Rating Curve

Surprisingly not bad, it has a lot more bark than bite.

You can just tell that this was going to be uploaded in 1.9 but got a last second update to make a ton of crazy 2.0 gameplay. The bugfix team did a terrible job here by making a fix to a certain 2.2 bug that simply barely works, but thats not the level’s fault. Its decently fun and extremely esoteric, as if it is supposed to be harder than it actually is.

Some parts are simply way too hard, namely the first UFO, but man the one attempt where you actually beat it feels fucking fantastic. The final stretch of beating this level is immensely satisfying and makes up for the extremely antiquated, well, everything else.

Cool ass level it aged very well and the gameplay is still fun and unique. Definitely worth a detour and would fit very well in someone’s progression.

Wish the rest of the level was as fun as the predrop, but beggars can’t be choosers. The rest of the level is absolutely fine don’t get me wrong, but the drop is a bit underwhelming and loses a lot of its momentum. Looks and plays absolutely fantastic for the time too, this was very ahead of the curve in gameplay and especially deco, which has aged on a negative scale.

It’s cool I guess. The moving orbs have a lot of advantages and disadvantages but it all zeroes out to pretty damn solid. Recommended if you want a memory Hard Demon that isn’t half as old as you.

Something about themed 1.9 levels is just so awesome to me. How they take a simple theme and attach a simple but recognizable set of ideas to it to establish a simple yet atmospheric world will always be wondrous to me. On top of that the tendencies of these levels to just slap on a banger EnV song elevates them to staples of their domain and The Caverns is no exception, despite its gizmos in the gameplay.

Killer vibes work well with extremely intense song and structuring to create the world’s first good panic attack demon. Pure adrenaline in this one, even if a lot of people end up playing it out of a sense of obligation instead of genuine interest. 8/10