DDR FESTIVAL - The Way of LEGEND Oni Course

DDR FESTIVAL. This mix is... weird. It's a huge collage of fan-favorite classics and a bunch of new remixes and crossovers that don't really feel like DDR songs to me. It just seems like a filler game between EXTREME and SuperNOVA (although I'm not sure Konami had SuperNOVA in mind when this came out).

If I could describe this course in one word, it would be: technical. Nearly every song in this course has tricky patterns, several bursts of notes, or jump streams. Mad Blast, Insertion, Electro Tuned, and Gradiusic Cyber have some of the hardest patterns to time due to intricate polyrhythms or BPM changes. Then you have songs like Dive, Broken My Heart, and Sakura which have loads of jumps and would definitely tire people out on pad. The cherry on top is Outer Limits, a challenging but very satisfying boss song that has a handful of double steps to trip people up.

Despite this course feeling similar to Ultimate 12 in MAX2 US CS, this one is way more fun. Not only are most of the songs bangers, but I believe the Marvelous timing window makes me less susceptible to Greats. What still shocks me is that I only missed one note in this entire course, which is a first in this series. Will I ever go for the FC? Maybe someday, and I might get 10,000 points in the meantime. :P

Final Score: 9998

Player: Espik
Platform: PCSX2
Controller: Keyboard