Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Since I beat Sonic Wave recently, I decided to give this level a shot since it's just a nerfed Sonic Wave, so reasonably I thought it wouldn't take me too long. And I was right, it only took me a day and a half with only 1.3k attempts. But I did not expect this level to somehow be miles worse than Sonic Wave was.

This level absolutely sucks. The balancing is abhorrent, and the nerfs they made to this level make little to no sense. Sure they removed the main chokepoints of Sonic Wave, but they decided it would be a good idea to buff certain parts of the level as well. Specifically, the spams around 52% and 78%, which were either basically free or only slightly difficult in the original level, now actually pose a risk to you dying to these parts from 0%, which absolutely blows. I rarely ever did die there from 0%, but it is still an incredibly stupid change that shouldn't have been made.

The 2nd wave in this level is almost harder than the one in Sonic Wave is, with them somehow making it WAY more awkward. The dual wave is actually kind of hard, the click at 76% is abhorrent, and the transitions into certain structures in the part are just dumb. I really don't get how they messed up this wave so bad. It's SO unbelievably stupid, and easily the hardest part of the level.

Other than that, the predrop in this level is harder than the predrop in Sonic Wave, while the first wave is now free, which sounds good in theory, but makes every death you have to it even more agonizing than in the original. The last wave is the only part of the level that they actually made positive changes to, and even then, they just didn't nerf the first click or the click at 89%.

This level was a missed opportunity to fix Sonic Wave. Even though I kind of liked the original, it still had major flaws that kept it from being good. This level fixed those flaws, but then introduced new, somehow even worse flaws into it. I genuinely despise this level, and it was a miserable experience. I'm so glad I was able to beat this as quickly as I did, because I really don't know how long I could have put up with this.

Worst Deaths:

66%x3
67%x2
70%x1
71%x1
72%x4
75%x1
91%x1
92%x1
93%x1

Attempts: 1321
My Difficulty Rank: ~Distraught Difficulty
Enjoyment: 26/100

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