Hi there! As I said earlier I can't tell whether I could finish this mod (due to my schedules currently orz) - the song is simply amazing though:
[General]
-> Because you used custom circle elements, you should enforce a SliderBorder: color from the .osu file~
-> You can't silence sliderslide and slidertick together!
-> The difficulty names used aren't really coherent and not really reflect the Easy/Normal/Hard name (they fits the theme of the song though, I'm just commenting on this :3)
-> I also added a gradient overlay for the spinner-metre, feel free to use:
[Sincerity]
-> As I said earlier to you there are a fair amount of 1/4 thumping beats which would be nice if it's mapped as well (:
-> The volume on the opening parts are somehow too loud (especially when compared to other diffs), but perhaps its just me >_<
Umm, for the map itself... The song choice is brilliant (thanks for showing me this song, really) but I don't really get the 'grave' and 'chill' atmosphere the song offers in the Sincerity diff, also to be honest I think a simple lighting SB with that background would touch the player more instead of that video >_<
Good luck with this though Autumn!~
[General]
-> Because you used custom circle elements, you should enforce a SliderBorder: color from the .osu file~
-> You can't silence sliderslide and slidertick together!
-> The difficulty names used aren't really coherent and not really reflect the Easy/Normal/Hard name (they fits the theme of the song though, I'm just commenting on this :3)
-> I also added a gradient overlay for the spinner-metre, feel free to use:
[Sincerity]
-> As I said earlier to you there are a fair amount of 1/4 thumping beats which would be nice if it's mapped as well (:
- 00:20:378 (3) - Even when I first hear the song, I already imagined that the song would be mostly playing around with hitsound volume dynamics - on the opening parts, how about making the second whistle volume's lower (~10-15%)?
- 00:30:469 (2) - Minor stuff, move the first waypoint to ~x:279 y:174 for a better encircle with (1)
- 00:33:469 (3) - I'd put this further from (2) instead, for instance ~x:474 y:250 - then
- 00:34:014 (1) - Stack this to (3) as you did previously - what I wanted to emphasize here is the small jump from (2) to (3) followed by a stack really fits the song here (:
- 00:36:196 (1,2,3,4,5) - Umm, I don't think 5/4 slider really fits here - if you still want to use 5/4, I highly recommend to reduce the volume on every slider's end to ~5-10% xD
- 00:37:832 (3,4) - Suggestion, perhaps try this flow instead:
- 00:39:469 (5,1) - Would be much nicer if they form a back-to-back flow like this:
- 00:50:514 (1) - Err, why not start this from 00:50:651 instead o.o
- 00:53:651 (1,1,2) - Actually it feels weird you shaped (1) like that but left the gap inside empty... Perhaps try this flow to make use of it:
- 01:11:105 (2) - Your finish sound really fits the thumping sound on the entire song... Why you only used it on this slider's start only >_<
- 01:14:105 (5) - Copy-paste the shape from (4) here? Quite obvious that (4) and (5) isn't symmetrical here
- 01:17:651 (1,2,3) - Umm... I much prefer if (2,3) isn't stacked and made into a simple flow like this, plays much more natural imo:
- 01:20:651 (2,1,2,3) - To make it look more patterned perhaps arrange them in a tilted square like this: (sorry I made this in a hurry)
- 01:29:378 (2,2) - On these two, put the whistle on the sliders' start instead (due to the vocals)?
- 01:44:651 (2,3) - I really, REALLY recommend to use a gradual slider speed increase here (possibly .6x -> .8x -> 1x) - should be a lot more dramatic here :3
- 01:47:242 (x) - Add note here to follow the background drums? (there are a lot of places where you can add circle to follow the background drums on the chorus though, I'd only mention this one xD)
- 01:50:651 (3) - ~x:141 y:314 here perhaps to form a straight line?
