The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (SUBMISSIONS CLOSED)!

[DigitalS3r4ph]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

I kind of appreciate hi19's feedback I'm seeing so far on Ossa's statements haha.

Sorry I havent gotten around to judging/reviewing files yet. I've been working on some graphics and files of my own in a crunch, but I'll have verdicts up soon! I have a lot to check out and catch up on, so bear with me.

[Dj_Ossa]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

Yeah, thanks hi19 for your feedback dude, that's a whole lot of files you got it though hahaha

[Kalre]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

Submitted another file

[Dj_Ossa]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

Yeah, I kinda expected as much. Maybe I'm just uncreative but I'm not sure how much more to extend it past what I already have. However I have started working on something else, and the file is already like 3x as exciting as the last one. So I guess we'll see how this one turns out once I'm done.

Maybe a new song is all you need! Good luck, there's still time!

[DigitalS3r4ph]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

omg tsuker bazucker raveiewz11]

FYI I'm drinking Wine as I play all these so please excuse my crunkness as I get drunk playing this yay.

Alien's Lair - Yes - Fun and short score attack file. Reviewed with fix #3 (Latest one I think?) Good stuff. Layering felt accurate, even if the song was a bit simple.

Angel Island Zone - Conditional but leaning towards Yes - The file is otherwise flawless, but the 24th note segments really annoyed the hell out of me. I'd like to see an easier alt chart with this segment stepped differently, with this as the hard chart, and then the expert chart with both layered in combined. I'm a fan of charts that have multiple difficulties, and I feel like that could definitely be done to add that extra bit of 'polish' to a song so deserving of it. Not a dealbreaker though. I'd love to have this file in the pack, so please consider my suggestion.

Battle! (Ho-oh) - YES - It's really interesting to see how you've grown as a simfile creator after all these years. I actually remember being quite underwhelmed waaaay back in the day with almost all of your simfiles/ffr files included/ that I felt you were lower tier. This file was really well done though and I had a major blast playing it (Same with Shard which is equally amazing). At this point, I'm looking forward to all of your submissions because they're hype!

Battle! (Lugia) - YES - Great job on this too. Had a blast playing it.

Battle! Trainer Battle- Yes - First off, EXCELLENT JOB on this. Despite it feeling very easy, considering the song, I got the sense that it was a well polished file with no real glaring issues or errors with it. That being said, I'd encourage you to give it a look once more and see how you could make a more challenging chart for it as well, since I know the music definitely has more to offer in the note-stepping-opportunity area. I love seeing stuff from newer step artists. Again, good work bro.

Betrayal - Jesus Christ - My hats off to you, sir.

City - Yes - You are perfect. I tend to never find much of anything wrong with anything you ever submit, and this is no exception. Thank you for stepping one of my favorite VG songs of all time from one of my favorite franchises of all time.

Dark World - A Link to the Past - Yes - Who stepped this? This was the most fun I've had playing a Zelda file in a long time. My only issue with it is, are you afraid of using freezes? Take advantage of that shit bro, that would only serve to make this awesome chart feel more complete.

Escape of the Infidels - Yes - Medium chart was fun, Hard was tolerable, Expert is pure garbage. I can see the point of this file, which is why I'm leaning towards a yes, but this kind of file really isn't my cup of tea.

Fighting of the Spirit - YES - 10/10

Grab the Crystal Popcorn! - Yes - Really cool file overall.

High-Speed Beast - Yes - Definitely an endurance test, really stressful file to play overall. I love the minijacks. Great for scoring.

In the Fires of Ignition - Yes - Fun little file.

Kindgom of Devotindos - Yes - It is no secret that I love swing files like this.

Lily Islands - Yes - Two swing files back to back, I'm reaaaaallly being spoiled today haha. Love it!

McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure Final Boss - Yes - Loved both charts. The jacks on the harder chart are on POINT. Love it!

Steel Massimo - Yes - Solid breakthrough file man! Great song choice, short and sweet, to the point, and interesting overall. It feels a bit off-kilter but the file is good overall. Hope to see more from you soon.

TAKE OFF - Yes - Pretty brutal but straightforward file, I'd say it's a good inclusion to the pack. I enjoyed the jacks for sure!

