KB Bracket - Public Review

[BLueSS]

THIS THREAD IS ONLY FOR PUBLIC REVIEW!

All General Chat/Comments go in the other thread.

For this bracket - your PR will only count if you review all 10 files.

Files:
Tetris Talespin
fffff
Ichirin no hana [Huge Hollow Mix]
IN GAME 8
Maxx Delusion
over there
Storm
Vairocana
Video Out C
Z3

This is how the public review works:
Total Points Per Song /10
-Heavy Chart /3
-Challenge Chart /3
-Everything Else /4

The public reviews for each song will be averaged, and then multiplied by 4 to create the /40 of the /100 total points for each song in this round.

Any review can be thrown out by staff if deemed inadequate, irrational, or disrespectful.

This thread will close at night on Wednesday 26th.

[Sakura Guy]

okay, my first time doing this so lets see if i can get this right.

ƒƒƒƒƒ
h 2/3
c 2/3
e 3/4
total 7/10 Good steps, they were not amazing but they were good. Nothing to really complain about.

Ichirin no hana [Huge Hollow Mix]
h 3/3
c 1/3
e 2/4
total 6/10 I loved the heavy steps but challenge steps disappointed me. Great Song Chouce!

IN GAME 8
h 3/3
c 3/3
e 4/4
total 10/10 This shows that ultra super hard isnt always the way to go. Loved everything about it, steps, artwork, speed, a well deserved 10

Maxx Delusion
h 2/3
c 2/3
e 3/4
total 7/10 Kind of cliched. The steps had sort of a mechanical feel and sort fo boring

over there
h 3/3
c 2/3
e 3/4
total 8/10 Loved the artworkand the heavy steps but the challenge were just okay

storm
h 1/3
c 1/3
e 4/4
total 6/10 The bad news is, i hated the stepes, the good news is the arwok and song choice were suberb.

tetris talespin
h 3/3
c 2/3
e 4/4
total 9/10 Just an overall great song. Good Job!

Vaironica
h 3/3
c 2/3
e 3/4
total 8/10 Again very nice. You could have done a bit more with the challenge

Video Out C
h 3/3
c 3/3
e 3/4
total 9/10 Excellent. Loved it! Superb. some better artwork awould have gotton you a 10

Z3
h 3/3
c 3/3
e 4/4
total 10/10 This is what its all about. Great, steps, great songs, the best artwork. Well deserved perfect score and my pick for the winner of the competition

Good Job everyone!

[the_ditz]

Just a little hint for the future - it's always good to write a little comment about why you liked certain steps (e.g. why did storm Heavy only deserve 1/3 and Z3 deserve full marks?)

Also, your total for tetris-talespin should be 9/10 and not 6...

[discovolante]

ƒƒƒƒƒ
h 2/3- Pretty boring for the first half, and then the 24th-note trills would've been much more heavy-suited if they were spread out rather than just drills. Step direction was pretty fun, though.
c 0/3- Yep, it's heavy but with a lot more jumps. And you some how managed to make the runs that were kind of fun less fun. This sucks.
e 4/4- Good background, good banner. Nothing to complain about here.
total 6/10- Heavy was decent, challenge sucked, the art was nice.

Ichirin no hana [Huge Hollow Mix]
h 2/3- Doesn't follow the rhythm, a bit chain-jump heavy, but not too terrible overall.
c 1/3- Ugh, it doesn't follow the rhythm properly, the jumps and hands for the most part are stupid. I give it one point because that slowdown with the quad was really funny.
e 3/4- Banner and bg didn't seem to match, and were kind of on the generic side, but not terrible. The bpm stops and changes were really fun. Good job on those.
total 6/10- Challenge was bad, heavy was good, I liked the way you played with the sync.

IN GAME 8
h 1.5/3- I know this is a keyboard file, but that doesn't mean you should totally disregard step direction. The rhythm was good in general, but the "doublestepping" made the file less fun than it could be.
c 1.5/3- Basically same here.
e 3/4- BG and banner are great, but I have to dock points for it being 201-402 instead of 100.5-201. Accuracy is everything.
total 6/10- Very average.

Maxx Delusion
h 3/3- Pretty good actually, I just wish you were more consistent with your placement of jumps. I'll give it 3 anyway because it's the best I've played so far.
c 1/3- Uhhh wtf did you do to the rhythm??? It was great on heavy but SUCKS here. Not so good.
e 3/4- The banner is weird, doesn't fit. The BG is really cool though, and I like the BPM stuff you did here.
total 7/10- Heavy is great, challenge was kinda bad, the art was overall fine. Not bad.

over there
h 2/3- Crossovers were great at first, then halfway into the fast part they start to suck.
c 3/3- Didn't even try for crossovers, which I guess I probably fine on Oni. I liked this a lot.
e 4/4- I really liked the art.
total 9/10- Quite good. Interesting song choice, as well.

storm
h 3/3- I liked this. The jumps and freezes were basically well done except for a few small parts.
c 3/3- Also really good. Loved the 32nds.
e 1.5/4- The art was fine, the video was fine, but the syncing was bad and bpm changes didn't fit. Sorry, but those are two very integral parts of a stepfile and they failed hard here. edit: actually the slowdown almost fit... but it starts too early.
total 7.5/10- Solid keyboard steps. Bad syncing and improper bpm changes almost kill it.

tetris talespin
h 3/3- good minus the fact that there's more to follow during the main synth, that kind of sets the steps off balance. i'll let it slide here because it's basically fun and it was heavy anyway.
c 2/3- somehow the song managed to have the same problem as heavy, which doesn't really fly on challenge because, well, you should be following everything you can.
e 4/4- good.
total 9/10 Good.

