itt we do new reviews of old packs

[moches]

Re: itt we do new reviews of old packs

okay

so it turns out SMGpack2 really isnt that bad

(Ossa) Almsty's OP - overlong and pretty uninteresting but does what it can. would have been much better with a cut.
(Kn33) Ave de Rapina - I really like some of the accents here, but ruined by overly heavy and long freeze usage. also 12th stops **** up the timing on the hands and wreck my score D:
(HST) Blythe - simple but very effective. 24th patterns seem random?
(Ossa) Bossman - this file is freaking fun
(Patashu) Bumpy Genital - nobody does dnb like Patashu does. straightforward and just hard enough to be replayable
(Necros) Butekkai - Necros always has a very pragmatic way of stepping that looks simple but catches the depth of his songs well. same goes here. copy+paste+additional layering looks very sloppy and some of the long freezes interrupt the flow, but overall one of the better files in the pack.
(Tsuka) Cave Story - awesome. freezedumping works well with chiptunes, gotta say
(GLoVE) Confined - interesting use of left-hand bias here but not so much fun to play. feels weird at parts because the file's so sparse but the patterns are so hard
(Kil) Creamy - cute
(Yesssss) Cruisin' - classic file
(Ossa) Destination - quit out at the part with the horrific jumps layered into long jacks. that said, the freeze followed by a note gimmick was effectively used in some parts, but it still mostly felt like overkill.
(Ossa) El Telefono - this is my favorite file from Ossa. easy, chill, and freeze parts flow nicely.
(Kn33) Fear - this is my favorite file from Kn33. beautiful file

will do more later

[dballin4]

Re: itt we do new reviews of old packs

These old packs aren't old enough. The only ones I ever played were KBMP and F5. :3

[dAnceguy117]

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I used to play the hell out of Destination oni in an attempt to AA. don't think I ever got it.

[xferrarix]

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i downloaded Xoon 3 again recently, so here's a review of it

250BPM - lul roar u sneaky devil, all the 32nds/64ths was gay so uh 4/10
Beautiful Angel - woah where did trance_core go? this file was really awesome, sure the technical stuff was iffy but this was really fun to tap out 8/10
BLN - really cool file, old schooled. really cool but not really anything outstanding about it 6/10
candy rape - ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the patterns were so bland i passed out on my keyboard 2/10
cirno's perfect math class - this was neat too but the 8th jumps were kinda not necessary 6/10
CONTRACT - raar raar this files so hard but replayable and perfect for scoring 7/10
d-code - i can tell this is old from you moches xd however it still is pretty fun and the song itself didnt have much you could do with it, 6/10
danse macabre - hate to do this but this was the best file in the pack to me 9/10
dazzling destiny - i forgot puppet made files for this. this was really cool overall, nothing wrong or bad about it. some parts were ~too technical~ but it was cool 8/10
deathkenkai - Vospi goodness. it was overall solid, and the type of patterns i'd expect from him. not really my cup of tea though 5/10
Epidermis - HARD WTF/10
evergreen - hey i remember playing this, its still cool now and was cool then, 8/10
Feast for eternity - no
ffff - ffff no
Garyo - this was cool too 6/10
hand throw - i prefer alexdest's version now :'( but its not awful but not that great, 5/10
Heart of Witch - THIS FILE IS REALLY OLD 1/10

and thats all i played of it :'(

[Arntonach]

Re: itt we do new reviews of old packs

Will review VGMP. I'm at Metal Warrior at the moment, so I'm almost there.

