Review of Revelations

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, 2025-06-05, 04:43:19, Level ID: 117874628
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There's a lot of unbridled "early 2.1 art level" energy going on in Revelations, and in that aspect it's quite solid. The art quality is rough at times, with many of the assets having small visual errors, inconsistent outlines or otherwise very obvious usage of certain default blocks for texturing (namely the bricks near the beginning), but personally this is something I enjoy and find quite nostalgic. I like when levels take creative liberties to recreate real life without leaning on blending, alpha or other similar mechanics to create smoother, cleaner art as is more common nowadays.

I couldn't tell you much about this level's overall theming, which is a big point of criticism I have. When your level is so art-centric as to necessitate nearly every aspect of it being geared around a singular aesthetic or inspirational setting, as Revelations' individual parts are, I think a pretty strong overarching theme or stylistic correlation is required to create a cohesive final product. More traditional styles like design generally do this by way of specific habits creators will fall into with their works, like structuring shape, usage of specific blocks or textures for details (think Namtar's late 2.0-early 2.1 works), or even how they use negative space to highlight their designs like someone like Chase97 would with his comparatively simpler backgrounds and very complex, angular block designs. This is extremely hard to pull off in an art level without a cohesive theme, and in the case of Revelations each part's ideas are pretty much completely different (a castle placed next to what seems to be the inside of a creature's stomach chronologically, with no real transition between them), leaving little part-to-part connection. (edited)

With that said, I will commend xGDFUNx for integrating intuitive structuring into their art. Every part's hazards are set up in such a way that their nature is quite obvious to the player, which is relatively uncommon in these kinds of full art levels. My favourite example of this is the long, waving neon green tendrils towards the end, s they mesh very nicely with the acidic theming while also standing out as being hazards in both colour and shape. This makes the level quite enjoyable to play, so despite the aforementioned flaws I would personally recommend it for Feature. There's tons of potential for this creator to further explore art-based levels, and I look forward to seeing more of them in the future.

OVERALL6/10
GAMEPLAY7/10
VISUALS4/10
DIFFICULTY57/100
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