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Xythar · 07-29-2006, 04:01 AM

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MULTIBALL

Hard: 1.75/3 Ehh.... Not that great. There's some suspiciously multicoloured arrows early on that probably don't need to be quite *that* precise, but they seem to match the song reasonably well so I'll let it mostly slide. The thing is, these steps just feel amateurish, with the overuse of freeze arrows (especially short freezes everywhere), and boring step placement with most runs either just being on two arrows or LDURLDURLDUR (or alternately, RUDLRUDLRUDL). Try to mix it up a bit more next time, ok?

Expert: 1.75/3 Manages to be better and worse than hard in a few ways. It has an even worse case of short freeze abuse early on, but it does pick up quite a bit later in the song with more varied runs than Hard and such. The 16th gallops (and one set of 5) are a bit harsh, but then it's not THAT much worse than Euphoria. However, the one 8th run WHILE holding a freeze arrow is really pushing it, so in the end you get the same grade as Hard for this.

Everything Else: 3.5/4 Great song choice, great graphics. The BPM didn't need doubling, tho - it's fairly clear the song is really 75-150 BPM.

7/10 I was looking forward to this one, and in the end I'm a bit disappointed, but there are much worse.

NAMIDA GIRL

Hard: 2.5/3 The steps themselves were basically perfect, but the gimmicks take some getting used to. :P The first stop was alright, but the several in a row you had later were pretty difficult, and the speedup meant I had to play at 2x instead of 2.5, but I guess it's not a huge deal. I still think I'd have preferred it if you just had 12ths at that point, tho, because when I see 8ths (even faster 8ths) the first thing I try is to hit them at the usual speed, which doesn't work. :P

Expert: 2.75/3 Haha, I was wondering why this was an 11 until I got to the end :P I couldn't read the 16th run at 2x, so I bumped it up to 2.5x, muddled my way through the fast bit, barely got through the 16th run and then failed on a mine. >_> Third try I failed during the run, fourth try I passed finally. So yeah, it's challenging, but really cool - I especially like the 16th bursts earlier on on the drums, and the second set of freezes feels easier when it's just single arrows and not jumps. Good use of mines too.

Everything Else: 4/4 Cool song, good graphics, and the video fits surprisingly well (if I didn't know better I'd have just assumed it was the official video!). And of course a gadzillion extras

9.25/10 As I said, the BPM gimmicks take some getting used to, but this is still one of my favourite files in the ITG bracket.

SATELLITE

Hard: 2/3 Too much double stepping here. At the start there's one part where it felt like you just copy-pasted a particular sequence a few times, for instance. The bit where the main synth kicked in and you had a big 8th stream was pretty cool and the steps were fine, but then once the 16ths showed up so did more double steps, some even in the 16ths (which isn't good). Other than that it's alright.

Expert: 2/3 More double stepping again, but most of the 16ths worked a bit better this time I think (although they didn't follow the music quite as exactly as I'd have liked in a few parts, leaving out some notes for no apparent reason). Mine usage wasn't that great in places like where you had steps on down, up and right with a series of mines on the left arrow - if someone gets off the left arrow in time for the start of that sequence, there's not a lot of chance they're going to get back on it again and set off any of those other mines :P Also some cases of pointlessly short freeze syndrome, but oh well.

Everything Else: 3/4 Good song, I like the other Oceanlab one better but it's not bad. Banner is cut off in ITG and the artist text is really hard to read anyway. BG is decent, although also a bit hard to read - maybe a different font would have been wiser.

7/10 It's okay. You really need to work on making your steps flow better, however.

SPEEDY CAT

Hard: 1.25/3 I don't think this works. A lot of the 8th stream and the jumps within seem pretty arbitrary, there are WAY too many triples and hands all over the place that come up without warning, and you've done the same thing as with Corona Jumper and used a bunch arrows on 32nds, 48ths and even 64ths that are *not* in the song (I know it for certain with this song). The whole song is aligned to the 16th, if you use anything higher than a 16th in this song you are not matching anything. They've also got double steps everywhere - sorry, but I didn't like this chart at all (and Medium had way too many hands for a 7, incidentally). Also, this isn't much of a 10, the only point of difficulty is the hands and they're a bit inconsistent with the rest of the steps to say the least.

(Hard score multiplied by 2 due to lack of Expert chart)

Everything Else: 2/4 I guess this song would work well enough in ITG with better steps. Graphics were okay but this song has nothing to do with FF7, that's for sure :P (yes I get the pun but I still don't think it fits). BG probably has a little too much information, banner is cut off in ITG, and no expert steps.

4.5/10 This is not a good ambassador for your simfile pack :/

STARTIN'

Hard: 2.75/3 Loved the 16th usage, especially at the start, and use of jumps. The slowdown was well executed, too. There's a little bit of double stepping, but it's not too bad. Pretty cool steps overall!

Expert: 2.5/3 I didn't think this flowed quite as well as your hard steps, but they weren't bad. Jumps, hands, triples and mines were all used pretty well. It's not really much of an 11 tho, I'd say 10 would be more accurate. Still, not bad!

Everything Else: 3.5/4 Pretty good graphics, fun song to pick. I don't have a lot to say about this one because I don't have much to complain about :P (other than the banner is very slightly cut off I think, but not enough for me to care)

8.75/10 Well done!

STICKSHIFTS AND SAFETYBELTS

Hard: 1.75/3 Excessively karaoke, kind of random, some double stepping and the triples kind of come out of nowhere. It just feels awkward all round, I didn't have a lot of fun playing it, sorry. I think it's also a bit off sync.

(Hard score multiplied by 2 due to lack of Expert chart)

Everything Else: 1.5/4 Pretty average graphics, song choice not really suited, no expert chart, minimal readme.

5/10 Sorry. I didn't really enjoy it.

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So, I guess my top 3 based on score are:

1) Emerald Sword (10/10)
2) Cheap Trick Kinda Girl (9.5/10)
3) Tie between A New Ray of Light and Namida Girl (both 9.25/10)

I think 4th is Breathe and so on but I'd like to make special mentions to A Voice Spoke To Me for being better than my score lets on, Clear Blue Water for being the best song (musically) in the bracket and Satellite for having one of the best self-composed songs I've ever heard.

