Rating Curve

Another refreshing modern take from ZhenAxel which comes out decent enough as usual from him. I think he has the potential to release a great more ambitious level someday since he has an understanding of modern design and sonic work that puts him on a league way above nowadays average modern creators. I like how he embraces the sonic work mentioned earlier but I wish he could improve on it in a way that doesn't come off as stale and basic - maybe in a way that distinguishes different notes and works with different sounds at the same time.

I have some mixed feelings about this because as much as I loved this level back then I don't think it has aged well enough to rework it in a way that simply adds a few 2.2 features. Still fine, it just doesn't hold up too well.

Quality aside, this level made me realize how absolutely fucked the slope physics are.

I like the usage of particles and especially the warped designs but I find it to be kind of inconsistent. Some of the parts like the spider part don't focus on that too well and makes it feel more plain and uninteresting. I also wish it had some interesting pulses going on to give the colors a bit of spice, maybe some different shades of blue and purple because I find the monochromatic palette to be a little boring the more I play it. If the shaders were less strong and had some pulses to go with them I think they would've looked much more appealing.

I do like the last part a lot, issues mentioned aside. I really like when levels repeat their gameplay with a different tweak (in this case being upside down) when the song repeats itself.

Very clean and fun to play, and does some cool and interesting things for a style that's usually so dull.