I decided to try something a little different for this video and it took a little longer to get it out than I expected. Hope you enjoyed it! There will be more anime focused content coming very soon.
Dawg i thought you were some sort of popular youtuber that i just found out about. this content is so high quality for such a small creator, you deserve so much recognition
This video is so high quality its insane how you dont have more subs. I bought a yuancon sdvx controller a month ago and I've been loving using it. I'd only play sound voltex once since then, but I knew something about the control scheme spoke to me. I agreed with you from the start as soon as I felt the controller in my hand.
12:36 using a keyboard for Sound Voltex definitely is not ideal. Not only one hand but also crossovers, hand switches, jacks. It’s almost impossible to preform the more advanced patterns on keyboards. When playing SDVX with keyboard, you map the entire controller (10 inputs) for each hand. It’s possible but you still can’t just keep your fingers in one place. Yeah missing a laser and not being able to correct it sucks, especially on modes like hexadiver were your just trying to live and missing a laser is instant death. But the game forces you to actually learn the patterns and hand positions instead of cheesing everything. (Which is basically what you have to do on keyboard by mapping the rest of the inputs for each hand.) SDVX is brutal and one of the harder rhythm games to learn, but once you got the mussel memory down and recognize “when the notes go like this my hands go like this” it’s incredibly satisfying.
In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have said that so confidently considering that I'm a beginner. It would have been better if I did some more research on high-level play before drawing conclusions based on my limited experience. Thanks for the correction!
I know it's a year old, but thank you SO SO MUCH for this video! I had just started looking at accessibility options for controllers a couple days ago, and this helped me figure out some of the things I need and want to look for
I'm glad you liked it! I'm working on the subscribers lol I got the kitsune at a convention but the vendor has an Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/ClayDroid
i’ve been on the same boat when it comes to trying to balance the authentic experience vs the optimal easy experience and i’m very happy someone actually covered this topic. i hope you get plenty of viewership my dude, banner content! thoroughly enjoyed this video! subbed obv ^~^
Oh my, this video is so well produced! Thank you for this i really enjoyed it someone already pointed out how keyboards play on SDVX, it can be easier or harder depends some patterns or gimmicks can either be cheesed or just bleh weird to do when it comes to playing keyboard voltex but it's not impossible to do like Jimin Park plays keyboard from time to time and can UC and PUC 19s-20s on them! I also play keyboard voltex since i can't afford a controller atm but i'm pretty bad at it I hope that you're enjoying Sound Voltex so far! I hope to see more from you!!! really really well made video! editing was super clean, shots were very nice to look at!
Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, it was a tough one to make. I haven't been playing SDVX very consistently recently since I've been busy but I do plan on sticking with it. It's a really fun game.
@@NEETByNature I'm glad to hear you still plan on sticking on SDVX! I hope you get the time to play some voltex! do you also happen to stream you playing voltex as well? that would be cool to see a chill sesh from you! again thank you for this video, you need more attention! so well edited and everything!
I don't stream currently, but I've wanted to for a while. Hopefully once I finish the video I'm working on now I'll be able to get in the habit of streaming occasionally.
A big thing to note on ergonomics too is what works for one person doesn't always work for everyone else too. I switched to using button boxes because I death-gripped my game pad and it was hurting, and lever controllers hurt my wrist. So for me, with my palms raise,d it provided the most comfortable play experience after I learned the ropes. Good video will say. Interesting script, good production, and your commnetary on things is neat.
Not sure if you’ve tried it or not, but a lot of people say with the “button box”. Don’t rest your palms. You apparently should hover your wrists and use your fingertips when pressing the buttons. Obviously this is going to feel very odd depending on where you set the controller. But it’s just something I’d thought I’d mention. I just recently built a all button controller and that’s what I noticed too when resting my wrist, strain and uncomfortableness. And hovering and finger tips did help.
I did try that and it helped but not as much as I hoped. I actually think I was using switches that were too heavy. I switched to 25g ones and it feels much better, though I have to work on not activating them by accident.
I've opened up a pandora's box recently for rhythm games. I love Theatrythm, Final Bar line but felt like I was being held back by the standard controller. So I ordered one of those custom controllers. Then I got a groove coaster controller. Then I ordered a K28. btw, have you used the k28 as a fighting game controller? It has a mixbox/hitbox layout, I can't wait to try those out as I personally only own traditional fight sticks.
I'm sorry for your wallet lol. That's cool though. I've been thinking about picking up theatrythm myself I actually did try the k28 for fighting games. I'm not sure why, but the layout felt weird to me. I kinda want to give it another try now though.
