Loved Deception Dive back in the day, even tho it had some weird bugs around the ending.

Deception Dive. Oh boy.

Let me not beat around the bush here, this is in contention for being my least favorite level in the whole damn game. First of all, most obviously, the overall difficulty balancing of the level is ABYSMAL. There's something to be said about balancing where the difficulty of the level progresses as you get further, but this simply takes that idea WAY too far. The first quarter of the level is quite literally unqualified to be a demon at all. It's 9 star gameplay at the absolute hardest. Then, out of nowhere, you get hit with platnuu's ship, which isn't very difficult for me since I'm incredibly ship carried but will be a HUGE chokepoint for most players. Then the level goes back to being easy again, around a medium demon difficulty, up until about 70 percent or so. Out of nowhere, it turns into a proper extreme as soon as you clear Mazl's part. You play an extreme demon for about 30 percent, and then it's over. hooray!

Now, you may be thinking - balancing aside, is the gameplay at least good in isolation? The answer is a resounding NO. The gameplay is equivalent to god damn sleep medication until you get to the drop. Once you arrive at the drop, in all fairness, you get gameplay that is actually pretty fun for a while. But then the 70 difficulty spike happens, and the fun is over. You are thrust into perhaps some of the WORST extreme demon gameplay I've ever had the misfortune of playing. It is sincerely so unfun and annoying, I can't stand it. It just sucks.

What about the deco Dan? Is it at least pretty to look at? NOPE! It is a 5/10 nothing burger at best and a 2/10 eyesore at worst.

DO NOT PLAY THIS. IT IS BAD.