Im not hooked

I never played OSU before, but decided to try it because it seemed fun, and Im decent at DDR/Guitar Hero and like them. But OSU is so much different, and so is this game.

As a beginner, I dislike the Stream mode. I wanna just play easy mode, then medium, then hard, rather than being forced to switch between them in the middle of a song. And I think its silly that I get a better grade by intentionally missing a few notes and dropping down to easy at the beginning, rather than playing normally and missing a bunch of notes on hard.

Along the same lines, I wish there was some sort of grading system to tell me which songs were harder than others.

The worst part is that there are basically no songs I want to listen to over and over long enough to get good at the game - not even in the store. I wish there was Holic, Drop the Bomb (remix), Pluto, Valkyrie Dimension, Butterfly (or anything by Smile.DK), or Moonlight Shadow/Charlene (Missing Heart). Or going outside DDR music, Id love DOTA/Walk on Water (Basshunter), Genre Police/Intensify (S3rl), something by DJ Splash or Zero-miz-kun. Id definitely pay money then.

But only if the game works. The most frustrating part about this game, which may be part of OSU as well, is how I hit notes and still lose bar. Why do I get punished when Im hitting the notes?! Or when I hit the notes and it isnt counted. I lose when I feel like Im doing well.

Also when youre making beat charts, please be aware of how an ipad works. Some beat patterns are invisible because theyre underneath my thumbs after I hit an earlier beat. Ive only encountered it on one song so far (on insane mode), but I think its worth mentioning. That can be a difficulty gimmick, but used too much will make me think the game is just bad quality.

Mike Farcasin about osu!stream, v1.51