Vaironica
h 3/3- Not bad at all. Good stuff.
c 1.5/3- First of all this is a 13 at best. The 16th run didn't fit. The jumps at the end were stupid. The one thing I really liked was the 12th notes during the fast part. The rest was pretty bad.
e 4/4- Just fine.
total 8.5/10 Heavy wasn't bad at all. Challenge sucked. Art was fine. Nice work.

Video Out C
h 3/3- Great except for early on when you go from following the drums to the main synth. Just makes it kind of janky, but the rest was pretty great so 3/3.
c 3/3- Good, even better than heavy.
e 4/4- Funny. I liked it.
total 10/10- Didn't expect to give a 10, but here I am. Nice work, very nice.

Z3
h 1.5/3- Kinda dumb. Didn't follow the rhythm right some of the time (pretty rarely though), and I didn't like what you did with the slowdown here.
c 2.5/3- Better. Could've done better still though with the material.
e 3/4- A bit too plain.
total 7/10- Eh, decent. Challenge was good, heavy really wasn't.

I hate to be rude, but I was kind of expecting this level of quality. Keyboard is generally a mixed bag for me like this: there are the stepchart creators that I know really well and almost always consistently turn out good stuff, there's the few hidden surprises that I didn't know were out there, and then there's the other 90%. If there was more careful detail to step direction as Video Out C and Tetris Tailspin (heavy anyway), I think I'd probably play keyboard files a lot more often. Still, good job to those that did one.

[will-i-am]

This is probably going to be the longest review, but here goes...

fffff

Heavy steps: 2.5/3 These were good and ok steps. You used your signature 16th streams and these followed the beat well, but it just didn't seem like the best. The 24ths were interesting though. These were 10 foot material, but you could've put just a little bit more orriginality in there besides just long 16th and 24th streams. For instance, in the beginning, the steps just kept going on and on as a huge 16th run. Those really could have used some breaks and jumps though. There were good on syched jumps in the song though. This didn't diserve a 2, nor a 3, so I'll give this a 2.5 rating.

Challenge steps: 2/3 Yeah... a real 13 here. The steps were just too hard for a song like this. They were alright I guess, but it just got really anoying keeping on doing 3 16th notes, then jump, then 3 16th notes, then jump, and so on. Especially that 24th run. It was good for a 13, but the song itself (in my oppinion) doesn't deserve to have such hard steps like these. Now, I know you can make terrific keyboard steps because I've played a lot of your sims. This just sadly wasn't one of them. I won't give this a 1 because it wasn't bad, or a 3: terrific, but I'll have to say 2 which for me is average.

Everything else: 3/4
-Graphics: +1 Not proffesional, but still dosen't make my eyes bleed.
-CD-title: +1 Pretty much a give me.
-Song: +1 I liked it. A good sort of classical song.

Total: 7.5/10 Overall, a good simfile. The steps for challenge just need to be worked on for a bit.


Ichirin no hana
~Huge Hollow Mix~

Heavy steps: 2/3 The steps followed the beat a bit. Definately a very jumpy song. The steps were kind of awkward at places, like when the music stoped for half a second, then went to like 200 bpm then stoped, then went to 200 bpm (and what was with the 400 or so bpm part?). It made the steps feel weird. I wish you just didn't really dedicate the steps to a jump song. There were places where you could put short or long 16th steams. The 16ths you did put, however, were awkward and made my fingers twist in place a lot. That is pretty normal for an 11 foot 200 bpm kb edit, but it was just overused a bit. The steps felt fun though at some places in the song. That's why this diserves a 2.

Challenge steps: 1/3 Woah... what was with the hands??? This is probably the worst thing to put in a kb file. They just never work. Listen, hands are ONLY for ITG in this compition. For one, the hands were definately overused, and for another reason, some keyboards aren't able to handle these sorts of steps. Believe it or not, but these steps would've probably been easier than heavy if they didn't have the hands, and it would move from 12 to 10 (without that freeze with the 16th in it of course...). The steps were pretty similar at places to heavy. There were just harder jumps and longer 16th streams. I'm sorry, but I just didn't like these.

Everything else: 4/4
-Graphics: +2 Oh, pretty... One of the better graphics in the pack.
-CD-title: +1 Yah, a give me.
-Song: +1 I liked this too. Kind of weird at some places, but still good for a kb song.

Total: 7/10 You did particularly well in the "Everything else" part, but your challenge steps held you back.


IN GAME 8
(from MechWarrior 2)\

Heavy steps: 1/3 Wow, the first 9 "kb" steps I've ever seen... I just didn't like these at all really. The steps got boring by just seeing quarter notes all over the place. When I saw the groove radar, I thought you didn't know what you were thinking for putting such an easy kb edit for heavy. Then I realized the really fast bpm, so I played at x1 speed. The freezes at the 200bpm part were really strange to me; especially the short freezes. This really needs to be redone to be givin full credit.

