I know that the need to use "free" or low cost music is a limiting factor for most developers - which is why most games and VNs music sucks hog balls and sounds like you have a kids carnival running in the background. Free sound effects sound like the old Halloween sound effects from an LP record played on a tabletop turntable and the voice effects all sound like Japanese school girls getting their fingernails pulled out. I NEVER play with sound on. No music no sound effects and no voices.
For some reason I decided to go back and listen to this game. This game has the best soundtrack of any game/VN I've ever played. For the first time ever, I feel like the soundtrack actually adds to the title rather than acts as a distraction. There are other music themed games that the music is ludicrously bad in, but it's well done here. Purpose written movie soundtrack quality? No, but the Dev doesn't have the budget to have Daft Punk score Artemis either
This is one title that I do now have the music on for (and sound effects for barking
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Eternum is another one that does pretty well. The music there is still obviously open-source, but fits the scenes really well and transitions well.
Now instead of "mute all" as soon as I download a title, I at least give it a chance for the first few scenes..........then "mute all" for 99.5% of them