Name: Sunset Sandstorm (60 FPS Reupload) @Dementeddd
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Sunset Sandstorm (60 FPS Reupload)

Demented 2026-09-25 | Sunset Sandstorm (60 FPS Reupload)

Under lavaland by Inergy and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-09-07 | Funny level. I don't remember at all when I first played it, but some years ago I did try to beat this. I got some decent runs before calling it a day, as it just isn't remotely engaging to play. For some reason, I stumbled upon it again last night, and I figured it'd be easy to finish, which it was. Apart from being boring in general, this level has some of the worst balancing I've seen from anything in its difficulty range; the predrop could get away with being part of a hard demon, while some parts in the middle could easily fit in a relentless tier level. IZhar's part (0:48) and Sandal's part (1:31) just play horrifically in their entirety; the latter made even worse with how bad the spike hitboxes are made there. Beyond those, there are some atrocious chokepoints sandwiched in between like the ufo click at 46% (0:57), the ship orb at 59% (1:10), and the two ships following that which I found annoying as well. I did weirdly enjoy coming back to it, thanks to a very easy time from 0% among other things, but it's still very difficult for me to give a valid reason as to why anyone should play this today.

Attempts - 3,146 (about half of these are years old)
Estimated Playtime - ~3 hours, 10 minutes (new playtime only)
Worst Fail - 59%
Hardest Parts - IZhar, 59-72% (1:10-1:26)
Easiest Part - predrop (0:02-0:38)
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Very Hard
Personal Tier - Hard
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 1/10
Experience - 7/10
Overall Level Rating - F
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=ITRMhU_X4dw
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Underworld" by Spaze
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=zJRR2X8yIKo

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Congregation by Presta 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-08-29 | get jumpscared

I actually can't believe these experiences I'm having lately. I pulled off such an insane fluke on this at first, beating it with only 2 drop deaths, only for my recording of it to wind up entirely frozen. This was the first time I've ever had this happen with shadowplay, and I dreaded what I thought was coming. I fully expected my playtime to double if I was just a little bit less lucky with the drop, but that isn't what happened. I managed to get away AGAIN with just an additional 2 drop deaths, and an even crazier percentage fluke. I couldn't be more grateful about it, as I feel it easily could've turned into an unbearable situation fast.

That being said, I did find this level somewhat fun. My favorite thing about it is how pure the difficulty of its gameplay is. It's a very well executed level of just nothing but slow-coming timings for 3 minutes, meaning it's highly accessible and very simple to pick up. I didn't have a good impression of it when I first tried it in 2022, as it just seemed too hard for its own good at the time. Coming back to it, runs came together so much more quickly and it challenge felt just right to me. It is pretty unbalanced, however. It might at first seem like the kind of level in which you're mainly just struggling to get past the beginning parts, but that wasn't really the case for me. Most of my problems turned out to be much later on in the predrop (1:08-1:35), as well as the drop cube, which were by far the 2 hardest parts of the level for me. It's essentially a very middle carried level disguised as a first half heavy level, due to how skewed the percentages are due to it still using the 2.1 percentage system. I didn't think this was the worst thing ever, but it did make it pretty frustrating to play from 0 much of the time, as I would either just be dying to the first few jumps over and over, or a couple of spots early on in the mini ball (0:36-0:39), or getting near the end of the predrop and just begging I got a chance at the drop. Again, despite how lucky I got, the drop cube is so brutal to get through and made the level so much more stressful, as I just couldn't ever insure myself getting much further when I got there. The robot is equally stressful feeling but a lot less difficult, though it is so, SO easy to die just about anywhere within it. Fortunately, the ending cube doesn't have any notable chokepoints in it, and serves as a good nerve test to send the level off. I didn't find it as something that could be a blast by any means, but I think it's the perfect kind of level to challenge yourself with. It's just so simple and fair, and I appreciate it for that. Enough said.

Attempts - 7,779 (3,806 new attempts, 3,973 from 2022) + 356 (rebeat)
Estimated Playtime - ~8 hours, 35 minutes (first, doesn't include the 2022 playtime) + ~1 hour, 30 minutes (rebeat)
Worst Fail - 63% (first completion), 46% (rebeat)
Hardest Parts - 28-40% (1:08-1:35), drop cube (1:40)
Easiest Part - ending cube (2:31)
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Catastrophic
Personal Tier - Terrifying or Catastrophic
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 6/10
Experience - 7/10
Overall Level Rating - C
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=oSo3lXk-S4U
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Purgatori" by KORAII
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=ALrIL3kBvNw

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Artifice by F3lixsram and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-08-22 | I don't know how much I even want to say about this level. I was prepared to say so much about it initially; how I found it somewhat disappointing because there are a handful of things that are buggy as well as certain spots (particularly later on in the level) that are needlessly chokepointy. But no, the fluke I pulled off on this is just too preposterous for me to have the willpower to scrutinize it as much as I otherwise would. That being said, I'm not certain I would call this my best fluke, due to how much harder the gameplay of Faded Dream is that I fluked, but on paper this looks undeniably dumber. I'm usually still able to go into depth about how I feel about something regardless of my luck, but for this one I just can't. I feel so lost with most of the takes I felt I had with this because it was simply too nice to me from 0, which maybe is all I can really think about saying for the level. If you're skilled enough that you can insure yourself beating it quickly, then it's definitely worth picking up. If you're likely to struggle progressing through it, then wait for a better time, as surely the inconsistencies the level has will make it feel terrible to play at a certain point. It's a mostly solid level at face value, but it plays like it's ready to fall apart at any given moment.

Attempts - 2,474* (might've had a few lost copy attempts from when the level dropped, but I'm not sure)
Estimated Playtime - ~4 hours, 35 minutes
Worst Fail - five.
Hardest Parts - Rafer, Victor (0:17-0:37), F3lixsram, Angryboy (2:05-2:31)
Easiest Parts - DesTicY (0:49-0:59), Osiris GD (1:41-1:51)
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Very Hard
Personal Tier - Very Hard (dartboard opinion)
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 5.5/10
Experience - lol
Overall Level Rating - C
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=dua5I_gtx_A
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Native Faith - Suwako's Theme" by Xenogenocide
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=BmLZZtqB2mA

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

SOLEIL by luhlamar 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-08-14 | I think I'm third victor? Not entirely sure. I actually first picked this up last month, not long after it came out. I was intrigued by how cool it looked, and though there's a lot of camera movement, it's well executed and doesn't make anything unnecessarily more difficult to play. So I played it for a while, got good progress (65% + 28-100%), but gave up because it felt so hard to play. I noticed with the level quickly how laggy it was for me, but I was just assuming for a while it wasn't making it that much harder. I couldn't possibly be more wrong. I decided to play it a bit today just to mess around on it, and immediately I realized I should've tried playing with click between frames enabled. I've never used CBF for anything before this level, and still don't intend on using it in most circumstances after this, but for how much harder the lag I got on this level made it for me, I felt it was a necessity, and it really was all I needed. The level went from barely playable to much easier and pretty enjoyable, so I'm happy about that. There are still some things I have to critique: the first 3 seconds of both drops each contained the biggest chokepoints in the level for me, and it was very annoying to reach either of them and die right away most of the time. There are also some chokepoints beyond those like 28% (0:35), the double spike jumps in the break section, and 78% (1:35) that were very annoying; 78% in particular being made even worse with how hard it is to see there. There were many other things that gave me so much trouble before, but when I no longer had the lag making the level more difficult for me, it all became much more mild. The second drop, in addition to being the hardest section of the level, also wore out my finger quite a bit with how fast some of the inputs are there, but I don't think most would find that as problematic as I did. All in all just a very solid 2.2 level. Not one that's for everyone, but good enough that I would suggest trying it out, as long as it runs well.

Also, one funny thing as an afterthought. There's a secret message at the very start of the level that you activate by not jumping from the last platform in the first cube, and it also is what gives you the coins the level has to offer. I had always been taking that route up until today, when I started alternating back and forth between the normal way and the one with the message. I had no idea until after I beat it that the secret way there is what gave you the coins, so I missed out on them unfortunately.

Attempts - 5,964 (Only 390 of these came after I enabled CBF, just to give an idea of how much worse it was to play otherwise)
Estimated Playtime - ~12 hours
Worst Fail - 78%
Hardest Parts - 17-20% (0:23-0:27), 71-79% (1:27-1:37)
Easiest Part - 8-17% (0:12-0:22)
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Pending...
Personal Tier - Remorseless
FPS Used: 240 (and CBF...)
Gameplay - 8/10
Experience - 7/10
Overall Level Rating - A
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=tMt9gimhW6s
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Shine" by Creo
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=KUrePkNVp0s

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

ICON19 by YouknowwhoGD and More 100%

Demented 2025-08-12 | Very wacky coincidence, actually. I never heard of this level when I did IDOL19 just last month. Despite feeling underwhelmed by that level, I was intrigued when I heard of this getting rated, and I found this to be much better. It's exactly what I think IDOL19 should've been: A celebration of 1.9, but specifically 1.9 GDPS and callbacks to previous works the creators made, without having gameplay feeling overly derivative like IDOL19 was. It still shares a lot of similar gameplay traits, but it felt like a much fresher experience and more memorable in general. There's not much I have to critique of it, but there are a couple of wave transitions, one at 50% (1:41), and the other at 81% (2:44) that don't work very well. It's also one of those levels that felt really easy to forget how to play whenever I got far from 0, but that's moreso my issue. I can't come up with anything else for it. It's well paced, fairly well balanced, and highly accessible. I didn't find this to be anywhere near extreme demon worthy, but I also wouldn't be that surprised if it managed to stay rated as such anyway. It was well worth the time nonetheless, and I'd happily recommend it.

Attempts - 598
Estimated Playtime - ~1 hour, 50 minutes
Worst Fail - 66%
Hardest Part - don't know
Easiest Part - don't know
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Pending...
Personal Tier - Demote to Insane Demon
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 9.5/10
Overall Level Rating - S
Clicks - I swear I'll get to uploading these soon
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "icons." by kosu (EDM Mashup of Many Artists)
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EdvPMvhoo&list=RDY2EdvPMvhoo&index=2

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Junk Realm by HelpegasuS and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-08-04 | So much to say about this. I saw this back when it first came out and fell in love with it almost immediately from a watching distance. It is undeniably a sick level visually. I love the junkyard theme, I love how alive the level feels, I love the song choice... but I also thought instantly with all of the 2.2 camera movements and whatnot that it wouldn't be a highly enjoyable level to play, so I didn't consider it for a long time. With time, I saw some friends play it, some beat it, and I figured having not beaten a single extreme yet starting with the letter J, that I could at least try this, so last night I did. Initially, it really impressed me. Learning it is relatively difficult, but what I did learn in the first sitting was a total blast. I loved playing from 36% (0:39) and 65% (1:08). The main dual in particular was by far my favorite part of the experience, and one of my favorite parts in anything of this level's difficulty range. Unfortunately the next day came, and with it was time to learn the first third. Of course, I was aware of the randomizer the level has for much of the gameplay early on, but I did not think it would be so bad to get used to. I already wasn't a big fan of a good chunk of the predrop and early drop's gameplay, and to have to adapt to it switching up every attempt made playing from 0% unnecessarily frustrating. It felt so inconsistent to play when it really didn't need to be, and my enjoyment dropped significantly because of it. There are also non-randomized parts in between the randomized stuff like the first wave and the start of the ufo after it that really annoyed me at times, and I was very relieved that I only had to deal with 2 deaths later on in the level. So all in all, this had potential to be an amazing level, potentially one of the best extremes in the game. To some people, it definitely still could be, if you're able to tolerate the randomness gimmick. But for me, it was a somewhat midling experience. One bad third, followed by two amazing thirds, overall makes it an okay level to play. But it's frustrating to me that it wasn't better than this.

