DanceDanceRevolution ABSTRACT

Post #21 · Posted at 2011-08-18 11:40:55am 12.6 years ago

Maestro Grithok S
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sorry about that useless post. hope this makes up for it.

5 = average file, not a bad file.
9 = phenomenal and so far the highest I've ever rated a simfile.
2 = offsync.

PONPONPON Heavy

: 7/10
The chart was very good, but there were a few spots that could be worked on. The jumps in measures 5 and 6 felt a bit boring; while it's meant to be a pretty simple chart, you have literally nothing to lose by changing a few jumps; maybe instead of the L/R you could throw in a D/L, and instead of the U/D you could toss in a D/R? It's fine as it is, just a bit monotonous.
In measure 10, there's an incomplete spin that, if you try to do it proper, leaves you backwards for the entirety of measure 11. I guess it's just a sight-reading problem, because I just realized that two measures later there's an opposite incomplete spin that turns you back around. hahadisregardme. *headdesk*
There were a few rhythms that I just didn't agree with, especially during the refrain. Take measure 17, for example: DLU DLU seems counter-intuitive, as she's singing PON PON as two quarter notes, not a cluster of 884. Personally, I'd change the first DLU to two jumps each time that happens, but that's just me.
Don't get me wrong, the chart itself was very very good, and the fact that I didn't find too many things to poke at is a great sign! Just vary it up a bit and the chart could be an incredibly good one. I especially like the difficulty curve: in the beginning, the chart is, like I said, more "simple", and towards the end, there's a pure eighths stream that lasts for, like, ten measures. It's very well-crafted, and most of the changes that I personally would make are very, very minor rhythm ones. :3
...thank you so much for including the video. it is ENLIGHTENING...

ALL I ASK OF YOU Challenge

: 5/10
I liked the song itself, and that's what the file had going for it. There really wasn't much in the chart that I liked, but there wasn't much that I didn't like either. It was just that: bland. I mean... I'm sure that you did what you could with the song, but in all honesty, it just didn't do it for me, overall.
There were a few minor double-stepping problems (a particularly egregious example was in measure 19 that messed up the whole stream), and a few parts where there were jumps that didn't reflect a symmetry with the previous rhythms. What I mean by that is that, for example, in measure 13 and 14, you have DLU RUD LDJump, RDJump. Personally, I felt that the jumps didn't flow very well with the music and with the rhythms that you established with the DLU RUD pattern right before it, but that's just me.
Spins. Sometimes I get out of my comfort zone with spinning, and sometimes I don't. In your Super Bass chart, there were times when I could spin on my sight read they were done so well, and, because of the telltale LDRU-repeated stream, they were recognizable... Problem was, in the spin in measure 28, I ended up backwards in measure 30, having to do that stream facing away from the screen, which was just uncomfortable.
In place of spins, you absolutely NAILED jacks. Right after the uncomfortable spin, in measures 33 to 39, there were measure-long jack streams, and they were PERFECT. I enjoyed playing them more than some of the more complex rhythms in the chart, which just goes to prove that the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) method works.

Super Bass Heavy

: 6.5/10
You know how I said I liked PONPONPON's video? This one? Not so much. Nicki Minaj frightens me.
I don't know what it is about these songs, but, like ALL I ASK OF YOU (though on a much, MUCH smaller scale), the chart felt very... bland to me. Everything was there that I liked (I REALLY liked the gallops section, but we'll get to that in a minute), but altogether, I've seen everything here before, and there wasn't anything that I couldn't get from another file... one that doesn't have scary women with huge-ass lips in the background.
The gallops section, though, was definitely the highlight of the song. I really enjoyed the way the steps flowed and, even on my sight read, I could do the turn that you planted in measure 27. The one problem that I could really say that detracted from that section was at measure 26, the gallops seemed to be "intruding" upon a section that was meant for some other rhythm. I can't put my finger on what it is, but I feel that that section needed something much akin to the rhythm you put in measure 29; that is, a gallop followed by some eighth notes.
The section from 33 to 37 kind of bothered me. I'm not sure what you were doing here; either they were all part of a spinning ploy, or you just like double-stepping. I think that, though this might contradict the "it was a bit bland" statement above, but it might do you well to change it to more simple 884 rhythms, like ULD URD, where the player is facing forward. (Personally, though I like doing spins sometimes, there are times when it gets a bit out of my comfort zone... and because I didn't know what you were doing here, I wasn't sure whether to turn or not, which further detracted from it.) Overall, not a really terrible file, but it didn't quite "wow" me.

smooooch・∀・ -秋葉工房 mix- Heavy

: 7.5/10
This was the best of the files that I downloaded. There were a few places where it was rough around the edges, but the song was nice to listen to and the chart was a lot of fun, which is what a lot of simfile artists tend to forget about. By far, my favorite part of the file was the section beginning with measure 25: the spin-stream was done with masterful precision, and didn't feel contrived or broken in the least. There are only two parts (and one part of a stream that just REALLY REALLY BOTHERED ME) that were a bit rough around the edges.
The first was at measure 56, after the key change. I'm used to a natural progression of difficulty, which is what made your PONPONPON file so effective (one minute you're doing 884, 884, 884 and the next you're doing a stream of 88888888888888888 or something). I almost expected the key-change to signal a sort of floodgate opening, where the chart gets naturally harder. Think of the song as a video game boss: they have to get more difficult because their life depends on it. (Go to 7:25 to see a prime example of what I'm talking about: the game gets gradually harder as their life dwindles.) I expected that here, but didn't get it, and it was strange. Like, "...That's it?"
Likewise, there's a quiet section starting at measure 40. It's a softer portion of the song, so it should follow that it should have a pacing that reflects that. I was expecting a slowdown there, and the fact that there wasn't kind of put me off.
Also the thing that really really bothered me was, in measure 71, I think you're missing an arrow in the stream, because there was a hole right where a down arrow should be. The hole in the stream felt... weird. But overall, it's a very, very good file, and I had a lot of fun playing it.