Magdalena Bay - Death & Romance by defiance

i think i should've done a write up for this rather than just leaving a 0.5, my fault og sama quanhitter39, canderos's top.

generally speaking i value slider design as being a fundamental aspect for specific sounds and i simply dislike your choices. to me, they don't *fit* the vibe of the song. i think this and your movement choices are the primary factor in why i dislike the map as a whole aside from contrast choices as whole

to me your intro 00:01:805 - is fine, but then i start to dislike your movement choices 00:10:861 - for the 2nd half this beginning 8 bar section

the choruses open with movement that i think fits and feels good, but everything else in the chorus just feels so overdone, like there's no real contrast which flattens the dynamics of the song

01:14:823 - i do like that you continue mapping the dotted quarter note piano but the movement is jarring, chaotic even and it's the same in the other post-choruses. i do think sometimes a 'less is more' philosophy should be applied to let the actual peaks in the song breathe

On the contrary the movement choices are the main thing I really liked about this map and really hit the vibe for me, it felt so carefree almost like I'm dancing to this very pretty song which gave me a great first experience

I kinda feel similar to you about the slider design choices sometimes but I can't deny that it felt so joyful to play that I simply did not care about that

The only thing that I really would've done different is made the cs larger to make the spacings feel a bit more natural and I probably would've thrown a 4/4.5 at it

guys lets be honest i just ran it down mid