Rating Curve

Incredibly messy, unclear, and full of ugly deaths. The more realistic a level looks the more time you have to spend polishing it up and this level barely takes care of anything. This on top of the really annoying visual and sonic work make it really unappealing.

I think most of my issues here are simply not fixable because they're the core of the level, in some way. I really don't think a level of this theme and style works with this song and that's just something that's going to drag it down for me no matter what.

I found the level itself to be nice and I like the narrative it takes but it also comes off as too formulaic to feel like it has said narrative. I'm particularly referring to the use of text and again, the very little song progression that just doesn't work for a level of this kind. It feels more like a themed level rather than it telling a story, but because it's supposed to tell that story the theme isn't really felt.

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.