24-
Steps: Not bad, but a little boring. Could've been made a bit harder, with a few more steps. 4/6
Other: I like the art a lot. 4/4
Overall: 8/10 Not too bad.
Action Radius-
Steps: Not a 10. At all. This is barely a 9 except for one ITG-style jump. That and there's way too much dead space. I'll give it credit for the fact that it's accurately DDR-like. 2/6
Other: Too plain, too low quality. 2/4
Overall: 4/10 Sorry.
Ai~n! Dance no Uta-
Steps: These are fucking awesome. End of story. 6/6
Other: Only complaint was that the video was too distracting. But not distracting enough to make me give this any less than 4/4
Overall: 10/10 One of the best non-official pad simfiles ever. Seriously.
Blow Me Away-
Steps: Biggest problem here is the 16ths. They don't follow the music properly every time and many of them force the player to crossover, which is way too fast for a song that is otherwise pretty easy. The other problem I had was that during the choruses the majority of the steps were just 8th notes while there was definitely some other rhythm going on. Other than that it was alright. 3/6
Other: Halo? Huh? Not bad quality though. Song doesn't really fit DDR, but whatever. 3/4
Overall: 6/10 Steps could use some work.
Disco Dog-
Steps: Only thing I didn't like was that during the middle interlude some of the sixteenths didn't follow the music correctly. Other than that it was pretty damn fun. 5/6
Other: HAHAHA LOL SONG/ART. I like it. 4/4
Overall: 9/10 Not bad!
Domino-
Steps: VERY DDR-like. Especially when there's this big run of 16ths and the music and it's just straight 8ths that go to nothing. The steps themselves weren't bad, but that's not where I'm subtracting most of points on this... 4/6
Other: Random speed-ups and slow-downs? Worst idea ever. Seriously. The art wasn't bad, but that salvages one point for you, because those really hurt your file. 1/4
Overall: 5/10 You fucked up with the speed changes that go to nothing. It's not bad otherwise though.
Dragostea Din Tei-
Steps: SO BORING. I was falling asleep. Everything did follow the music exactly, but man, with a song this slow and sparse, nothing came out very interesting. 3/6
Other: The cut is way too short, forcing just barely 200 steps. The art is fine, if inconsistent. 2/4
Overall: 5/10 eh.
Dream of You-
Steps: Only part I didn't like was some of the syncopation at the end being off. Very good otherwise. 5/6
Other: No complaints. 4/4
Overall: 9/10 Nice work!
Emoticons-
Steps: AAAA'd this on a sightread.
Normally I hate the way most DDR songs try to follow complex synth without following them accurately, but I think you did a pretty good job here. The rest was great. 6/6
Other: Very good artwork. I'd give extra points if I could. Song is cute. ^^ 4/4
Overall: 10/10 Very, very good. I love it!
Geno's Woods-
Steps: A little rhythmically jumpy for my tastes. Pretty good though. 4.5/6
Other: Could've used a livelier remix of this song (I know they're out there) to better suit the style. Background was a little wonky but not bad. 3/4
Overall: 7.5/10 Ahh nostalgia...
Go Berzerk-
Steps: Heavy- Not bad, if repetetive. 2.5/3
Challenge- I don't see what this accomplished that heavy hadn't already. That, and it was a bit too repetetive. 1.5/3
Other: I liked the art. Hated the song, but I assume that's not your fault. 4/4
Overall: 8/10 Challenge seemed unnecessary, the rest was great.
Golddiggers-
Steps: Didn't quite hear the first bit of syncopation in the music. The rest was fine, if a little dry. 4/6
Other: Art was fine if slightly low quality. 3/4
Overall: 7/10 I think it should be pointed out that this song is by Günther AND the Sunshine Girls, not just Günther. That should be fixed before this appears in the pack.
Hikari-
Steps: Didn't like the doublestepping, or rather, I didn't like that the doublestepping was inconsistent. In fact, this entire stepfile is inconsistent. Sometimes it's like it's a 9, sometimes it feels like a 7. Didn't hear where all the 16ths went. 2.5/6
Other: Art was also really inconsistent. BN does not fit with anything at all. BG is bright and happy, BG video is predominantly dark and scary. 2/4
Overall: 4.5/10 Inconsistent.
Kagehika-
Steps: 32nds are incorrect. Aside from that it was fine. 4/6
Other: So out of sync. Not only is there a gap error, but the BPM is just incorrect. While I loved the art, I have to dock points because proper syncing is much much more important. 1/4
Overall: 5/10 Bad syncing, everything else was fine.
