I get where you were trying to go with this, and I think you succeed - the orchestrations are correct, I enjoyed the subtle clock ticking sounds, I think they were well placed. I liked the 8va on the violins in the intro section; I personally would have liked to have more dynamics on the strings in general but that's more of a style/preference thing; objectively I can't fault anything here, so well done.
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Thank You for Your comments and for ttaking the time to listen! Glad You found the subtle clock references, was honestly not thinking anyone would get them :)
It is tough to rate the different submissions since there is an abundance of both styles and (game)genres and, as You say, it depends a lot on ones own taste.