Challenge steps: 1/3 Aw, man. I feel terrible for giving another 1, but these steps diserve the low rating. This was almost exactly the same as the heavy steps, except for the 8th note steams and 32nd note part in 200bmp. The 8th note stream in the beginning came out of nowhere and had way too many turns. The freezes seemed similar too. They felt strange most of the times. I really wish you redid both your heavy and challenge steps before you submitted this, because I really hate to have to give you two 1's for your steps. There really wasn't much to do with the song though, as I understand, but these definately could have been made a lot better.

Everything else: 2/4
-Graphics: +1 Well, they're there right?
-CD-tile: +1 A give me once again. It was really unusual, for me, to have your picture as the cd-title...
-Song: +0 No, it just didn't attract my ears.

Total: 4/10 Aw... I don't like giving ratings like these, but this stepfile diserves it. Just redo this and mabye it'll be a great sim.


MaxX Delusion

Heavy steps: 2/3 I'm not sure these were too well made. The steps were ok at parts where the 16ths were on sync with the music, but it just didn't work. The jumps were there too and seemed ok. To me, the steps seemed a little repetitive. They used the same pattern a lot at parts which got kind of boring. They weren't totally bad though. The part where it sped up to 400bpm so sudenly was not worth using in this stepfile. EDIT: I've just re-played these. They aren't too bad at all. I've decided to change the rating to 2 instead because the steps seemed average.

Challenge steps: 1.5/3 This has the same rating as heavy, as it seemes... Well, these were better than heavy at some parts, like when the 16th streams came into a nice blend, but at others they were not too hot. The short freeze parts in the middle that looked like they almost literally attached to next step made a weird feeling for the steps. In short, I didn't like that part. It didn't seem like there were that many jumps (as shown in the groove radar) which worked at points more than others. Again, the 400bpm rush seemed to knock me off my chair...

Everything else: 2/4
-Graphics: +1 Woah, the banner stinks but the bg isn't that bad at all. At a first impression, I thought this would have the worst graphics. Then when I played, the bg made my eyes pop... which is a good thing.
-CD-title: +0 Oops, there's none here.
-Song: +1 No offense, but I hate Max remakes... For trying, I'll still give you credit. Well, if you did make it...

Total: 5.5/10 Oh no, a 5.5 Mabye the steps could have been made better.


over there

Heavy steps: 1/3 Sorry, I just didn't like these steps. You could have done a lot more to the steps. There wasn't a lot to do in the song to make good steps though. The freezes were weird and had off lengths for me and the 16th streams in the middle was just so sudden, and they only happened once. Something like this should've happened eaither later or earlier in the song. You should have built these steps with a better pattern bassed on the parts of the song. After all, the song plays basically the same beats after it speeds up. Thus, your heavy steps diserve a 1.

Challenge steps: 1/3 How come I keep giving low ratings? This dosen't feel right. The steps to most of these songs are disappointing. I don't like how you set up the steps. At parts of the song, the steps seems oh too similar to those in your heavy steps. The 16th streams in the middle weren't too sudden and didn't only happen once, but they weren't made well. The had many off turns and it made the steps... well, not fun. The freezes were a problem too, like most of the 1 rated steps. The stop in the middle made the song seem unordered as well as in heavy. This again recieves a 1.

Everything else: 1.5/10
-Graphics: +.5 Well, chess dosen't represent the song in any way...
-CD-title: +1 Yah, there is a cd-title.
-Song: +0 It was orriginal, i guess, but it just didn't work for a kb song.

Total: 3.5/10 Ouch. The steps really show that you put very little effort into this, or that you don't have much experience.


Storm

Heavy steps: 1/3 Some parts of the song had better steps than others. However, the overall stepset was not good. This is a 13 yes, but this dosen't mean it diserves some of the steps that it has. The parts where the freezes had 16th runs in them annoyed me. The steps seemed awkward when there was just jumps all over during the 16th streams. It was smart to have a set of 8th jumps afterwards though because then it would be one of the most boring songs I've played. The part where the song sped up 283 bpm or so was painful to play, and the slower part was not needed at all. The steps should have been easier for a wider spand of orriginality in this great song. But since this did not happen, I will have to say this diserves a 1.

Challenge steps: 1/3 Aw man, the same 16th supper jumpy runs... This didn't diserve a 14 at all. Think of a 14 as being as hard as Juggernaut, since this IS a 14. Now that's a hard song. This is not even close to the difficulty that Juggernaut displays. The freezes were funny and didn't seem to fit and the 16ths with jumps were not fun to play. There was a huge potential for this song, but sadly you did not display it. Another 1 is then granted to you.

Everything else: 4/4
-Graphics: +2 Nice! Very good artwork and text.
-CD-title: +1 And here's your give me credit.
-Song: +1 I really like it. The song goes great with a kb styled simfile.
-Unexpected video: +2 Cool! I totally wasn't expecting this. It was very nice to include this though. Sorry I can't give you a 6/4 because of this, lol.

Total: 6/10 If it wasn't for your incredible "Everything else" part, this would have been one of my least favorite simfiles. Just work on the steps and this file would be great.


