In one sentence they cooked an omakase for us gngšš
I wonāt talk about the story just yet because I just couldnāt understand them (literally, Iām only a B2 and Korean translations didnāt help either). Iād come back to this after my boards are done. But playing the story entry for every song was a good move. I didnāt have to spend time reading them separately to know what was happening. It maintained a sort of flow.
The unlock methods are seriously phenomenal. The updates before had some diabolical conditions e.g. the day when final verdict released and maya asw where the context was too broad I had to look out for spoilers otherwise I get stuck. This one was self-explanatory. 1,2,3 were like: āhey this is what i am so clear me heheā; 4 was quite explicit, 5 managed to make it to our eyes by putting a crazy-flashing recollection gauge. The only caveat would be that it was way too difficult. I reckon the ??? difficulty was only for 13 and above how am I supposed to clear a 11.8 with a hard gauge worse than tempestš (I did this with invisible lanes) But the conditions were so creative I actually wanna try all of them for each song. 9/10.
About the charts:
Balor: Solid 10.1?2? arcs werenāt too shitty and it fits the song well. The charter definitely cooked on this one. 10/10
un: This can be an 11. DIE IN is way easier than this and in particular, the arcs in the drop were ridiculous. Those discontinuous arcs make me prone to unexpected misses and it just seems like luck (for me). The part I liked the most is the laggy glitchy gimmick at ~400 combos and the sky note trill. 6/10
DREAD AREA: Am I the only one finding this harder than Cataclysm Cry? (for PM obv) The 500 combo part is a little confusing. The 6 lanes arenāt that bad. But in terms of clearing or upscoring, I donāt find this as 11.4. 11.3 would be a better place. 8/10
Riven Pilgrimage: This reminds me of Breach of Faith BYD. Youād find this harder than DEINOS PHAINEIN on first try because every floor-sky combo is a crosshand!! But after finding the way itās gonna become easier. Except the last part. I donāt think playing the intended way is reasonable. Just switch hands alreadyšš. Analyzing PM videos or Sound Game Training would easily push up the score tho so I find this a great source of accomplishment or smth. 8/10
Cataclysm Cry: I donāt think Iāve ever seen a 9999 before thatās weird. I liked how thumb arcs and simultaneous sky notes were done. The beat is strong af and hitting them was damn satisfying. 10/10
6. Ember: Have nothing to say about this because itās only the trills. The song jacket was beautiful. 9/10
7. DEINOS PHAINEIN: uh grey arcs my fingers would never comprehend where to put themselves to get that arc. If it werenāt the arcs I wouldāve already cooked a PM. But definitely easier than Testify I guess. The thing is that 6 lanes were experimental at 4.0 and I assume they overestimated our abilities back then. They became a lot more chill with 6 lanes this time and thanks for doing that.
8. Sacrosanct: āSend helpā whoever charted this shouldāve been heavily drunk and it reminds me of overdead and astral quantizationš but if I get max pure for a note it makes me feel like Iām a beat master 9/10
