ODIPack3 Simfile Reviews

[gnr61]

Re: ODIPack3 Simfile Reviews

broadly i agree with you
but i think you miss the point of what i was saying about mi40's files, which is that there's a reasonable number of them and they target a certain subset of old shitty files conducive to becoming new hard charts and they're successful as high-profile pack inclusions

a restep of piano forte or something might be unnecessary and silly, but i mean you're never gonna stop people from loving the shit out of a new-and-improved salieri strikes back, that's just the best popcorn-file idea ever

[kommisar]

Re: ODIPack3 Simfile Reviews

some files to today's standards could probably use a restep


but for the people who stepped it or others that still heavily enjoy the originals probably don't want to see a restep and don't see the purpose. new content is best imo.

[AlexDest]

Re: ODIPack3 Simfile Reviews

some files to today's standards could probably use a restep


but for the people who stepped it or others that still heavily enjoy the originals probably don't want to see a restep and don't see the purpose. new content is best imo.

The people who don't want to see a re-step of a song don't have to play the re-step. But, there are people who will like to see a re-step of something and we as simfile artists will need to cater to anyone.

[stargroup100]

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there's advantages to having both new stuff and recharts

why not just have both

[Wayward Vagabond]

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burn the witch

[mi40]

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nvlm's return......

[rCaliberGX]

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nvlm's return......

Restep every file in the NVLM_ZK's Originals pack

[mi40]

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wat if im actually nvlm and i actually lerned englishe

[Arntonach]

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It'd be nice to play songs liek Death Mood and Terminal Strice without them being stupid hard or being able to play a song that was too long but got a retesp that was cut.

Just relax Kommisar, I have nitpicks about the SM community too, but you don't see me arguing about them.

[blindreper1179]

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I can't enough of toki and child protection services. <3

[AlexDest]

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asdfmovie6 Song - lol the bpm is from 186 to 186 (i spi ddream).

glove probably wanted to resync it, not sure

thanks for the review though!

[moches]

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The people who don't want to see a re-step of a song don't have to play the re-step. But, there are people who will like to see a re-step of something and we as simfile artists will need to cater to anyone.

if I like a song and the file for it isn't what I want, I'll restep it. the same holds for most people. it's not something you can prevent and I'd rather focus on the good than nitpick an issue that's incredibly subjective.

I can't enough of toki and child protection services. <3

<3

[stargroup100]

Re: ODIPack3 Simfile Reviews

Finally finished all of my reviews. For those who are too lazy to go back and find my original post (on page 3):


Reviews: (same scale as FFRCP4)


Overall review of pack as a whole:

we've come a long way, we really have. it's pretty clear now that almost everyone in the community has potential to make some really sweet charts. on top of that, we've also made progress in the direction that I had hoped: stronger fundamentals and less mines. the results show and the reception confirms it.
so now the question is, where do we go from here? I think one of the unfortunate consequences of being in the community for this long is that a lot of players need hard charts, and varied and interesting hard charts are a little bit limited in genres and styles atm. now that the community understands the basics and has a solid grasp on it, here's where we need to start getting creative. we need to start picking better songs to chart (let's face it, song choices in a lot of the pack were significantly worse than the charts themselves), and we need to find more creative ways to make charts more difficult. on top of that, easier charts every once in a while doesn't hurt. I'm sure there's a significant audience that would love playing something like that, myself included
keep it up guys, I'm proud of you all <3