Tetris Tailspin

Heavy ste... wait wasn't this the song that was DQ'ed??? Oh well, I'll review it anyways...

Heavy steps: 2.5/3 These were pretty nice actually. Some of the freezes felt weird, but I liked it. The stops were somewhat out of nowhere, but I guessed they worked. The 16th streams were good with a few jumps here and there which built a good feel for the stepfile. This wasn't the best, but I had fun playing the steps you made. If the freezes weren't too out of the ordinary then this would really diserve a 3.

Challenge steps: 2/3 The beginning was very nice, but as the song went on longer, the steps lost their touch. I really like the 16th streams in the beginning, but near the end with the doubles and triplets, it wasn't that great. It is a 13, so I guess that was fine. It just didn't seem too fit all that well with the music. The freezes were again weird to me, especially at the stops. The 32nds didn't work for me, but then again, it's a 13. This was not as good as your heavy steps. That's why I'll rate this a 2.

Everything else: 4/4
-Graphics: +2 Very well done and it fits the song well.
-CD-title: +1 It's there...
-Song: +1 Yay, a remix of tetris!

Total: 8.5/10 Best simfile so far. The steps and "Everything else" portion shows your effort towards this stepfile.


Vairocana

Heavy steps: 2/3 These were alright. There was nothing that special to them, but they were ok. I liked the 8th runs and the freezes in the beginning. They fit in with the song. The part were it got faster was neccisary and the follow up after that was nice. There just seemed to be something missing... I'm not sure what, but something...

Challenge steps: 2/3 Basically the same from the top. The steps were somewhat harder in the middle. It really isn't a 14. More like a 13 or 12. The only part where it probably diserves a 14 was the crazy part at the end with the 8th jupms came in. I guess this was ok for a 14 foot, but it didn't seem to fit.

Everything else: 3.5/4
-Graphics: +1.5 These were nice with the text and all but not the best.
-CD-title: +1 Here's your give me point.
-Song: +1 Interesting...

Total: 7.5/10 Good kb stepfile. The steps were nice and a 7.5 rating fits this.


video out c

Heavy steps: 2.5/3 Ohh... the only "long" song in the pack. I liked these steps a lot. The freezes were nice and all, but at some parts they felt awkward. I really like the overall stepset for this. The parts were you put 48th and 64th notes fit at places more than others. It was still pretty neccisary though. The freezes were really the only thing that makes these steps fall to a 2.5 instead of a 3. I'm really strict on giving 3's since they're supposed to mean perfect. Well, these were still great anyways.

Challenge steps: 2.5/3 Darn, so close to a 3 rating again. The steps were great like the heavy ones. The freezes did fit at places, but again, it didn't fit at others. This was fun to play. I like how you used different notes at places where they really needed them, like 12th notes near the end and such. These were similar to heavy in the beginning but it wasn't too similar. You did well with the steps to this song. Good job!

Everything else: 4/4
-Graphics: +1 Not too good, but not too bad either
-CD-title: +1 It's present.
-Song: +2 You made this yourself? Wow, great job then!

Total: 9/10 Wow, now this is the best stepfile so far. Great job on this.


And finally, my last review... phew.

Z3

Heavy steps: 2/3 These were alright. They were pretty easy too. This is the only song with mines as I see at the end of the song. There were a few 8th streams but that seemed to be it. It did fit with the song, I guess, but I was expecting more from an 11 kb heavy. You could have done more to this. It was ok, but I wished the steps were just a little bit harder. After all, a song that sounds almost like ITG material should be offered with harder steps.

Challenge steps: 2/3 Wow, sooooo many jumps. My fingers started to cramp during the song, lol. Well, I guess that's what you ask for after playing a 14 kb song. These were average steps. I didn't like how you used so many jumps, but I'm assuming that's normal for a 14. There was room for improvement, but there wasn't too much of that. The 8th streams were more advanced than the heavy steps which was alright.

Everything else: 4/4
-Graphics: +2 Yah, these were pretty good. I really like the text.
-CD-title: +1 Your give me point.
-Song: +1 Kind of weird, but allright for kb.

Total: 8/10 Pretty good steps. The song was alright, and I really liked the graphics to this.

Top 3 (based on review points):
3rd: Z3 8/10
2nd: Tetris Tailspin 8.5/10
1st: video out c 9/10

My 3 favorites (not based on review points):
3rd: fffff
2nd: video out c
1st: Tetris Tailspin

This concludes my review. I was quite dissapointed with a few of the steps, but there were some that showed good potential. Good luck to everyone who entered with the public reviews and judging and I hope my review fits each stepfile!

[discovolante]

So wait, we can .5 our ratings? Doh... let me go fix that.

and will-i-am, you gave maxx delusion a 5/10 overall, not a 2.

[Rob00996]

Well, here's some of my reviews for the KB division.

fffff

Heavy 2.5/3
I enjoyed the steps for Heavy and it really good. Except the steps didn't stand out as much and there were a few repetitive parts as the 16th note runs.
EDIT: Those steps that I said were repetitive are starting to grow on me I will make this a 3 out of 3 instead a 2.5 out of 3.

