Rating Curve

Funnygame up until 2.1 is debatably one of the most influential creators of all time. So many levels by him have had a great impact on creators of today whether it’s lonely travel, death moon, and even this. -Sirius- has some really neat designs for very early 2.0 as well as the iconic spiked bossfight. Visually this is still a stellar level, gameplay then and now has been very frustrating from the bossfight onwards which sucks for how good of a level it is otherwise.

The more I look back on this level the more it reminds me of watching "Rent-a-Girlfriend" for the first time. Kazuya as a main character is supposed to be sympathized over which while initially I got it as he acts like how some people act irl with relationships. With that being said, Kazuya doesn't improve as a character and continuously acts like a simp sniveling roach that just makes the girls that surround him worse but also make the anime as a whole worse.

I relate "Rent-a-Girlfriend" to this because negative mindsets like these happen quite a bit to people in game, sometimes that makes it hard to find enjoyment in levels like these as they're a reality to some. WHYME comes off weirdly preachy at times due to the fact that TMN in this scenario makes some of the insults thrown at him that are shown in the level (as well as the thoughts that surround him due to the everchanging nature of the game) have a weirdly comical response when the level is clearly trying to be serious. I don't think this level has aged as well as I thought but I don't think it's as bad as some people make it out to be. This mindset is unhealthy though and the level shows why.

Pocke's yt review is also a really good explanation on why some people may not like this level you should check it out

pocke's WHYME review

Gameplay was not it then and isn't it now. I surprisingly didn't have too bad of a time with this level when I eventually got to it in the gauntlet but I wouldn't say I enjoyed it too much. AbstractDark's designs past 2.0 have always been interesting in that they've been very inconsistent where you'll have creations such as his part in "Point Zero" that are mad out of place or he can pop off with something like "Seasonal Haven". This one while it has a few cool ideas I don't think has aged that well. Black hole part is cool