made an account just to complain that the peak requirements are way too tight especially on levels that are very open ended like 1-17, you can be under time, under par, and still miss it and i have no clue what im supposed to do or what the correct course of action is. it sucks and isnt fun to just be confused, very frustrating especially since i hear theres content locked behind it too?
7 days ago (+1)
most of the peak-requiring unlocks are either cosmetics or modifiers
usually there are collectables in the map that you need to pick up to get peak ranks (but then theres 2-10)
i believe that you dont NEED to get peak ranks to unlock every level (minus P-levels), just a good rank average
a pretty good handful of peak ranks are probably required to unlock the P-levels, but after finishing the game you unlock the ability to auto-restart levels if you dont get a peak rank on them, which is very useful
7 days ago(-1)
technically, but you would have to get a swag on every level in order to get the required 375 points for the bonus world
6 days ago(+1)
Peaks for sure help you towards reaching the prism threshold. But that threshold is ultimately based on getting swag on all prior levels, so you can think of any peak you manage to get as a bit of leeway to get a lower rank on another level you have more trouble with. You don't need to get all peaks, so don't feel bad about skipping peaks on the levels it's too tricky on.
I'm genuinely not saying your opinion is wrong but I genuinely had a great time trying to come up with the perfect route to get a win.
Some levels did get hard enough to wear off the fun, But honestly as someone whos not a completionist, I can get off not having the skill to p-rank world 2 and beyond.
That's how I enjoy the game :)