Avernus gives me very mixed feelings. I have no idea what to make of it, but I don’t dislike it as much as some other people. I’ve heard some victors enjoy it in spite of its fixed hitboxes, which is nice.

i was very early on the train of thinking bo was a voice to be paid attention to, coz his gameplay style, which had been developed like 2 years before the golden came out, was genuinely incredibly unique before it became a bit of a voice of a lot of (high end) extremes. the golden is his best in that regard, deco's fine but the gameplay and pacing are genuinely great

...but what in the culuc is this?

Avernus is a copy of The Golden with a generic song and boring hell theming thay doesnt even look particularly good. I still find the level to be cool and it does have some atmospheric moments which gives it some charm however. It was certainly overhated for its abundance of fixed hitboxes when the level was released, but I dont believe that hate to be particularly justified. Not a good level by any means, but not the worst.

This level reminds me of times when collabs weren't seamless solo-like levels with names attached in random spots. Each part is similar enough, but the styles vary enough to keep me interested.