Requien for a Team - fun and solid. song gets grating after a while but that's just personal opinion 8/10
Wooly Mammoth Stomp - I saw nero's day etc and I thought I would kill myself, but it turned out to be really fun. 7.5/10
Space is Key - really hard what the hell lol. patterns are just, uh, patterns I guess 7/10
asdfmovie6 Song - super fun actually, didn't expect that. patterns are super solid 8.5/10
Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die - nothing too special, patterns flow ok. 7.5/10
(i wanna give you) Devotion - not a fan of the polyrhythms here but otherwise kinda fun 7.5/10
HAERETICUS - what the heck this is hard. I don't find the rhythms in this song particularly fun to play, but there are fun sections 7/10
Salieri Strikes Back - really fun ride all the way through to the coda, with extended solo sections <3 8.5/10
Fatal Tragedy - solos everywhere ahhhhhhhh 8.5/10
In the Name of God - the only critique that I can really say apart from it being frickin awesome is that I would've liked to see more dissonant patterns to compliment dissonant melodies, which would made the whole thing come to life 9/10
Insect Digestion Melancholy - done really well, but song is weird as hell 8/10
Jordan - really insane chart to go with a pretty cool song, but once again dissonant patterns would've made some sections a lot more vivid 8.5/10
Lawn Wake II - fun, took advantage of a lot of the things in this song 8/10
MarioStep - not too sure about the polyrhythms but overall not too bad 7/10
Five Regrets - almost flawless 8.5/10
Howling - solid. got a few cool tricks in here 8/10
Innocent Walls - flows well, jacks are fun, chart follows the percussion very clearly 8/10
New Lights - really beautiful implementation of the effects into the chart, though the end feels a bit empty 8/10
Red Nikita - unfortunately disagreed with a lot of stuff in this chart 7/10
Autoprocess - short and sweet 8/10
karmafied, blue rose, kona-yta, plasmatextor - all mine
Don't Say Anything - punchy jack theory meshed with this really nice smooth groove. sexy 8.5/10
Oblivion - wonderful. guitars followed very nicely 8/10
Mr. Lonely - beautiful direction control with really nice transitions in the solos 8/10
Demonish Animal Appearance - I got lost in its smooth flow. solid 8/10
Guile of the Rime King - odd song, but it's got a lot of fairly unique rhythms and patterns, making this a nice fresh change of pace. solid chart 8/10
Narcolepsy - sweet. 8/10
Synaptic Plasticity - solid patterns 8.5/10
Why Am I Here - crafted nicely 8/10
Crack in the Hourglass - a classic. the solos were absolutely insane 9/10
Sane to More - short and sweet 8/10
Seven - those patterns seem like they would be awkward as hell on paper but they were actually smooth as butter 8/10
Captain Murasa's Ass Anchor - solid 8/10
Speed Dial - I liked the directional play, was clever. felt hold usage was a little bit off and that some of the dissonant chords on the piano could have warranted some heavier chords 7.5/10
Mirage Garden - definitely a fun ride all the way through. while some polyrhythms were amazingly smooth, others were questionable 8/10
EOS - not quite sure what the chordstream was following but it didn't seem off, the interpretation was an interesting one, while still being consistent. definitely something new 8/10
Lockene - wtf na/10
Snow Storm - fun, solidly done. though I'm pretty sure the cyan note section could've been done more efficiently with a lower bpm lol 8/10
Sports! - Sports! 8/10
I'M ON CRACK - lol this song. liked the strong pattern choices 8/10
Eater Merry - not only do the fat chords make everything pop out, but somehow they're very fluid in feel. feels like a mix of oldschool and newschool 8/10
OrBiTaL - was okay to play cmod, but xmod is a nightmare. it's like making beautiful food that's totally inedible. grading this on cmod because xmod would've gotten an awful score 7.5/10
Chronos - fun. glad that the jacks were chosen over the melodic line, makes a more interesting chart 8/10
Resurrected Replayer - patterns seem a little bit on the safe side, but otherwise the buildup to the climax was intense 8/10
I'll forget you, you'll never forget me - cute 7.5/10
Empty Skydiving - really long with nothing noteworthy. a lot of the patterns don't flow as well as they should and sometimes I feel like what the notes are following is a bit ambiguous, making the chart feel a bit dirty and unorganized. 6/10
Polssia - the patterns are nothing memorable and a lot of sections feel inaccurately charted or at least inconsistent. definitely doesn't bring out the full potential of the music 6.5/10
Uplift - I'm not sure whether you're trying to be way too fancy with pitch relevance or you just don't know what you're doing, but it's one or the other. starts off okay, but gets gradually worse as the patterns start to inconsistently follow/completely disregard pitch and patterns become more and more bland 6/10
Laste Testamente of Twelfth Mother - the polyrhythm section was weird. patterns in this chart are really fun, and the choice of layering was interesting a nice change of pace. effects are executed beautifully. 8/10
Dishevel - glitchy with lots of fun varied rhythms and patterns 8.5/10
Earthquake - pretty damn cool 7.5/10
My So-Called Life - technically almost flawless. lots of fun stuff in here 8/10
Spin the Disc - solid patterns. lots of fun effects and textures highlighted in the chart 8/10
V^3 (Hello World) - not diggin the song and it's hella difficult na/10
We Are Hi-Speed - song is not my taste and there's no major criticism I can really give about the notes 7.5/10
Chaotic WHITE - grace notes add a really interesting flourish to the chart, and patterns are pretty tight overall 8/10
Far East Nightbird - beautiful overall, and really cool mine usage (except for that one part with the 8th note doubles) 8.5/10
