 Unlike the first expansion soundtrack , Promathia was not received well by critics , though it reached # 57 on the Oricon charts . Patrick Gann expressed himself as " disappointed " and said that the album was full of " boring , repetitive string @-@ work " instead of Mizuta 's usual " strong , raw instrumentation " . Chris of Square Enix Music Online termed it " the least accessible Final Fantasy XI soundtrack " and disliked its " grating synth use " , but also termed it " an excellent in @-@ game accompaniment " . 
