While nostalgia is ABSOLUTELY carrying the hell out of this rating for me, I really don't care that much. This is one of my favorite non-demons in the whole game, and probably my all time favorite level that's <5 stars.

Sure, I can agree that the gameplay is just kind of whatever. Being a 3 star doesn't leave a whole lot of room for creativity on that front. But, if you ask me, the easy and low-cps nature of the gameplay actually does quite a service for the theme of the level. It really sells the idea of slowly walking through a cavern chock-full of pretty crystals and cool geodes. However, it's still pretty easy to see that the decoration and atmosphere is doing most of the heavy lifting when it comes to selling the idea that the level is trying to convey. I've always been a sucker for nice 1.9 designs, and this level executes them in a way that serves the theme so well. A darkened cave illuminated by beautiful neon lights.

Also, using a TMM43 song is just a straight up cheat code for nostalgia, so that's like +1 million points right there.