DDR PIU 0r ITG whats your fav?

[Razma]

This discussion isn't for this thread (due to derailing), but the entire mentality of BMS is completely different from that of DDR Freak. Anybody that posts regularly at both would know this.
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[Cluny]

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On topic: I like DDR the best.

[billie.joe.is.so.my.lover]

DDR is my personal favorite because of all of the fast songs on it. I love how they have, in DDR Extreme 2, the shop where you can buy the songs you want.

[Orochi Kyouichi]

Pardon the thread revival but I would like to contribute my feelings in this thread.

Favorite dancing games in this order: PIU > ITG > DDR (Each by a very small margin)

It was a hard decision. I wasn't really picky about the timing windows or step charts too much. But the music is the detemining factor. The reason why I chose PIU the most is because it has music genres that I can listen to (especially classical, rock, alternative, and heavy metal) aside from the usual dance and techno music. ITG and DDR also contain the same thing, but kind of falls short in the rock and heavy metal departments (especially DDR). In the end, make no mistake, I like all three games.

[RBCF retunes]

I played PIU once and it wasn't much fun.
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[davidyko]

ITG > DDR > PIU
I personally like DDR music better than PIU, but the reason why I put ITG over that is that even though the music ain't great, the stepcharts sure are. With DDR, you don't get much choice when you want to be challenged.
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[dj_sammylvr03]

DDR - I prefer the music. ITG has only a few good songs I like. I like the "Anime" sound to the singers and such. Plus, it's Techno.
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[Apoc]

DDR. ITG's got some great music, but I give DDR more credit and love for originality and a lot of good, solid, interesting songs. I can't play PIU at all. It's pretty much impossible for me.
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[Zukin-Man]

DDR > PIU > ITG

I've been playing DDR for about four and a half years, so I kind of favor it over other dancing games. I enjoy PIU, but there aren't as many songs I like listening to outside of the game. ITG only ranks at the bottom for me because I've never played it before.
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[kyuuketsukikurai]

DDR>PIU>ITG

I like DDR's music and gameplay. I really like PIU's music, but I never really got all that into it, and I just generally don't like ITG.

[doiganpryde]

DDR is awesome because of its songs (which always get stuck in my head)
But I've never played ITG and don't play PIU often so...I'll just wait till I play them more before I get a real opinion of the three games.
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[BustAGroovey]

Far as music anyway DDR>PIU>.................................................itg.

Since I'm a huge J-Pop fan, it doesnt take a rocket surgeon to tell I would love DDR the most. And overall it is just more appealing to me (I like my music games with a extra helping of characters. Having only music videos bore me.) PIU next because again, I find the music is great and more my taste. I also like the fact that it has different arrows placements in comparison to DDR..instead of exactly the same...because it feels as if I'm playing a different game...like how I should feel since it's a different title. Sure it might not have characters as I prefer but the original anime style music videos for each song are nice enough.

Now..ITG..hmm...probably will get flammed for this but, I just hate it. When I played it I felt as if I was playing a warehouse generic DDR game. I found myself only mildly enjoying two songs, "Torn" and "My Favourite Game"..and those aren't even ITG originals. The rest of the songs didnt appeal to me at all, and it didnt help that i had never heard the majority of the artists. Oh, and the background videos....boooorrring. I swear I thought my brain was going to flat line just watching them. Sure, some may say.."Oh..but ITG has greater difficulty!"...Well...if I want extreme Difficulty I can just play PIU's Nightmare mode. So really..ITG just strikes me as pointless.

Well that's my final say on this subject.

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[Fallingwalls]

How can no one be sure? That doesnt make any sense at all...

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[YuMeXsHiNjItE]

What do I like best??

Let's lay it out.

DDR: The first and original. Also the first to introduce high-quality blissfully-headache-inducing (TRUST that this is a compliment, no matter how bad it sounds ) songs with great presence and atmospheric sounds. I actually dislike the Eurobeat songs and prefer the trance, drum and bass, and the ethnic songs that Naoki (& co.) (in this case, AKA RE-VENGE/RevenG & co.), pulled out in the "latter" half of the series (4th Mix and above). Most of you will recognize Tsugaru, Healing Vision, some of the Trip Machines, Exotic Ethnic, and Matsuri Japan as highlights of this era.

