Rating Curve

How the hell did this get Rob's approval? Even if I ignored the health concerns of these disgusting visuals, I cannot imagine a more worthless and ungratifying concept for a level than "pxttxrn sxxkxr with indicators". A massive stain on Darwin's career.

Can't believe this level never got hit with the "soulless" descriptor given how completely hollow it feels. icedcave's style, self-obsessed and idolatrous to the point where it could more accurately be described as a brand or label, is a match made in hell for this nauseatingly sleek modern aesthetic, complete with plastic Japaneseness and a worthless sped up/reverb soundtrack. Very Instagram level.

Samifying appears to have been concerned that, despite his best efforts to have all of this level's designs blur together in 3x speed, some players with exceptional eyesight could still see them. To remedy this, he had every line flash white twice a second and slathered everything with a comically obnoxious amount of glow. Throw this on top of a layout that isn't particularly interesting or fun and the result is a solo level that resembles a megacollab with its massive budget and general lack of coherence. It really doesn't feel like Sami had anything resembling a vision for Sedulous beyond "make it really good", which just didn't pan out. And the ending ship, really?

edit: i dont agree with all of the things i said in this review any more but regardless i still think this is the worst level in the game

The best thing about Rage Quit is the fact that bli got paid to make it, and that fact alone is what keeps me from writing off bli as a creator entirely because Rage Quit would be completely unforgivable were it created sincerely. It's already a bad sign when your vision for the level is appealing to the guy best known for putting out Jake Paul-Watchmojo level slop for an army of children to turn their brains off to, but I could not have imagined something this offensive to the spirit when I heard the original round of complaints. This is an anti-level, or rather something that plays opposite to the strengths of level creation. The creation of this level was rooted in such cowardice, such shame of levels as a medium that bli desperately tried to conceal any evidence that Rage Quit was made in GD - he would be far from the first to try, but never have I seen another level that is so blatantly condescending to its audience. Every effect is so brainlessly strewn about like a blitz of YouTube shorts trying to overwhelm your brain with sludge while you go through the motions of stereo madness, it feels like you're expected to clap every time something happens like those movies where People You Know From Something Else Appear and it's played out as a dramatic, grand scene in itself. There is nothing to be gleaned from playing Rage Quit. It's a glitzy, pompous spectacle on top of a level you could (and are clearly supposed to) complete in your sleep, a manifestation of all the worst attitudes of GD culture trying to destroy everything valuable and beautiful about this game. It's the closest we've gotten to an AI-generated level, or rather an AI-generated video of a level, trained on whichever nexus and viprin uploads get the most views of the age 7-11 demographic. Its best comparison is the subway surfers gameplay you might see next to a short-form video quizzing your flag knowledge, although that might be too generous with regards to coherent storytelling and satisfying gameplay. At the end of the day, just ask yourself if Rage Quit accomplishes anything a level in GD might want to shoot for. Is the gameplay fun? No. Is the level compelling visually? It actively tries not to do that. Is there a coherent story? No. A cool aesthetic? No. It's just a parade showing off bli's triumph over everything that makes GD worthwhile.