Challenge 1.5/3
I did like few parts in challenge, like the 16th note jumps that are to the beat of the bass piano chords, but there was an excessive use of jumps throughout the song and I didn't really enjoy the 24th note jumps. There was also an excessive use of 16th note stream patterns also.

Extra 3/4

I enjoyed the song alot and the BG and BN were okay, but fit the song perfectly.

Overall 7.5/10


Ichirin no hana [Huge Hollow Mix]

Heavy 1.5/3

The steps had a few fun parts and the steps were on beat, but there was way too many jumps in this
song and there could have been more step patterns you could have used instead.

Challenge .5/3

I really hate to say this but I didn't even enjoy these steps at all. My keyboard can't even register hand steps so I had to set the song to fail at the end of the song. There was also alot more jump steps also.

Extra 2/4

The banner and background were nice. What I didn't like about the simfile also were the awkward speed changes and the stops throughout the song.

Overall 4/10


IN GAME 8

Heavy 1/3

The steps were a tad easy (which I had nothing against) but the there was very little diversity among the steps which made the steps boring and made the song drag on.

Challenge .5/3

I don't want to give this a bad grade either, but there was alot of problems in Challenge mode also. There was a some double stepping 8th notes through the song which I didn't like and got on my nerves, and the freeze steps at the end of when the sim is 200 bpm (i think) which didn't even fit well.

Extra 2.5/4

The banner and background were okay but it fit the song nicely. The bpm changes were perfect also.

Overall 4/10


Maxx Delusion

Heavy 2/3

I enjoyed the heavy steps alot until some parts feel a little off beat, but not too offbeat.

Challenge 2.5/3

I loved these steps alot and didn't find anything wrong with the steps except for the freezes which feel wierd.

Extra 2.5/4

There was a nice looking background and banner in the simfile. The main problem is the speed in the middle of the song with the stop and the double bpm which didn't really go well with this simfile.

Overall 7/10


Over There

Heavy 2.5/3

These steps took me by surprise. The patterns were really fun and had it's moments. If only the beginning had a few more steps added in

Challenge 1.5/3

The steps were going really good at the beginning and then when it speeds up, It feels like the patterns are the same as heavy. And the double stepping 16th notes weren't that fun either.

Extra 2.5/4

The background was really average and so was the banner. There is one thing that kind of bugs me though, and that is that annoying stop in the middle of song. I don't see no use for it.

Overall 6.5/10


Storm

Heavy 1.5/3

I was enjoying the steps at the beginning and then it slowly went downhill from there with some awkward freeze steps before the song slows down

Challenge .5/3

The steps just were not fun in Challenge mode with more awkward freeze steps and there were some awkward 32nd note steps also throughout the song.

Extra 2/4

The banner and background was nice and I like the fact that you put a video in your simfile, but the one thing that bothered me the most was that annoying and unecessary double bpm change at the end of the song.
This would have been a 1 out of 4 if it weren't for the video

Overall 4/10


Tetris Talespin

Heavy 3/3

These steps are so far my favorite Heavy steps in the KB division. They were very fun and had some diversity.

Challenge 2/3

Compared to Heavy, The Challenge steps were disapointing with annoying freeze steps during the speed change and some awkward double stepping.

Extra 4/4

The Banner, Background, Music, and especially the speed change was amazing.

Overall 9/10


Vairocana

Heavy 3/3

I loved these steps alot. They were fun and diverse.

Challenge 1/3

First of all, most of the steps were the same as heavy mode steps, and the crazy jumps at the end didn't work very good to me.

Extra 3.5/4

The BPM changes were good and fit the song well. The Banner and Background also fit the song well, but they were okay.

Overall 7.5/10


Video Out C

Heavy 2.5/3

Okay, now this is a really good simfile and the steps were amazing. but there were a few slow parts in the song which could have used a few more steps instead of superlong freezes with no other steps during the freeze.

Challenge 2.5/3

The part where the superlong freezes is now taken care of in challenge mode, but the steps felt very much the same as the Heavy mode steps in many places.

Extra 4/4

The banner and background were awesome. And this song is awesome and it's also awesome that you made the song.

Overall 9/10


Z3

Heavy 1.5/3

This felt more like ITG steps than KB steps, and the steps were kinda boring until the halfway through the song.

Challenge 1.5/3

There was alot of unnecessary jump streams throughout the song which I didn't like. But the steps (in some small parts) had its moments.

Extra 4/4

Well, the background and banner were nice, and the speed changes went well with the song.

Overall 7/10

The top 3 files in my opinion are the following:

1.Tetris Talespin
2.Video Out C
3.fffff

3.fffff

[will-i-am]

Originally Posted by discovolante

So wait, we can .5 our ratings? Doh... let me go fix that.

and will-i-am, you gave maxx delusion a 5/10 overall, not a 2.

Woops, sorry. It's kind of hard to find errors over such a large post. I'll go fix it. And I think we can do .5 ratings... It shouldn't be too much of a big deal anyways.

[cpubasic13]

This post shall be edited as soon as I have played each thoroughly.

CURRENTLY: 4/10 files rated

fffff
Heavy: 2/3
They were... decent, to say the least. There were parts I were expecting to jam away at the keyboard and then was dissappointed with the lack of steps at those parts, but it was a decent file.