[moches]

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more reviews for SMGpack2

(iamme) Final Step - eh, perfectly fine. some patterns are seriously a kick in the balls though (we call it "iamme syndrome" for a reason...)
(ducky) Fire Wire - pretty simple, pretty good. maybe a bit too much following the 16ths (empty space can be very effective when used well), but I always knew where the file was headed and it was satisfying to play.
(Rebirth) Fly Away - this is actually one of the better freezedump files in the pack. too bad everybody dumped on it when it came out
(Kn33) Gamelan de Couple - I was not expecting this file from Kn33grow, lol. it's decent; song isnt that interesting in the first place but some of the polyrhythms are fun
(Patashu) Ghosts - solid file. maybe a wee bit dense for the relatively light tone of the song (at least compared to Bumpy Genital hehu)
(macgravel) Glitchcraft - tbh I was never a fan of these memorization-reliant files that macgravel excelled at (save Mellann that file ruled)
(Tsuka+mcg) Goblinz - this file, however, owns
(GLoVE) - Grey Pianos Flying - parts of this own, but others are too simplistically layered to capture the rising/falling tension of the song. chill file, though
(HST) Hanafubuki - i don't get how this file is layered--easier chart with less hands might have helped. still enjoyed this because it was easy and flowed well
(Ossa) He's A Pirate - all of this is boss except for the freezejack thingy at the end which wrecks my score every time :<
(Patashu) Holy Orders - not in the mood for a long song, skipping this
(Yesssss) In The Light - same here. iirc this is nice, though. too many long freezes, maybe, but parts of this were really great
(Kil) Incarnation of Devil - gr9 file
(iamme) Kakumei - this is actually the best iamme file but nobody will tell you that

[AlexDest]

Re: itt we do new reviews of old packs

bump because i'd like to see more reviews from others

hateful review of ffrcp2:

chiptune superstar (kommistar) - pretty neat file except for the mines right after some of those hands what was that 7/10

mind mapping (ferrari) - couldnt have picked a more cheesy song could you, cool file up until the end at like 600ish combo which you dumped jumpstream in there which i just gave up 5/10

flowing 5.8.8. (moches) - boring white noise song 3/10

mnemoniq (patashu) - a neat jazzy song with the most generic banner ever really what are these graphics in this pack, cool swing file pat-a-shoe 7/10

a bunch of japanese letters or some ching chong shit (scylaax) - a very boring and bland chart for which i had to zone out and re-evaluate why im still continuing to play this chart (edit chart is rly gay) 3/10

helix nebula (kommisar) - maybe if you told people to play this on 2.0 rate it would actually be interesting 3/10

the game of love (dimentio) - i cant even play this because it just sounds like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoBQWLE11NA running through my head sorry no 1/10

classical guitar solo (who_cares973) - you submitted this so you can get some credibility right

hiai no jubaku (kil) - i think the secret to stepping to the music is you take a heavenly shit while placing notes to make it feel like the slow and relieving release of a turd from your bum ?/10

cosmic dust (patashu) - beep boop beep boop this song is boring 3/10

dusk's holy mask (kil alias) - yea my conjecture still stands *toilet flush*

concertino in blue (puppet) - you had an opportunity to make this dense as fuck but ignored it now this file is dead to me 5/10

quantum teleportation (moches) - was wondering when you were going to stop copy and pasting but i guess we just cant have nice things can we 2/10

fake (puppet) - yeah nice one handed trills and unnecessary 32nd jack in there real tight bro 5/10

the legend of zelda theme (puppet & kommisar) - was wondering why my score wasn't showing, nice job double checking the file guys also too many holds 4/10

sparkle downer (npv) - sounds like cowbells in space also bad patterns 3/10

pandora (spitfire) - at least you sampled the cockblock part of the song because i would have been angry that i lost my quad by the worst patterns known to man 2/10

run the place red (dimentio) - yeah green notes thats real necessary for this song, but at least its the least boring file in this damned pack so far, cool restep 7/10

holy orders (shashikiro) - yeah real original song choice dont we have enough files for this song already

a quick death (who_cares973) - sounds sick and pretty much butchers everything else in the pack 8/10

stepmania last boss (puppet & kommisar) - way to end the pack with the worst file in existence 0/10

[cetaka]

