp_alb/183-9524197-1726835

The Monster Tale OST has been released! Now featuring actual track names!

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