Rating Curve

deep into the 'line rider creator' experimental era of late 2.1 we got this level which is definitely a 'soundodger creator' experimental level. not to pigeonhole it coz it's not really like any level i'd seen before it, but it does make a lot of sense this was the first hard thing krmal beat in a while (tho i knew it months before then), it has a similar kind of directness to lit fuse but a very different mood and execution obviously. definitely some parts that could look better (and probably play better, i'm nowhere near good enough for it) but still a very landmark feeling level

also afaik the first time i heard tv room in gd. i mean in general too, it's not the kinda thing i seek out rly. i like this song but some of his others are so twee and sugary, and i have a pretty high sugar tolerance, that i can't earnestly like levels with them. manifest and my pet rock would be the main examples. not really relevant to the level at all but it is a big part of how i think of it now. and this is a reverse recommendation where if you think that sounds fun you'd probably enjoy their music if you don't already

definitely a breakout performance even tho older wyntaee levels are good too, but like Man. Dude. wyntaee def has the possibility of really becoming one of the updates of the era if they continue like this and common loon, there's so much shit this level does i've just never seen before or even considered possible, one of very few levels actually using 2.2 to its fullest i think, especially in its somewhat dire first year. the big preventing me from giving it the big one-oh is i think the y2k theming is kind of cheesy, especially given sweet trip were not discovered until that era had long passed, and that some parts of it are comparatively weaker, but this really is one of the biggest knockout performances we've had in a long time. definitely the best level of the update so far, a little under a year and a half on