- 02:20:651 (1) - I much prefer if you could add two 1/4 circles here and start the slowdown slider on 02:20:923 instead, to follow the instrument~
- 02:33:778 (2) - This can simply be moved to ~x:162 to make the slidertick in the center (symmetrical slider) :3
- 00:20:651 (1,3) - Is it intentional not to make these two land on the same y-axis? Barely noticeable though
- 00:25:287 (2,3) - As your intention is to encircle the previous (2) here, consider this shape instead? (flows good with (3) too!~)
- 00:28:287 (2) - For me it would be better if this could be placed in the center (~x:256) - up to you though (:
- 00:36:196 (1) - Umm, I don't feel a fully linear slider flows good here... Perhaps add some bezier twist here to resemble a heart pulse more:
- 00:46:014 (6,1) - Again here with the fully linear slider with sharp turns - this flows much better imo:
- 00:49:014 (3) - I'd leave this without any hitsound to emphasize the whistle on (6)
- 00:51:469 (7) - ...and here as well (leave this without any hitsound, same reason as above)
- 00:53:651 (3) - Minor stuff, place this in ~x:313 y:252 (slightly lower than (2)'s end) to carry its flow?
- 01:03:196 (5) - Umm, perhaps shape this to form a hollow circle like this:
- 01:11:105 (3) - Minor stuff, move the first waypoint to ~x:154 y:263 to make its angle more even with (2)?
- 01:16:287 (4,5,1) - These three isn't placed at the same altitude (y-axis), is this intentional?
- 01:26:378 - Add note here and start spinner 1/2 or 1/4 later perhaps to fill the continuing beat?
- 01:28:560 (1) - Flows more solid imo if this is made straight with (2) - up to you though:
- 01:43:832 (x) - The music continues here - add note and start spinner 1/4 or 1/2 after? As for the arrangement, a simple pentagon would do good already imo:
- 01:53:651 (3,4,5) - For me it's better if this is arranged downward-upward-downward as (1,2,3)'s flow will be continuous this way xD
- 02:05:651 (1,2,3,4) - Err, is it intentional to let them be like this? A simple neat arc flows better and more continuously imo:
- 02:10:832 (2) - I'd place the endpoint at ~x:360 y:96 so that it'll point directly at 02:08:651 (3)'s turn (looks very neat imo) - up to you though :3
- 02:20:651 (3) - More or less same as Sincerity (in this case : extend this into a 1/2 slider, than start spinner on 02:21:060 due to that echoing sound)
- 02:33:778 (2) - This seems minor but adding a bezier twist a bit would make the ending much more touching, really~
-> The volume on the opening parts are somehow too loud (especially when compared to other diffs), but perhaps its just me >_<
- 00:22:014 (1) - imo would be nice if this can be placed in the center (~x:256) somehow...
- 00:26:378 (1) - Also for this as well~
- 00:53:651 (1), 00:55:832 (3),... - I'd remove the whistle on slider's end here and try to keep the whistle sounding every 4/1 on this part - 2/1 sounds too noisy imo and doesn't really fit the song...
- 01:05:651 (2) - Perhaps add a slight curve upward here so it'll form a continuous flow with next (1) :
- 01:13:287 (1,2) - Suggestion, how about creating a back-to-back flow like this here:
- 01:26:378 (1) - Use lower volume on the slider here perhaps to let that horror (?) sound from the song stood out?
- 01:37:287 (1,2) - While forming patterns like this you could use a 'test circle' ((3) in this picture below) in which you could delete afterwards to form a perfect circle pattern, really:
- 01:41:651 (3) - Minor stuff, put this in ~x:69 y:57 so that (1,2,3) will be placed in a straight line :3
- 01:46:014 (1) - Suggestion, perhaps try something like this here? It flows more solidly to both its next and previous slider imo:
- 02:03:469 (1,2) - You can use the same technique I mentioned on 01:37:287 (1,2), but this one is much better already xD
- 02:20:923 - I much prefer if the spinner is started here (the instrument stood out more imo) but it's your call here~
- 02:24:196 (2) - Start this slider 1/2 earlier to follow the vocals?
- 02:31:596 - Add circle here, also for the vocals? (I can see your intention here is to simplify the rhythm, but some skipped beats are more into confusing currently imo :3)
Umm, for the map itself... The song choice is brilliant (thanks for showing me this song, really) but I don't really get the 'grave' and 'chill' atmosphere the song offers in the Sincerity diff, also to be honest I think a simple lighting SB with that background would touch the player more instead of that video >_<
Good luck with this though Autumn!~