Review of Stressed Out

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, 2025-05-22, 00:33:11, Level ID: 118078448
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This level resonates with me a lot about my experience with 1.9, Twenty One Pilots (21p) included, it feels like a whole ode to the mid-2010s. This is a sort of level I could appreciate if it wasn't well executed, but it is also just really good on its own. It's part of the 21p theme obviously, but the washed out gray and red coloring of levels that used to be more colorful helps connect the level and the time past, realizing some of these, I don't even recall the original color palettes immediately anymore. All memories have this melancholic feeling that's well captured in the sort of drab desaturated atmosphere throughout the level. That color pulse progression from a deep red, followed by a grayer desaturated red, to plain gray that follows the entire level, reversing in the more upbeat parts where Tyler's mood seems less miserable, is so subtle, but I love it so much. The 21p references littered throughout are nice to see as a big fan of the duo. I'm pretty sure this was rated the day the Blurryface tribute album and Breach were announced, which is sort of insane timing, too.

OVERALL9/10
GAMEPLAY7/10
VISUALS8/10
DIFFICULTY-/100
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