A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

[MaxGhost]

Re: A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

Why are we holding on to old shitty stuff in the game? All the backgrounds and uncolored files should be converted/fixed. It's an absolute turn-off to new players when they see absolutely horrible quality stuff like that. The "I worked so hard for this score" argument is hardly valid. This is a rhythm game, not a "blindly tap keys in hope of getting perfects cause I'm blinded by these terrible annoyances" game.

[ninjaKIWI]

Re: A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

If there is going to be a background video or background to a file, there needs to be a rule that it must be darkened for sake of playing.

I disagree with this. I think Marisa and P4U are totally acceptable, the BG's make it more difficult, but I enjoy that.

I do agree that the video quality in Jae's two files is pretty horrendous. I like the videos a lot, they make the files more interesting to play, but it's kind of bothersome when they're so low quality.

[who_cares973]

Re: A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

PS the person who made the videos also made the songs to go along with each other.

[bmah]

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The videos in these songs were more or less an experiment to see how well-received they would be from the community in a less distracting way than previous bg videos. So thanks for voicing your thoughts, Middie.

My personal opinion: the videos weren't all that distracting, even if one of them had epileptic flashes. I could focus on the arrows without being interrupted by the videos themselves.

And for those who commented on the quality of the videos: you have a choice to make - either high quality videos which lag the game more/increases the loading time of the song, or low quality videos which looks worse but reduces potential lag.

[nois-or-e]

Re: A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

PS the person who made the videos also made the songs to go along with each other.

Aliceffekt made both videos, and though it is less noticable in shiivers, the visuals are almost 'reacting' to the music. The quality in shiivers is pretty dismal to begin with. In illumitees it is a bit better, but as doss said, was darkened a little due to the nature of the video.

Both videos can be seen at 100% quality here and here.

Thanks for the comments/critiques guys, glad some people like them, sad that others don't :L

//2cents

...and I apologize if this is in the wrong section.

Probably should have gone in general talk as it is discussion about something ffr related and not really a bug report, but it is sort of suggestion-y in its nature too, so it's cool ;D

[Nullifidian]

Re: A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

The video is part of the concept of the file. You don't like it? Move on.
Nothing in here I see as a valid reason for removal, it's just personal preference. The flashing just adds to the challenge of the file.

edit:
Personally I think the videobackgrounds give an extra layer of depth to the files. It's more immersive as someone already mentioned, and puts you in a state. As far as scoring goes, I don't really see this as scoring files. Sure, an AAA on them is nice, but it's more about the visual experience in these files imo.

[jimerax]

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I know some people like BG vids and some people dislike them, so I'm doing a statistical investigation for the preference or readability/playability issues.

From my current recognition, BG video itself doesn't cause critical issues as long as the coloring of the video doesn't disturb arrows and the file is relatively easy + token.

As for the quality of videos, I think they are acceptable but some fixes from nois/dossar are welcome if they want.

[ichliebekase]

Re: A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

They're both token files, so scores don't matter as much as they would if they were public.

Also, how would some of you feel if someone said to remove files that you worked pretty damn hard on? I personally would be kind of upset and discouraged, but I guess Jae has thicker skin than me. (This isn't an attack towards anyone at all, I'm just making a point.)

I haven't played either of the files, maybe I could have a more solid opinion on the matter if I did. But as many have said, the videos go with the songs, and the brightness was reduced to 25%. Work with what you're given, and just remember that these songs are tokens.

[MaxGhost]

Re: A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

Sorry to take this off-course once again, but who do you really think will care if backgrounds/videos are removed from their old files? Honestly, out with the old in with the new makes more sense. I'd rather have consistent quality among files. Why are we keeping files that are only hard because of how badly they were stepped? That will never make sense to me.

[bmah]

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Some appreciate the artistic aspects of it. Your viewpoint doesn't represent everyone else's or even the majority. From a casual player's standpoint, it's a neat feature. For serious players, their opinions may more closely resemble yours.

Secondly, we're getting onto a different topic as soon as you mention how "badly" a song is stepped.

[nois-or-e]

Re: A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

who do you really think will care if backgrounds/videos are removed from their old files?

pssst, these 2 files were released in the last 2 weeks ;D

[MaxGhost]

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pssst, these 2 files were released in the last 2 weeks ;D

Yeah I know. I mean, I'm talking about stuff like skellybones, SSSG, etc. but yeah this is off-topic.

I don't see how for casual players stuff that hinder their gameplay can think it's a neat feature at all. A couple of my friends tried out FFR then complained about the inconsistent quality in songs, e.g. BNS files vs new files.

Anyways, my opinion on this topic is just that it should be an engine option like in SM where we can change the brightness of videos in the game.

[bmah]

Re: A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

I would prefer that myself. Except that on FFR, the bgs and videos are taken into account for overall difficulty, whereas this isn't usually the case on SM...

[ninjaKIWI]

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Nobody plays with BGs on SM, though. I only do for very few files, where the BG is important.

[ScarletSky]

Re: A Correspondances Illumitees / Elektrik Shiivers

I don't know how to play without them. >.>
Maybe that's why I suck at it.