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Counterpoint on Chants of Sennaar — Reading Through the Negative Reviews
Komugi rated Chants of Sennaar 8.5/10. I read the negative Steam reviews and examined three families of complaints: genre detours, map-less traversal, and a rushed final act at a full price. Where I agree, and where I push back.
Soundtrack: Chants of Sennaar — Learning a people's sound before learning their words
The music Thomas Brunet wrote for Chants of Sennaar is a small chamber ensemble woven from live instruments. The peoples living on each floor of the tower cannot understand one another's words. But the sound gets through. Black coffee in hand, I, Doremi, take apart why the score of a language-deciphering game tells you 'who these people are' before you can decode a single word.
