heyy i saw this in #modreq and decided to write some of my opinions on catastrophe diff
uh so i think this diff needs more jump and higher spacing between sliders (spacing between circles are fine)
some examples
00:35:571 (1,2) - overlap works fine in other similar situations in other maps that have more jumps because the players expect a jump without knowing due to the beat and thus has to reaim and come back to the second slider, which takes a bit of time and makes players feel that the slider fits in the music when playing for the first time (i guess i can call it a non-real jump). But since the spacing is so low in this diff when bpm is 284, that doesn't happen; the players don't expect a jump and they hit the next slider(slideer2 in this case) too easily.
00:48:141 (4,1) - since it has low spacing and low sv (1.7 isn't that bad but compared to val's "dark" maps or adult's toy which has similar bpm), this short stop/break doesn't give any tension or suspense or anticipation (or whatever you call it) but to give players a feeling that it's kind of undermapped (hate to say it) imo
00:51:521 (4,5,6,7,8,9,10) - try pressing some buttons and moving some objects around. I'd make a nice jump pattern like this
(and stack 9 on 10's head)
00:55:641 (4,2) - ctrl + g blue slider (4) and ctrl + j green slider (2) and move it up a bit
(more interesting cursor movement + exciting to play)
01:02:507 (4) - just ctrl + g ing this makes it really fun to play
01:23:740 (2,3) - replace these with a slider to fit to the vocals?
yeah, this isn't a full mod, because i think this is a style problem.
i know you have a set, distinguished style but it might get in the way of making the map more fun to play
try going through the diff slowly and follow the map with the cursor. put jumps and criss-cross movements and make it more exciting
u know, this song is really cool and has that aggressive feeling. try expressing that in your map
hope this helps a bit
EDIT: 200th post!
Insane