Attempts - 2,569
Estimated Playtime - ~4 hours
Worst Fail - 78%
Hardest Part - 0-36% (0:02-0:38)
Easiest Part - 59-70% (1:02-1:13)
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Medium
Personal Tier - Hard
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 6/10
Overall Level Rating - C
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=3GGCGwOP4Pw
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Start Your Engines" by Creo
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/639981

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Eternal Dreams by kacurroo 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-08-01 | More easier stuff for now. I had this on my radar for a quite a while actually as it seemed like a pretty good level, but just didn't get around to it until last night, which that last part turned out to be a pretty bad idea. The level itself, however, is quite excellent. It's one of those special levels that is so easy to just pick up and play, and it is very hard for me to find much to critique about it. The base gameplay is incredibly straight forward, yet still highly enjoyable. The visuals are very well made and looks great without being object dense and fits the vibe of the song and gameplay beautifully. It manages to achieve all of this too as a 2.1 project that got caught by the release of 2.2 during its development. Hats off to kacurroo for subtly adding new features in ways that worked best for this, and not abusing them, which would've made it fall apart quite easily. Now, going back to the gameplay. It's generally pretty well balanced, but also just the slightest bit chokepointy. The latter half of the predrop, mostly the ufo (0:25) got on my nerves a little bit, as well the waves and cubes near the end of the drop (0:56-1:01). These got especially annoying with me getting as unlucky as I did, but it's the only things that I can point out having issues with. The rest became smooth sailing quickly. So all in all, just a really consistently strong piece of work that was definitely worth spending time on. Up there with some of my favorite extremes even. I just wish I chose a better time of day to have played it.

Attempts - 1,252
Estimated Playtime - ~2 hours? (I deleted my copy before checking like an idiot)
Worst Fail - 97%
Hardest Part - 68-74% (0:56-1:01)
Easiest Part - 0-19% (0:02-0:17)
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Easy
Personal Tier - Beginner
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 9.5/10
Experience - 8/10
Overall Level Rating - S
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=0LrNVX8L9Wg
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Lumina" by XomuEDM and Wisp X
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/887400

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

IDOL19 by YouknowwhoGD and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-07-21 | Kinda funny story. I beat this 3 days ago essentially to be a placeholder 100th extreme, as I quickly lost patience waiting for Stasis and just wanted to have 100. I didn't intend on waiting to upload this, but Stasis finally got rated a few hours ago, so it seems like it worked out for me. I don't have to give this one any time with "100th extreme" in the title, and I'm grateful for that as I think this would be as forgettable as it gets. It's not a bad level at all, but by all metrics it really felt like a watered down version of the original level, Idols. Especially with gameplay, they made almost the entire level feel like the exact same layout, which in a way is quite impressive, but for me it made learning and playing through it a little boring. It is however significantly easier, and it's definitely one of the most accessible extremes I've ever played. I didn't find anything in the level to be challenging at all apart from the ship transition at 1:10, and the 57% wave (2:10). This doesn't have any staying power to me due to how much more memorable the original level is, but also there's nothing that's genuinely terrible about it as an experience. It's still a fine level that makes for a good beginner's choice.

Attempts - 1,261
Estimated Playtime - Unknown (old playtime went unrecorded)
Worst Fail - 59%
Hardest Part - 57-59% (2:10-2:13)
Easiest Parts - most of the level idk
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Beginner
Personal Tier - Demote to Insane Demon
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 7/10
Experience - 5/10
Overall Level Rating - B
Clicks - eventually...
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Idols" by Virtual Riot
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=vZyenjZseXA

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Molten Gear by knobbelboy and More 100% (100th Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-07-14 | Well, I'm essentially going to treat this as my 100th extreme. It's actually my 99th at the time of completion (REDEEMER finally got rated less than an hour before I beat it), but Stasis has to get rated eventually. It's not the only unrated extreme I beat but it's the only one I think is either likely or inevitable, so having gone through with this is a big deal to me. Even if it continues to become an easier achievement with each day, I never thought I would beat so many of them, so I'm really happy about that. This is also the last knobbelboy extreme I needed to beat, which I think is also a pretty cool achievement.

July 20th: Stasis finally got rated. :)

Now, for the level itself... not the best experience. It's pretty enjoyable to start out on and go for runs on, but when the learning phase ended it got pretty bad. The level's difficulty is heavily concentrated into the last third, but the parts leading up to it are very inconsistent, in some or many cases, thanks to 2.2. The ship transition going into Panman's dual (0:17) just doesn't work a lot of the time. The end of Lucasyecla99's part up to the start of Shocksidian's part (0:43-0:54) was by far the hardest area in the first half for me and I died to it so many times from 0%. Xaro's part (1:02) is solely carried by the poor transitions littered throughout it. The first jump in the following part, Lexicon (1:10) is unpredictable and the bottom spike would kill me sometimes, when usually it's not supposed to be reachable. The mini cube dual at 46% (1:25) is very finicky and can break in a handful of ways. Last but perhaps most importantly, the 63% timing in Pennutoh's part (1:51) became a major chokepoint with the update. I got stuck on this for so long after getting 75% back in February. I ran out of patience with the lack of consistency I had with it and returned a few days ago. The time away helped me a lot, but still it felt very difficult to finish. I actually love Xender Game's bossfight (2:01), despite its difficulty and despite not normally liking them in levels I play, but here I think it's the best part of the level. The ending section that follows it though is so stressful, and made me pretty upset from 0%. The first few parts of it are full of dumb death syndrome, and ZephiroX's part (2:47) and knobbelboy's ship (2:54) make for a very difficult ending. I managed to get 94% on my first ending attempt, and it still took me another 2 days to beat the level. I racked up 4 ZephiroX deaths, and 7 deaths elsewhere in this section before finally reaching knobbelboy's ship, which I am very grateful to have not died to.

So, I'm not going to miss my experience with the level, and the level itself I don't think is very fun as it stands, but if it miraculously got another update to fix the 2.2 related things and a bit more, it would probably become okay. I still think it's a really cool level for its historical significance and the rush it gave me whenever I neared the ending. And again, I think as a "100th" extreme, as well as being the last knobbelboy extreme I had to beat, it was a pretty sick choice.

Attempts - 6,419
Estimated Playtime - Unknown (most of my old playtime went recorded)
Worst Fail - 94.51% (2:52)
Hardest Part - Xender Game, 90-100%
Easiest Part - 0-15% (0:02-0:31), first drop generally
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Relentless
Personal Tier - Terrifying
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 2.5/10
Experience - 1/10
Overall Level Rating - D
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=1i9MAnUowQo
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Corrosive" by Xtrullor
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/579560

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Avalanche by Filqh 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-07-07 | I didn't think I would beat something today, but when I saw this get rated I found it too funny to pass up. Such a bizarre thing to see show up nowadays. Very old, very unpolished, perhaps overly inspired, and sort of janky, but I love it for that. I didn't think I would have as much fun with it as I actually did. The predrop and ending, albeit short, are iffy, but the drop was a great time learning and getting down. The only part of it I really didn't like as far as base gameplay is concerned is the mini wave at 36% (0:34), due to the transition into it as well as the spammy nature of it. As hinted at, there are other questionable spots. The transition into the ufo at 61% (0:49) is pretty random and can have a lot of weird things happen there. The dash orb at the last dual is affected heavily by how you exit the wave just before for some reason (1:04), and lastly, that same dual part breaks a lot in the middle of it. I also don't like how difficult it is to see at points, most notably in the wave parts, but that feels like a given with levels like this. Nonetheless, I don't regret my decision to beat this, and well, having another comically large fluke doesn't hurt either.

Attempts - 1,205
Estimated Playtime - ~1 hour, 55 minutes
Worst Fail - 29%
Hardest Part - 36-42% (0:34-0:37)
Easiest Part - 25-35% (0:26-0:33)
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Pending
Personal Tier - Medium
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 8/10
Experience - 9.5/10
Overall Level Rating - A
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=bLH3B5svdSY
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Avalanche" by Creo
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/689315

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

REDEEMER by surveyor23 100% (Extreme Demon, All Coins)

Demented 2025-07-02 | This has to one of the craziest completions I've ever had. Getting to the dual ships at the end and botching it as hard as I did, and managing to save it somehow. It's unfortunate that I got a recording bug at 3:56, much like my Ocular Miracle completion, but it is what it is.

Also, similarly to Ocular Miracle, this level is unbelievable. I feel like I'm going crazy by having my favorite level change several times in the past 9 months or so, but when creators master the 2.2 editor, the results that come from it are astonishing. It might seem intimidating to go for due to the 7 minute runtime, but it's borderline flawless the whole way through. I never had a dull moment playing it, even with the slower sections it has. The gameplay is so well paced throughout, and utilizes some interesting ideas. Each good attempt I had, whether practicing or from 0, had a feeling of intensity to it that I've never felt on another level, in the best way possible. The peaks this level reaches to about halfway through and at the ending section was such a joy to experience, and it never got old to me. The level's visuals masterfully walk the line between a sense of realism and detail while also feeling like a GD level and not going overboard. Its thematic progression is so well done, it felt like I was ascending out of this world playing it and reaching the end. There's just so many things about the level I couldn't stop singing praises about, and though there are a couple of nitpicks I have with it, that won't stop this from being one of my favorite levels ever.

Speaking of those nitpicks, it is important to note when going for this that the level's difficulty is heavily concentrated towards the middle, with the 50s (3:42-4:22) being far and away the hardest part of the level. It wasn't a major problem for me with enough practice, but for anyone considering beating this as a new hardest, it might be different. The very first part of the level also has a handful of auto blue pads in it, which it's somewhat common to fall out of them or have one launch you into a spike which is unfortunate, but it's easy to adapt to them and sometimes they won't kill you anyway. Last thing I could mention is the orb at 65% (4:44). It randomizes between a black orb and a red orb, which threw me off a lot, including once from 0%. Neither scenario is hard enough to where it felt like a real issue, but just a creative choice that I don't think makes the level any better to play. But still, these things were super minor for my experience, and just something I thought I should bring up regardless.

