Thanks,

That seems about right, but does anyone else agree with me that Horatio is easier than a 10?

I know this was posted somewhere else in the past, but I can't find it.  What is the conversion between the 20 foot difficulty scale in DDRX and the traditional 10-foot scale?

Asked another way, what are the "ten-footers" in DDRX?

Excuse me BlueStarGazer07, but does it not embarrass you that of the 13 words in your post, 9 are misspelled?

 Allah, Barack, Hussein, Reverend, Wright, Ayers, Hamas, Let's,  and Jihad.

I think you have done a good job of illustrating why the Republicans were not  able to win the swing vote in this election, and why many of the moderate and intellectual conservatives supported Barack.  Many of us independents looked to both sides for answers and from the right, all we heard was unintelligible babble, fearmongering, negativity, and deceit.  Nobody should be surprised that America chose hope and optimism, not to mention intelligence.  The old saying goes that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.   I'll add that if it sounds like there's a brain in your head that helps too (the Republicans failed on both counts this election).

Feel free to keep spewing your nonsense, but don't think that you're helping your cause.

JUJEE:  I didn't see any "judgment timing".

Inexcusable.  How could they include this feature for DDRX and not bother adding it to DDRU3. If anyone from Konami is reading this, I WILL NOT buy DDRU3 or any other future DDR that doesn't include a way to compensate for TV lag (I already can't play Uni1 or Uni2, except on dark).  I was getting optimistic about this game, because it seemed like Konami was putting some real thought and work into this game.  What's the point of all that work if you won't include one simple little option to make the game playable to those of us who have HDTV?

Every time I complain about this, there are always comments like "I have HDTV, but I don't have tv lag" to which I will preemptively respond

1) not all HDTV's have the same lag, you may just be lucky enough not to have it.

2)  If you either don't have finely tuned timing yourself(meaning you can get FPC's) or you've only played on your HDTV, you might just not notice lag.

Also, please don't point out to me yet again that there is a timing setting in options.  I know that, but if there's only one, then it doesn't fix tv lag.  For that you need two timing settings, a la DDR X which has both judgment timing and display timing.

Also, I have to point out (even though I won't be buying this game, so it doesn't matter) that it is greedy to sell only the bundled game.  I also have to guess that it will negatively affect sales.

Finally, if it is true that the 'DLC' is already on the disk, then two big middle fingers up to you, Konami.

Sorry if this post sounds so negative.  I've been loving DDR X!!! I just can't express my disappointment enough that this game that I've been looking forward to for so long is unplayable to me because such a simple option was left out.

Will somebody who has the game please look in the timing options and tell me whether there's just one 'timing' setting or if there's both 'judgment timing' and 'display timing'.

Here's how to tell:

Pick a one-foot  chart on beginner about 150 bpm, and use the option that makes the arrows disappear toward the top.  I think it's called "dark".  Then play the chart based on sound only.  If you're getting all perfect your 'judgement timing' is fine.  To test your TV lag, return the arrows to normal, and play the chart with the sound muted i recommend a speed mod here too, maybe 2x.  If you get all perfects, your 'display timing' is fine.

This is how you know that the 'timing' in DDRU 1 and 2 is judgement timing, and not display timing.  Set it to something drastic, so that you know the timing will be off.  If you play with the sound muted, nothing will really be different, but if you play with the arrows set to dark, and time your steps with the beat of the song, you'll be way off.

Maybe your tv doesn't lag as much as you thought :)

Unfortunately, that timing setting is for if there's lag in your input, not in your tv.  If you adjust that, you might get the video synced up, but then the sound will be off. 

However I am now quite optimistic, because I was just playing DDR X and I noticed that there are TWO timing options.  One is called judgement timing, and the other is called display timing, so the problem has been addressed, and I'm pretty sure that if they fixed it for PS2, they will for 360 as well.

I'll second what Zukinman said.  The achievements should be 1) fun 2) actual achievements, and 3) extend the life of the game.