Speaking of which, two of my 10 all-time electronica artists are also heavily featured on DDR: TaQ & dj.TAKA. No doubt that all (if not, most) songs of theirs are legendary. Era & Kakumei remain at the top of the charts, and some will prefer Radical Faith or Abyss or something of the sort.

The steps can be fun, but sometimes dry. A lot of stuff falls in between (IMO A's steps are dry, the oni's don't do much better, and era suffered from unoriginal steps horribly...)

The interface was great for all mixes and always responded appropriately. It was very stylish and fit well with the ambiance of the game in its respectul mixes (i.e. 4th & 5th, based with Eurobeat & Happy Hardcore music, opted for a "Starry" look), and MAX & MAX2, based on more trance (thus opting for a more progressive look). The feel of the arrows and the animations were never sub-par, and were not distracting during gameplay time. The background movies did their job of illuminating the screen just fine.

PIU: Also a big contender in the dancing game industry. Very similar to DDR, but with all opposing pads (instead of DDR's 4-cardinal-directionals, 4-corner-directions + center). The feel of the game is much more natural to play (not if you've been playing DDR/ITG, the setup feels out of whack), because the fluidity of movements you can have from the setup is much larger and accustoms for higher possibilities for looking like real dance. Not to mention that it is tailored to fit any style of play, ranging levels from 1-20+, and allowing singles, doubles, half-doubles, as well.

The music for PIU is notoriously a different taste from the music in DDR. It isn't better, but it IS geared towards a Korean music influence, therefore the korean's ideas of ideal pop are reflected; many korean pop anthems are featured within PIU's songlistings (H.O.T. with "Iyah!", Lee Jung Hyun's "Wa", S#ARP and "Tell Me Tell Me", Tashannie's "Gyoung-go", Sechskies's "Com' Back" and "Pom Pom Pom" to name a few.) Also being the most popular mix in the Latin American communities, it gave especially the brazilian influence of music a try, and came to very successful terms with acceptance with a personally Brazilian mix. Other Latin pop is also featured. Nonetheless, those seeking a hard hardcore drive are in for a nice surprise with Banya's (Andamiro's in-house "Naoki") work on classical stuff, and other works. They also pose some of the hardest obstacles in the game itself, with the highest ranked songs.

The older interfaces were not as responsive, but the new PIU:Zero interface blows the other interfaces, as well as the ones from other games, to crap. Makes all other ones look heavily outdated.

ITG: Born from the fanboys' dreams. ITG represents the hardest 4-panel challenges to ever exist, by adding in the extra modifications and the mines, as well as possessing some very difficult stepcharts. The highest levels in ITG go eye to eye with PIU's highest difficulties.

Musically, it is somewhat bland. Kyle Ward's in-house work (most notably the ZiGZaG projects, the Banzai projects, Euphoria, as well as Oasis IMO) are the best songs in the mix, however, and put up a great challenge musically to the rest of the choices. It is easy to become tantalized into playing these often and thus getting tired of them easily, as not many other great songs are available (or else they are not musically varied.) It is very solid in the dance-pop and synth-dance departments, and also provide a more musically interesting sound to the hardcore songs (Pandemonium vs. MAX300).

Interface is not as simple and as aesthetically pleasing as the other two, but it flows nicely nonetheless. Quite typical IMO though.

Would have made a better contender had it had more crash & burns. The first two mixes of DDR weren't so special; the novelty was the idea, until the good songs rolled around (3rd mix and up)

I think for me it's...

DDR/PIU> ITG.

Sorry ITG fanboys... it doesn't do it completely for me.

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[DarkCore]

ITG > DDR > PIU

First off, PIU is at the end because I find the US release very boring with the bundled softpad. It might be ahead of DDR if there was a PIU machine near me. DDR is in the middle because it's relatively easy, there aren't many hard songs, but it's still fun to play. And ITG is my favourite because there are many songs that challenge me; I prefer playing it because it's hard. I like the game's music in the order of ITG > DDR > PIU also.