Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Second of the technology trilogy. Hopefully I do Artificial Ascent sometime soon.
I have way too much to say about this experience. I was wanting to beat Lumina since I had attempted to get first victor on that last year but lost motivation with how hard the predrop was. 4 70%+ deaths later coming back to that and I just couldn't take it anymore as I find it to be one of the most unbearable levels I've ever went for. So for whatever reason dropping that led me to this. With how much I hated Cybernetic Crescent I had very low expectations going into this, but strangely it turned out incredibly fun. It's by no means near perfect; the level is extremely unbalanced as it's very, very easy to get to 46%, but 46-61% is a brick wall, and Galvatron and KrmaL's parts later on are also pretty hard. Etzer's part in particular stood out to me as being genuinely terrible with the ship and wave at the start of it just never getting very consistent, and Loogiah's ship and the wave transition just got worse over time for whatever reason. Despite that though, I never got bored playing it, and for most of the experience, it was a blast. Most of it...
So, another thing that I didn't anticipate happening was, this turned out to be what I think is my unluckiest experience on any level. Not the worst as in largest death list (I don't think Zodiac will ever be topped in that regard), but the unreasonable amount of deaths I had toward the end of the level was something I've never quite seen before. To me, the ending of the level (the last 4 parts) only has 1 spot that I would consider tough, being the triple click in Hinds's part. I did die to that my first time at the ending from 0, which is fine, but I managed to die 7 other times to the end before beating it, all in other places, being Vlacc's ship (that mini ship death was the worst I've ever had), earlier parts of Hinds, and even twice at Rustam's part. 97% was my second death at the ending, and because that happened the amount of times I passed Etzer probably tripled by the end of it. Certainly doubled at least. I ended up with over 100 deaths after 50%, and how it happened is an anomaly I will never be able to figure out. Even with how unlucky I got though, I'm very glad to have played this and would certainly recommend to anyone, IF it is nowhere near your hardest. As a hardest, or near that, I can imagine it becoming pretty awful to play, especially if you get unlucky like I did. So just make sure it's not too challenging for you and I think it should be a great time.
Attempts - 5,294
Worst Fail - 97%
Hardest Parts - TheDevon, Etzer
Easiest Parts - Pretty much anything before TheDevon apart from Manix648
Legacy Placement - (Bitcrusher | Digital Descent | Stalemate Redux)
Personal Placement - Easier than Astral Divinity while also being harder than Killbot, that part of the list was so scuffed...
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 8/10
Enjoyment - 7.5/10
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=UCuMhI-88ss
Discord - dementeddd
Content Credits
Level Song: "Carnivores" by Creo
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/690265
Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM
Second of the technology trilogy. Hopefully I do Artificial Ascent sometime soon.
I have way too much to say about this experience. I was wanting to beat Lumina since I had attempted to get first victor on that last year but lost motivation with how hard the predrop was. 4 70%+ deaths later coming back to that and I just couldn't take it anymore as I find it to be one of the most unbearable levels I've ever went for. So for whatever reason dropping that led me to this. With how much I hated Cybernetic Crescent I had very low expectations going into this, but strangely it turned out incredibly fun. It's by no means near perfect; the level is extremely unbalanced as it's very, very easy to get to 46%, but 46-61% is a brick wall, and Galvatron and KrmaL's parts later on are also pretty hard. Etzer's part in particular stood out to me as being genuinely terrible with the ship and wave at the start of it just never getting very consistent, and Loogiah's ship and the wave transition just got worse over time for whatever reason. Despite that though, I never got bored playing it, and for most of the experience, it was a blast. Most of it...
So, another thing that I didn't anticipate happening was, this turned out to be what I think is my unluckiest experience on any level. Not the worst as in largest death list (I don't think Zodiac will ever be topped in that regard), but the unreasonable amount of deaths I had toward the end of the level was something I've never quite seen before. To me, the ending of the level (the last 4 parts) only has 1 spot that I would consider tough, being the triple click in Hinds's part. I did die to that my first time at the ending from 0, which is fine, but I managed to die 7 other times to the end before beating it, all in other places, being Vlacc's ship (that mini ship death was the worst I've ever had), earlier parts of Hinds, and even twice at Rustam's part. 97% was my second death at the ending, and because that happened the amount of times I passed Etzer probably tripled by the end of it. Certainly doubled at least. I ended up with over 100 deaths after 50%, and how it happened is an anomaly I will never be able to figure out. Even with how unlucky I got though, I'm very glad to have played this and would certainly recommend to anyone, IF it is nowhere near your hardest. As a hardest, or near that, I can imagine it becoming pretty awful to play, especially if you get unlucky like I did. So just make sure it's not too challenging for you and I think it should be a great time.
Attempts - 5,294
Worst Fail - 97%
Hardest Parts - TheDevon, Etzer
Easiest Parts - Pretty much anything before TheDevon apart from Manix648
Legacy Placement - (Bitcrusher | Digital Descent | Stalemate Redux)
Personal Placement - Easier than Astral Divinity while also being harder than Killbot, that part of the list was so scuffed...
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 8/10
Enjoyment - 7.5/10
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=UCuMhI-88ss
Discord - dementeddd
Content Credits
Level Song: "Carnivores" by Creo
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/690265
Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM
