It's always a surprise (although not a pleasant one) to come across a rated level that's nothing more than a half-assed tech demo, and "Reaching Rebounds" is the epitome of this genre of level. For one, it's an extremely barebones and empty level with almost nothing going on. You could argue that by choosing to make this level as visually bland as possible, Split shifts the player's focus away from the deck to the level's whole 'wall jump' gimmick. The only problem with this line of reasoning is that the 'wall jump' gimmick is dreadfully executed (as well as annoyingly inconsistent). Not only that, but I don't think it's a very valid excuse for a level that is completely packed with meaningless filler. The level's opening and multiple 'lightbulb parkour' interludes serve no purpose other than to waste the player's time and make "Reaching Rebounds" appear to have much more substance than it actually does (although the lightbulbs making a sound effect and glowing once stepped on is a neat effect, I'll give credit for that).

The 'wall jump' gimmick doesn't feel almost as terrible as when I first beat this level (I beat it in 7 minutes whereas my first attempt to beat this level when it first released came to around 11 minutes), but I still don't think it was executed all too well. I think with some more polishing and playtesting it could have turned out to be a better level, but as it stands, it just feels like an extremely primitive and unenjoyable beta version of a substantially more promising final product. It also doesn't help that "Reaching Rebounds" doesn't intuitively use its wall jump. The ways wall jumping is used in this level always feels extremely forced, and it never feels as smooth or exciting to pull off as when you perform a wall jump in something such as a Mario game, for example.

Anyway, I don't really have anything else to say about this half-baked tech demo. Maybe some of the hate comments were extreme, but it's a bit ridiculous to see how many people are deluding themselves into thinking this is actually a good level.