DDR Bracket 2 First Impressions/Predictions

discovolante · 08-11-2006, 04:37 AM

I ripped off lrxevan.

My favourites-
Fuku Wa Uchi
Gasolina
Inspiration
Wowowee

Runner-ups- (all 8.5 lol)
Sakura Kaduki
Samba Brazil
Together
Dancin' in My Dreams

Bad-
Tunak Tunak Tun (and I LOVE Daler)
Sphere (I think I may have actually rated it too highly...)

The good definitely outweighs the bad here!

Gasolina was my personal #1 favourite, I think that or Inspiration will win.

Xythar · 08-11-2006, 05:49 AM

Xythar says:
now with OSC5 DDR bracket 2
Richard - [ Why Did I Bother Coming Back? ] says:
any good?
Xythar says:
not too far into it yet
Xythar says:
it has this one domino song with pretty good steps
Xythar says:
although note that I hate domino
Richard - [ Why Did I Bother Coming Back? ] says:
:(
Xythar says:
she's like erika mochizuki in reverse
Richard - [ Why Did I Bother Coming Back? ] says:
interesting analogy

the_ditz · 08-11-2006, 07:09 AM

Oni wa suto, FUKU WA UCHI! ^^

WOWOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Sorry - you did ask for first impressions though! Generally, I enjoyed this bracket more than B1, but can't comment specifically on things until I know whether I can get my judging completed on time...

Xythar · 08-11-2006, 07:35 AM

Also, I call shenanigans on Inspiration. (more on this in my reviews when they go up)

lrxevan · 08-11-2006, 10:12 AM

It's cool, though I was going to make the thread as well. I probably wont' do any public reviews this time though, I'm too lazy.

discovolante · 08-11-2006, 01:25 PM

Xythar: On Inspiration, I'd say it's probably someone's first simfile released, as in they've had a lot of practice making stepfiles beforehand but have only decided to show one to the public now. I have maybe five or six released files but have like... thirty on my computer. And that's not counting ITG and DDR edits.

#Infinity · 08-11-2006, 01:27 PM

There weren't really any truly bad simfiles in Bracket 2 at all, although some were pretty mediocre such as Pump Up The Jam and Bouncin!. I was also annoyed by how many stepcharts were plagued by lots of step jumps that required you to move your feet too fast (i.e., 4-2-86). What an unnecessary hastle.

Based on what I've seen, I think it's pretty safe to say that my simfile should at least make the Challenge round, as I personally believe it stacks up to the competition way better than my ITG entry did. I'm not trying to be cocky, but it's just that I'm honestly very proud of my work.

There were still songs I liked even more than my own. PARANOiA Sky was easily my favorite simfile in the whole group. It didn't really sound like PARANOiA, but the song was amazing, the steps were great, and the video was fantastic. I'll be playing it numerous times in the future, that's for sure.

discovolante · 08-11-2006, 02:04 PM

Infinity, which was your file?

Also, doubles charts! Not a lot, but two of them were quite good.

Dancin' In My Dreams- remarkable because it's actually more professional than single heavy. A lot of fun.
Fuku Wa Uchi- Really good, but still pretty easy for a 9. I loved it regardless.
Sphere- Better than single but not by much. Didn't like the doublestepping but I liked the tricks you were going for.

#Infinity · 08-11-2006, 02:12 PM

My DDR entry was Samba Brazil. It must be interesting that I'm the first person to ever enter a Captain Jack song for DDR OSC.

discovolante · 08-11-2006, 02:14 PM

Oh, cool! I liked Samba Brazil. ^^

#Infinity · 08-11-2006, 02:43 PM

I'm glad you do, and I hope enough people enjoy it enough to escalate it to the Challenge Round that my ITG entry failed to qualify for. I should do even better next time (no more 10-foot Challenge stepcharts for songs that don't need it next time)!

will-i-am · 08-11-2006, 03:07 PM

Yah, Samba Brazil was good. I loved your graphics! They were M-Azing!

I wasn't expecting such hard heavy and challenge steps though. Usually, Captain Jack songs in DDR have easier charts than this (except for Captain Jack (Grandale Mix) of course...). I didn't think you should have made a challenge 10, but that might just be me.

I really liked Gasolina, Inspiration, Paranoi Sky, and Wowowee. I've only played 10 of the heavy charts as of now, but those were my favorites of the few I played. I'm still doing my review for B1, so I don't really want to play that many charts before I finish my review.

Yay, my Together simfile is in the runner-ups section!

discovolante · 08-11-2006, 03:33 PM

Gasolina could honestly be in DDR. It's so amazing.

Xythar · 08-11-2006, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by discovolante

Xythar: On Inspiration, I'd say it's probably someone's first simfile released, as in they've had a lot of practice making stepfiles beforehand but have only decided to show one to the public now. I have maybe five or six released files but have like... thirty on my computer. And that's not counting ITG and DDR edits.

That's not what it said, tho, it said first ever. And it's by someone who's 13? Who made excellent heavy steps but doesn't even play on heavy? Who thinks Naoki made the Starsky & Hutch theme? The readme feels excessively (even purposefully) n00bish and cheerful to me and the file is just too good, so I'm suspicious.

I dunno, maybe I just spend too much time at DDRExtreme.co.uk and their anonymous competitions where half the entries are like this :P

discovolante · 08-11-2006, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xythar

That's not what it said, tho, it said first ever.

...I don't quite see how they could've interpreted that as first released ever, with a bunch of unfinished tries beforehand.

On second thought though, the readme IS pretty comical... probably even too much. I wonder who this could be...