"Play/Test/Judge my simfile" thread

[Shadowcliff]

Moches,

I tried your simfile. And I have to say; For someone of my skill level, that was a little confusing. I think the steps were extremely difficult, and I couldn't really pass it. I think it was a bit jumpy. Most of my opinion is base on my skill level, which isn't as high as some people.

[kommisar[os]]

Originally Posted by foilman8805

First sim. Song is by Bury Your Dead (metal). Seeking constructive criticism.

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...p?songid=28044

first of all, NEVER EVER PUT A ****ING FOLDER INSIDE ANOTHER ****ING FOLDER. WASTES TIME YOU'RE PULLING A LEGACY JESUS CHRIST


anyways



year one : besides the song being horrible and repetitive, you missed alot of things. You missed too many jumps and didn't layer correctly. very inconsistent sorry chum

2/5



also someone play my file

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...p?songid=28197

[foilman8805]

That's some good advice, man. Thanks for your time.

[Darkslave]

I'm looking for someone to give my newly made simfile a look, and offer some constructive criticism about it, as I'm rather new to stepping, I suppose I chose an impossible song to start out with (a piano version of fots), but my impression is that it's coming along very nice so far!
I could of course be wrong, so that's why I need some advice on it.
*removed sim for now*

[jimerax]

>> Villiex

Reviews in this thread aren't supposed to be limited to detailed judgement (although they
are preferable in most cases).

You can demand "constructive" critiques, but can't force someone to do it.
Quite simple feedback comments like "good file" "fun" "don't like it" "5/10" are also ok.

Considering there are still way more submitters than reviewers in this thread, I would
appreciate any feedback comments unless they are obvious flaming or something.

[Villiex]

Sorry. Removed. Hit a nerve on a bad day, but still no excuse.

[keitii]

clicky!
Please download in Stepmania. The video in it is pretty awesome (and the BPM is correct ). Since it's my first one, please critique as harsh as you waaant :{D

[kommisar[os]]

videos are a bad idea

[trumaestro]

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Statutory Ape (darph fluffy) 0.1/5
-Quit out
-Please learn how to layer. It was really boring, especially with all those sounds and no steps to them. Maybe choose a better and/or easier song to step so that you can get down the basics of layering before you go for metal.
-Bonus 0.1 for not obviously recording.

Listen to your Heart (DDR125) 0.5/5
(Heavy Chart)
-If this is supposed to be for pad, go through the entire simfile and correct patterns like crossovers.
-There are sounds on the piano that you missed and even some vocal inconsistencies.
-During one of the last left freezes, you step the piano as a jack when it should be a rising pattern because the piano changes pitch, so the steps should do the same.

Viva La Vida (darph fluffy) 0/5
-Quit out after 2 seconds. Offsync. Learn to use Beat 0 Offset.

Heart Attack (RB_IcePh0enix) 0.5/5
-Really repetitive. Difficulty is inconsistent, yet fits kind of with the song. Pick a better song next time.
-16ths that go on forever aren't fun, neither are the never ending 8ths in between.

Year One (foilman8805) 2/5
-More freezes in the beginning would probably have been better. Also more arrows during the freezes you did put in.
-Inconsistent layering.
-Repetitive as ****. Try something easier to step like some techno to get the basics of stepping down before you try metal. Try to get better at song selection, as well. Pick a song that's unique enough throughout and doesn't repeat itself 64 times in a row.
-If I could get over the repetitiveness of the file, I'd say it was somewhat fun, though used a lot of generic patterns with odd layering throughout. Also try pitch relevancy.


Love Cheat! (moches) 3/5
(Heavy Chart) (First reviewed file with a cdtitle, or any kind of graphics, lol)
-Short version <3
-Stepped it </3
-Best file so far, but still meh. Jacks are kind of awkward and stuff.
-bg is :ver distraction:


My Name is Jonas (sasukekun997) 0/5
-Quit out.
-Pick a song that actually has stuff to step in it.


Perfect Blue (kommisar) Still awesome/5
-Probably the only file I'll keep out of all these.
-Will probably play this almost everyday, it's just that ****ing awesome.


Fury of the Storm Pianer (Darkslave) 0.1/5
-oh god
-This is just too facepalming to take seriously.
-Unreasonable trills are unreasonable
-Making every arrow a jump is not called layering.