So to wrap it up, this level deserves every bit of attention it's getting, and I look forward to when it's inevitably rated very soon. It's a stunning level in all aspects, and an experience that will stick with me for whatever time left that I spend playing this game. Whether it's to casually play through for the fun of it, or to go for a new completion, I could not recommend this enough to anybody. It's a masterpiece.

Attempts - 3,434
Estimated Playtime - ~10 hours, 5 minutes
Worst Fail - 65.47%
Hardest Part - 50-67% (3:42-4:53)
Easiest Part - 26-40% (1:54-3:05)
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - N/A (Currently Unrated)
Personal Tier - Relentless
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 11/10
Overall Level Rating - S+
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=lSPyerProy8
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "The Sailor" by Uprooted
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/547333

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Black Blizzard by KrmaL 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-06-24 | Second completed KrmaL extreme, second time of picking up one I attempted to do so long ago. I didn't expect to enjoy it much due to the predrop, but it felt like a bucket list achievement that I wanted to go through with anyway. I did, of course, not like the early parts of the level very much, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I anticipated. The buildup cube actually became pretty fun after a while despite some notable problems caused by 2.2, but the first cube remained annoying the whole way through, in particular 2%. I get it's right at the start, but it slows down progression too much. I even did 12-100% before ever playing from 0%, and I still took probably 2 hours worth of playing from the start before beating it, mostly because of that spot. I also found the start of the drop pretty annoying, but after 47% the level is a total blast. The dual section in particular is one of my favorites I've played, though the invisible robot portal at 80% is questionable. It's a very mixed bag of a level overall, but like xo, it's came a long way for me relative to how I used to feel about it, and it's an iconic level that I really appreciate exists.

Attempts - 6,593 (close split between old and new)
Worst Fail - 66%
Hardest Part - first cube
Easiest Part - ending
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Extreme
Personal Tier - Extreme
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 6.5/10
Experience - 7.5/10
Overall Level Rating - B
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=aWclHRZonqk
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Dimension" by Creo
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/709578

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Stasis by MannyHeffley 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-05-20 | I found out yesterday morning that this was released, so I knew after Stressed Out that I was going to play this next. My mind is blown away yet again by this one; I don't know how MannyHeffley manages to make dual gameplay this consistently good. I was expecting to have a lot of trouble adapting to the offset dual gimmick going into it, but it ended up feeling natural to me after only a few minutes. It's no secret that the duals in Manny's other levels are some of my favorite gameplay parts ever, but I think it got even better here. I also really appreciate that reaching the duals from 0% is a complete non-issue. Once I felt ready to play from 0%, I was immediately reaching the 50s, then 80s, then beating it, all in the span of about 20 minutes. It didn't feel like an overpracticing thing either, as it only took about 2 hours for me to learn and feel ready to go from 0%. I also love that the level's visuals is built around player colors. I love how it looks with the colors I've been using, and even with color combinations that I normally wouldn't like, the level still manages to make them look cool, it's so well executed. If I was forced to nitpick something, then I would mention that 47% sticks out in terms of difficulty, but even then it does get very consistent, just takes some getting used to. To sum it up, this is very neck and neck with Adelucid for my favorite level in the game. I love both of them so much for some overlapping reasons and some other reasons, but because of how much easier it is to pick up and play this one, I think I give it the slight edge. I loved every single second of it, and could not recommend it enough.

Attempts - 1,470
Worst Fail - 85%
Hardest Parts - 47%, 82%
Easiest Part - predrop
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - N/A (Currently Unrated)
Personal Tier - Easy
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 11/10
Overall Level Rating - S
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=w29nn3cNyX0
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Stasis" by MannyHeffley
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1418115

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Stressed Out by mephhh 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-05-20 | Great level. I was originally intending to beat this when the level came out, but fell into a motivation slump and just haven't been wanting to play the game much lately, which as a side effect made me have somewhat less fun with it for what it is. That being said, there's hardly anything in the level I would change, just an occasional spot here and there that I would find mildly annoying. It is somewhat difficult to learn relative to the difficulty of the gameplay, but it got consistent very quickly after that. Not much else I have to say about it apart from the balancing being a tad middle heavy, which didn't matter again thanks to another really goofy fluke. But yeah, big fan of the gameplay. I enjoy what the level is doing from a visual and musical standpoint too, acting as a nostalgia trip through some old works of classic creators as well as a sort of love letter, both to that time period of the game as well as the song artists. It makes for a good vibe that not too many levels have. So yeah, I think this was definitely worth the pick up.

Attempts - 1,657
Worst Fail - 39%
Hardest Parts - dual ship, dual cube
Easiest Parts - any non-dual ship part
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - N/A (Pending)
Personal Tier - Easy
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 9/10
Experience - 8/10
Overall Level Rating - A
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=t-vjDN4m1sU
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Stressed Out" by Twenty One Pilots
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=yizkt5BubGo&t=1s

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Death by AleeXhey and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-05-07 | New longest completed level, and an unintentional maymory completion. I started this early on last month, and it was very difficult for me to find the willpower to finish it. Learning it was somewhat fun, being as easy as it is to get some long runs in not much time, but once I had to play from 0% it got old quick. Being 9 and a half minutes long, having about 8 and a half minutes of it all in slow speed made much of the level pretty boring to me in the best of times. It also creates some serious corner block problems in the dark sections. There are so many spots in this level, mainly in cube parts but also the spider at around 26%, that have blocks with spikes on them, so normally you shouldn't be able to land on the blocks, but because of the slow speed, not only can you land on the corners and die because of it, but it happens very frequently. Nothing made me more upset than spending a minimum of 2 minutes to reach the second dark section at 24%, only to hit a corner somewhere and have to get back there again. It was especially miserable having died between 24-30% a good 20 times or so, usually because of this, and with only like 6 attempts having made it to the 40s. It doesn't help at all either that the difficulty is simply very frontloaded to begin with. I can say undoubtedly that 0-31% is comfortably harder than 31-100%, which on its own wouldn't be that big of an issue, but it became unbearable when the reason why I struggled so much on it was because of those block corners. It would be so easy to fix those spots as well, and the level would be so much better off because of it. I'm also not a fan of the player visibility being flickered on and off at points. It's not a major issue most of the time, but it really got in the way of some timings, primarily in the 40s section. I doubt I would've died 3 times to the mini cube there if the player visibility wasn't being tampered with. It also felt terrible to have fluked from 24% to 77%, only to be stuck with that as my best for several weeks. I thought for sure I was going to have some trouble with the ending from 0% when I would eventually get there, but to my surprise nothing happened, so there's that at least. This was a pretty disappointing experience for me, knowing how well-liked of a level this is, but one thing I will say is that I can't take anything away from this level as an artistic statement. It's one of the most well executed levels I've seen for what it sets out to do, and while playing it was a different story, I do appreciate this level's existence, and I really do enjoy watching it as it progresses. I just don't think it was really worth playing it in the end.

Attempts - 2,760
Worst Fail - 77%
Hardest Parts - first dual, 24-31%
Easiest Parts - 52-61%, last ship
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Remorseless
Personal Tier - Remorseless
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 3/10
Experience - 1/10
Overall Level Rating - D
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=u_AtQGcBGdM
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Death" by Cacola
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/663338

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Faded Dream by DreamTide 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-04-05 | Well... this was interesting to say the least. I was probably doing it at some point regardless of how I felt about Endless Dream, but I enjoyed that level so much that I felt I had to do this one next. Like its predecessor, this is a very high quality level. The learning process was far more difficult for me with this one, but after that most of the level was pretty consistent, and I like almost every single part of the level. The only two things I could complain about is the second ball part in the predrop, and the difficulty of the dual section. The second ball has some very odd timings in it that didn't feel satisfying to play, and though the predrop does feel a little long, this was the only part of it I just didn't like. Now, the dual part was something that completely caught me off guard. The first half of it in particular is far and away the hardest of the level in my opinion, and was the only thing that I would say I never felt fully consistent with. The rest of the drop following it however is still pretty difficult, probably the next hardest part alongside the dual. So really, the bulk of the level's difficulty for me was condensed into the latter half of the drop, and though I still love the gameplay, it is worth taking into account when picking this up.

But now the crazy part. Everything I just pointed out? That could just be thrown in the trash for me, because I managed to get the most absurd fluke I ever had on anything I've played. All I had to spend was 15 attempts from 0, and I managed to fluke from 25%, so not even a drop death. Furthermore, my second worst fail was 4% which is even more hilarious. I really am not allowed to complain about much with my experience on this. I did struggle on it more than I anticipated despite that fluke, but still I had a great time with this level and would highly recommend it to anyone. I'd say it's a little bit better than Endless Dream.

Attempts - 3,094
Worst Fail - 25%
Hardest Part - dual
Easiest Part - last part of the predrop
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Insane
Personal Tier - Extreme
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 9/10
Experience - 9.5/10
Overall Level Rating - A
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=ohW1YipvncM
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Wavelight" by Creo
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1034741

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Endless Dream by DreamTide 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-04-01 | Very cool level that I forgot was on the list at one point. I wasn't sure what to expect from it being entirely built and verified on mobile, but it turned out to be really fun, and most of is reasonably balanced. The one major exception being the 50s, which was so much harder than everything else for me. It's also surprisingly easy to learn for how intimidating it looks to pick up. It won't go down as one of my favorite extremes, but at the same time it's difficult to find things to criticize about it. Apart from the 50s being so hard, there's also some invisible hitboxes in the mini wave near the start of the drop that's very questionable, and I guess the start of the dual felt a little inconsistent, but that's it. I really just don't have much to say about this one, just I really enjoyed my time with it. Would highly recommend.

Also this has nothing to do with April fools. Have a good day.

Attempts - 2,460
Worst Fail - 73%
Hardest Part - 50-60%
Easiest Parts - buildup and last cube
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Insane
Personal Tier - Insane
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 9/10
Experience - 9.5/10
Overall Level Rating - A
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=tB8zA12plm0
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Endless" by Creo
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/952053

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

MINIMUM by Insidee 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-03-27 | Yet another gimmicky level I first heard of a few days ago. This has such a cool concept behind it. You reach the halfway point of the level, and everything you just played mirrors itself and flips upside down, which also means you're playing back each part with the gamemode that's originally meant to follow it, so the gameplay is very open to having multiple ways to do most of the parts, which was my favorite thing about playing this. One big problem it does cause however is some very chokepointy balancing. Most of the stuff in the level got consistent without much time, but the parts that were problematic remained so for my whole experience. The ufo sections suffer the worst from this in my opinion. There are also a few other spots such as the first wave, 62-63%, and 70% that I did not like at all, and it only amplified for me by playing from 0. Dying to anything remotely far just felt horrible on this, and having the deaths I had at the very end made my blood boil. So, unfortunately I did not have much fun with this, however I still do think it's worth trying out, being as well received as it is and just making for an interesting experience. I respect it.

