Rating Curve

Keeps kowareta company in the very short list of levels I wish were top 1 difficulty. Chilling, manic like no other, even if carried a little by some of the best gameplay an extreme demon has ever had. I do wish the wave stepped up its visual intensity a little bit.

Even if you (wrongly) disregard the complete lack of originality on display in future "Nine Circles levels", this is still the only one worth paying any mind to. No one else has replicated such weight and aggression in its structuring, the style just became so much bro-ier and ground-down afterwards. Still a classic on the merits of its own oppressive, sweltering vision.

Godfather of Greasy. There's just such charm in 8o's uber-masculine brostep anthem, simple but flashy rave-pills visual style and confident, overt difficulty spikes. Other Greasy classics like Flaklypa and Switchblade just dont compare to the GOAT.