[#Infinity]

All In The Way

Steps: I enjoyed the Heavy stepchart for its great simplicity. There are no 16ths and it probably could’ve worked as a 6, but it’s great for being easy. As for the Challenge steps, they were a great harder alternative to the Heavy stepchart, but the 16ths were completely unnecessary and took out from a lot of the fun. It also should’ve been rated a 7 and most certainly not a 9. (5/6)
EE: I very much enjoyed the song, which I found to be sweet and catchy to dance to. The graphics show potential, but they don’t really seem to work that well. (3/4)
Overall Score: 8/10

Bouncin!

Steps: Fairly mediocre overall. The streams were a bit overdone and didn’t feel fun alongside the jumps and the rest of the steps. (2.5/6)
EE: Graphics were just okay, but I enjoyed the backdrop. The song was fun, but the steps didn’t really execute it the way I would’ve hoped. (3/4)
Overall Score: 5.5/10

Dancing In My Dreams

Steps: You did pretty well overall with the jumps and streams here to follow the song right. Unfortunately though, I wasn’t a fan of those forced jump-steps and step-jumps during the chorus, and while following the chaos, I didn’t like the 3 note bursts that require movement for making the steps feel more of a hastle compared to the rest of the song. Try drill patterns (4-6-4) instead. (4.5/6)
EE: You got an appropriate song choice (energetic eurobeat), as well as the great inclusion of a video. The graphics were rather so-so, though. (3.5/4)
Overall Score: 8/10

Do You Know

Steps: I liked the Heavy steps for following the song appropriately, but they really weren’t very mind-blowing. I enjoyed the Challenge steps more, as they had more interesting patterns and followed the drum rolls appropriately without being too hard. (5/6)
EE: Song choice was okay, if a bit dull. Graphics were just okay. You probably should’ve chosen a different approach than a city’s silhouette. The black didn’t look good with the text. (2.5/4)
Overall Score: 7.5/10

Fuku Wa Uchi

Steps: Very nice usage of 8th patterns here, with the perfect amount of turning and other forms. The gallops were fun, also. I found it to be quite fun overall, really. (5.5/6)
EE: Great song choice for DDR, very catchy and of the appropriate genre. Also loved your well-made graphics. (4/4)
Overall Score: 9.5/10

Gasolina (Delacation Remix)

Steps: Darn it all, how do find such a great song to step so creatively well? These steps are anything but generic. They follow the song well, with cleverly-placed 16ths throughout, and the slowdown/acceleration concept simply blew this one out of the park. Astoundingly impressive. (6/6)
EE: Great song choice, as it showed lots of potential that you put into perfect usage with your steps. The graphics were pretty good overall, but I didn’t like the backdrop (a paved road?) or how far apart the song and artist name were on the banner. (3/4)
Overall Score: 9/10

High School Love

Steps: Quite a good stepchart for a fast song, really. My only real complaints were that the 16th burst section felt too fast compared to the rest of the song and thus didn’t really flow too well, and I also disliked how you placed jumps during the pauses right before the main melodies. (5/6)
EE: Song choice was good, as you found something nice under the happy hardcore genre. I disliked the graphics, though, as the backdrop and Pop’n Music character are both obviously stretched, not to mention I didn’t really care for the bland text format. (2.5/4)
Overall Score: 7.5/10

Inspiration

Steps: Very nicely made. It puts great use of 8th streams and is fun because of the well-placed chaos. It probably should’ve been rated an 8 instead of a 9, though. (6/6)
EE: Nice song choice, even if DDR is already loaded up with eurobeat similar to this. I love the graphics for some reason as well. (4/4)
Overall Score: 10/10

Kickstart My Heart

Steps: I guess I can say the Heavy steps decently follow the song, although it didn’t blow me away. I didn’t like the Challenge stepchart as much, as it was mainly long streams and lots of jumps that made its difficulty feel sort of overdone. (3/6)
EE: Stepping hard rock songs can often be pretty risky, but I found this one to be quite upbeat and pretty good for DDR, if not the best choice. Graphics were decent as well. (3/4)
Overall Score: 6/10

