Least Favorite BEMANI game interfaces

[Razer]

We have our "favorite interfaces" thread, now let's move on to the ones we simply cannot stand.

I really do not like DDR Extreme's interface. For the US home, it was just ugly and bland, and for the arcade, it was in a shade of puke green that spat on MAX 2's color-scheme.

Beatmania THE FINAL was just unforgivable. It looked empty and incomplete. Thank goodness that they got down correctly what was important: the songlist.

The first three pop'n games have the ugliest interface of any music game, and generally are some of the ugliest games I have ever seen. I was more wowed and pleased with some NES games. I have heard that they were bad, but you just do not know how bad until you see it for yourself.

PIU Perfect Collection. Now if you want barely, you've got bare. It's completely naked and confusing. I thought that ZERO was complicated with the song difficulty choosing and an "Another" channel, but compared to PC, it looks like the most beginning-friendly layout ever made, and I have made many a mistake choosing FS or NM instead of CZ.

[Slarty]

I disapprove of 7's interfeace. Even if I an't read Japanese, he interface is mostly English and sometimes I still can't find certain options and such. The main arcade mode is dumb too. You have to manually select each song's hyper instead of having every song resort to hyper. I'm pretty sure it's like that in the earlier pop'ns, too.

[Morning Blue]

pop'n music BEST HITS just looks plain boring. It's like Konami threw it together in 2 months (and considering that you don't even to unlock EX's in that game, and there's only 5 new songs, it might've been). At least beatmania US had a new title screen sequence.

I still don't like the look of any IIDX game prior to 4th style. The hideous combo font used in the early games (up until 5th style) still disgusts me.

[sylcmyk+]

beatmania US's theme was just horrible. That bright pink and purple. Look like I came from a psychedlic trip of beyondity

[Asato]

The interfases I hated most have been from last DDR home versions. God, I just can't stare at'em. Extreme had, IMO, a very nice looking, as all japanese DDR versions. But this new american games just make the game look terrible. And that despite buttons made for songs, looks like they used Paint for make'em~

At the other hand, I agree with Tsuyoshi-kun about Pop'n Music best hits~ boring 'till death. As with first 2DX games, graphics are terrible. Fortunately since 6 or 7 they started getting better. Or at least that's what I think~

[青龍]

Ultramix2 and Ulramix3 interfaces.. eh..

I loved the BG part with UM2, but the selection screen just looked hoirrble..

and UM3.. I'M SICK OF THE BUBBLES!! >_<

UM1's interface was a lot better than the other ones, but the turntable-stage theme was just sorta cheesey.. >>;;

[Altoid27]

Toss up between Pop'n 7 and Pop'n Best Hits. As it's been stated before, Best Hits looks like the most boring wallpaper in the world and 7 is just a pain in the ass to navigate.

Oh, also, any GF/DM before 5th/4th. I really did not like being locked into Real, Expert Real, etc. for a whole credit (I was just learning the basics back then).

[Morning Blue]

I was gonna point out the early GF/DM games, but that's shooting fish in a barrel. I can't believe the series ran on a modified PlayStation for almost 6 years (V) when every other Bemani franchise (except DDR, beatmania, the first three pop'n music games, and Dance Maniax) ran on really spiffy hardware designed with graphics and great sound quality in mind.

[RVN-G]

All Beatmania 5-key games. They look like they're running on SNES/Super Famicom, even on the newer ones.

And i have to agree that BMUS' interface sucks, they should've sticked to the 9thStyle motif in the pre-production version.

[Morning Blue]

Why? So people can bitch how Konami just used the interface as is? You people would've bitched no matter what the hell they did.

[Excel-2009]

Can I get an Amen?

[Victamone]

All of the DDR Ultramixes. they were just ugly and retarded.

[blodiaspike]

DDR 2nd mix
Dancemaniax 2nd mix [first was better]

[Retrospect Hero]

Originally Posted by Ayuka

Ultramix2 and Ulramix3 interfaces.. eh..

I loved the BG part with UM2, but the selection screen just looked hoirrble..

and UM3.. I'M SICK OF THE BUBBLES!! >_<

UM1's interface was a lot better than the other ones, but the turntable-stage theme was just sorta cheesey.. >>;;

I sort of agree . Ultramix 1 and 3 were ehh . Two was alright in my book.
3= Bubbles of deathhh
1= after thinking about it , it seemed rather meh and lame.
I'm hoping for a real nice theme for um 4 and universe. Hopefully something a little darker .

[Razer]

Originally Posted by Victamone

All of the DDR Ultramixes. they were just ugly and retarded.

I never played UM1, but I've played 2 and 3, and good God, they looked like shit.