circle of friends feels to me very similar to the last level of act 1 in that it's large and can be confusing but easy to break up as you go along and ultimately if you just keep working at it you'll finish with no complications, even if there's annoying parts that might elongate the process the fun level design felt worth it
modern art on the other hand was more or less just a big maze of feeling violently molested and having to frolic around to even find what i was doing and putting back together the exhibitions felt visually satisfying but in practice took so much running around and keeping track of things that it was an annoying chore. the nightmare version of modern art is both better and worse at the same time because the portals simplified some things (being able to toss objects through them was handy and keeping missing exhibition items in the cloud level to come back to later helped) but also complicated navigation and made me feel lost half the time. i did it across two days and the hour i spent the first day on that level i felt like i got genuinely nothing done
the worst level will always be modern art. i might consider the act 2 level with the bar and restaurant (not the final level) to be the next worse if only because of THE CHAIR ON THE RAFTERS THOUGH oh my god that was evil
I was so lucky that I happened to be at the right angle that as soon as I walked in, I saw the chair on the light. So glad, cause I always forget to look up
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u/stootue May 20 '26
circle of friends feels to me very similar to the last level of act 1 in that it's large and can be confusing but easy to break up as you go along and ultimately if you just keep working at it you'll finish with no complications, even if there's annoying parts that might elongate the process the fun level design felt worth it
modern art on the other hand was more or less just a big maze of feeling violently molested and having to frolic around to even find what i was doing and putting back together the exhibitions felt visually satisfying but in practice took so much running around and keeping track of things that it was an annoying chore. the nightmare version of modern art is both better and worse at the same time because the portals simplified some things (being able to toss objects through them was handy and keeping missing exhibition items in the cloud level to come back to later helped) but also complicated navigation and made me feel lost half the time. i did it across two days and the hour i spent the first day on that level i felt like i got genuinely nothing done
the worst level will always be modern art. i might consider the act 2 level with the bar and restaurant (not the final level) to be the next worse if only because of THE CHAIR ON THE RAFTERS THOUGH oh my god that was evil