when ▴▾ but they spin around real quick to ▾▴ and the swords have to cross to make the hit (makes me feel very cool)
strategic up and down block placement that makes my arms do circles
mapping that thematically matches the song, for example when the lyrics are like "I'm being vulnerable" and the map uses bombs to make me expose my chest
maps that use the blocks to make me think about small details that I wouldn't have noticed otherwise, enhancing my listening experience outside of the game as well
usually this is some extremely cool drum flourish
one of my favorite maps escalates the complexity of the mapping as the drumming escalates in complexity in the middle of each chorus
lovingly crafted backgrounds that make me a little bit dizzy, like I'm still on my feet but I feel like I'm looking down from really high up
beat saber maps that are bad
lovingly crafted backgrounds that make me a lot dizzy and shoot my soul up out of my body straight through my spine
decorations that get in the way of seeing the blocks
drummer simulator maps (they keep making me do down slices on the bottom row)
ok but for real it's a huge strain on my wrists! I'm not getting my sabers bouncing off of something like if I was actually bopping around on some physical drums, the quick stop and rise has to be 100% facilitated by my own wrist muscles. I don't want to damage my wrists just to play a beat saber map, cmon
also this game gives you swords. how many swordfights have been won with nothing but vertical downward slices, and of those, how many have actually looked cool. none
when the map isn't synced very well to the song but it's a song I really really like and I have to debate with myself over if enjoying the song overrides the terrible time of playing the map :(
