I dug up a beat-up copy of Elemental Gearbolt, the long forgotten light-gun RPG developed by Alfa System (Tales of Innocence, Phantasy Star Portable) and localized courtesy of Working Designs, by sheer luck at a local store in small-town Ontario. Finding it was a minor miracle and yet another example of a ‘quirky’ title on the edge of retail extinction. Mind you, this was nearly a decade ago, but the game’s world and its fantastical characters managed to linger in my mind ever since. I also remember hearing the pulsing, Wagnerian music for the first time: it could be lonely and fragile one moment and thunderous and operatic the next.
So how does the soundtrack hold up after all these years? Pretty well as a matter of fact. Find out more after the jump. (more…)
