DDR, DSF and ITG

[davidn]

Before the update that I had prepared for today, I feel obliged to mention that to my lasting surprise, Sunset Boulevard in Aberdeen seem to have thrown out their Dancing Stage machines and replaced them with Dancing Stage Fusion and ITG, the two new ones. Hooray!

I had a quick go of Fusion before leaving. Now, only about two readers of this journal will understand or care about any of this (and that's an optimistic guess), so I've put plain English translations at the side.

Foot ratings are available before song selection. (Good)
The songlist is almost completely new... (Good)
...I mean, just look at it... (Very Good)
but that means there are no Maxes unless you count Paranoia Max. (Bad)
The pad sensitivity seems rather low - it probably needs more working in. (Bad)
The volume on the machine is pitiful. (Very Bad)
The nonstops seem rather simple - Hard 1 might as well be called "Really Quite Easy 1". There's an option to upgrade the difficulty levels of everything, though. (Depends on your opinion, really)
There seem to be no high score tables at all. (Baffling)

So, half the bad points are down to the individual machine. I'm hoping that particularly the inclusion of things like Electric Six will encourage more people to have a go at it. I'll have to go back there some weekends - once again I'm pleased to live in Aberdeen. Actually, this is the only time.

Comments

[marcobiagi.livejournal.com]

I was trying to feel encouraged by wiping the floor with Hard 1. But yes, it is easy. And there does seem to be something iffy about the pads in London on Fusion too. But I hate ItG.