07-29-2006, 04:01 AM	#5
Xythar DON'T BE CUNNING!! Xythar is offline Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Xythar's Collection Posts: 2,035 Marketplace Rating: 0	Continued (damn post size limit... :P) MULTIBALL Hard: 1.75/3 Ehh.... Not that great. There's some suspiciously multicoloured arrows early on that probably don't need to be quite that precise, but they seem to match the song reasonably well so I'll let it mostly slide. The thing is, these steps just feel amateurish, with the overuse of freeze arrows (especially short freezes everywhere), and boring step placement with most runs either just being on two arrows or LDURLDURLDUR (or alternately, RUDLRUDLRUDL). Try to mix it up a bit more next time, ok? Expert: 1.75/3 Manages to be better and worse than hard in a few ways. It has an even worse case of short freeze abuse early on, but it does pick up quite a bit later in the song with more varied runs than Hard and such. The 16th gallops (and one set of 5) are a bit harsh, but then it's not THAT much worse than Euphoria. However, the one 8th run WHILE holding a freeze arrow is really pushing it, so in the end you get the same grade as Hard for this. Everything Else: 3.5/4 Great song choice, great graphics. The BPM didn't need doubling, tho - it's fairly clear the song is really 75-150 BPM. 7/10 I was looking forward to this one, and in the end I'm a bit disappointed, but there are much worse. NAMIDA GIRL Hard: 2.5/3 The steps themselves were basically perfect, but the gimmicks take some getting used to. :P The first stop was alright, but the several in a row you had later were pretty difficult, and the speedup meant I had to play at 2x instead of 2.5, but I guess it's not a huge deal. I still think I'd have preferred it if you just had 12ths at that point, tho, because when I see 8ths (even faster 8ths) the first thing I try is to hit them at the usual speed, which doesn't work. :P Expert: 2.75/3 Haha, I was wondering why this was an 11 until I got to the end :P I couldn't read the 16th run at 2x, so I bumped it up to 2.5x, muddled my way through the fast bit, barely got through the 16th run and then failed on a mine. >_> Third try I failed during the run, fourth try I passed finally. So yeah, it's challenging, but really cool - I especially like the 16th bursts earlier on on the drums, and the second set of freezes feels easier when it's just single arrows and not jumps. Good use of mines too. Everything Else: 4/4 Cool song, good graphics, and the video fits surprisingly well (if I didn't know better I'd have just assumed it was the official video!). And of course a gadzillion extras 9.25/10 As I said, the BPM gimmicks take some getting used to, but this is still one of my favourite files in the ITG bracket. SATELLITE Hard: 2/3 Too much double stepping here. At the start there's one part where it felt like you just copy-pasted a particular sequence a few times, for instance. The bit where the main synth kicked in and you had a big 8th stream was pretty cool and the steps were fine, but then once the 16ths showed up so did more double steps, some even in the 16ths (which isn't good). Other than that it's alright. Expert: 2/3 More double stepping again, but most of the 16ths worked a bit better this time I think (although they didn't follow the music quite as exactly as I'd have liked in a few parts, leaving out some notes for no apparent reason). Mine usage wasn't that great in places like where you had steps on down, up and right with a series of mines on the left arrow - if someone gets off the left arrow in time for the start of that sequence, there's not a lot of chance they're going to get back on it again and set off any of those other mines :P Also some cases of pointlessly short freeze syndrome, but oh well. Everything Else: 3/4 Good song, I like the other Oceanlab one better but it's not bad. Banner is cut off in ITG and the artist text is really hard to read anyway. BG is decent, although also a bit hard to read - maybe a different font would have been wiser. 7/10 It's okay. You really need to work on making your steps flow better, however. SPEEDY CAT Hard: 1.25/3 I don't think this works. A lot of the 8th stream and the jumps within seem pretty arbitrary, there are WAY too many triples and hands all over the place that come up without warning, and you've done the same thing as with Corona Jumper and used a bunch arrows on 32nds, 48ths and even 64ths that are not in the song (I know it for certain with this song). The whole song is aligned to the 16th, if you use anything higher than a 16th in this song you are not matching anything. They've also got double steps everywhere - sorry, but I didn't like this chart at all (and Medium had way too many hands for a 7, incidentally). Also, this isn't much of a 10, the only point of difficulty is the hands and they're a bit inconsistent with the rest of the steps to say the least. (Hard score multiplied by 2 due to lack of Expert chart) Everything Else: 2/4 I guess this song would work well enough in ITG with better steps. Graphics were okay but this song has nothing to do with FF7, that's for sure :P (yes I get the pun but I still don't think it fits). BG probably has a little too much information, banner is cut off in ITG, and no expert steps. 4.5/10 This is not a good ambassador for your simfile pack :/ STARTIN' Hard: 2.75/3 Loved the 16th usage, especially at the start, and use of jumps. The slowdown was well executed, too. There's a little bit of double stepping, but it's not too bad. Pretty cool steps overall! Expert: 2.5/3 I didn't think this flowed quite as well as your hard steps, but they weren't bad. Jumps, hands, triples and mines were all used pretty well. It's not really much of an 11 tho, I'd say 10 would be more accurate. Still, not bad! Everything Else: 3.5/4 Pretty good graphics, fun song to pick. I don't have a lot to say about this one because I don't have much to complain about :P (other than the banner is very slightly cut off I think, but not enough for me to care) 8.75/10 Well done! STICKSHIFTS AND SAFETYBELTS Hard: 1.75/3 Excessively karaoke, kind of random, some double stepping and the triples kind of come out of nowhere. It just feels awkward all round, I didn't have a lot of fun playing it, sorry. I think it's also a bit off sync. (Hard score multiplied by 2 due to lack of Expert chart) Everything Else: 1.5/4 Pretty average graphics, song choice not really suited, no expert chart, minimal readme. 5/10 Sorry. I didn't really enjoy it. --- So, I guess my top 3 based on score are: 1) Emerald Sword (10/10) 2) Cheap Trick Kinda Girl (9.5/10) 3) Tie between A New Ray of Light and Namida Girl (both 9.25/10) I think 4th is Breathe and so on but I'd like to make special mentions to A Voice Spoke To Me for being better than my score lets on, Clear Blue Water for being the best song (musically) in the bracket and Satellite for having one of the best self-composed songs I've ever heard. __________________ Last edited by Xythar : 07-29-2006 at 04:21 AM.