Little Little Princess

Steps: At a whopping 212 bpm, this probably could’ve been a rather interesting stepchart, but it was too overdone. It feels more like a 10, as it’s extremely tiring due to lots of poorly executed turns that thrown you completely in the wrong places, and the fast pace of the song most certainly doesn’t make it feel any less frustrating. I actually thought the quick gallops were pretty fun, but they also felt pretty awkward. The speed up to 424 bpm was very annoying. (2/6)
EE: I actually like this song quite a lot, as it’s very upbeat and fun. What I don’t like, however, are the overly blurry and pixilated graphics that make the song seem much less professional. (2.5/4)
Overall Score: 4.5/10

Love Is Eternity (SF Synth Trance Remix)

Steps: Using such chaotic patterns in both stepcharts was a very neat idea, although it doesn’t make the song horribly fun to dance to. Again, step-jumps and vice versa in 8th patterns just don’t really work to me. (4/6)
EE: I was amazed by the banner’s quality; nice job! Song is atmospherically beautiful, though maybe not the best choice for DDR. Works fine, though. (4/4)
Overall Score: 8/10

PARANOiA ~sky~

Steps: I’m enjoying these steps a lot, really. They’re very PARANOiA-like, with their fast pace and marvelously deployed turns and jumps. I also enjoyed how the ending became very difficult with tons of twisting. Not really anything to complain about, except for the step-jumps from the Challenge stepchart that require too much footspeed. (5,5/6)
EE: While the song doesn’t sound too much like PARANOiA, it still maintains the intense feel of the original song while managing to be even more energetic and fun. The video was first-class, as well. (4/4)
Overall Score: 9.5/10

Pump Up The Jam

Steps: Okay look, following the lyrics as precisely as you did in this song was a huge mistake. It feels horribly awkward and doesn’t flow well with the song at all. Instead, try more simplistic patterns, preferably 8th streams with occasional 16ths, that keep in touch with the lyrics and flow appropriately with the beat. Some patterns were pretty fun, such as the gallops, but l still found it to be extremely messy. (2/6)
EE: The graphics were rather so-so. They didn’t seem horrible overall, but I hated the thin, white border of the text. The song choice was nice, but the music file is far too quiet. When working with such old songs like this, you’ll need to be aware that it’s essential to increase the volume to make them actually work. (2.5/4)
Overall Score: 4/10

Right Now (DANCE MAN Remix with the Badman)

Steps: Simplistic, but rather full of turns. I find it to be a pretty good stepchart, although maybe you should use a bit less turning to prevent awkwardness in the future. Also probably could’ve been a 6. (4.5/6)
EE: I don’t like it that the song is just a remix of another song that already appeared on DDR 5th mix, but it works fine. You should’ve made the backdrop less realistic, as it makes the graphics not really look like something I’d expect to see on DDR, unless that was also because the text was a bit small. Eh, probably just together it doesn’t work that well. (3/4)
Overall Score: 7.5/10

Sakura Kaduki

Steps: Very creative, liked the freeze arrows and diversity of patterns a lot. It’s out of the usual, but it works nicely. (5.5/6)
EE: A rather different song choice approach this is, but I like it a lot, really. Also enjoyed the old-looking Japanese art, as well as the idea of a slideshow with different song backgrounds. (4/4)
Overall Score: 9.5/10

Samba Brazil - This is my entry, so I’m not going to review it. Moving on…

Seasons of Love (Gomi’s Lair Club Mix)

Steps: More freeze arrows than usual here, but I like them, as they work very well with the song. Basically well-thought-up patterns throughout, accompanied by the freezes. The “64th” freeze at the end was sort of unnecessary, although it does make the ending step worth more than usual. Still liked it overall. (5.5/6)
EE: The soulful-yet-dancy song choice was surprising fun, although I didn’t really care for the graphics that much. (3/4)
Overall Score: 8.5/10

