Machina v2, by TheRealSdslayer [YouTube Video] {Insane 8*?}

^Read the judging board rules: Bumping doesn't really help, if you want the attention of the judges you can ping one or more of them (but preferably not all of them or you're just shooting yourself in the foot again) by editing the original post and pinging them in that post, and only do that if at least 2 weeks have passed.

Fine so NOW bump... xd.. I really want this reviewed, I dont know any judges btw... But its been three weeks since I made the thread and two weeks since any activity.

I'm not a judge, but hopefully this review will be helpful anyway.

This level did some stuff right and it did some stuff wrong. Most of the level was pretty empty looking, but I've always liked the minimal look, so it is not a problem in most parts.
One thing that you definitely should do is enable "Don't fade" on most of the spikes. They fade away, but the solid blocks don't, and it doesn't look right.

The first part was fun to play, but I really can't stand that things move at the very last second, and especially that you have to fall instead of jump at 0:05. Stuff like that very rarely does anything but makes the level frustrating in my opinion. Especially when it turns black and purple - That's just pure memorization. That being said, the movement looks pretty nice throughout that whole part.
Also, at the end of that black and purple part, the black ground just ends. The transition would be much better if you had black blocks covering the right half of the screen, rather than just a cut-off. Also, there should be some invisible blocks so that transition isn't so harsh.

The ship part isn't bad. It's pretty easy compared to the rest of the level, but it does look more plain than the beginning because there isn't much movement. I'm not that great at decoration, so I dunno what to suggest :/ I really don't like the gravity portals with the orbs in them, though, because if you hit the orbs too early, you will bump into the block right above/below the portal, which doesn't kill you, but makes it feel buggy. The three spikes as you go into the rainbow part don't look very good; the black outline doesn't match the rest of the level. The rainbow effect looks pretty cool, but the white blocks at the beginning and end clash.
The next part with the spikes that follow you is really fun. It looks pretty cool, isn't too hard to predict, but since you don't have a ton of reaction time, it feels really epic.

The next part is alright, but the one black orb is completely unnecessary. The floating platform with the sign is really cool, though. I love the way the sign tumbles down a little after the platform falls.

0:50 - 0:55 is the worst part of the level. The rainbow effect looks cool, but the gameplay is too frustrating to be good. When there are two portals, how are you supposed to know which one kills you? When you go through portals, you have absolutely no reaction time, making the part complete memorization. These five seconds are harder than most of Nine Circles.
At the end of this part, the rainbow effect just ends. The white background just disappears into a weird greenish color. It looks unfinished.

The next part - the robot part - is better. It doesn't look that great, partially because the white ground and black background offer too much contrast, but the gameplay is fun. But then, the double part... That part is really hard - like, hard/insane demon hard.
The tiny UFO part isn't bad, but again, the white background just disappears in a weird zigzag pattern. Not the best looking transition.

The next part has better gameplay and good movement, but it looks more plain than the beginning. The "Moar Rainbows" part is good. I really like the effect of having the 2.1 blocks behind the background like that.

Sadly, you ended with a wave part that is annoying to play. You just came from a white background, but that suddenly ends and now you can't touch white. This part isn't detailed at all, it almost looks like a layout.
The little title thing at the end looks pretty nice.


Parts of this level were really fun to play, but other parts were really annoying. Some parts looked good, other parts looked unfinished. Some parts were really well synced to the music, other parts weren't at all.


Alright, here we go. I'm just coming up with a grading system off the top of my head, but hopefully it will work.
Gameplay: 3/10. There were some good parts, but there was a lot that was unpredictable and frustrating.
Detail: 3/10. It had some nice looking parts, but looked pretty empty for the most part.
Music Sync: 1.5/5. The pulse triggers and stuff were pretty close, but most of the gameplay didn't follow the music at all.

So I guess 7.5/25. I think my grading system needs work...

I'd say this is "Decent", and I'd rate it easy/medium demon.