The Valedictory Elegy - Yes - Both charts are rock solid. Good shit.

Working Together - YES - VAST improvement over the original submission from what I can remember. Excellent job on this man!

[Buta-san]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

be the first to judge fields of honor! theres two mp3s and idk which i wanna use '~'

[bmah]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

Yeah I have no probs making an easier difficulty for Angel Island, and that would help justify the file in this pack even more. Don't think I will layer the harder chart any more though.

[Flossy97]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

Battle! Trainer Battle- Yes - First off, EXCELLENT JOB on this. Despite it feeling very easy, considering the song, I got the sense that it was a well polished file with no real glaring issues or errors with it. That being said, I'd encourage you to give it a look once more and see how you could make a more challenging chart for it as well, since I know the music definitely has more to offer in the note-stepping-opportunity area. I love seeing stuff from newer step artists. Again, good work bro.

Wow. I'm really glad you liked it! One of the reasons I would say it was really polished was that I playtested the hell out of it. But unfortunately I started this game in January, and would still consider myself to be weaker than the average player. So I'm kinda afraid to try and make more challenging files as I'm afraid it'll end up too difficult for me to playtest, and I won't really be able to do the file justice. I'll still try though, but it'll probably be at least a month or so before I feel like I'll really be able to do the files so they're as good as I want. But I'll still try and see what I can do once I've finished and learned from what I'm working on now.

[Arntonach]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

On monday I'll be going to school where I can use a proper version of photoshop, so expect something from me then. I can also do gfx for the pack if it's still needed too.

[cedolad]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

Do you have anything in mind? Or should I find something? Hit me up on Skype etc.

I have a few songs I still want to step, but we should talk more about what we want to step because I know we have different tastes. Also I'm not on Skype much anymore these days, but expect a PM

[cedolad]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

On monday I'll be going to school where I can use a proper version of photoshop, so expect something from me then. I can also do gfx for the pack if it's still needed too.

Ffs pls for all that is holy pls do all the gfx for the MvC2 ost that I stepped

[macgravel]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

Ffs pls for all that is holy pls do all the gfx for the MvC2 ost that I stepped

We've already got them taken care of.

[choof]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

gonna work on some motoi sakuraba

[-paexaea-]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

gonna work on some motoi sakuraba

daaaaank

also macg, tell me youve got that sexy ass italian stallion doin graphics for this

[hi19hi19]

Re: The VideoGame MegaPack 4 (June 30th DEADLINE)!

Battle! (Ho-oh) - YES - It's really interesting to see how you've grown as a simfile creator after all these years. I actually remember being quite underwhelmed waaaay back in the day with almost all of your simfiles/ffr files included/ that I felt you were lower tier. This file was really well done though and I had a major blast playing it (Same with Shard which is equally amazing). At this point, I'm looking forward to all of your submissions because they're hype!

I've always said that it's a unique privilege and simultaneously a unique problem that essentially every file I made for the first 3 years I was stepping is publicly available. I mean look at the stats for {Rose}, the first file I ever released has been played over 350,000 times. It's awesome, but it's also really embarrassing, because I know now that so many of my early files were straight garbage.
I'm glad I can at least change your opinion now!

I'm also glad that you appreciate the feedback... I'm not going to lie, it's really frustrating to get a file rejected without knowing what you could do better. And even for the files that were accepted, I want to make them better. If a reviewer has a feeling that a file is "dumpy" or some other issue, and its bad enough they bother to mention it, other people probably will feel the same way too - and if I can fix that and improve the file, I should. I'll see if I can catch you on Skype at some point.

Also, I realize now part of the problem seems to be that I misjudged what the pack is going for. I've always associated VGMP with simple guilty pleasure files like Zagh's Sewer Surfin' file, which I played to death after the first VGMP came out. Files I submitted to this pack like In the Fires of Ignition and Spray were trying to recreate that simple kind of file.

But I notice the files that are being best received are the more... artsy and modern (for lack of a better term) files.
I'm going to send another file in tonight. If my hunch is right, it will probably be a lot more what you guys are looking for than things like Escape of the Infidels or Med Sci 1. I'm eager to see what you think.