Challenge: 1/3
After playing it again, I did manage to find some good parts within it. I still don't like the jumps, but it is a challenge. Just the jumps...

Extra: 3/4
The banner was very simplistic and fit with the song. The background was good, but the font looked as though it was just typed in Paint. Could have used at least a little flair. Song choice was good.

TOTAL: 6/10
I am still a little dissappointed at this, really. I heard Eggman was supposed to be great with keyboard steps and this... was just difficult, not fun. I prefer fun simfiles, and while keyboard is supposed to be intentionally hard, they should still be fun. The graphics were perfect for this other than the BG font, but the lack of fun steps made this... not so well. Its synced and hard, but...


STORM
Heavy: 2/3
I love this! Some of the patterns were excellent and it flowed very good. Its not terribly difficult, but it is quite fun. Although only a few notes didn't fit to me. Plus the BPM changes seemed wierd to me...

Challenge: 2/3
Some of it seemed... uhh, not fitting like Heavy. Still fun, though.

Extra: 3/4
The banner could have been a tad bit better than the same text on it, but overall it was decent. The video added a nice touch and was interesting as well. Something I've never seen before. :P Song choice was interesting as well...

TOTAL: 7/10
Not the best, but definitely one of the better ones here. Some notes did not fit in both difficulties, but none of them totally destroyed the file. :P Video is a plus, and the graphics were decent.


Tetris Talespin
Heavy: 2/3
I really liked the stops that were in play. It made it a challenge at regular speeds. Despite this being a DDR entry to begin with, it made a good KB file. But... it was a tad boring at some spots for me.

Challenge: 3/3
Wow. This was better than Heavy. The inclusion of more notes for one fit in with this and this didn't even require jumps only to make it harder! It was fun and flowed with my KB style of play. I enjoyed it.

Extra: 3/4
Hmmm... the banner and the BG looked good, but it was hard to see the white text among the whitish background. It could be my monitor, but even changing the settings to turn the brightness down it still blended in a bit. Everything about this other than that was nice, though.

Overall: 8/10
TETRIS REMIXES ARE USUALLY FUN! This is not an exception. Despite minor things, this was a nice file. I would do this file anytime. Great work.


Video Out C
Heavy: 3/3
I have never done a Vospi file or heard one of his songs, but this has made me want to get more of his work. The steps weren't hard, but were keyboard-worthy. Definitely fun.

Challenge: 3/3
Another good example of a harder version of Heavy without relying solely on jumps. The steps were fun and fast and fit in with the song. The freezes in the middle were great. It felt nice to do those freezes.

Extra: 3/4
THE GRAPHICS WERE HILARIOUS! Even if they weren't supposed to be, I laughed when I first saw them. Two video wires. Needless to say, they fit. The banner, though, could have been something else instead of a chunk of the background. The song choice? Its Vospi doing Vospi's song's steps. Creative? YES!

Overall: 9/10
Other than the banner, a perfect KB file. Fun, creative, and interesting. I'll be playing this constantly.

[discovolante]

Whoa, wait, fffff was Eggman's?

Uhhh are we supposed to take past record into account here?

[BLueSS]

Originally Posted by discovolante

Uhhh are we supposed to take past record into account here?

No, nor are we supposed to be chatting in this thread.

[pokecapn]

okay when reading these reviews bear in mind that i am likely a crap anus at keyboard files and have no idea what makes them good, also if a song is too hard (note: above like an 11) i will put it on autoplay and try and guess at how fun it would be if i had super hands
edit: haha i suck way more than i thought i did, the only song i didn't put on autoplay at some point in time was in game 8 heavy

fffff:
heavy 2/3 there is a lot of repetition in these steps, i felt for the beginning run this was warrented but not for other parts of the song
challenge 2/3 i'd say the problem with trying to match the piano really closely is that it really limits what you can do with the main runs of the song other than bring in an offbeat stab
tilt 3/4 nice song, but the background did not seem like it had a lot of effort put into it
overall 7/10

ichirin no hana:
heavy 1.5/3 i think these steps were pretty good until you get near the end and start putting a jump at least every beat, the jump usage was pretty liberal and didn't always go with the song
challenge 1.5/3 aside from these steps being hard like nails, there's that whole jump on every beat thing that i'm not really fond of. I liked all the jumps on the screams though, that was pretty nice
tilt 2/3 song was interesting, background was completely lame, the speed gimmicks were good in some parts but mainly served to confuse the player
overall 5/10

in game 8:
heavy 1/3 look, if i can do these on pad, then they aren't very keyboardy steps, are they?
challenge 1/3 okay, these are obviously directly edited from your heavy steps
tilt 1/4 your song is boring, your graphics are uninspired, and the song is pretty obviously half the bpm you chose. fast does not equal hard, we have speed mods for that stuff.
overall 3/10

maxx delusion
heavy 1.5/3 my big gripe with these steps is that sometimes the jumps go with the song, sometimes the jumps go with nothing, and sometimes it's really obvious that there should be jumps when there aren't any. the biggest part of that last statement was during the end which samples the intro of tlom
challenge 1/3 a lot of this seems copy pasted from heavy, and the busy parts of the steps don't seem to line up with the rhythms in the song. Once again the jumps are either strangely placed or spammed to artificially increase the difficulty. From what I've played of "good" keyboard steps, the jumps are there to emphasize percussive bits or loud melodic bits, naturally increasing the difficulty. Chucking them in there in big runs doesn't really make sense from that perspective.
tilt 1.5/4 max remix is bleh, the bg was pretty awesome, but the bpm gimmicks were pretty awful
overall 4/10