Last Regrets-
Steps: There's a gallop that should be in the main melody. I didn't like the stream of 8ths that go to nothing after a long vocal freeze. Ok otherwise I guess. 3/6
Other: I saw that background in a hentai game. A bad hentai game. 3/4
Overall: 6/10 Mediocre
Let Me Stay-
Steps: This song is boring, and I guess you realized that because you just threw in 8th notes that don't follow the main synths to make it more interesting. It backfired, it's still pretty boring. 2/6
Other: Song is fucking obnoxious as hell, but again that's not your fault. BG was kind of boring and obvious. 2/4
Overall: 4/10 Not good.
One Heart-
Steps: Didn't like the "spins" or doublestepping, because they were freezes. Very boring. 2.5/6
Other: Cute background. 4/4
Overall: 6.5/10 Average, good art.
Parasite World-
Steps: AAAA'd these on a sightread too. Then again they're unfinished. Some of the gallops don't fit. Sucks to be you. 0/6
Other: Out of sync. Art was pretty boring too. 0/4
Overall: 0/10 I really wanted to grade something 0/10. Thanks for giving me that opportunity.
Radio Star-
Steps: Another sightread AAAA. I didn't like the verse, other than that it was good. 4/6
Other: Nice art, very DDR-like. Cut was a bit short. 3/4
Overall: 7/10
Temp it Up-
Steps: Kind of boring except for some of the sixteenths which gave the steps character. Hated the doublestepping, especially in the beginning. 3/6
Other: Art was fine. 4/4
Overall: 7/10
Rock Steady-
Steps: Heavy- Good. 3/3
Challenge- An 11? For DDR? That's kind of unorthodox. *plays* Plenty of crap here. Steps during the arbitrary speedup? Bullshit! Sixteenths that don't always go to anything? Bullshit! Inconsistency? Bullshit! If I were judging this as an ITG stepfile, which it basically is, being an 11 and all, I would not like it. It starts of very 11-like then becomes almost exactly like the heavy chart, a 9. The sixteenths are way too fast for DDR, don't need to be there. This is bad. 0/3
Other: Good art. 4/4
Overall: 7/10 Oni sucked, rest was great.
7-
Steps: Not very good. Hated all the doublestepping, especially during that long run (more on that later). Didn't like the inconsistency of the jumps during the piano part (sometimes on the drums, sometimes on arbitrary piano notes). The worst part was the long run, which does not fit with the rest of the stepchart, has doublestepping, and is way too hard for DDR, or for this to be a 9. Pretty bad. 1/6
Other: Nice art. 4/4
Overall: 5/10 Horrible steps.
Shake it Down-
Steps: Crossovers were great. Doublesteps weren't. 3/6
Other: BG was far too plain, could've used more work. 3/4
Overall: 6/10 I <3 good-cool, but not this file.
The Great Blue Sky-
Steps: Same pattern over and over again. No, not the same rhythm, I'm talking about the identical LDURLUDR patterns over and over again. No good. Last set of 12ths should've been 16ths. Fine otherwise. 3/6
Other: BG and BN are inconsistent. Out of sync towards the end. 1.5/4
Overall: 4.5/10 Eh.
These Emotions (
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Steps: Not very remarkable. Didn't always follow the music. Steps during the fade out. 2/6
Other: BG and BN are not alike at all. 3/4
Overall: 5/10
Tori no Uta-
Steps: Didn't always follow the music, but pretty ok otherwise. 5/6
Other: BG/BN did not match, but the video was great. No artist name in the bg as far as I could tell. LOVED the song, don't like anime much, but what is this from? 3/4
Overall: 8/10 Not bad! Better than like, the last 10. <_<
Under the Sea-
Steps: Frick awesome. Even the one doublestep encouraged alternating. Very good. 6/6
Other: BG was kind of plain but really not bad. 3.5/4
Overall: 9.5/10 Art could've used more work, because the rest was great.
You Raise Me Up-
Steps: With the exception of one part, the most DDR-like entry here. I have to give props for that. Not completely remarkable otherwise. 4.5/6
Other: Nice stuff. 4/4
Overall: 8.5/10 Not bad.
I am going to enter the DDR bracket next time, I was really really pleased with the competition here.
Stop asking about my reviews, this is getting tedious.