Attempts - 2,060
Worst Fail - 98%
Hardest Part - second ufo
Easiest Part - first ship
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Hard
Personal Tier - Hard
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 6/10
Experience - 2/10
Overall Level Rating - B
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=beZi0T3M1EQ
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "burnouts in flying cars" by Xorberax
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1122932

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

devoid by ryli06 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-03-26 | After a few quickly dropped levels, I ended up beating a second medium length level. I really enjoyed the experience I had with On1y Cub3, so I figured why not? This was another good one that I knocked out in a day, though I liked it a little bit less. Positives first: it was very engaging to learn and to practice. It's very difficult to get the hang of initially, but after a while the majority of the level was very consistent. The predrop in particular took no time at all to get consistent at; I couldn't believe how easy that section was, really. That does lead me to a big issue though. It's the most lopsided balancing of any level I've beaten to this point, and it's not even close. The fact the drop is harder at all isn't something I have a problem with, as the gameplay is definitely more suited for that, but just the degree that it is is just comical. You could take any 10% part of the level from the drop and whatever part you choose on its own is probably still harder than the predrop. It's ridiculous, and made even harder by the chaotic visuals going on throughout. The spider part in particular was a nightmare to learn and even moreso having to pull off. There are also several black orb timings within the spider that suffer from the chance of landing on the edge of a platform you shouldn't ever hit and dying as a result, which in particular made learning it more annoying than it needed to be. Getting even more specific here, the first 4 clicks of the spider are super hard, and then 76-77% is far and away the hardest thing anywhere in the level. Even in my best moments, I had no form of consistency with that. And beyond that, there's still some scary spots left, most notably 84-85%. My luck was also quite bizarre on this from 0, as I only died once at 76% and once past it, but the death past it was to the very last click of the level, so I was livid for a few minutes. With the amount of potential this level has regarding ending deaths, I wouldn't say this is for everyone. However, if you don't mind the grindy nature of learning the drop section and are able to put up with some potentially rough luck, it can be really fun, and I would recommend giving it a try.

Attempts - 3,021
Worst Fail - 94%
Hardest Part - the spider by a astronomical unit
Easiest Part - the predrop in its entirety
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Insane
Personal Tier - Insane
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 7.5/10
Experience - 7/10
Overall Level Rating - B
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=M005EmV69SM
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "do not go gentle into that goodnight" by chatteyy
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1131180

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

On1y Cub3 by DrCuber 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-03-22 | 89 extremes in and only now have I beaten one under a minute in length. Or more specifically, this is 45.83 seconds long, and it felt like such a fresh experience. It was a very quick and relaxing one too; the whole thing was over with in about 2 hours or so with a very nice fluke to finish it with. It wasn't just a good experience, but also a very good level. This is one of only a handful of extremes that focus solely on one gamemode, yet it carries out some creative ideas, particularly in the drop section. Most of the level got consistent very quickly as well; I did 12-100% before playing at all from 0. The only notable issue I have is with the balancing. The difficulty is heavily skewed towards the mini cube at the start and the green orb section at the start of the drop. Apart from the orbs at 78-81%, nothing else in the level is extreme worthy, so the experience is a bit disjointed based on where you're playing from most often. Nonetheless, the harder stuff still clicked decently well and I had a lot of fun with this one. I would highly recommend this.

Attempts - 1,660
Worst Fail - 55%
Hardest Parts - 0-12%, 28-44%
Easiest Parts - 45-100% with exceptions for 55% and 78-81%
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Easy
Personal Tier - Beginner or Easy
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 9/10
Experience - 10/10
Overall Level Rating - A
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=KLq3F77qt_w
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Supercharge" by MDK and meganeko
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1018464

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Disaster Dive by Rustam and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-03-20 | This one was a big nostalgia choice. My original plan with this was to beat it on the 12th, as a celebration for beating Deception Dive that day back in 2019. I forgot about it when the time rolled around though, so unfortunately it's a bit late, but the same month shall suffice.

Now, about the level. I have so much say about it. On paper, it should be very good. It's not difficult to learn and much of it got consistent very quickly. It is extremely consistent in contrast to what Deception Dive was; but honestly some aspects of that affect it negatively for me. Love or hate what Deception Dive's balancing was like, that was the defining thing that made it memorable to me. It was a new experience for me at the time playing a level with balancing that so heavily skews to parts near the end, and though that has its drawbacks, it felt so cool to play something I would get far on so frequently. This level had the potential to play somewhat similarly to that, but it's completely disrupted by how needlessly grindy the first part is, and because of that, anything that happened to me with the rest of the predrop hurt so much more. None of the base gameplay on its own here is bad either. It's just, why does that first part need to be so difficult? Moving to the drop, and again, I think the base gameplay is great. It all got very consistent and there wasn't any intended part of it that felt awful to get used to. But unfortunately, there's a bug at the transition into GrenadeofTacos's part, and a very significant one. I had to find a spot to start holding at in the end of the 58% ship, and even then the transition into the following wave would break around a third of the time. This was one thing that made me not have much fun from 0, and the other was my luck. In probably an hour after playing from 0 the first time, I got 86% and 92%. Then a long while later, I died at 91% in the most infuriating way possible, and then come the next morning, I died to the very last click. It took me less than 10 minutes to beat it after that, but still, my experience was worse than it needed to be. That's not to mention on the sitting I got 91% in, I went to Grenade's part 9 times from 0, and that 91% was my only time past it. So, it's really frustrating to me. If you were to take this level, fix the 59% bug, and nerf the first part to the point of it becoming easy, I would call it at least a 9/10 level without hesitation. It could've easily been so much better than what it ended up being. I also have to point out the decoration in the level, both to nitpick back to this level being consistent in a negative way, and also a genuine problem it causes. The level does look pretty decent and is, of course, a notable step up from Deception Dive, but it's so samey throughout to the point that it lacks the personality that Deception Dive had. I would say Grenade's part is the exception to that, though. I like that part a lot. But alongside the sameyness, there's also the issue of it relying way too much on glow. It doesn't make the parts drowning in it look much better, but more notably the level runs rather poorly because of it. So it's disappointing to me that it wasn't further taken into account.

Lastly, with the amount of stuff I criticized, this description could definitely be glanced at and written off as a negative take of this level, but that's not the case at all. If anything, I still like it a little bit. It's just so frustrating to me how easily the problems I did have with it could be fixed; at the very least the most significant ones. Overall, it's still decent enough that I could recommend giving it a try, but note that there's a lot of potential that the experience could get ruined for you just by playing from 0.

Attempts - 2,608
Worst Fail - 98%
Hardest Parts - Jakii, GrenadeofTacos
Easiest Parts - Poisonous Egg, JustAlf, XZ
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Extreme
Personal Tier - Insane
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 6.5/10
Experience - 3/10
Overall Level Rating - B
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=S7tLbfyJw7Y
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Earthquake" by Teminite
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/801275

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Boreas by DiamondDemon935 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-03-16 | This is a pretty goofy level that turned out to be pretty fun. It undoubtedly shares gameplay similarities to Black Blizzard, but I find this infinitely more enjoyable, perhaps due to the much easier difficulty. It annoyed me a little bit learning some of the parts, namely the buildup ball due to the ice spikes being a little hard to judge the hitboxes for, and more notably the dual section which the middle of felt very awkward for a while, but it got better eventually, and as a whole, the level is very consistent, and also surprisingly well balanced despite what may have influenced the gameplay. The level's thematic progress is something I found a little silly, going from a snow/ice theme to the middle of the ocean when you reach the drop, but apart from that I do like it. It's fairly simple to pick up and play and not particularly skilled to any skillset, so I think regardless of the player, it's worth trying out.

Attempts - 1,026
Worst Fail - 72%x2
Hardest Part - 70-77%?
Easiest Part - 82-100%
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Beginner
Personal Tier - Beginner
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 8.5/10
Overall Level Rating - A
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=BKPn4dXzbiU
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Dimension" by Creo
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/709578

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

MasmeCrescent by Team Omega 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-03-15 | rip XL streak :/

Anyway, might be one of the more random choices for a level I've done. I've been playing the game quite a bit less lately, but just decided to play this for some reason. This being a remake of Cybernetic Crescent, my expectations were very low going into it, as I despised the original level when I beat it 4 years ago. And well, it's definitely better, but there are still some significant flaws that ruined my experience. The base gameplay at its core is actually an enormous improvement over the original. The early parts aren't anywhere near as boring to play and some of the parts around the middle of the level that were infamous on Cybernetic Crescent are much more consistent and well-made here. That being said, the balancing on this remains almost exactly the same, which is not good. All of the early parts remain the easiest section of the level, and now the nasgubb part is also quite easy, but the ViPriN part and the Vlacc part are far and away the two hardest parts of the level. There are also several things in the level that don't always work properly that also got on my nerves. The bottom spike that follows the spider portal in the remade Rustam part can kill you sometimes, which felt very cheap. The yellow pad near the start of the drop just straight up doesn't work sometimes, and I died to it from 0 several times. Lastly, the anti-skip in the robot in the 80s can still kill you sometimes even if you're not skipping the orb, just depending on when you hit it. So, I can't help but feel frustrated with how this turned out. It could be pretty enjoyable it was more properly playtested, and with how common some of this stuff happened to me, I'm really not sure how these things were missed. It's nowhere near the worst technology trilogy level remake I've played though, so there's that at least. But I would only suggest this if you like the original level.

Attempts - 1,277
Worst Fail - 90%
Hardest Parts - the ViPriN and Vlacc parts
Easiest Parts - everything before them
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Pending
Personal Tier - Easy
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 3.5/10
Experience - 2/10
Overall Level Rating - D
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=30XB7gl9HDY
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Never Make It" by Creo
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/889238

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

xo by KrmaL 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-02-20 | I wasn't supposed to ever finish this level. I've had progress on this going all the way back to 2020, not long after it came out. I got some solid progress on it, getting 45%, before deciding I just couldn't handle playing it anymore. I swore for the longest time that this was the most unbearable level I ever seriously attempted. There were several times I tried to return to it, but I still had hated it so much each time I tried that I never stayed for long, but a few days ago, I, for whatever reason, decided to do a practice run out of boredom, and when I finished it, I still felt like playing it somehow, and this was the eventual result.

