Postby silent_ » Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:34 am
this level's cool in only one way
Generally...
A kickass autoscroll level, and the atmosphere resembles SMW very well, but only in some ways: There were a lot of weirdly colored things that didn't match the "ice" vibe you were going for. I mean, realistically, wouldn't the pipes be frozen? Wouldn't the enemies be freezing? And yet, you have the background objects. Honestly, the colors of the SMB3 BGOs were way off of the tileset, and it looked weird because you have the cartoony SMW and the very detailed SMB3. I recommend you use Valtteri's SMW ice stalactites and make sure the color isn't too off. Regardless of that, though, you probably had no idea what you were doing when you made all of the pipes except one have a Piranha Plant. You really need to have pipes which sole purpose are to be decoration of the level. That's just what I think. And, yeah. Those pointless Munchers. They serve no purpose, and shouldn't be in the level. Not to mention they're only used once. But, I will say, if you want to keep them and think they have a purpose, use them more often. That's what I think. Also, another thing that's downright pointless are the Goombas. Sure, they're Goombas. Everyone needs Goombas! ...But not in this level. You added five overall; you added three all clustered together at the end with the complicated-to-avoid Hammer Bros., and you additionally used two towards the beginning of the level with the Hammer Bro. May I ask, what's with you and your "i-gotta-put-my-hammer-bro-and-goomba-together"? Otherwise, though, a decent level. However, it's tedious, and since it's so slippery and there's ceiling, a lot of the jumps are difficult to make. And, if you fix these tedious jumps, consider making the auto-scroll faster. It can get really dull after a while.
Pros...
-resembles SMW superbly
-nice background
-decent enemy variety (still, they need a recolor to ice)
-greatly placed flip-blocks and question blocks
-nice use of slopes
-nice-looking ceiling
-great challenge, even if it's a bit too challenging at times
Cons...
-a bit too short; I recommend you consider adding another non-autoscroll-ice-cave section
-tedious jumps
-slow autoscroll (ONLY fix this if you fix the tedious jumps)
-weird and out-of-place Goombas
-pipes and enemies should have an icy feel to them
-you need better background objects that don't clash with the atmosphere
-some places are too clustered
-until you get well into the level, there are no pipes
-only one pipe is used for the sole purpose of decoration
-pointless Munchers
Other Notes...
N/A
Overall...
4.5
If I were an official level judge, this would go to Average.
*...sends this shiznit to the level judges asking for approval...*
