interior ministry is a nightmare, the red guard skills are top of the top, Ashina truly in the brink of collapse. Awesome soundtrack.. thank you so much!
I’d like to dedicate this comment to saying that the Red Guard soldiers with the jingasa inspired helmets and manto cloaks are probably my favorite enemy type in Sekiro in pure drip and thematics. From the very start they are among the few initial troops that single handily break into Ashina as the Ministry’s vanguard and slaughter Ashina’s troops. They’re a perfect mixture of nimble and strong, being in enough armor that you can still feel the weight in their animations despite their speed. A abnormality to the idea of the shinobi and samurai being separate, as these soldiers seem like a mix of both. And even when the rest of the Ministry’s army arrived and Ashina is in flames, those Red Guards remain and still stand out among the Ministry’s forces. With their speed and iconic visage, and their cloaks swaying in the breeze. Seeming almost like commanders compared to their contemporaries. The true elites of the Red Guard. And all this is also why especially with this track’s name, those soldiers are always the ones I think of first when I hear this track.
@@WhiteInk47 I don't know about that seeing as Gyoubu was doing a good job keeping them out judging from all the corpses near the gate where you fight him.
@@AxisChurchDevotee Were there Red Guard bodies? Can't recall honestly. But while he's a really strong warrior, most of the Red Guard invading at the end of the game are brutal as well. I feel like an invading force of swordsmen, Owl himself, and flame thrower dudes would take him out eventually
Thanks for the upload! Feels like very few people noticed the difference from OST to the actual game soundtrack. Strange that they didn't change the OST version to match it.
They both kind of have a different vibe. This version being the one we hear in game sounds a bit more subdued, and especially with the woodblock sounds, it makes it sound more like a active last stand where Ashina is still fighting to the end. The flames have begun to rise but it has not fully engulfed Ashina yet. A bit less desperation to the track. Meanwhile the one in the official soundtrack sounds a lot more dire and dark, the fight is already lost and Ashina is burning to the ground. All that is left is fire and the Interior Ministry as Ashina Castle lays in a inferno.
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