Toki - beautiful manipulation of textures, simple and effective, generally superb. only complaint is that the difficulty spikes at the end, making it difficult for less skilled players to enjoy this 8.5/10
Echo of Forever - sweet and funky, though a few patterns here and there are hilarious 8/10
Zen - I think the most noteworthy trait of this chart is probably flow. patterns are nothing special but the flow is incredible 8/10
Rip Roar Power - holy shit ow my ears im not playing this na/10
Cyberstorm - actually sorta intense, especially with the background change 7.5/10
Fallen World - first dragonforce chart I enjoyed. only complaint is the pretty significant difficulty inconsistency of the beginning and end 8/10
Lost Not Forgotten - really cool pattern choices. ending might be a bit much, not sure 8/10
PARADISE LOST - shit song. nothing wrong with the chart I guess 7/10
Unconncted. - I thought the music would be annoying as hell but it's actually tolerable. nothing wrong with the chart I suppose, but again, I personally dislike mapping buzzes to rolls 7.5/10
Battle! Team Plasma - jesus this is polyrhythm-heavy. since I have a particular aversion to polyrhythm abuse I'm probably rating this lower than I should, as there is a certain appeal to this chart that I do like 7.5/10
Ehhen Doyadosu? Tengujiman - pretty sweet chart 8/10
Poppin' Shower - I liked the treatment of the modulation 8/10
Apocynthion Drive - bland. nothing fun sticks out, and it's long as hell 7/10
New Decade IIDX Edition - mostly done well, although the 16ths in one particular section really detracted from the strong isolated drum hits 7.5/10
Parousia - not sure if I agree with a lot of the stuff in this chart 7/10
Waltz No. 17 in G minor, "Waltz of the Big Dogs" - holy balls this is hard. fun though 8/10
Bit Howl - solid 8/10
Child Protective Services Theme Song - played hard chart. overall it was okay but there were quite a few patterns I disagreed with 7.5/10
Aegis - super fun, solidly done. only complaint is that I wish the xmod gimmicks were a bit more fair 8/10
Reefer Man - what a refreshing song choice. I feel like some of those chords could be thicker, but otherwise really well done 8/10
Do It This Way - absolutely fantastic 8.5/10
GO! GO! MANIAC - it's unfortunate that the most fun parts of this chart are hard difficulty spikes. otherwise really well done 8/10
Laveran no Shokutaku - almost perfect ps nice 9th notes 8/10
St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast and Father O'Blivion - odd but groovy as fuck 8.5/10
Gravestoned - super long and I think the rolls and trills are overdoing it. not a fan of the xmod gimmicks either 6/10
Tzuicha-cha - I feel like a couple parts in the hard chart are just slightly overlayered. aside from that, really tight and fun 7.5/10
BSpower explosion - judging the hard chart because it's more sensible. solidly done for the most part 7.5/10
The Bridgeport Run - intense as hell 8.5/10
CirnoRHTL - i dont even know how to feel about this. quite frankly the gfx alone freak me out 8?/10
endleSSStation - solid and fun 8/10
fffff - some technical quirks, but otherwise a fun chart 7/10
Light House - it's okay. done well for the most part 7.5/10
Tranzport - interesting alternative 7.5/10
Ultraviolent Junglist - intense all the way through 8.5/10
Bambous - it's got quite a lot of special tricks which fit the textures of the song really well, and while the swing naturally makes it groovy, it's made even more so by the patterns 8.5/10
I Like Trains - song is awful. chart's nothing spectacular either. 7.5/10
Time Out - smooth as hell and an absolute blast to play 9/10
The Creator - disagreed with some of the pattern themes and I really didn't get the bpm changes 7/10
Transparent World - nothing wrong with the chart I guess, but not digging the song at all 7.5/10
Swing Set - absolutely beautiful. from the pattern choices to the color theory, everything about this was done right and done well 9/10
Contact - very strong grasp on the percussion focus, and somehow it works well throughout the entire song 8/10
ge4ce - what. the. hell. na/10
Jack the Ripper - funky and pretty fun. only issue is some of the hold usage in the middle 8/10
Clash - groovy 8/10
Fashion Queen - I'm grading this one a bit harshly because honestly I can see this being amazing, but this chart is just mediocre 7.5/10
Nth degree - welp karma-fied just got knocked out of the water 9.5/10
POP A PARADE - patterns just seemed all over the place 7/10
SIN - interesting take. much more percussion-focused than other versions that I've played, but I think towards the end it might be a bit overdone 7.5/10

[Shadow_God_10]

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Gravestoned - super long and I think the rolls and trills are overdoing it. not a fan of the xmod gimmicks either 6/10

...that's it? xD I was like "Okay...let's look for the LONG paragraph of pure hatred and I'll find my file" But yeah, everyone's been saying that it needed a cut. I may cut it and step it again from square one because I like the tune in general.

[SKG_Scintill]

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Reefer Man - what a refreshing song choice. I feel like some of those chords could be thicker, but otherwise really well done 8/10
Do It This Way - absolutely fantastic 8.5/10
GO! GO! MANIAC - it's unfortunate that the most fun parts of this chart are hard difficulty spikes. otherwise really well done 8/10
Laveran no Shokutaku - almost perfect ps nice 9th notes 8/10
St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast and Father O'Blivion - odd but groovy as fuck 8.5/10

Reefer Man - you talking about heavy or oni? because if oni isn't "thick" enough, I don't know what is

Do It This Way - inorite?

GO! GO! MANIAC - as is the curse of many song choices: mostly generic, one or two parts interesting

Laveran no Shokutaku - I think they're 28th notes, not sure what kind of old-skool stepping math you're using

St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast and Father O'Blivion - fact