never liked this level, the song sucks, it feels very soulless, overrated af imo
A literal bad dragon
If you needed one level to represent GD in 2018-2019 this would probably be the best answer, both for better and for worse.
Super hyped up (for good reason! A top 5 GS megacollab with a unique theme and song is pretty cool!), only to kinda fade away into irrelevance after it was done (maybe being #11 when it came out had something to do with that).
Many old creators are still around but some of them are past their prime, though many others definitely still have it down (special shoutout to Viprin's part btw, underrated gem, love the rotation/circle theme he did with both the designs and bg).
There's some shockingly bad cohesion, literally every single part transition after TheDevon is an unjustified style switch, and even the dragon is inconsistent, with the whole level indicating the rest of the body to be serpentine except for when you actually get to see it in Osiris' part.
Gameplay is very much in a transitional state between 2017 and 2020, again both for better and for worse, but it does a pretty good job of conveying the song's energy so I won't complain too much (except for Osiris' part and the bossfight having noticeably bad sync).
As for the dragon, I think the design itself is actually pretty good (ingoring Osiris' part) and I especially like the texture on its scales, but man the way this thing moves around is awkward. There's a reason why the best bossfights and "level mascots" in general are either detailed but static/rigid or cartoony where they can get away with moving around weirdly. It's kinda hard to animate in this game, especially pre-2.2, y'know?
Out of all the incoherent creator point farm megacollabs at least Ouroboros is a cool one. They did well with choosing the song and in a vacuum the parts are well designed in terms of deco but they're all too different from one another for the level to feel fleshed out. The gameplay choices are questionable in some parts but interesting in others which further adds to the incoherency. Good theming.
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sorry about this gang