Good Eats Theme Song (keiti) 0/5
-wtflol
-Recorded crap with mines at wherever you feel like does not a good file make. Try actually stepping the song next time.

[foilman8805]

Thanks for going through all of those songs, trumaestro.

EDIT: Alright. I hear what you're saying. Once again, thanks for taking the time to review and help me out. The next file will be much better, trust me.

[ddrace]

I made a thread with this chart, but no one here has replied, so maybe I'll try here too.

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...p?songid=28330

comments welcome

[kommisar[os]]

Originally Posted by trumaestro

Perfect Blue (kommisar) Still awesome/5
-Probably the only file I'll keep out of all these.
-Will probably play this almost everyday, it's just that ****ing awesome.

<3

[Darkslave]

Fury of the Storm Pianer (Darkslave) 0.1/5
-oh god
-This is just too facepalming to take seriously.
-Unreasonable trills are unreasonable
-Making every arrow a jump is not called layering.

Dude...like..I know you aren't forced to give advice, but yeah, this helps me absolutely nothing. And what unreasonable trills are you talking about? The 8th-8th's?, you should be able to handle those perfectly fine if you've been playing actively over 3 months. At least give me a measure where they are. I might be new to stepping things, but I'm pretty sure it's better than a 0.1/5, that's something you should reserve for songs at the default 60bpm, stepped with only quads on every 16th. The only thing you are right about (sord of) are the jumps, they're on my list of things to do. And wtf is facepalming

[Shadowcliff]

See my siggy for my first simfile.

Remember, it's my first simfile so critique all you want. I'm still learning.

[Charu]

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...p?songid=28440

(Sorry for no BG or CD title, lol)

[trumaestro]

Originally Posted by Darkslave

Dude...like..I know you aren't forced to give advice, but yeah, this helps me absolutely nothing. And what unreasonable trills are you talking about? The 8th-8th's?, you should be able to handle those perfectly fine if you've been playing actively over 3 months. At least give me a measure where they are. I might be new to stepping things, but I'm pretty sure it's better than a 0.1/5, that's something you should reserve for songs at the default 60bpm, stepped with only quads on every 16th. The only thing you are right about (sord of) are the jumps, they're on my list of things to do. And wtf is facepalming

Trills: Stuff like at m11, m12, m18, m19. Unreasonable because the music isn't trilling like that, so neither should the steps.

Try going from m9 to m24 with pitch relevancy. Put lower notes on the left and higher notes on the right.
Truthfully, though, I doubt you could make a file I'd like out of this song. Power metal to piano just doesn't work. Plus it's Dragonforce, so yeah.

[Darkslave]

good advice there, at least I have some clear points to work on right now, I'll spend some time ironing out the worst parts of the sim...

[moches]

Shadowcliff: I played Oni. It was good for a first simfile, but a couple of things are bothering me here. First of all, you did not utilize consistency in your pitch relevancy and your freeze use. The speed up was actually surprisingly accurate, no problems there. Lastly, the last part after the speed up has a lot of errors rhythmically. There are no gallops. But I enjoyed this enough, keep trying.

[Shadowcliff]

Originally Posted by moches

Shadowcliff: I played Oni. It was good for a first simfile, but a couple of things are bothering me here. First of all, you did not utilize consistency in your pitch relevancy and your freeze use. The speed up was actually surprisingly accurate, no problems there. Lastly, the last part after the speed up has a lot of errors rhythmically. There are no gallops. But I enjoyed this enough, keep trying.

Thanks! When I was making this simfile, I didn't know if I should do jumps or gallops. I chose jumps because I already had a section with Gallops in it.
As for pitch relevancy, I don't like to use it much because it kinda limits what patterns you can do (in my understanding of pitch relevancy, anyways). I'll keep it in mind for my next simfile, but I don't know how much I'll use it.

Thanks for the review; keep an eye our for my next sim (it'll be featured in my siggy).

EDIT: After playing my sim once again, I realize that I didn't include gallops at all in my Oni chart...

[HighAndr0id]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A6WT4CG6
comment, critique, any feedback at all would be very helpful.

ok song info. Genre: metal/rock, artist: steve vai, length: 5 min, bpm: 170-197