i still can't beat this level but from what i've played it feels quite undercooked. decoration is pretty

Another level that I've admittingly already elaborated my thoughts on in a video, so here I am just copy pasting what I said in that video... lol

Initially, I thought this level would be too much of a visual marble and I thought it wouldn't be good because of it. But that was pre-WannaCry completion, post-WannaCry completion, this has become my favorite Mythic demon in the game so far. It's worth mentioning that this level is in reference of the WannaCry ransomware attack back in 2017. And thus, the level takes place in a computer setting. Which is why the gameplay at the start has some bits referencing the texture error, and the swing has monitors that you follow along as you go back and forth. I think with taking note on what the level is referencing, the decoration does an incredibly good job representing it while being its own thing. Taking gameplay into account. I think because of the fact that most of the gameplay is static, it does help you focus a bit on the level that you are indeed playing. And because of it, I think the gameplay is very fun to learn. Aside from the beginning. The part looks good, but oh my god I can't really tell what's going on here. Thankfully this sort of gameplay is only at the start of the level. The rest of the gameplay is typical GD gameplay. That pretty much sums up my thoughts on WannaCry. It's a fantastic GD level, it's very fun to play, and it does a good job representing what it's trying to reference. This'll definitely be remembered as time goes on.

This is definitely my ABSOLUTE favourite level of all time. So far. I don't think I can express how much I LOVE this level.

First of all - the music choice is absolutely amazing and fits the level theme really well. Definitely a good pick from all these different NCS songs that could have been chosen, especially when the song itself is pretty good on it's own. It has the evil feeling in it, which matches the visuals well.

On the other side of things - the gameplay. It is a big debate if it really is good or not given how unsightreadable things can get in this level, but I think in this case it works well. The level's imagery is meant to look like the level is corrupting itself by the virus infection, and the drastic and flashy visuals really makes the feeling very believeable, even when the gameplay aspect suffers from it a bit. I don't think it's a bad thing though, I actually quite appreciate the commitment to the bit. I love how the 1st part with the 3D visuals was executed as well - it might look pretty confusing at first, but once you put in some attempts at it, it does feel very intuitive, which honestly is pretty impressive considering how much 3D can be confusing in GD. It also reminds me a lot of the flash game series "Run", which is even more awesome. Another thing is the super unique swing copter part with the broken TV's you bounce off - I find this to be the most impressive part of the whole level, the way it nonchalantly builds up the hype before the drop and the overall execution of it is basically perfect in my eyes.

Now onto the VISUALS!!! Well... first of all, I find the detail of boss flashing for a split second at the start of the level quite interesting, it's super hard to notice but it's there - I think it could have been ever so slightly longer, so people would actually see it more clearly, but still, it's a cool little easter egg. I think in general the visuals are basically flawless, I don't think there's a section in the level where I would consider changing something. The 3D section at the start being decorated very simply is what made it so sightreadable, which in the end turned as something great in itself - as an intro to the level I think it's fine to have an underdecorated part, especially if the decorations would make it more confusing. Right before the drop, the background is phenomenal, love the way how the face of the boss was used alongside the particles. The cutscene right before the drop was also amazing, featuring some cool pixel art - generally, if the level used pixel art somewhere else, I think it wouldn't fit, but for the cutscene part I feel like it's a perfect fit. Don't know why, but it just works well, it's simplicity of what it tries to portray just makes it very memorable in my opinion - especially when the song goes bonkers. Last part visually wise I want to mention is by the end, where the boss is chasing you - I love how multiple colors are clashing with eachother and how the block designs are all glitched out and buggy, it's super cool how everything looks so seamless and feels like it just belongs there. The jarring ending with interesting shader usage also makes it a good closer for the level.

Overall, I don't think this level will be beaten by anything else for me - it's super energetic, has an unique theming, the song goes hard af, everything just feels amazing. Definitely deserves the mythic rating and imo it should have won the NCS contest EASILY!!! Probably didn't because of the gameplay... but oh well. Can't have everything in the world. I'm definitely excited for more big levels from Kira though.