Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Huge thanks to rat smacker for making this thumbnail. Especially in a time where I had to make 5 of them, and my thumbnails aren't great to begin with. This guy's insane check him out.
His YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCbtjqg3pj6Pdh1TCu1V-aZA
His Twitter: twitter.com/RatSmackerr
So this was another similar to Photovoltaic for me, I even played them during the same time period too. Except this one I was very hyped to see come out. Since I'm friends with the host Alkali, the ex verifier, the final verifier, AND the verifier of the update, I saw the entire progression of this level (we were all part of the same friend group). I thought it looked really fun, and I liked it's deco a lot too. But unfortunately, the final product was not great. This level, combined with online school, the "alcohol beverage plague", Photovoltaic, and other things (which include the reasons talked about in my Photovoltaic video), ruined my motivation to play the game and do other things.
This level, in my opinion, is a mid tier insane demon. I really don't think the gameplay as a whole is too hard, it's just kinda long. But the gameplay for me was so demotivating to keep playing, it just hurt. I can name so many instances that made this level just unbearable for my patience. After talking to Minishoey about it in call, we made some changes. He decided to hit up Alkali, and said to him "Hey, Arcane ascent kinda sucks to play. Me and Ender made some balancing in a copyable, you mind if I turn this into an update?" And so he did. The update improved the level a lot. Antrax, Nyrophene, and especially Potatobaby's wave were improved greatly. Despite that, it was still very unenjoyable for me. I constantly died at Ryder's 2nd part, Trianious, Nyrophene, Tamori, and every part in the 2nd half. My worst death was 88, which was painful. But when I died at 83, I quit. That was it for me. It was such a demotivating spot to die at that I just stopped.
Fast forward to January this year, after beating Bloodbath I realized that I should probably go back to the levels I quit. Because before Photovoltaic, I hardly ever dropped a level. The only levels I have ever dropped were Future funk, Psychosis, and Diffuse (which I went back and beat). So I did just that, and I beat it in 2 nights. The first session I streamed it, and I was afraid that I would fall back into the same experience again, because I never got to Kolby after and hour and a half of playing. But here's a life lesson: "Sleep literally makes you better at everything." So I beat it the next day in like 10 minutes. Make yourself a sleep schedule guys.
So yeah, I didn't have a good time with this level. I know there are people who enjoy this level, AmorAltra is one of them, and good on him for that. But for me, this was different kind of unenjoyment. It was mainly just disappointment for me. I have nothing against the creators, verifiers, or the host. Sorry Alkali and Zipiks, this one just wasn't for me.
Enjoyment: 1/10
Attempts: 9,445 (Probably about 500-ish were spent recently after coming back to the level)
▬● Social links ●▬▬▬▬▬
Twitter: twitter.com/enderlink675
Twitch: twitch.tv/ienderlink
Discord server: discord.gg/NskbZYu
Discord tag: Enderlink#1155
My Dream Demons and Demon List:
tinyurl.com/enderlinkdemonlist
Unedited footage for legitimacy purposes:
youtu.be/KqIdcMoxbdA
▬● Copyright and Credits ●▬▬▬▬▬
Song credits:
Dimrain47 - Surface
LilMilkDud - Surface Puffs
Animal Crossing City Folk OST - Nook n' Go
▬● PC Specs and Software ●▬▬▬▬▬
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
MOBO: Gigabyte AB350M-Gaming 3
RAM: Patriot Viper 4 2x8GB DDR4 3000mhz
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1660 6GB
PSU: Corsair VS550
Case: NZXT H500i
Storage: 1TB HDD + 2TB HDD + 480GB SSD
Monitors: Dell D2719HGF (144hz), ASUS VX238 (60hz)
Editing Softwares: Adobe Premiere CC 2020, Sony Vegas 18/16.
Thumbnail Software: Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
-All videos are edited and thumbnails created are by me unless otherwise stated. I do not claim to own many of the images, songs, and videos shown in my content with the exclusion of personally recorded footage. Credit will be provided where is necessary.
