Review of Change of Scene

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, 2025-03-15, 00:19:48, Level ID: 90475473
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I'm gonna say it.
This level did NOT age as well as it could've.
Look, I can't deny bli put a TON of effort into this level and it absolutely deserved to win the gauntlet contest, but I've got a few bones to pick. Most notably, it is incredibly noticeable that the second route was somewhat rushed and it lacks in detail, most notably in the dragon and kraken parts, and it really saddens me because I used to prefer that route for the "coming alive" part of it. For the dragon part, I think it's really weird how flat (even just because of the colors) and overall uninteresting the background appears, considering that the player is literally getting chased by several dragons through the part. It really feels to me like despite the main gimmick being that the second route making the level "come alive" that the the first route has more attention to detail and as such feels more alive overall. As for the kraken part, the background would be fine if it werent for a small little detail I can't get out of my head. The water looks fine, I guess, but I cannot take it seriously when the ship in the background is completely static, DESPITE NOT BEING STATIC IN THE FIRST ROUTE. As per my other bone to pick, which kinda connects back to the first part's background, it really feels like bli almost took optimization too seriously. I'm an advocator for good optimization, but even I find that you shouldn't get to the point where you can notice it WHILE PLAYING THE LEVEL. all backgrounds until the green part are, unfortunately, pretty damn embarassing when you're playing through them in the second route, and the canyon part is embarassing in both routes because not only can you notice the optimization TOO MUCH, it looks very flat. I think that it would've been perfectly acceptable for bli to get to even 100-120k objects if it meant that he put a bit more effort into making sure that those details are more catered for, most notably adding dragons and flames in the first background because OF COURSE. As per the parts I didn't talk about, I think they're fine if not genuinely AMAZING visuals wise, and the gameplay is absolutely phenomenal for an easy demon, and the level as a whole goes extremely well with the song choice. Bravo, bli.

OVERALL8/10
GAMEPLAY10/10
VISUALS8/10
DIFFICULTY15/100
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