diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PassThroughPatternGenerator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PassThroughPatternGenerator.cs
index efeb99e8b4..b3cb871f1f 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PassThroughPatternGenerator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PassThroughPatternGenerator.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
 using osu.Game.Utils;
 
@@ -30,12 +32,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps.Patterns.Legacy
 
             if (HitObject is IHasDuration endTimeData)
             {
+                // despite the beatmap originally made for mania, if the object is parsed as a slider rather than a hold, sliding samples should still be played.
+                // this is seemingly only possible to achieve by modifying the .osu file directly, but online beatmaps that do that exist
+                // (see second and fourth notes of https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/73883#mania/216407)
+                bool playSlidingSamples = (HitObject is IHasLegacyHitObjectType hasType && hasType.LegacyType == LegacyHitObjectType.Slider) || HitObject is IHasPath;
+
                 pattern.Add(new HoldNote
                 {
                     StartTime = HitObject.StartTime,
                     Duration = endTimeData.Duration,
                     Column = column,
                     Samples = HitObject.Samples,
+                    PlaySlidingSamples = playSlidingSamples,
                     NodeSamples = (HitObject as IHasRepeats)?.NodeSamples ?? HoldNote.CreateDefaultNodeSamples(HitObject)
                 });
             }