Rating Curve

remember at one point in time i considered this my favorite level in the game. was deep in the trenches of 2.1 and i'm not really sure what i was thinking entirely, but still a very treasured level for me. probably my favorite glow level. but it's not really for the glow, it's for that gameplay. after the first ship, which makes me feel nothing and is the level's one fatal flaw, there's really nothing i'd change about the gameplay. so unique, unlike really anything before it including other f3lixsram levels, easy but nerve wracking and a little janky in interesting ways. definitely hasn't aged the best visually but it's still pretty solid and great for the time, like that heart at the end by azertiop looked fuckin photorealistic by the standards then lol

this is a hard one to write

i say other things elsewhere but on a purely qualitative emotional level, this is definitely my favorite level in the game. it's also the one among my favorites i watch the least. this is not because of its length, it's because of the content. i guess it's fairly simple at the end of the day. my guess is if you've grown up in this community, and you've come to terms with being queer and neurodivergent in it, and something, maybe several somethings, have really hurt you or you really regret, this will hit like a ton of bricks. gd is my favorite game and probably always will be, but the traumatic events i've gone through in and adjacent to its community constitute some wounds that will not heal, even years and years on. and that's what this level's about. the specific instance it's relaying reminds me a lot of some things i've gone through, though i don't think it's exactly the same knowing what i do know. it's mostly that main impetus. the longing. the level's not even really cathartic ultimately. it's kind of trauma triggering, despite being so cryptic and abstract. that's why i don't watch it very often, it's definitely the most emotional any level makes me by far, but that's on part of it being a stabbing feeling in the heart and a bit of nausea. despite being my favorite level in the game i can't give it my 11/10 rating because it's not what i come to gd for. it's not what i like about gd. it's not something you want to hear about with gd, really. it's definitely a really singular level, even just the gall to make a level with its topic, but most obviously its extreme length and the way it puts hard gameplay and unique visuals/moments so deep into it, but i don't really want to talk about it anymore

[~11/10~]

pretty self explanatory for why it’s so good. divergent enough from the music video for me not to feel bad. very glad this is a famous milestone level. guille (quite possibly the best gameplay/layout creator in the game when he’s not uploading shitposts i don’t watch) and notlsa (some of the highest track record for level quality ever) are among my favorite creators. unfortunately dienid made shiver but they also made abel and i love abel so it’s still a star studded trio. the last drop always gives me chills, every single time