Rating Curve

Good concept. But misses the mark.

The thought of a version of the Ultimate Demon Mix using 2.1 levels to end off the 2.1 update is a pretty cool idea, and a perfect way to end off such a big update.

Unfortunately, this level seemed to completely miss those intentions.

The level is held back by many aspects. I will try to dissect them one at a time.

First things first. The length. The length of the level is just... way too short. Way too short to represent the massive scale of 2.1, and because of it, the level feels like it ends way too fast. In the original Ultimate Demon Mix by Zobros used the ENTIRE song, which not only helped the level feel cohesive, but also made room for plenty levels, and show the creative diversity of levels at the time!! However, because this level is literally just a minute long, there is not that much levels in its catalog, and thus, feels unfinished.

Where is Digital Descent? Where is Hypersonic? Where is Black Blizzard? Where is Sedulous, Tartarus, xo, Glide, and many other iconic demons from this period? There could've been room for so much iconic and monumental demons that perfectly represent the creativity of a long reigning update, but instead, we just have a measly 8 levels, with one of them being Bloodbath, a 1.9 demon verified in 2.0 being one of the levels included for some reason. I do understand that pretty much mimicking a lot of different styles of levels is very hard work, so I partly let it slide. But even then, it still kinda sucks because it could've been something much more

And finally, the gameplay. To be fair, I do respect the original gameplay rehauls in each part, as this also pretty much avoids straight up copying whole parts from another level. However, it really does take away from the feeling that you are truly going through different levels. Revisiting worlds you have conquered before for one last time. Some of the gameplay changes are so jarring that it really took a while to realize what level was actually being represented (ex. Silent Clubstep).

This level is just okay. Its just really is a bummer that circumstances can drag down such a cool idea.

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