ThePurgatory115 is a newer creating team you may have heard of. In 2.2, they released Bete Noire and Clock tower, both having great reception thanks to their excellent decoration. Unfortunately, their newest megacollab, Clown Control, is a noticeable downgrade from the team’s previous works.

Clown Control is a level that reflects the name perfectly. It is a clown themed spinoff of the control series by Movietheaters (also known as Deadlox). The main selling point of the levels in that series are the fancy designs and splendid colors. The decorators understood this style, as it is reflected in the designs. Many of the designs are flavorful composite designs, typically featuring blocks from older updates. Additionally, the team included some nice clown-themed assets, like colorful balloons, to further build the theme.

Unfortunately, those are the only strengths this level has. To fit with the clown theme, this level features rainbow colors with loads of various hues on specific blocks in designs. Normally this is good for colors, but it does not work well in this instance. The hues are too strong, creating extremely polarizing color combinations which harm the decoration a lot. Additionally, a handful of the parts feature desaturated colors, which is never good for rainbow levels. I believe these parts should have their saturation turned up, as well as the hue ranges limited to create less jarring combinations. This level also has an issue with shaders. There are a handful of glitch effects and shock lines throughout the level that feel unnecessary, as they do not have a significant reason to be present, and they take away from the quality of the decoration.

Overall, Clown Control is not a bad attempt at a control series spinoff, but it is not a fantastic attempt either. Although the designs and clown-assets are nice, the aforementioned issues knock the quality of the level down a considerable amount.