Now, I still really disliked playing this level, but for how much I used to despise everything about it, it has softened up for me considerably. Practicing the later parts can honestly be a little fun, and the level in general is incredibly simple to pick up and play for how hard it is. The 1.0 aesthetic grew on me a lot too over how I used to feel about it. I can't imagine the level looking like anything else, and it's pretty well executed. There are certain things that just never change, however. The first third of the level, and ESPECIALLY the first 7%, remains an atrocity in my mind, and the whole level suffers dramatically because of it. The level in general is pretty chokepoint dependent, but from 0 it just felt like running head first into a brick wall over and over waiting for it to finally come down. The dash orb at 3% is probably the single worst click amongst anything I've beaten. There's many other bad spots that soon follow it, but just that one click was enough to make playing from 0 a snoozefest. The pink orbs in the mini ball at 6-7% is another thing that felt needlessly inconsistent. Not a hard part to do, but one that just felt like luck. The ship gap at 13% was something I was good with most of the time, but it was horrendous dealing with back in the day. And really, each of the ships throughout had something that annoyed me a lot. There are some other spots like the 30% jump, 58%, 67%, 77-78%, and each of the waves that annoyed me a bit, but the level generally gets better the farther you get. It's just a huge shame that most of the experience from 0 is with the worst parts of it, which is why I tend to have a disdain for front loaded levels like this one. I either get frustrated with them more easily, or they just feel hopeless if the level is too hard. And additionally, it just made it all the more frustrating when my 3 worst fails (61%, 67%, 78%) were all to spots I never once died to in practice since picking the level up again. Maybe it's something you can enjoy if you're more into that kind of balancing, but I'm not going to miss playing it. That being said, it's really cool to have finished it after so long, and I'm glad to have found it a little less bad than I once believed it was.

Attempts - 11,879 (only ~2,000 of this is recent)
Worst Fail - 78%
Hardest Part - 0-7%
Easiest Part - 79-100%
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Relentless
Personal Tier - Relentless
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 0.5/10
Experience - 2/10
Overall Level Rating - F
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=rXMaHqxwKYM
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "XO (Eden Cover & Remake)" by aaronmusslewhite
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/766165

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Cromulent by Relayx and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-01-26 | kromvlent

This was something I wanted to do a long time ago. Just seeing what others experienced with this back in the day, with Mullsy's 99% bug death and some certain clips of it from a friend group, it drew my attention, albeit for the wrong reasons. I'm not sure why I couldn't pull through with it back then; I recall actually struggling with its gameplay and building up any consistency on it, and I only learned about 60% of the level or so before giving up. Granted, it has since received an update that fixed some of its bugs and supposedly buffed some spots, but I never noticed that. Fast forward to now, the gameplay felt like a total breeze, and practicing it was, to be honest, a little fun. That was NOT the case at all from 0, though. Unfortunately, it remains a dumb death inventor just as much as it did when it first came out. I got so frustrated with everything that killed me from 0, particularly when I only had a couple of attempts past the first drop. It was so tiresome playing through the minute long predrop, and before long I end up dying to basically anything in the first few drop parts because certain spots just wouldn't work the same way they did when I had initially learned them, or to the chokepoint waves in Decody's part, or the part near the end of the drop that is randomized and threw me off numerous times. Fortunately, that section would click eventually and I started reaching the later parts super often, but what I had to deal with near the end was beyond stupid. I almost fluked from 59%, only to die at 84% because I'm a moron and forgot to jump, then I died twice at 83% because the ship gaps there are mean, then to the very last click because that's also mean, and several times in both the second buildup and the second drops themselves. It's hard for me to say I really hate the level, but the inconsistencies it has were incredibly apparent when it came time to beat, so I can't say that it's really worth playing. It's not something I regret too much though, as it just makes for a funny achievement.

Attempts - 2,120 (844 new, 1,276 old)
Worst Fail - 87%
Hardest Parts - Decody, Realhaell (second part)
Easiest Parts - 0-13%, 49-60%
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Medium
Personal Tier - Easy or Medium
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 2.5/10
Experience - 1/10
Overall Level Rating - D
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=hmP0ez1OUBw
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Empower" by csx42gaming
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/756073

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Out of Chaos by MannyHeffley 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-01-23 | Back to back 10/10 levels does not happen often, but this is one instance of it. I was surprised when I found out a few months ago that MannyHeffley built an extreme in 2.1, and though I didn't get to playing it until yesterday evening, I knew I had to try it at some point. This level shows that he was just as great at building before 2.2 came out, in terms of both gameplay, and in my opinion the level as a whole. Much of it could be seen as messy but to me it's in the best way possible, and given its theming, it makes perfect sense. It's very intriguing to look at, and the animations in between the later parts are just insane. The gameplay, yet again, is unbelievably satisfying to pull off, and especially the duals throughout it. The balancing is also pretty solid overall, though the middle of the level is probably a bit harder than the rest. My experience was brought down somewhat by dying at 89% and 95%, then having to stop playing, but the next morning went much better and I beat it very quickly. Just an amazing level through and through. I highly recommend giving it a try.

Attempts - 1,792
Worst Fail - 95%
Hardest Part - 42-62%
Easiest Parts - 0-32%, 63-77%, 92-100%
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Easy
Personal Tier - Medium
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 10/10
Experience - 8/10
Overall Level Rating - S
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=6V-vkTxk4LI
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Nhelv" by Silentroom
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=XtXRvEsWzQo

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

FEEL ALIVE by Loc9e and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-01-22 | Here's a level that royen suggested me to play having gotten back to playing. I didn't know what to think of it when I initially watched a showcase video, but after playing it... just wow. I could not believe how fun this was to play. It just screams itself as the type of level that was made out of fun, to be fun. It isn't trying to be anything crazy visually, but it does its job well. The only thing I would knock against it a little bit is the pink orb at 85% for just being way too hard in comparison to the rest of the level; it's the only reason why I would understand this being extreme. I did get stuck at a couple of points learning it, but that's definitely just a me problem. Once you do learn it, everything is absurdly consistent and getting attempts towards the end is relatively easy. So yeah, this is a total blast in every way and has great energy with the song (mashup or not) backing it. I'd highly recommend playing this, regardless of what kind of player you are.

Attempts - 992
Worst Fail - 85%x3
Hardest Part - 85%
Easiest Parts - 0-50%, 69-84%, 86-100%
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Pending...
Personal Tier - Insane Demon or Beginner
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 10/10
Overall Level Rating - S
Clicks - I'm lazy
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Every Language Is Alive" mashup of Porter Robinson, Coldplay, Jason Derulo, and Krewella
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=PRqiUgXHCWA

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Synergy by Vlacc and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-01-21 | Another XL level as I said would happen. This was something that's been suggested to me a few times recently. I was turned away from trying it just because of Lumpy's spammy part, but that turned out to not be much of an issue when I finally did play it. Anyway, there are a handful of spots I feel mixed about but it is a very good level overall. I really like the fast paced nature of the level, accompanied by a well fitting song to boot. It's not the most cohesive level visually but Licen/Hinds's part will always be a standout to me. The base gameplay throughout is also very fun, but there are some issues that bring it down a bit. It is a very unbalanced level, with almost all of the difficulty crammed into the second half. The start of the level is good enough to not get bored from 0, but the first 30% is so easy to the point of it feeling like filler. Most of the stuff from 30-52% is also very easy; the only two things about it is the end of the spider at 31% which just didn't get very consistent for me, and also the mini cube in Shocksidian's part which got annoying. The difficulty takes an enormous step up at Genericqueso's part, which gave me a really rough time learning and getting the hang of it, even if I only died to it once from 0. balli's part is easy, and Licen/Hinds and Darwin's parts aren't too difficult, but then there's the last two parts of the level. I was quite lucky from 0, but this is a brutal end section. I struggled with the waves in Scrumpy/Aquatias's part, and the very last part with Giron/Smokes essentially ties Genericqueso for the hardest part of the level in my opinion. There are a lot of spots here that are so easy to die to here and even after I would practice the part, it wouldn't get much better. One of the buffers in the mini ball is also bugged with no way around it, so you just have to hope it doesn't happen when you get there from 0. And lastly, 99% is quite evil with its red orb, so I was surprised when I didn't die to it. There are also a few other bugs that can happen elsewhere in the level, usually relating to 2.2, but they seemed pretty rare, so apart from 94% it wasn't a big problem. Overall it was definitely a good experience, just an unbalanced one and much harder than I had anticipated it would be. I'd recommend it.

Attempts - 2,100
Worst Fail - 84%
Hardest Parts - Genericqueso, Giron/Smokes
Easiest Parts - 0-27%, Uneskladovae, Ryder/Smokes, balli
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Easy
Personal Tier - Hard
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 8/10
Overall Level Rating - A
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=yiepni2hh2c
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "R.E.M. III" by Dimrain47
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/82572

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

ameliorate by maxis044, Onvil, and cordeaux 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2025-01-18 | After a bit of a crash resulting from the levels I did last month, here's my first completion of this year, and one of my longest extremes. That was precisely why I decided to try this level; I tried playing some shorter levels after my last completion and it hasn't gone well at all, so I figured I may as well just embrace my skillset and start beating nothing but XL levels for the foreseeable future. We'll see how well that goes.

Anyway, about the level itself. It wasn't easy to get into at first. There aren't many difficult parts in the level but due to the nature of its 5 minute length, it plays a lot like a memory level. I had a hard time putting runs together just because of how easy it is to forget a spot here and there, which at times was pretty annoying. With enough time though, it clicked, and most of the level is quite fun. Due to its theme of using no triggers, the gameplay and its structuring is a little different from a traditional level, which I welcomed. It is hurt somewhat by 2.2, obviously regarding slopes which is unfortunate but most of these spots were easy to work around. Probably the only thing I would say is a significant problem is it can be a bit of a drag from 0. There's hardly any part that I would say is bad, but due to the much slower pace of the first half, it definitely could get boring with a bit of bad luck, which fortunately I didn't have to deal with this time. A couple of other things I would note is the second ball part is my least favorite gameplay in the level, and the robot transition at 33% is not good since for some reason there are invisible spikes above the orbs and you can't see the following gameplay very well. That's about it, though. Not something I would call a masterpiece but it made for a pretty good experience. I definitely would recommend if you can handle levels this long.

Attempts - 2,619
Worst Fail - 67%
Hardest Parts - 45%, 64%, 87%
Easiest Parts - most of the level
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Remorseless
Personal Tier - Extreme
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 7.5/10
Experience - 8/10
Overall Level Rating - B
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=7hbyPIsNxc0
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "In Faith" by Mexican-Dessert-Pie
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/758018

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Sapphire Angel by Eternaswip 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-12-22 | Yet another level I stumbled upon just trying to find easier stuff to grind. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Though I was drawn in by the level's length, I was anticipating it to get boring after a bit, but it never did. It was a very enjoyable experience for me, and had it not been for just a couple of parts, it would be one of my favorite extremes. Probably the most significant issue for me is how the transition out of the dual mini cube is inconsistent. Sometimes it'll be the upper cube that turns into the wave, sometimes it's the lower one, and this caused me to die here from 0 several times. The transition into the ufo at 55% can also break if you click the green orb before it too late, which isn't an easy thing to avoid. My last issue is just the end of the first wave being much harder than anything else in the level. There are plenty of mini spikes and sawblades in that spot as well that made it pretty annoying. Apart from that though, I love pretty much everything else about this. Almost the entire level gets consistent very quickly, I love the level's vibe, and nothing was made worse for me playing from 0. Of course, having yet another choked fluke on this made me pretty unhappy, but at least it didn't take long to beat the level afterward. It's definitely a level worth beating, in my opinion.

