@xenolon: Now, I know what you're saying. But since I can't tell if you're being all the way genuine here, I also want to point out that those instruments are tragically plastic. Like, wow, duder, those are some horrible-sounding subjects of noise production. Bet money any front-facing band instrument in the mix would grate on everyone's nerves.
Just listen to last year's. That's what this should've sounded like, audio-wise--and is all the user you called out was getting at. I agree with him/her, wholeheartedly.
I think someone messed up on the mixing front. I can hardly hear the crew playing/singing over the game audio. Did they not mic up the vocalist? Bummer.
Everybody played Cuphead, so it won best style. Hardly anyone played Persona (and thus were not exposed to its visual style), therefore it did not win.
I love(d) this game to bits. My favourite of the year when I played it on PS3 back in... 2009/10? I saw it for sale on PC recently, and I'm sorely tempted to play through it again. God Phelps is the best... and ah, the escalation music during interrogations! Just stellar.
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