Universe 1 and 2 missed the mark, and Universe 3 seems to have gotten it dead on.  These achievements look fun and skill based.  I'm happy about the achievements for the outfits, because it gives me a reason to care about buying the outfits, which normally I wouldn't.  This in turn extends the life of the game.

Good job Konami, now PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix the timing options so this game will be playable for those of us with TV lag.

If the online mode was functional enough that it was enjoyable to play, then yes, I'd say the stat tracking was a good idea.  As it is, the online mode has enough problems (I'm talking Universes) that I don't bother with it anyway, so I don't care.

I double checked last night, and that setting does not help with tv lag.  It appears to be for controller lag.  The fact that there is no way to compensate for TV lag is inexplicable.  When I buy DDRU3, the first thing I'll check is whether there is a setting to adjust for TV lag, and if there is not, I'll be packing it up and taking it right back to the store.  Ever since I got used to playing on PS2, and got used to hitting the arrow when it crosses the outline, not a quarter inch below, DDRU1 and 2 have been almost unplayable.

Are you sure that compensates for tv lag or does it compensate for input lag?

I liked max2. . .short sweet and to the point.  Quest mode can be fun a la universe 2, but as universe 1 showed us, it can also be very not-fun.

Surisingly, though, When i started playing stepmania, I relaized that I didn't miss an unlock mode at all.  I'm perfectly fine with having all songs avaiable right from the get-go.

In the absence of a choice to select "no unlock mode" I guess I reluctantly choose time based mode.

Slackbot:I firmly believe that any accomplishment-based unlock system should have a time-based (or number-of-songs-played-based) unlock mode as a backup, so nobody will be left out as long as they keep at it.

 agreed

Okay, after nineteen pages, I think we've established that there are all different levels of player.  Every player has a certain range of difficulties that he or she plays, and a certain range of difficulties that he or she ignores.  What I haven't seen is a good argument for why ANY level of player should be ignored.

There are players who can't even pass a one footer, and there are players who get bored with anything less than a 10 footer, and there is everything in between. I fail to understand why it would be either impossilbe or disadvantageous to make a game with charts whose difficulties reflect this diversity.

I hope I'm not sounding argumentative, but I really don't understand the objection to just adding a bunch of 'challenge' charts and then everyone has a good amount of charts at the difficulty they want to play.

I'll put in my vote for the ps2.  I picked mine up used for 70 or 80 bucks.  Unfortunately, It did take a while to find all the older titles, and when I did, they were unreasonably expensive for a used ps2 game that 's that old.  Also, DO NOT get extreme 1 unless youhave an action replay or something, because there is no option to disable the corner buttons during gameplay, and that makes it almost unplayable.

P.S. Not that you asked, but now that I have stepmania, I rarely play DDR on my consoles.

This may not apply to very many of you, but if there's a university in your town, you should check and see if there's a DDR machine in the student union there, and if it's open to the public.  The people there will be more mature than at the mall or movie theater and not mess with you.  At my university, whenever someone is really good on the DDR or ITG, everyone will stop and watch and applaud when they finish.  On the negative side, the manager may be even less diligent about maintenance than at an average arcade.

I usually end up turning the videos off because

1) I tend to lose arrows in the background

2) while I'm playing I don't notice them anyway.

I wish there were a 'slide show' option, where the backgrounds didn't really move, but they did change.  

I use my 2x, and I use it almost exclusively.  At one point, I began feeling like I was short-changing myself, and tried to switch to 1x, but pretty soon i realized that I just wasn't having any fun, and then what's the point?

Anyway, in regards to modifiers, I would suggest the ability to choose a 'default' set of modifiers in the options for those of us who use a certain modifier all the time, or at least most of the time.  I would love it if 2x was always my default option.

Please Please Please Please Please add the ability to compensate for an HDTV in this version.  The more I play on ps2/stepmania/arcade, the more fine tuned my timing has become, and the more impossible it is  becoming to play Universe 1 and 2.