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(shashakiro) Holy Orders defined my childhood, hell it defined everyones childhood. or maybe i'm thinking of patashus,k which was the one that stepped the sword being unsheathed sound at teh begning lol

[Wayward Vagabond]

Re: itt we do new reviews of old packs

(shashakiro) Holy Orders defined my childhood, hell it defined everyones childhood. or maybe i'm thinking of patashus,k which was the one that stepped the sword being unsheathed sound at teh begning lol

You're thinking of patashus lol

[mi40]

Re: itt we do new reviews of old packs

(shashakiro) Holy Orders defined my childhood, hell it defined everyones childhood. or maybe i'm thinking of patashus,k which was the one that stepped the sword being unsheathed sound at teh begning lol

cetashu

[dascookieman]

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for DCP

[spoiler="New DCP Review"]
(GLoVE) Cities of the Future - never thought i'd say this but Ruined By Mines

i didn't put the mines in!!!! heavy is the exact same thing and is what you should play. someone just made a beginner copy and put mines in it and now that's what everyone plays and my nice file is ruined :<

[mi40]

Re: itt we do new reviews of old packs

but then who was mine.....................










the plotte thickenes..

[dascookieman]

Re: itt we do new reviews of old packs

hm paex says on page3 that he told me to put them in but i dont remember doing it :S. it was my last file before 5-year hiatus lol i dont remember

also this thread rules

[AlexDest]

Re: itt we do new reviews of old packs

another review

a gunshot to the head of trepidation (glove) - a very simplistic chart to a metal song and stepped well enough to be slightly memorable 8/10

aztec templing (cetaka) - dumb chart but memorable 7/10

azul (necros) - the amount of difficulties in this cater to a good amount of players of different skill sets (all 3 are charted well), which ultimately makes for a great simfile 8/10

bargain (patashu) - decent chart for a song that's nothing but a heavy bass kick to every 4th note 6/10

biosfear (yesssss vs glove) - nicely charted but wow boring 5/10

blurk's op 2 (blurk) - i really wonder what drove kil to produce such a song like this, he must really hate you blurk 4/10

break the sword of justice (dondon151) - very repetitive and boring, beginner is just an overlayered dump 5/10

caring dance (velious) - pop'n music yeah real nice, got boring pretty fast 4/10

carpet muncher (cetaka) - i dont know why but by how this sampled music sounds it sounds like a bunch of cats meowing in autotune. like i imagine that the aristocats got together 5 years later after the movie and decided one day that they should produce jazzy catcore and voila this song. anyway cool file 7/10

castaway (stargroup) - nice chart but i'm wondering why all you stepped back in the day were piano demos 6/10

chaoz japan (z3ratul) - i never understood what was going on in this chart also bad song choice 3/10

cold heart (kneegrow) - decent chart 6/10

colored (jimerax) - yamajet sure is racist 7/10

cooking by the book (z3ratul) - quite a different man you are 2/10

crow's ghost (hayden) - vent is dead 8/10

crystal ann (z3ratul) - aw how cute it's like you're trying to fit in now 2/10

cynic (reach) - Congrats You're The Millionth Restep And Have Won 5/10

darkwing duck theme (blurk) - this is probably the point where you said "i give up stepping so i'm goin out with a bang" or something ?/10

dream to nightmare (tsuka) - cool chart 7/10

electro rush x8 (rebirth) - cheezy song with the most annoying patterns 4/10

endless sacrifice (glove) - cool dream theater chart but really there are some other bands out there that are steppable like Linkin Park and Fall Out Boy you should try those out 7/10

exospacial psionic aura (yesssss) - terrible song to play but nice chart 6/10

f (linus) - hey a chart of yours that doesn't actually suck 7/10

[-paexaea-]

Re: itt we do new reviews of old packs

hm paex says on page3 that he told me to put them in but i dont remember doing it :S. it was my last file before 5-year hiatus lol i dont remember

also this thread rules

yeah you can blame me for the beginner chart of cities of the future rofl