Superhero Level (Cut the Rope Remastered [2021, update in 2022])
Even moreso than Agent Intercept, no one decided to make a coherent upload of this awesome track online, so it’s up to me yet again, as I saw this possibility in advance by recording it in-game while I still had my subscription active!
A classic example of a track being what it says on the tin; Horns and sounds often associated with either electronic or orchestral compositions to make it sound heroic across the metropolis these stages take place in. What makes this one a favorite of mine isn’t just the stellar melody, but how much the high amount of Reverb enhances the melody, giving it a “magic” sort of feel.
On top of such aforementioned traits, it just feels relaxed and energetic enough to earn its own place on a list of tracks that usually go sharp in the former or latter direction, with that small distorted Guitar near the beginning not heard often in the list either.
Strange that the series took this long to theme a whole world around some of the Om Nom cartoon seasons, but it’s also where almost half of the underused Om Nelle stages in the whole game are at, so there’s that at least. What held the game itself back from going above the 2.5/5 rating in my case was how powerups were needed to truly get 100% stars, which from what I remember, was never the case prior, forcing the player to grind items in the same few hub worlds if they aren’t going to wait until each weekly challenge; this leads me to theorize that it’s a tactic to make sure those going for 100% spend more time on the game, because subscriptions don’t allow for microtransactions or advertisements, so as a result, money paid equals playtime instead, but for all I know, the model could just be an upfront payment instead.
On the series as a whole, it’s one of mobile gaming’s better outings, being a simple puzzle game that doesn’t try to impress you with anything superficial, just its base traits which you’ll know to either like or dislike less than an hour in; if you end up liking it as I happened to, you’ve got a good series of decent distractions to play on the side for your phone/tablet!
As a side note, the background is taken from cropped in-game footage, with a small bit of my touch-screen input to make sure the screen doesn’t dim and that YouTube’s bots don’t mess with the video for looking too “repetitive”, as silly as that may sound
(Length before loop: 2+ minutes)