Huge thanks to rat smacker for making this thumbnail. Especially in a time where I had to make 5 of them, and my thumbnails aren't great to begin with. This guy's insane check him out.
His YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCbtjqg3pj6Pdh1TCu1V-aZA
His Twitter: twitter.com/RatSmackerr
So this was another similar to Photovoltaic for me, I even played them during the same time period too. Except this one I was very hyped to see come out. Since I'm friends with the host Alkali, the ex verifier, the final verifier, AND the verifier of the update, I saw the entire progression of this level (we were all part of the same friend group). I thought it looked really fun, and I liked it's deco a lot too. But unfortunately, the final product was not great. This level, combined with online school, the "alcohol beverage plague", Photovoltaic, and other things (which include the reasons talked about in my Photovoltaic video), ruined my motivation to play the game and do other things.
This level, in my opinion, is a mid tier insane demon. I really don't think the gameplay as a whole is too hard, it's just kinda long. But the gameplay for me was so demotivating to keep playing, it just hurt. I can name so many instances that made this level just unbearable for my patience. After talking to Minishoey about it in call, we made some changes. He decided to hit up Alkali, and said to him "Hey, Arcane ascent kinda sucks to play. Me and Ender made some balancing in a copyable, you mind if I turn this into an update?" And so he did. The update improved the level a lot. Antrax, Nyrophene, and especially Potatobaby's wave were improved greatly. Despite that, it was still very unenjoyable for me. I constantly died at Ryder's 2nd part, Trianious, Nyrophene, Tamori, and every part in the 2nd half. My worst death was 88, which was painful. But when I died at 83, I quit. That was it for me. It was such a demotivating spot to die at that I just stopped.
Fast forward to January this year, after beating Bloodbath I realized that I should probably go back to the levels I quit. Because before Photovoltaic, I hardly ever dropped a level. The only levels I have ever dropped were Future funk, Psychosis, and Diffuse (which I went back and beat). So I did just that, and I beat it in 2 nights. The first session I streamed it, and I was afraid that I would fall back into the same experience again, because I never got to Kolby after and hour and a half of playing. But here's a life lesson: "Sleep literally makes you better at everything." So I beat it the next day in like 10 minutes. Make yourself a sleep schedule guys.
So yeah, I didn't have a good time with this level. I know there are people who enjoy this level, AmorAltra is one of them, and good on him for that. But for me, this was different kind of unenjoyment. It was mainly just disappointment for me. I have nothing against the creators, verifiers, or the host. Sorry Alkali and Zipiks, this one just wasn't for me.
Enjoyment: 1/10
Attempts: 9,445 (Probably about 500-ish were spent recently after coming back to the level)
▬● Social links ●▬▬▬▬▬
Twitter: twitter.com/enderlink675
Twitch: twitch.tv/ienderlink
Discord server: discord.gg/NskbZYu
Discord tag: Enderlink#1155
My Dream Demons and Demon List:
tinyurl.com/enderlinkdemonlist
Unedited footage for legitimacy purposes:
youtu.be/KqIdcMoxbdA
▬● Copyright and Credits ●▬▬▬▬▬
Song credits:
Dimrain47 - Surface
LilMilkDud - Surface Puffs
Animal Crossing City Folk OST - Nook n' Go
▬● PC Specs and Software ●▬▬▬▬▬
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
MOBO: Gigabyte AB350M-Gaming 3
RAM: Patriot Viper 4 2x8GB DDR4 3000mhz
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1660 6GB
PSU: Corsair VS550
Case: NZXT H500i
Storage: 1TB HDD + 2TB HDD + 480GB SSD
Monitors: Dell D2719HGF (144hz), ASUS VX238 (60hz)
Editing Softwares: Adobe Premiere CC 2020, Sony Vegas 18/16.
Thumbnail Software: Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
-All videos are edited and thumbnails created are by me unless otherwise stated. I do not claim to own many of the images, songs, and videos shown in my content with the exclusion of personally recorded footage. Credit will be provided where is necessary.
