Postby Yogi_Bear » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:01 pm
Very unofficial review of "Wood Boost"
This level started off kind of interesting, the first section being vertical gave it something semi-unique right off the bat, and the all wood theme was nicely done. Then I left the tree, and found the visuals of the level got worse after that. the YI background, and the music (ill get to that in a minute) and the fact there was ground (I thought I was high up at first), and the layout (you can skip half of it by jumping to the right from where you first leave the tree) none of it worked together well in my opinion. Then you go into a cave, which was fine, and some pictures give you a hit to what comes next. First off, the pictures in themselves arent a bad idea, but putting them 'floating' in the air didnt look good in my opinion. I liked the Cave section all-in-all, I thought the moving platforms were nice and the underwater part was fun. The other direction felt a bit rushed, and the water at the bottom unnecessary (since you die anyways, as you cannot swim in this section) I do have to give you credit for the 2 different paths, though. Perhaps making one Boss more difficult by adding uneven terrain would help though, since the two bosses play the same. The music choice felt odd too since the level uses some very unique custom music, then suddenly it changes to SMW boss music, which is a very different style. The music also started to sound bad when the saw sound effect was happening as well, since the music is already complicated the saw noise kinda ruined it. Nothing you can really do about that since the Saws were a neat part of the level, besides change the music.
All said and done, I'd say this gets a 3.5/10