Bujingai
Heather Hilburn | Someplace Warm | 12/16/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Bujingai is known mainly by J-Rock and Gackt fans who drooled over the idea of controlling one of Japan's hottest individuals through a danger-riddled ruined city with walls to climb, poles to swing by, and enemies to defeat with stylish and slick kung-fu moves. The music involved is suppurb and moving.
The songs are mainly Chinese influenced heavily by Gackt's rock style. Chinese and techno combine to a delightful trip that evokes memories of elegant costumes, delightfully mediocher dubbing, a wonderful Chinese temple stage, slashing that bad guy with your right sword, kicking another one in the face, and pitching the third up into the air to combo him and slam him into the ground.
The Chinese violyn plays against techno reditions, flutes dance in the background, and drums stomp their feet when needed. The occasional voice in the music adds to the entire Chinese feel. In The entire time I played the game I felt like a magical kung fu master battling the foul evil forces of darkness while a DJ mixed my songs in a dance club. The Bamboo Forest was mysterious, the Manastary tibetian in nature, and I could feel the cold of the Unholy Mountain.
Music and game are mingled so finely together it's hard to tell which one is which sometimes. Without each other, though, they wouldn't be complete."
Track Listings (22) - Disc #1