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This, tbh

I'm really loving what they did with Boss Rush although, it looks like it could pass as a 17 but that's just me following what most people say about it...

Honestly, it looks really good

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Sakura Reflection's chart is kinda dissapointing imo, it's overcharted to a 15 and weirdly stepped, would've prefer it to be stepped to a 12 at least. Boss Rush is indeed a 17 according to the e-amuse website.

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Yeah, Sakura Reflection is definitely not a 15. Easier than Romancing Layer and I nearly PFCed the thing the first time I played it. Boss Rush is a hard 16, but I dunno if I'd go so far as to say it's a 17. No idea why the eamuse site says it's a 17 when it's 16 in the game.

Can I quickly mention that Sakura Reflection was MFC'd the day it was released?

And again a day later?

(Or atleast it was uploaded a day later, idk)

I'm not sure if the effect is lessened due to the players seen in the videos (Chris, Dr.D and Estepper), but make of that what you will.

To be fair, Dr.D and Estepper were on Difficult.

But it seems like people really like going for mid-tier MFCs as soon as they come out.

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I do like how doubles for the three new songs are significantly different than the singles. Boss Rush has a lot of pretty rough twists and turns on Difficult and Expert doubles while the singles is more streamy. Sakura Reflection EDP is simple if you are used to the twists it expects you to do but a fun chart nevertheless. I much prefer it to the singles.

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Can we talk about the ending of Boss Rush? Like not step chart wise but.. song wise.. It just... ends.... no outro.. Just ends..

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I mean, it's a song made for a music game. It doesn't necessarily need an outro when it does what it needs to.

It seems fine to me. It isn't something like Wake Me Up where the cut is so awkward the end just comes.

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Well, almost all the USAO songs ends like this so this isn't strange for me at least

I like that awkward ending in Wake Me Up. It reminds me of console licenses lol

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My favorite endings are charts that build up to one final glorious combo with a little bit of steps before ending.

In my opinion, Boss Rush was kind of disappointing because it built up to a slightly weaker ending, but it has to stay in the parameters of being a 16. For me, it goes with Ace For Aces and Gaia where I'm expecting some huge ending but it ends out becoming small because of its parameters. I need something like Air Heroes, Neutrino, or PARANOiA Revolution. That's just me though

Don't get me wrong, I like Boss Rush and the way it flows, ending just came out weaker than I thought it would. Also Sakura Reflection seemed pretty cool

Edit 1: Boss Rush a 17?????????? Impossible! It flows like a 16. That's pushing your luck right there

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Y'know I don't know if this has been mentioned or anything but at work when they play Wake Me Up on the radio they play a version that ends exactly like the DDR A ends. I'm beginning to think it's not Konami's fault the cut is bad/weird and that they got send a radio edit to cut up instead of the full version of the song.

Gonna go on record and say that holy shit Aces For Aces is a god damn dumpster fire. I already thought it looked bad from the videos I saw before it got unlocked but hooooooooooolllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy shit it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo baddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

16th note early to throw off sync = GOOD GAME DESIGN

100% agreed. Fuck that chart.

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Give me the chart any time. How they could make a good song with a good chart, an atrocious chart. I know that it's a boss song, but at least make it somewhat playable.

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So... how do we put this...

A4A is the new Pluto the First. But with less hard, and somehow more stupit.

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I mean that's kind of pushing it because i'd actually still much rather play A4A than any Pluto The First chart

Pluto The First, especially , is unplayable. AFA isn't THAT terrible.

This is probably the wrong place, but in this video I proved that PTF could have been so much better than it was.


I seriously have no idea how they could make AFA so bad. I've seen lots of "prediction" charts that looked MILES better than the official one. The notes that are a 16th off solely to throw off people for the PFC is inexcusable.

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I could argue that a lot of Basic/Difficult charts are superior to the Experts honestly.

With the harder stuff, Difficult can feel more like an Extreme-era Expert chart, just with more modern chart design, while Basic depends on its level. There's a lot of good stuff hidden away if you know where to look.

I do kind of want to look over AFA Expert to see if there is a rhyme and reason to its design outside of "fail this because it is your fifth song"

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