I don't mean this to be a personal attack in any form, if you do feel so, I'll apologize and retract anything that might seem that way.
[6K Extra]
bottom line:
I don't like it, it feels very dry and patterns don't seem to have a lot of thought into it. This becomes very apparent in the denser sections, let me explain in a few points:
- Arbitrary
- Mapping too much
- Skipping Vocals
- Unclear of motives in certain patterns
- Why is this so long
I'll keep this short just so that I can create another post to elaborate if you want me to.
Arbitrary
A lot of patterns in the 6k extra feel random and arbitrary in placement, this happens a lot in the whole chart.
00:39:876 (39876|3,39876|1,39876|2,39876|4) - This part felt super dry and boring, while there is so much going on with the vocals. The patterns you did here don't even play that well
00:30:351 (30351|2,30651|4) - I don't get why you chose to link the triplets together with this note, you can easily just emphasize the triplets without them. I very much prefer if you removed these so as to create breaks.
00:33:576 (33576|1,33576|5,33576|4,33651|2,33726|0,33726|3,33876|4,33876|5,33876|1,33951|2,34026|3,34026|0) - why is this the same thing
01:44:676 (104676|3) - patterns here feel so arbitrary that the only thing that is justifying the increment in intensity within the song is just density rather than well-thought out pattern placements
(to elaborate if you want... )
Summary: I don't think you've looked through the patterns thoroughly
Mapping Too Much
The title might seem silly but let me explain.
I touched on the idea of "mapping too much" on the triplet mod above, where you lose the effect of emphasis if you decide to insert more layers, this is similar.
01:33:576 (93576|1,93626|2,93676|3,93726|1) - existent or not, i don't hear any 1/6, it feels more like an error rather than "correctly mapping" in a player's eyes
00:19:176 (19176|3,19226|4,19276|5) - ^
00:25:176 (25176|0,25176|2,25176|1,25251|4,25251|3,25251|5,25326|2,25326|1,25326|0) - do you really need a 3 note chord trill for this, there isn't even a prominent 1/4 beat here
00:56:676 (56676|3) - this part here is very tame, i don't get why you'd have to put in such a complex pattern here. The difficulty in general can be hard, but it doesn't meant it has to be hard all the time
(to elaborate if you want... )
Skipping Vocals
Opposite of mapping too much, you skip the vocals, which is a big feature in the song, why?
00:39:876 (39876|4) - you skipped the whole vocal verse here, now it is really just boring triplets. I would get it if there's no vocals, but there's vocals, so make use of them instead of just doing triplet patterns that visually look random.
00:47:226 (47226|5,47376|4) - you could have used 1/4 LN chords to make it so much more different, but you chose the triplet
Unclear of motives in certain patterns
01:01:026 (61026|2,61101|3,61176|2,61251|3,61326|2,61401|3,61476|2) - I don't get this pattern as a whole, i would understand 01:01:026 (61026|2,61101|3,61176|2) - this triplet since it's mapped to the percussion, but i don't hear anything after that.
01:02:976 (62976|5,63076|3,63176|4) - I understood this as mapping to the 1/3 string instrument but why was this 01:03:426 (63426|4) - inserted in between? I would much rather have the right hand do a 1/3 only, just make it clear that my right hand is playing that instrument only
01:07:776 (67776|2,67876|1,67976|0) - same here
01:20:976 (80976|4) - I think the biggest problem would be that this pattern (and a lot more) doesn't feel unique and special to the music itself, it could be easily made different by adding LNs on 6 and 1 to acknowledge the vocal.
01:30:426 (90426|3,90426|2,90726|3,90801|2) - i don't get this, it's so faint i don't even know why i'm playing it
01:12:426 (72426|0,72576|4,72726|1,72876|3,73176|2,73326|1) - what why are these here, felt like i was playing with the wrong mp3
(to elaborate if you want... )
Why is this so long
I don't get the length of this map, this could easily be 1/3 of the length and I wouldn't miss anything interesting. The map doesn't develop and it doesn't do the song justice.
The only part where I felt that the map was relevant to the music was when there wasn't any long 1/4 streams:
00:38:826 (38826|2,38826|3,38901|1,38901|4,38976|3,38976|2,39051|1,39051|4) - I like this a lot, i don't really like the 1/8 patterning but at least it's different
00:54:426 (54426|3,54426|4,54501|1,54501|2,54576|4,54576|3,54726|3,54726|40) - I like this, it's simple and gets to the point
01:50:676 (110676|1,110676|2,110826|0,110976|1,110976|2,111126|0,111276|1,111276|2,111426|0,111576|2,111576|1,111726|0) - I really like the integration of 1/2 poly with 1/4, I can feel the different in rhythm on both hands and I think it fits well with the music.
other than that I didn't enjoy anything else, it feels like a 4k jumpstream map expanded to 6k
edit: cut down the line length