Attempts - 1,446
Worst Fail - 92%
Hardest Parts - 31-32%, 40-41%
Easiest Parts - 0-8%, 68-88%
Difficulty Tier (Non-List Worthy Spreadsheet) - Very Hard
Personal Tier - Easy
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 9/10
Experience - 8.5/10
Overall Level Rating - A
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=i-vdZuw9LjQ
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "rainState" by Alloud
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/513917

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Digital Disarray by Giron and Licen 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-12-20 | Yet another pretty decent level that was tainted for me by horrible luck. I remember trying this once back when it was still top 150 and thinking it was really hard back then, which is funny because I never even got to learning the harder parts by the time I dropped it. That brings me to the major issue I had with this, which is the balancing. The difficulty is pretty heavily skewed towards the first half, and to make matters worse most of it is condensed into chokepoints. There's a handful of orb timings (mainly green and black orbs) that felt so much harder than everything else, which was very annoying when I started playing from 0. It didn't help that I had to deal with so many far deaths on this, including 5 times to the last ship which drove me insane. That aside though, the base gameplay is pretty good. It got quite consistent despite the chokepoints and some drop parts are satisfying to pull off. The atmosphere the level builds to towards the end is also perfect in my opinion. I can't say I had much fun with this due to my luck but still I'm glad to have picked it up and finished it. I wouldn't suggest it for a new hardest, but if you can beat it quickly I think it's worth a try.

Attempts - 2,682 (old attempts included)
Worst Fail - 91%
Hardest Parts - 3-5%, 17-18%, 34-38%
Easiest Part - 41-57%, 60-75%
Difficulty Tier (Non-List Worthy Spreadsheet) - Medium
Personal Tier - Medium (?)
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 6.5/10
Experience - 4/10
Overall Level Rating - B
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=kwh7iW3WXUw
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Viper (Full)" by F-777
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/473413

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Shock Therapy by Arb and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-12-18 | Ehhh... this is a little bit of a frustrating case for me. I've been aware of the level ever since its release and it seemed like something I should do at some point since it generally fits my skillset pretty well. Of course, the recent idea I had to get to playing it is over its Christmas update that shows up for a little while around the end of the year, which I think is pretty cool. But anyway, what exactly frustrates me about it is, it is so, SO close to being a great level, but it is ultimately ruined by just one thing, and alongside yet another horrid choked fluke disaster, it made itself to be one of the most unnecessarily long and more painful experiences I've dealt with.

So, positives first. It was very fun starting out. Some bits in the dual parts near the end were annoying, but everything else was a good experience learning and getting used to. Doing runs from the drop or 49% was highly satisfying, and, at least in practice, it generally got pretty consistent. The predrop isn't nearly as interesting to play, but there isn't any part of it I would actually say is really terrible. There are subtle things like the visuals that obscure you in Jenkins's part or the moving camera and spikes in Grax's ship, but the gameplay is easy enough to where this isn't that much of a problem. So, why didn't I like this in the end? Well, the predrop is a full minute long. Not that there aren't long predrops that I enjoy, but when it's all slow gameplay that isn't backed with some sort of level theming (example: Sunset Sandstorm), or buildup intensity (example: Ocular Miracle), it's bound to get boring. Now, take that, and combine it with the first drop part being by far one of the hardest parts of the level, and the result is not good. I had so much of my time wasted by the amount of times I would get through the long predrop, only to die almost immediately in the drop due to its difficulty spike and have to start all over. It was made even worse for me that I could've avoided pretty much all of it, for like the 4th time this month. It was only my third time reaching the 50s when I got to the duals for the first time, which is the other really hard part of the level. I managed to fluke them, only to then die at 86%, which the ending of this level is not hard at all. That was on my second day of playing and that choked fluke resulted in my experience of this being twice as long as it otherwise would've been, and I died 30+ more times to the second half before finally beating it. Alongside this was also well over 100 deaths at 37-47%, to give an idea of just how much of a brick wall that part played like from 0. So as much as I wanted to like the level, I ultimately can't ignore just how much less enjoyable it was from 0, particularly with how unlucky I got. It could still be enjoyable to play on and off as a warm up or side project to something else, but on its own it didn't feel worth it. I don't recommend this.

Attempts - 3,612
Worst Fail - 86%
Hardest Parts - 37-47%, duals
Easiest Part - predrop
Difficulty Tier (Non-List Worthy Spreadsheet) - Extreme
Personal Tier - Insane or Extreme
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 3/10
Experience - 1.5/10
Overall Level Rating - D
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=IRViLLrcFZw
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "-= Death From Above =-" by TheBiocide
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/715502

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Swirling Serenity by Koopazu and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-12-14 | I've been feeling some nostalgia recently, so here's another remake level. I was intrigued when I initially discovered this level but I have to admit I found it quite odd. Twisted Tranquility no doubt has a special place to me, as it was one of my very first extremes back over 5 and a half years ago, and it was a pretty decent experience for that time. Apart from the quirky gameplay though, there isn't much that stands out about it. It just screams an early 2.1 mess. That being said, I was pleasantly surprised about this remake. It's not one of my favorite levels, but for what it's meant to be, it's pretty close to perfect. It nails the vibe of the original in having those wacky and, lets face it, ugly visuals while making it look much cleaner and fresh. Same story with most of the gameplay. It's just as quirky as the original level while being a more consistent and properly balanced experience. The only thing really missing is an infamous 1% jump, but I'm more than fine doing without that. Again not an amazing level, but it's so well executed at its job that I have to respect it. If you like Twisted Tranquility, you're gonna love this. If not, I would still suggest giving it a try. Just be sure you can actually remember the level from 0, because boy did I throw so stupidly a handful of times pretty far on this, heh.

Attempts - 1,619
Worst Fail - 85%
Hardest Parts - legitimately no clue
Easiest Part - Koopazu
Difficulty Tier (Non-List Worthy Spreadsheet) - Easy
Personal Tier - Easy
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 7.5/10
Experience - 6/10
Overall Level Rating - B
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=oMLHWeoGJkg
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "2k9 battle jam" by meganeko
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/684823

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

cloudscape by DivideNick 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-12-12 | I needed some sort of breather level after the previous two, and upon seeing this I thought it would be a good one, which it was. There are still a few things that bothered me, of course. The biggest problem for me was definitely how much of the level's difficulty was condensed into the two mini waves. It's not to the point that they were the only hard parts but they were just definitely harder than anything else to me, in particular the later one. It's also notable that in much of the level there are pillars and other things that obscure you in the midst of the gameplay, which could be mildly annoying. Lastly of course, the spots I show at the start of the video. The only time that issue with the blue pads at 60% happened to me was from 0%, which at least I beat the level 2 attempts later, but still I guess that can happen. Apart from that, it was a very fun few hours. It's very easy to pick up and learn and apart from the mini waves it got consistent quick. It felt bad dying at 72%, but I only died past 54% twice, so I can't be that disappointed. So great level overall; I love its pacing and atmosphere, and it made me realize that I should spend more time with easier extremes. I definitely would recommend this, regardless of whether or not it's your first extreme or if you're way beyond that.

Attempts - 1,264
Worst Fail - 72%
Hardest Parts - 35-38%, 53-56%
Easiest Part - 86-100%
Difficulty Tier (Non-List Worthy Spreadsheet) - Easy
Personal Tier - Beginner
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 9/10
Overall Level Rating - A
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=gQMNOTg6ATE
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Split the Skies" by ALSTRL
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1095525

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Altered Ascent by Prism and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-12-11 | Blegh. It may not be much of a surprise that I would eventually get to this, as it was only a few months ago that I beat Artificial Ascent. I started to play it after I did Ocular Miracle from what I remember, and after almost getting connecting runs on it I put it to the side. Of course, the reason being that the level was made much harder on 2.2 due to a slope bug at 49% that happened most of the time. There are a couple of other 2.2 related issues later in the level but they're much easier to work around. Anyway, the level finally received a "bugfix" update when I was still working on super probably level, so I knew I would be finishing this next, and wasn't excited about it even remotely.

To be blunt, this was hugely disappointing to me for what the original level is, and unfortunately this is one of my least favorite remakes I've ever played. I wouldn't say everything about it is worse, but probably like 95% of it is. As far as positives go, the green orb nerf in ViPriN's ball is really nice. Of course, the nerfs to Michigun's part were a big improvement (even if I still dislike the wave that replaced the blue orbs), and there are a couple of other, minor things that are better like the start of Zobros's dual ship, and the beginning of AbstractDark's part. Visually, it's certainly an update over the original level and does it justice, though some parts are showing their age now. And that's all the good things I have to say about this. Apart from the changes I already mentioned, everything else regarding the gameplay made it so much less enjoyable for me. It's not even due to its difficulty either; there are a lot of subtle nerfs throughout the level as well as some new gameplay that tends to be easier than what it was in Artificial Ascent, but despite that, much of the time the execution of it was not good and I found myself vastly preferring what it once was. Take ZenthicAlpha's part, for example. I wasn't a huge fan of it in the original level but it still worked and I never had much trouble with it. Most of its gameplay was remade entirely, and while replacing the ufo was a good thing, the ships are just terrible, particularly with the transitions out of them. You exit either of them too high and you'll either hit the side of a block from the first one or you can land on the spike following the second ship, and it's super annoying. The green orb halfway through Serponge's part is another example. It's probably an easier timing overall now, but now you have to worry about landing on the spikes for the next jump if you time it too late, which to me felt much more annoying. Now, of course, there are also a lot of subtle buffs throughout the level, and I hated pretty much all of them. The buffs made on Codex's part and the ships in Manix's part made playing from 0 much grindier and much more annoying to me. The mini ufo in Sanic's part is dramatically worse due to the changed structuring. Buffing Anthrax's part was just always going to be a disaster no matter what, and if anything I think that gameplay should've just been remade entirely. Loogiah's part, while it got fairly consistent, also not one I'm happy with the buffs on, particularly the wave and the last ship, which speaking of that, remember the quotation marks I brought up earlier for "bugfix"? This bug at 49% was not handled properly at all. All that needed to change was for the slope to be non-solid, and instead a teleport portal was added by the cube portal, which not only didn't completely fix the slope problem but also made it so you could die entering wamiq8's part just from clicking into the cube portal, which happened to me a few times from 0. The buffs in Nasgubb's part is infamous for being terrible, which rightly so. The latter half of AbstractDark's part is much more annoying, and with Terron's part I despise how it's possible to die as the ball now in the first dual. And lastly, I highly question why the gravity portal at 96% was rotated. It was much more consistent the way it was in the original level.

I haven't even mentioned yet how bad my luck was, too. I fluked from 45-83%, then proceeded to die twice at Terron's part, twice at Galvatron's part, and many times to the rest of the second half. Everything about this experience went wrong for me and I can't say I'll ever miss this level. Regardless if you've already done Artificial Ascent or not, I would never recommend this whatsoever.

