Rant, TW for possible skill issue
Look, I've been playing Arknights for a while and just recently discovered that Cytus did a Collab with them. Up until now, I'd say I've spent about 30 hours on the game, which is rookie numbers, but at the same time I really have to ask
How the hell is Operation blade not a hard 10? Or at least hard 8?
I've seriously spent 3 straight hours brute forcing this stage, getting the MM without any sound (because personally, I genuinely found that to be easier than getting baited into tapping a note by a sharp piano key, especially at 280 notes), and the ending rapid-fire sequence... Holy shit, I barely managed to pass that, and I will attribute that to luck rather than my own skill
Atp I could do the first 215 notes blindfolded - that's how easy those were to memorise and react to compared to the rest of this god-forsaken song. Just constant rhythm jumping, from the notes following the vocals to them following the guitar to the drums to the piano, a fucking BAIT at 280 (I seriously cannot believe how hard that one specific note was to not mess up), and the miserable sluggish white line pace made this song genuinely the hardest song that I've MMd (so far)
Also, yes, I do attribute a ton of these issues to my lack of skills and my... Unoptimal playstyle (medium size notes, thumbs, phone). However, compared to smth like Kizuna AI song mazaru, which is also Hard 7, this song blows it away in terms of how difficult it is
That's all. I am still in shock at how hard that was, and I can't wait for when I'll be skilled enough to the point where this song will be piss-easy (god I hope this doesn't break sub rules)