The point you made with the Project DIVA controller isn't just limited to new players like you. I've played the mainline games since 2015 and have gotten tons of hours in the original console games, but when I tried Future Tone (which got ported as Megamix to other platforms), the changes to the gameplay felt so weird and awkward on a controller. Then last year I found an actual working Future Tone cabinet at my local arcade, and immediately when I played on it, all those weird gameplay design elements suddenly clicked to me perfectly and it felt more natural than ever before. It's too bad then that due to those built-in macros, controller is still seen as the superior control method for the game in high-level play. Sigh. This is partially why I've moved onto other games-including Sound Voltex with a Faucetwo, funnily enough. The other reason is that Project DIVA X, the last mainline console game hailing from way back in 2016, was a complete flop due to their very questionable direction of that installment, and Sega basically took that as "well, the series is dead now; we had a good run." Also regarding arcade rhythm games, these days the best arcade games out there-in terms of sales and in quality-are ones that have unique control schemes. These days you can build a PC more powerful than your average arcade machine-the original selling point of being able to run more powerful hardware that consumers can't get their hands on doesn't exist anymore. So instead, you invest in controls that would otherwise cost someone hundreds of dollars to recreate at home-that's the last big differentiating factor you have.
Just out of curiosity, whats the hardest level you've beaten in sdvx? Also great video! Btw if you want to know, mine is a AA+ normal clear on 777 MXM (entirely luck lmao)
I did get the Chinese buttons. I haven't been playing as much recently so I can't say much about durability or anything, but they're perfectly fine imo. Maybe a little more wobbly than arcade buttons but not enough to bother me while playing
DDR arcade machine no shoes vs Stepmania keyboard.. Technically the keyboard is superior but even for a novice like myself, feeling the arcade buttons under my feet is superior enjoyment even if I do worse moving my feet than I do my fingers.
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I decided to try something a little different for this video and it took a little longer to get it out than I expected. Hope you enjoyed it!
There will be more anime focused content coming very soon.
Also for anyone who saw the original post of this video, I'm experimenting with some changes so I reposted it.
Dawg i thought you were some sort of popular youtuber that i just found out about. this content is so high quality for such a small creator, you deserve so much recognition
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully the channel will grow, but for now I'm just trying to make the best videos I can
This video is so high quality its insane how you dont have more subs. I bought a yuancon sdvx controller a month ago and I've been loving using it. I'd only play sound voltex once since then, but I knew something about the control scheme spoke to me. I agreed with you from the start as soon as I felt the controller in my hand.
12:36 using a keyboard for Sound Voltex definitely is not ideal. Not only one hand but also crossovers, hand switches, jacks. It’s almost impossible to preform the more advanced patterns on keyboards. When playing SDVX with keyboard, you map the entire controller (10 inputs) for each hand. It’s possible but you still can’t just keep your fingers in one place.
Yeah missing a laser and not being able to correct it sucks, especially on modes like hexadiver were your just trying to live and missing a laser is instant death. But the game forces you to actually learn the patterns and hand positions instead of cheesing everything. (Which is basically what you have to do on keyboard by mapping the rest of the inputs for each hand.) SDVX is brutal and one of the harder rhythm games to learn, but once you got the mussel memory down and recognize “when the notes go like this my hands go like this” it’s incredibly satisfying.
In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have said that so confidently considering that I'm a beginner. It would have been better if I did some more research on high-level play before drawing conclusions based on my limited experience.
Thanks for the correction!
I know it's a year old, but thank you SO SO MUCH for this video! I had just started looking at accessibility options for controllers a couple days ago, and this helped me figure out some of the things I need and want to look for
Loved the video! Honestly blown away you don’t have way more subscribers…
Curious though, where did you get that kitsune figure from? 2:24
I'm glad you liked it! I'm working on the subscribers lol
I got the kitsune at a convention but the vendor has an Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/ClayDroid
Bro, how do you not have more views? Your content is really good, keep it up!
i’ve been on the same boat when it comes to trying to balance the authentic experience vs the optimal easy experience and i’m very happy someone actually covered this topic. i hope you get plenty of viewership my dude, banner content! thoroughly enjoyed this video! subbed obv ^~^
Thanks! Trying to find the best balance to suit my preferences is really interesting to me so it's cool to see when others feel the same way
Oh my, this video is so well produced! Thank you for this i really enjoyed it
someone already pointed out how keyboards play on SDVX, it can be easier or harder depends some patterns or gimmicks can either be cheesed or just bleh weird to do when it comes to playing keyboard voltex but it's not impossible to do like Jimin Park plays keyboard from time to time and can UC and PUC 19s-20s on them! I also play keyboard voltex since i can't afford a controller atm but i'm pretty bad at it
I hope that you're enjoying Sound Voltex so far! I hope to see more from you!!! really really well made video! editing was super clean, shots were very nice to look at!
Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, it was a tough one to make. I haven't been playing SDVX very consistently recently since I've been busy but I do plan on sticking with it. It's a really fun game.
@@NEETByNature I'm glad to hear you still plan on sticking on SDVX! I hope you get the time to play some voltex! do you also happen to stream you playing voltex as well? that would be cool to see a chill sesh from you!
again thank you for this video, you need more attention! so well edited and everything!
I don't stream currently, but I've wanted to for a while. Hopefully once I finish the video I'm working on now I'll be able to get in the habit of streaming occasionally.
@@NEETByNature Sick! I'll keep an eye out for that video! good luck with it bet it's going to be awesome! I also look forward if ever you stream!
Wow, this only has like 500 views. Keep at it man, your style is really good! You’ll definitely get more subs if you keep putting videos out.
My man, showcasing some Akiha in the training room.
A big thing to note on ergonomics too is what works for one person doesn't always work for everyone else too. I switched to using button boxes because I death-gripped my game pad and it was hurting, and lever controllers hurt my wrist. So for me, with my palms raise,d it provided the most comfortable play experience after I learned the ropes.
Good video will say. Interesting script, good production, and your commnetary on things is neat.
True. It's really important to feel like something works for you specifically.
Not sure if you’ve tried it or not, but a lot of people say with the “button box”. Don’t rest your palms. You apparently should hover your wrists and use your fingertips when pressing the buttons.
Obviously this is going to feel very odd depending on where you set the controller.
But it’s just something I’d thought I’d mention. I just recently built a all button controller and that’s what I noticed too when resting my wrist, strain and uncomfortableness. And hovering and finger tips did help.
I did try that and it helped but not as much as I hoped.
I actually think I was using switches that were too heavy. I switched to 25g ones and it feels much better, though I have to work on not activating them by accident.
nice video!
Thanks!
I've opened up a pandora's box recently for rhythm games. I love Theatrythm, Final Bar line but felt like I was being held back by the standard controller. So I ordered one of those custom controllers. Then I got a groove coaster controller. Then I ordered a K28.
btw, have you used the k28 as a fighting game controller? It has a mixbox/hitbox layout, I can't wait to try those out as I personally only own traditional fight sticks.
I'm sorry for your wallet lol. That's cool though. I've been thinking about picking up theatrythm myself
I actually did try the k28 for fighting games. I'm not sure why, but the layout felt weird to me. I kinda want to give it another try now though.
The point you made with the Project DIVA controller isn't just limited to new players like you. I've played the mainline games since 2015 and have gotten tons of hours in the original console games, but when I tried Future Tone (which got ported as Megamix to other platforms), the changes to the gameplay felt so weird and awkward on a controller.
Then last year I found an actual working Future Tone cabinet at my local arcade, and immediately when I played on it, all those weird gameplay design elements suddenly clicked to me perfectly and it felt more natural than ever before.
It's too bad then that due to those built-in macros, controller is still seen as the superior control method for the game in high-level play. Sigh. This is partially why I've moved onto other games-including Sound Voltex with a Faucetwo, funnily enough. The other reason is that Project DIVA X, the last mainline console game hailing from way back in 2016, was a complete flop due to their very questionable direction of that installment, and Sega basically took that as "well, the series is dead now; we had a good run."
Also regarding arcade rhythm games, these days the best arcade games out there-in terms of sales and in quality-are ones that have unique control schemes. These days you can build a PC more powerful than your average arcade machine-the original selling point of being able to run more powerful hardware that consumers can't get their hands on doesn't exist anymore. So instead, you invest in controls that would otherwise cost someone hundreds of dollars to recreate at home-that's the last big differentiating factor you have.
Just out of curiosity, whats the hardest level you've beaten in sdvx? Also great video! Btw if you want to know, mine is a AA+ normal clear on 777 MXM (entirely luck lmao)
hey did you end up going with sanwas or chinese buttons in your faucetwo? thoughts on chinese buttons if you cheaped out on them like im debating to.
I did get the Chinese buttons. I haven't been playing as much recently so I can't say much about durability or anything, but they're perfectly fine imo. Maybe a little more wobbly than arcade buttons but not enough to bother me while playing
DDR arcade machine no shoes vs Stepmania keyboard.. Technically the keyboard is superior but even for a novice like myself, feeling the arcade buttons under my feet is superior enjoyment even if I do worse moving my feet than I do my fingers.