Attempts - 4,309
Worst Fail - 96%
Hardest Parts - Anthrax/Drak, Nasgubb/Th04
Easiest Part - wamiq8/Failure
Difficulty Tier (Non-List Worthy Spreadsheet) - Relentless
Personal Tier - Remorseless
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 0/10
Overall Level Rating - F
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=r380hx17U-o
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Surface" by Dimrain47
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/63082

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

super probably level by alkali 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-12-06 | I was recently closing in on 10,000 stars in game, and wanted to do something I thought would be a memorable way to break that milestone. During a conversation somewhere, I was reminded about the existence of this level. I wanted to attempt it a long time ago, but it was just way too intimidating to get into for me back when it was an idea of mine years ago. With show hitboxes being a part of the vanilla game now, I thought that perhaps it would make the learning process smoother enough for me to go for it. It was still a little tough, but it certainly helped a lot and now definitely looked like the time for me to beat this. Little did I know though, it would eventually spiral into one of my unluckiest experiences with any level, and mentally speaking it was certainly the worst.

Before any of that though, the level itself I don't think is actually that awful. The notable problems it has caused me to sour on it much more as I played it, but for a while it was pretty decent. Playing the drop section on its own, and, strictly on its own, was fun to learn and do runs on. The first 40% is also just not hard at all to learn and also got consistent extremely quickly. The big killer though of course is having to deal with the second half from 0. I always hated 52-61% regardless of where I played. You can get to it quite often but the majority of the time I reached 52% from 0 I would die before reaching the drop. 53-54% is full of horrible orb timings, and the sync part that follows is so, so easy to click just the slightest bit early to and it always felt terrible. The first drop part is jam packed with chokepoints that only ever got worse for me over time. 63% and 76% in particular are some of the worst red orbs I've had to deal with in any level and in between them there's still 70-71% which was also really hard and 74% was another one that was super easy to choke. The wave is basically fine, but the last 10%, what a nightmare. I was pretty decent with it the majority of the time I would practice, but from 0% it felt like the hardest ending ever out of any of my completions. Pretty much every click here is insanely hard, and having to put up with as much as I did before getting my chance at 98% made it so much more stressful.

So yeah, now to my luck. The fact I didn't die to 98% was just about the only thing that went right for me. I basically died everywhere else I could realistically think of. What made it even worse was that I had a good chance of avoiding all of it. My first drop attempt, I managed to fluke from 60% to 93%. That would've easily been my best luck on any level, but what I got instead was 9 deaths in the 90s, 58 deaths in the drop, and 137 deaths at 52%+ overall. It did not help at all that throughout much of that I would deal with so many unnecessary deaths in the 40s, which in practice it never seemed like too difficult of a section but from 0 I had more deaths to it than past it. I was getting very nearly burnt out on the level when I finally had my opportunity at the last jump, and I'm very grateful that I beat it then.

So lastly, could I suggest this level to anyone? For the most part I certainly wouldn't, but if you're devoted to memory levels and aren't afraid of the possibility of getting stuck very late into a level, I could see how this would be enjoyable in that scenario. As miserable as my experience was, this is highly satisfying to have beaten and I can always look back at it and think of just how cool it is to beat. So maybe it's at least worth a try. Just beware that it can go horribly, horribly wrong.

Attempts - 9,334
Worst Fail - 96%x2
Hardest Parts - 52-56%, 63%, 70-71%, 76%, 90-100%
Easiest Part - 0-30%
Difficulty Tier (Non-List Worthy Spreadsheet) - Relentless
Personal Tier - Terrifying, regrettably
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 3/10
Experience - 0/10
Overall Level Rating - D
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=esuvWS6mpw0
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Get smooshed!" by Cursedsnake
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/772439

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Adelucid by MannyHeffley 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-11-17 | Remember when I beat Ocular Miracle, how I said I thought nothing would ever top that for me? It hasn't even been 2 months yet, and I've already been proven wrong. This is my new favorite level in the game, and also my best experience with anything.

This level is just so beautiful. I loved it immediately upon seeing it for the first time, but then seeing it in game it looked 100x better than it already had before. Every single bit of it is so well made and runs flawlessly. Without question it's one of my favorite levels to watch, and it makes me really look forward to what else could show up with 2.2. And the gameplay, SOMEHOW, manages to be just as good. It's the perfect difficulty in my opinion, it's a little bit learny yet is unbelievably satisfying to pull off, and for the most part, it's very well balanced. The first 3% or so could be a bit attempt grindy, but it's not really an issue. It could be a little chokepointy during parts of the buildup and earlier drop, but getting to the buildup was so consistent it really didn't matter to me. I loved every moment I had playing this, and as the cherry on top of my experience I got insanely lucky from 0, having only died in the drop 4 times. Need I also mention that MannyHeffley made the song on top of building and verifying this solo? My mind will just be forever blown to bits by what this level is and how it came to be. Now enough of my gushing, just do yourself a favor and go play it.

Attempts - 3,778
Worst Fail - 76%
Hardest Parts - 28%, 32-35%, 50-54%, 84-85%
Easiest Parts - 4-19%, 43-49%, 77-80%, 86-89%
Personal Difficulty - somewhere in the range of Artificial Ascent and Digital Descent.
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 11/10
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=W_H7gFbfVNg
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Adelucid" by MannyHeffley
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1324445

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Destinies by NinSam 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-11-09 | I ended up just using my recording audio for this one instead of editing in the music like I usually do due to forgetting about sound effects, so sorry if it's a little quiet.

Anyway, I stumbled across this level because I wanted an extreme that percent wise would top my Cataclysm fluke. That part of things failed miserably, but the level itself is pretty close to perfect. The only thing that bothered me just a little bit was how choke-proned 49-68% is. It felt like I would die at a completely different spot there every attempt I played it. Apart from that, this level is awesome. The journey the level takes you on and the progression throughout is just so well done. I love the visuals, I love the music choice, everything about it. Definitely one of my favorite extremes I've played and just among my favorite levels in general. Would highly recommend.

Attempts - 1,987
Worst Fail - 72%
Hardest Part - 49-68%
Easiest Part - Last cube
Difficulty Tier (Non-Listworthy Spreadsheet) - Easy
Personal Tier - Easy
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 10/10
Experience - 9.5/10
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=hf9Pnsz71mY
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "AetheR Forest" by nstryder
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1063556

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

LUMINA by Hechie and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-10-31 | Hmm... where do I want to begin with this one? I remember having first seen this level when it was about to release, and immediately it stuck to me as something I wanted to go for. Unfortunately, it ended up becoming the most disappointing experience I ever had. I initially went for it pretty soon after it came out, and had some good runs on it, but it turned out to be, at least for the time, by far the most lopsided level balancing wise I've ever seen. The predrop of this older version could genuinely still make it into a top 50 today, meanwhile the drop onwards was maybe, like, Artificial Ascent difficulty? I don't entirely remember at this point, but it was just disgusting to play from anywhere early on and way too hard for its own good, so I put it down. Fast forward some time later, the level gets a balance update, and honestly, this version just made it even worse for me. Sure, the predrop was nerfed and that's all well and good, but the drop buffs just completely ruined it. I couldn't tell you just how infuriating it was with each remotely far death from 0. It may very well have been the most upset I've gotten playing anything ever.

I'd like to dig into more of the base gameplay. It really, REALLY did not need to be as bad as it is. If it was made to be much easier, I genuinely believe it would be amazing to play. On paper, it's a very coherent layout and is satisfying to pull off. But because it was forced to be list worthy, the majority of the clicks are just chokeable enough to where I could practice a section for a while, and then from 0 I immediately die to multiple different spots that never gave me issues before. I would just die everywhere from 0 and I couldn't go a minute of playing without feeling like my blood was boiling. Every part of the level had this issue nonstop, but nothing was as bad as the robot in that regard. There is nothing within the robot that feels like it makes much sense to die to, but it would happen all the time from 0, and to make matters worse, sometimes you'll just get launched into a spike following a gravity portal and, well, you get the point. It was a nightmare for me just trying to reach the 80s once, but fortunately when I did I never died anywhere else.

To sum it all up, I just could not be frustrated enough with how this level turned out, particularly because all other aspects of the level are an instant 10/10. It's genuinely one of my favorite extremes from a visual standpoint, and the song works so well with it. It all progresses so smoothly and coherently. Just a total shame the level was forced to be as hard as it is. If not for that, and if it had turned out to be like Digital Descent difficulty or something, I really do think it could be one of the best extremes. But as it currently stands, I can only suggest to stay away from it. There was not a single moment of it that I enjoyed, and I'm glad I can put it behind me.

Attempts - 12,085 (6,345 on the old version, 5,740 on the new version)
Worst Fail - 76%
Hardest Parts - Any of the cubes apart from the last one
Easiest Part - First ball
Legacy Placement - (ELLIPSISM | LUMINA | Sonic Wave Rebirth)
Personal Placement - Around Spectrum Cyclone.
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay (and Experience) - 0/10
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=6ojWmkcvV8c
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "LVST" by Cvmpliant
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1135258

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Frost Spirit by Quaybus 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-10-19 | Remind me to never talk about quitting again because clearly I can't force myself to

So this wasn't something I anticipated. It was only about 3 weeks ago that I didn't have any thought about playing this, especially beating it. Part of why I decided to try it was with peer pressure, but also after looking into it a bit, it really grew on me. The song is crazy good and there are some really sick looking parts for 1.9 standards, so eventually I caved in. No regrets whatsoever. The experience was all over the place but I'll get to that later. I was so surprised how good of a level this was to play for how hard it is. It's the perfect level length to me, it has great pacing, and the balancing is, for the most part, right up my alley. There are only a few things I have to complain about. As far as base gameplay, I don't like the blocks that are there in the cube portal coming out of the first wave. All that does is make the transition inconsistent when it really didn't need to be. The transition into the ufo towards the end of the predrop was another thing I took issue with. Depending on how you time the orb before, you can hit the mini spike balls just after the portal which annoyed me quite a bit. The first and last parts of the drop were just pretty annoying in general, and I don't like how it's possible to miss the blue orb at 94% if you click early enough. As far as balancing goes, the difficulty is pretty consistent up to 48% when from 48% onward it becomes a lot more on and off, but overall I found the second half much harder. 48-55%, 74-76%, and 93-97% all stood out to me in particular. I could never get consistent with these parts and the former two really got to me from 0. Again though, for how hard it is this was a wonderful surprise. I never thought there would be anything above Calculator Core that I would find enjoyable, even more so a 1.9 level, but this changed that.