over there
heavy 1/3 okay, i was going to give these steps high-ish marks, but then that random stop happened, which lowered my opinion of these steps, and then that burst of 16th notes came in, which was completely unlike the rest of this chart.
challenge 1/3 these were really close looking to your heavy steps, and the bursts of 16th notes are not fun at all because they are a mishmash of patterns and are incredibly difficult to follow
tilt 2/4 i have no idea what chess has to do with this song
overall 4/10

storm
heavy 2/3 this song might be hard as penis but i think it was pretty solid with following the song, one thing i did not like was the uneven spacing of the 4th note jumps in that run that starts up once the song gets going
challenge 1.5/3 once again you've got the whole uneven jumps which bother me, you did succeed in making a song harder than penis, though
tilt 2/3 the video was nifty but the bpm stuff at the end was kinda painful
overall 5.5/10

tetris talespin:
heavy 1.5/3 near the end the steps started losing cohesion and stopped matching the rhythm of the song, the stop thing came without warning but was okay i guess, the only problem is that i was expecting the stops to come again when the 16th run showed up and it threw me off guard
challenge 2.5/3 these steps matched up much much better with the song, the main problem is that given the way you ended the song your steps end up being nothing but freeze jumps at the end
tilt 3/4 the stop gimmick worked much better in the challenge steps
overall 7/10

Vairocana:
heavy 2.5/3 i thought these steps were going to be lame based on the first part but they ended up pretty tight
challenge 2.5/3 these steps were also pretty awesome to watch, but i feel like you've done the reverse of what most of the people in this contest seem to have done, that is, you made these first, and then took out chunks to make the heavy steps
tilt 3/4 standard fare
overall 8/10

video out c:
heavy 3/3 okay i had low expectations seeing as this was a long song, but these steps fit it great
challenge 2.5/3 these seemed a little overgenerous on the freezes, and were a lot like the heavy steps in many places, but were still rad
tilt 3.5/4 somehow this manages to be the best sounding song? you keyboard people all need your heads checked for your awful choices for songs to step
overall 9/10

Z3:
heavy 3/3 given a speedcore song that's mostly pure percussion i think these were pretty awesome
challenge 2/3 these steps were also pretty tight but i think you could have done far more inventive things with these steps than jump runs
tilt 3/4 zip zop
overall 8/10

oh that's weird my favorite songs were the last three for some reason

[Shade2323]

copied from notepad :p

Ichirin no hana ~Huge Hollow Mix~:
h:2/3
c:1.5/3
e:3.5/4
overall: 7
I thought this was a pretty good simfile, but nothing really signifigantly jummped out at me. I did really enjoy the use of tmepo stops and I thought the rhythms were also very good.

fffff:
h:3/3
c:0.5/3
e:3/4
overall: 6.5
Ok... I really liked the hard steps, i'll probably play them quite a bit. The challenge steps however, I thought had way too many jumps that were completly unnecicary, and just made the file not fun.

in game 8:
h:1/3
c:1.5/3
e:2.5/4
overall: 5
This overall I did not enjoy at all, the hard steps were incredibly boring and so much more could have been done with the challenge steps.

Maxx Delusion:
h:1.5/3
c:1.5/3
e:3/4
overall: 6
This file really did not make much sense to me... the rhythms seemed wrong, and the tempo stops were also not fitting at all really.

over there:
h:3/3
c:3/3
e:3.5/4
overall: 9.5
This simfile I thought was awesome, the expert steps are alot of fun without being overly hard, and the heavy steps were a bit of a toned down version of the expert steps. Great job

Storm:
h:2/3
c:2/3
e:3/4
overall: 7
This is decent file in my opinion, good song and most of the steps seemed relativly appropriate. Some things in the challege steps however just seemed a bit weird, with a few too many freeze arrows, but still a relativly fun file.

Tetris-Talespin:
h:2.5/3
c:3/3
e:3.5/4
overall: 9
These challenge steps were really cool, I really enjoyed the way you did the streams and rhythms were perfect to me on both difficulties. good job.

Vairocana:
h:3/3
c:2.5/3
e:4/4
overall: 9.5
I was actually very suprised with how awesome this file was, when I was scrolling through it it really didn't seem as a file i'd play often. The 24ths I thought were very well used and blended well with the rest of the file. *thumbs up*

Video Out C:
h:3/3
c:3/3
e:3.5/4
Overall: 9.5
This file was one of my favorite files step wise, and everything went with the music extremley well. Only reason you didn't get a 10 is because its the exact same background from video out A :/

Z3:
h:2/3
c:1.5/3
e:3/4
overall: 6.5

Steps were very repetitiveon both charts and the expert steps were just... unnecicary with 16ths at 400BPM, I didn't really enjoy this one.

anyway, I enjoyed a decent ammount of these charts, so i'm happy with that.

