absolute classic. the original, and one of the most influential levels the game has and will ever see. and for good reason as well! i mean, i wasnt around back them but i'd imagine seeing that iconic wave effect for the first time would have me shitting bricks too

obviously people have remade this level a billion times, to the point where its become its own style, but i think where many of these remakes get it wrong is how lopsided the balancing is towards the wave. of course the wave is the hardest part in nine circles, but truth be told, only about 40% of nine circles is made up of wave. the first 40% of nine circles is made up of a rather difficult predrop (or, i guess really just the ship) that you can get mindblocked on super easily, and the last 20% is an incredibly tense cube that you can EASILYYY choke at. point is, the original nine circles has far more dynamics to it than any of its countless remakes to me, and thats what really seperates it from the rest all these years later.

"easy" - zobros