One of many few issues that the HoYoVerse fandom can agree on is that the music in HoYoVerse video games is, for essentially the most half, actually good. Some tracks even classify as straight-up bangers. The soundtrack of Honkai: Star Rail particularly stands out to me as a result of sheer quantity of battle themes that may exist in every world when in comparison with its contemporaries.

Again once I performed the closed beta, one thing that instantly caught out to me was how a lot I appreciated the default battle theme in Herta Area Station. Okay, look, it’s not fancy or epic or something. It’s only a vibe and I appreciated it a lot greater than the default Mondstadt battle theme in Genshin Influence (which I used to be taking part in actually proper earlier than going into the closed beta). I appreciated it sufficient that after HoYoVerse shut down the beta servers, the very first thing I did was go to YouTube to see if somebody uploaded it. So from the start, I used to be fairly a fan of Honkai: Star Rail’s musical aesthetic.

As the sport continued and the updates got here out, I felt stunned in a great way at how HoYoVerse tends so as to add new battle tracks to the sport, even after we aren’t going to a brand new world. Genshin Influence is the one different HoYoVerse recreation I play the place I take note of the music. However in Genshin, there are solely about two or three tracks per area and so they really feel random. I do know that sure tracks solely play in sure areas, like how the Sumeru desert and rainforest have separate themes. Listening to them, although, they sound very comparable as a consequence of sharing the identical devices and basic model. That is unlucky because the completely different areas look so distinct from one another! So I want they may sound extra distinctive as nicely.

As compared, worlds in Honkai: Star Rail have particular person battle themes for various locales, even when they share a world. Evaluate the Scalegorge Waterscape with the Shackling Jail, Fyxestroll Backyard, Cloudford, and the Alchemy Fee. These areas all feel and appear vastly completely different, so it’s nice that all of them have their very own battle themes slightly than sharing from a restricted financial institution. In the latest replace, story bosses have regained their distinctive battle themes in modes like Reminiscence of Chaos and Divergent Universe. That is nice, as I’m a giant fan of sure ones and it’s good to not hearken to the identical 4 or 5 Echo of Warfare battle themes each week once I desire a change of tempo.

On paper, it’s not that massive of a deal. However music is extra vital than you may assume! Try this Harry Potter edit that was making rounds on the Web some time again. That poppy music within the background is doing plenty of heavy lifting on the subject of imparting that spring flick vibe. I’ve lengthy been of the opinion that the D.Grey-Man anime suffered somewhat (whether or not the unique or Hallow) from hiring Kaoru Wada because the composer. Wada is nice. However his model incorporates plenty of conventional Japanese devices and sounds that actually introduced Inuyasha to life, but really feel bizarre within the gothic European setting of D.Grey-Man. Even when the writing, appearing, and cinematography of a scene are excellent, a poor soundtrack can damage the entire thing.

Would I’ve seen something off with the sport if it didn’t change the soundtrack primarily based on particular person maps slightly than worlds? In all probability not. Nonetheless, it’s a pleasant contact that I admire. The sheer quantity of selection in music helps to make the world of Honkai: Star Rail really feel bigger and grander than it could be, which inserts completely with the house opera style. Now if solely the designs for the feminine characters’ outfits might take some notes!

Honkai: Star Rail is available on the PS5, Home windows PC, and cell units.