[O THNAP!]

fffff
This simfile was alright. Could do with a little bit of improvement.
The jumps at the end felt really akward on challenge. But it was heavy with jumps. The last arrow felt unneeded.
On heavy it felt like it was missing something. Can't put my finger on it. But it didn't seem right. Last note still annoyed me.
art was google'd piano with mspaint over it. DEFINATE points off.
heavy chart: 1.9/3
oni chart: 1.4/3
extra: 1/4
TOTAL 3.3/10

Ichirin no hana [Huge Hollow Mix]
=/ Well, what to say... Heavy was pretty hard for heavy. And pretty bad too.
oh man, oni IS heavy except with some unneeded hands and retarded jumps and streams.
the cat background was pretty random and didn't go with the music.
The banner wasn't even related to the BG. CDtitle was unreadable
heavy chart: 1/3
oni chart: 0.8/3
extra: 1.2/4
TOTAL: 3/10

In Game 8
This one I had some hope about. On oni, most places where there could be a stream were left out. Atleast it was fun.
On heavy, it was easy. Just because its heavy doesn't mean it has to be easy.
Song was low quality, and it didn't need to have a doubled BPM. art was low quality.
heavy chart: 1.6/3
oni chart: 2/3
extra: 0.3/4
TOTAL: 3.9/10

MaxX Delusion
oni had some akward sort-of-needed 16th notes. Slowdown was pretty onsync.
Heavy felt ALOT like oni. Same patterns in all. Some freezes and 16th notes were cut though.
Song was good. art was good too. Points for those.
heavy chart: 1.2/3
oni chart: 1.7/3
extra: 3.4/4
TOTAL: 5.3/10

Over There
oni steps were pretty good untill the speedup. Then they became offsync.
heavy seemed really good. until about 15 seconds into the speedup when the freeze arrows came. then it collapsed.
art didn't fit most of the music except the beginning
heavy chart: 1.5/3
oni chart: 1.4/3
extra: 2/4
TOTAL: 4.9/10

Storm
Heavy was good. But as in his other simfiles. THEY TOOK NO TALENT TO MAKE SUCH AS HIS OTHER SIMFILES. The jumps were not needed.
oni was an edited version on Heavy. a no no. the steps were good but only because they took NO TALENT. Jumps were unneeded
heavy chart: 1/3
oni chart: 1/3
extra: 1/4
TOTAL: 3/10

Tetris Talespin
Oh boy. Not every sound needs some 16th notes. That bothered the hell out of me on oni.
heavy was horrible. It was random and didn't fit the music.
art was very nice. Looks alike like the art for "Can't Compete"
heavy chart: 0.7/3
oni chart: 1.7/3
extra: 3.5/4
TOTAL: 5.9/10

Vairocana
No...just....no. Everything sucked.
heavy chart: 0/3
oni chart: 0/3
extra: 0.1/3
TOTAL: 0.1/10

Video Out C
This and Z3 were the only ones I really looked forward too.
Me being a fan of Vospi and hearing some good reviews about Z3.
Heavy steps were pretty good. Better than all the others so far. But he cut down some parts. I did NOT like that.
oni steps were not too good. I didn't like them.
the art...I've seen it 2 times before in different colors. A&B? Yeah. Uncreative
heavy chart: 1.9/3
oni chart: 1/3
extra: 0.6/4
TOTAL: 3.5/10

Z3
Well, last one.
this one was well done. Pretty onbeat. Though I died at the jumps on oni.
Heavy was nice too. A blend of hand and easy. Which some others didn't have. While still onbeat.
Art was VERY nice too. Everything was perect.
heavy chart: 3/3
oni chart: 2.9/3
extra: 4/4
TOTAL: 9.9/10

[bemanibkid]

Originally Posted by discovolante

Maxx Delusion
h 3/3- Pretty good actually, I just wish you were more consistent with your placement of jumps. I'll give it 3 anyway because it's the best I've played so far.
c 1/3- Uhhh wtf did you do to the rhythm??? It was great on heavy but SUCKS here. Not so good.
e 3/4- The banner is weird, doesn't fit. The BG is really cool though, and I like the BPM stuff you did here.
total 7/10- Heavy is great, challenge was kinda bad, the art was overall fine. Not bad.

Banner did fit what? The song? I was about to say, cause the banner is 256x80, just
like it was supposed to be...

Originally Posted by pokecapn

maxx delusion
heavy 1.5/3 my big gripe with these steps is that sometimes the jumps go with the song, sometimes the jumps go with nothing, and sometimes it's really obvious that there should be jumps when there aren't any. the biggest part of that last statement was during the end which samples the intro of tlom
challenge 1/3 a lot of this seems copy pasted from heavy, and the busy parts of the steps don't seem to line up with the rhythms in the song. Once again the jumps are either strangely placed or spammed to artificially increase the difficulty. From what I've played of "good" keyboard steps, the jumps are there to emphasize percussive bits or loud melodic bits, naturally increasing the difficulty. Chucking them in there in big runs doesn't really make sense from that perspective.
tilt 1.5/4 max remix is bleh, the bg was pretty awesome, but the bpm gimmicks were pretty awful
overall 4/10

Challenge copy pasted from Heavy? Kind of impossible seeing as how I made Challenge first...Also, I don't copy paste steps...ever...