Sphere

Steps: Rather repetitive and even playing it safe, with those step-jumps that you should know by now that I hate. It’s not nearly as bad as everyone’s saying it is, but it wasn’t the best of the whole group. Still a whole lot better than Speedy Cat, though. (3/6)
EE: The graphics’ approach could’ve worked pretty well, but I didn’t like how you scrunched up everything in the left corner of the banner. I used to hate Sphere a lot, although it’s grown on me a bit. I guess it’s a pretty interesting song choice, though. (2.5/6)
Overall Score: 5.5/10

This Is Love

Steps: Pretty good usage of jumps and twisty 8th patterns. However, during the “This Is Love” parts, you forced the player into turning way too much before the little burst of chaos. Not everyone’s going to want to doublestep there. (4.5/6)
EE: The graphics look like they were made out of the single’s cover (I don’t know what it looks like, though), but they worked fine otherwise. I ended up enjoying the song so much that it basically just got me interested in the artist, and it works pretty well with DDR overall. (3.5/4)
Overall score: 8/10

Together

Steps: Great patterns, and the triplets made the steps very catchy and fun. Nothing to complain about, really. (6/6)
EE: The graphics were rather simplistic, but they still compliment the song well. Good song choice, especially since it’s by smile.dk, and I loved the video. The only problem I had was the abrupt fadeout in the end. (3.5/4)
Overall Score: 9.5/10

Tunak Tunak Tun

Steps: So far pretty much the least popular stepchart in the bracket, and for a reason. The triplet jumps weren’t really too great of an idea, not to mention they didn’t always follow the song directly. There wasn’t very much beyond that, as during middle, it was basically the same unoriginal 8th streams throughout. The ending threw in some chaos, but it couldn’t really save the song because it didn’t really seem to follow the song completely accurately, either. (2/6)
EE: The graphics weren’t very well-made, but they do seem to look better than some of the worst ones. As for the song, world music is often pretty risky, but I guess this worked okay. I was far too busy laughing at how silly-sounding this song is compared to its competition to really mind, though. (2.5/4)
Overall Score: 4.5/10

Way of Life

Steps: Really not too shabby. Following the lyrics directly felt a bit forced, but overall, the patterns were interesting and worked well with the song. (4/5/6)
EE: The graphics were poorly-made, but that doesn’t matter as much when you’ve got a video in the background. Speaking of which, that was the most hilarious background I’ve ever seen in any DDR simfile. A dancing, rapping panda? That calls for some big laughs from me. Good song choice, although it was a bit slow. (3/4)
Overall Score: 7.5/10

Wild Thing / Poor Boy

Steps: No 16ths, but that’s fine, since it doesn’t matter when you’ve got a refined and fun stepchart with appropriate usage of twisting and jumps. (5/6)
EE: The song was pretty catchy, but I found it to feel cheesy with the cartoon video in the background, not to mention the graphics had no real relation to the video at all. (3/4)
Overall Score: 8/10

Wowowee

Steps: Wow, nice stuff here. Not too hard, but has a diversity of patterns and follows the song well in a very fun way. Great usage of jumps, gallops, and triplets. No complaints, really. (6/6)
EE: Fabulous song choice, very upbeat and catchy. I also loved the graphics, as well as the fact that there are slightly alternate graphics in the folder. (4/4)
Overall Score: 10/10

You Give Love A Bad Name

Steps: Followed the song pretty well. The choruses were mainly just long, twisty streams, but the steps overall are pretty decent. During the triplets however, you should’ve transitioned back to 8ths a bit sooner than you did each time. (4/6)
EE: The graphics were so-so, but I liked the inclusion of a video. Great song, as well. (3.5/4)
Overall Score: 7.5/10

nagai yume

Steps: These steps followed the song very well. They aren’t mind-blowing or anything, but they still work. (5/6)
EE: It’s always great when someone includes a video with their simfile, although the girl in it looked like an Eskimo Geshia. As for the song, overall it was fine, but seriously, that girl has one of the whiniest voices I’ve ever heard. (3/4)
Overall Score: 8/10