Now to be more specific on my experience, the first week or so was generally pretty good. A little on and off enjoyment wise but progress was steady up to about a week in when I had one of the most insane sittings I ever had. I started that day with 55% as my best and I got 6 new bests that sitting, ending up with 87%. I even had a ridiculous back to back moment by getting 86% as a new best, then 66% the next attempt, then the 87% the attempt after. That was one of my favorite moments playing anything ever. But then 8 days passed, and I never in any other time had consistency even half as good as that. It was really eating away at my patience and after going for 2 days without even reaching 50% I was questioning whether or not I should finish it. The next day came, which for a while hardly seemed better than that, as I was reaching the 50s but not getting past 55%, when I just suddenly beat it out of nowhere. I can't believe I never had to deal with any deaths past 90%, but I'm very grateful for that. I felt like I could've easily been stuck for weeks more with how poorly I was doing, but instead I can look back very happy with this experience, even with how bumpy it was at times. If you're interested in going for something of this difficulty, I would say it's a must. It doesn't get much better than this.

Attempts - 11,939 (My deleted attempts listed on my copy were off whoops)
Worst Fail - 90%x2
Hardest Parts - 48-55%, 74-76%, 93-97%
Easiest Part - 56-63%
Current 2.2 Placement - 68 (Widestep | Frost Spirit | Dry Out Copyable 2)
Personal Placement - Substantially easier than Zodiac. That's all I'm really confident about.
Current 1.9 Placement - 3 (The Catacombs | Frost Spirit | Sky Shredder)
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 8.5/10
Enjoyment - 4.5/10
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=HRqFYREW4G4
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Frost Spirit" by Phoqus
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=5McflDIxFiE&t=0s

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

XIX Vortex by Bali 100% (1.9 Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-09-25 | Interesting Bausha Vortex remake in 1.9. Having known about it since it came out I knew that I would have to take care of this if I did Bausha Vortex, so here we are. I'm a bit lost as to how I should feel about it. There are some things that I definitely prefer about this over the original. The first jump no longer exists, the middle of the first wave is much easier, and 50% is much easier, which I really appreciated. I'm not a fan of the buffs that were made to compensate, though. The buffs at the start of the first wave are so unnecessary, as it already was challenging enough in the original level, so it became more annoying. Additionally, a handful of clicks later on were also buffed, which could've easily turned things pretty bad. But despite those changes, I somehow managed to fluke from 50%, which is nuts to me. I definitely had a better time overall with this than Bausha Vortex, and it's probably the better level, but I really don't know what I would've felt had I not gotten so lucky on it. So, I'd only recommend it to those who have already beaten the original level and didn't hate that one. Lastly, I would think this is just a tad easier, but again I just have no idea. It's also my new hardest on the 1.9 list, so that's cool.

Attempts - 789 (not including Bausha Vortex attempts, of course)
Worst Fail - 50%
Hardest Part - 60-64%, 68-72%
Easiest Parts - 0-19%, 83-100%
1.9 List Placement - 25 (Fumetsu | XIX Vortex | Purgatory)
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 4.5/10
Enjoyment - 5/10
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=YNm27vUHFF8
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Fracture" by Rukkus
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/433947

Bausha Vortex by Pennutoh 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-09-24 | Took me long enough to get to this. Having built a 1.9 GDPS level directly inspired by this all those years ago, having beaten Balengu Vortex back in 2021, it felt inevitable that I would need to do this at some point. I do suppose though that I'm not that surprised that I stalled on it for so long, since to be honest, I don't find it all that enjoyable to play. There were a couple of times years ago that I would learn about half of it and then give up and move on to something else. Returning to it recently was actually decent for the first couple of hours. I got 38-100% very quickly, but not long after that it became much worse to play. The predrop on its own is generally fine, though it has its moments where it can get annoying. The first wave, however, was what ruined it for me. It isn't the hardest part of the level, but for whatever reason, I just wouldn't get very consistent at it. Nothing in particular stood out as too hard about it but everything was just chokeable enough to where I would die all over the place and it got so annoying. Following that, the first part of the second wave had far and away the worst chokepoints of the level. I loathed 47%, 50%, and especially 61%. These parts are just so much harder than the rest of the level, and I died so many times elsewhere in the 50s that it made my experience much worse. After 61%, the level becomes very reasonable to fluke, but again, I didn't have a good time with it from 0. Each death I had this far in was pretty spread out from the others, and to make matters worse so much of it could've been avoided if I just didn't choke at 87%. So, not a very good experience for me, and all I can really take away from it is just, go play Balengu Vortex instead.

also pay no mind to my other saved levels lol

Attempts - 4,148 (~1k are from at least 2021)
Worst Fail - 87%
Hardest Parts - 47%, 50-52%, 61%
Easiest Parts - 72-77%, 83-100%
Legacy Placement - (Void Wave | Bausha Vortex | Spectrum Rave)
Personal Placement - I guess fine just Auditory Breaker and Astral Divinity should've been above it
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 3/10
Enjoyment - 1/10
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=iIP_DE2WhV4
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Fracture" by Rukkus
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/433947

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Ocular Miracle by Davphla and More 100% (Full Detail)

Demented 2024-09-09 | Just wow. I dreamed of beating this at some point ever since it was verified and now it finally happened. It's disappointing that I ended up with a recording bug about halfway through the level, but nonetheless, here it is. It may not be absolutely flawless, but this is my new favorite level in the game, and I simply cannot see any other level giving me the amount of excitement that this one did. Now, where do I begin with dissecting this?

I suppose the first two reasons why I love this level so much are the song and decoration. Is it maybe an overused song? Probably. I couldn't care less. It wouldn't matter how I felt before starting any sitting on this level. Just getting to listen to it whenever I played was enough to excite me. I absolutely love it, and it's probably my favorite song used in anything I've ever played, particularly at the second drop. The decoration parts in this level, albeit inconsistent, I absolutely loved seeing and I appreciate every second that was put into the creation process of the level. There are a few weaker parts or some that haven't aged very well, but the majority of the time I'm just in awe at it and I'll never forget it. Now, of course, the gameplay contains the most flaws out of anything, particularly earlier on, but unlike in the split levels of Reverie and Faith, I didn't mind the issues I found in them nearly as much. Going for the whole thing made me figure parts out much better than I initially did with the split levels, and before long most stuff I didn't like before I knew how to work around, and apart from a couple of spots (Metalface221's cube-wave dual and the 49% wave clicks), it just became so much more fun than it already was, and that's all without mention what is undeniably the best section of the three, Diligence. Replaying Diligence again made me realize that it must be my favorite rated level in the game. I remember having issues with Pennutoh's part when I first beat it back in 2020, but coming back to it I thought it was fun. There are a couple of odd spots in it still but I could figure out how they worked with time. Makaron's part and SrGuillester's part may very well be my two favorite parts in any level, period. They were so unbelievably fun, and the accompanied decoration and part of the song they have just made it feel dreamlike. They're so good it feels like it shouldn't be in the game to me. Just about everything else in this section was also unreal to me playing it. If you only get one thing from reading this description, I can't recommend it enough that you go and play Diligence right now. It may very well be the best last third of any level that exists or will exist.

Now, putting all 3 of them together, how was that like? Well, initially it felt really difficult. I had so much trouble for days getting a 40% run on this, but eventually it started to click, and when it did it clicked so quickly. I went from just having Diligence as my best run to 100 to a 26-100% run, which includes all of Faith, as well as the ending of Reverie. Progress was generally pretty smooth from 0, but I will say that the nerves I got with a good attempt were terrifying. Without a doubt, the pressure I had at the end of the level was the most I've ever felt on one, more than Zodiac, Calculator Core, you name it. So, if you have poor nerve control, you're in for a rough time, especially as I'd say that the 70s were easily the hardest section of the level to me. The later parts of Reverie as well as the start of Faith are pretty tough, but a lot of it got very consistent and as long as I wasn't dying at 33-34% or 49% I felt this has the potential to be the most consistent level I've ever played. And also on top of the pressure from 0, 89% and the last part of the level are very easy to choke, and I would suggest taking time to practice it regularly. The 94% death I had felt very painful as should be expected with the stressful nature of a level of this length, but thankfully that was my only death after SrGuillester's part. I just can't recommend this level enough. I sincerely hope it gets rerated someday, now that 2.2 has made it more reasonable to play. As long as you can handle a level of this length, this is an absolute must.

Attempts - 12,693
Worst Fail - 94% (or really the recording bug in this completion)
Hardest Parts - Metalface221, HJFod/JonathanGD, Pennutoh, SrGuillester, Unerve
Easiest Parts - Salaxium, Xaro
Personal Difficulty Placement - Somewhere in the Spacial Rend-Spectrum Cyclone range, I'm not sure if it's harder or easier than those...
FPS Used: 240
Enjoyment - 11/10
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=DO7NrC2_Hc4
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Exit This Earth's Atomosphere" by Camellia
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/938115

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Time Card - youtube.com/watch?v=MXcMV-d_2Js

#rateOcularMiracle

Faith by ZeroSR and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-09-01 | More Ocular Miracle progress, last part I needed to beat. Like the other two parts, I did find this enjoyable. However, I think this is my least favorite one. There isn't a full part that I would consider thoroughly bad, just the level in general from the wave dual at 12% through the entire drop just felt really... touchy. There's a lot of weird holdy gameplay for most of that section that has so many spots in which you time a click a certain way and you can just barely miss an orb or platform, or end up changing gamemodes with the wrong gravity, etc. Zimnior12's part in particular had spots like this everywhere, and getting used to it was pretty annoying. 53% was another spot I really didn't like with how strict the ufo click is and the wave click after it. Outside of that section though, the rest of the level remained very fun. The orbs at the start of Surge's part I found weird but those I actually got used to quick. Overall this is still a good level on its own and would recommend, but unless you're going for the entirety of Ocular Miracle, I wouldn't say this one is a must.

Now it's time to piece the whole thing together. Stay tuned.

Attempts - 3,000 (Estimate, many from deleted om copy in 2020)
Worst Fail - 55%
Hardest Part - 12-14%, 53%
Easiest Part - Salaxium
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 7/10
Experience - 6/10
Clicks - youtube.com/watch?v=GqsuD4HCyVg
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Exit This Earth's Atomosphere" by Camellia
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/938115

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Reverie by GaidenHertuny and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-08-31 | You can consider this a progress video of sorts. Ever since Ocular Miracle came out, I've been wanting to beat it in its entirety, on full detail. I started going for it with Diligence 4 years ago, but after beating that I realized that I was pushing not only myself, but my computer's capability at that point in time, so I just shelved the idea and moved on. Now that 2.2 has optimized the game a little bit, this goal has seemed more reasonable to me, and I'm happy to be back to playing it. I'll likely unlist this video and the other parts when I beat the full thing, but they'll be kept up as a space for my thoughts on each specific level. Speaking of that, let's talk about this one.

By no means is this one perfect or the best, but I did find it pretty fun. This probably has aged the most poorly of the three to me visually but I'm still wowed by Reunomi's second part and also Scrumpy's. Now, the two gripes I have... There are several portals, in Peroxide's part and Reunomi's first part, that are so easy to miss on accident and end up dying because of it. I don't understand how it could've been missed, or not taken care of. It's an issue that never should've made it into the final product. My other issue is TrusTa's gameplay, in particular the first half of it, I didn't like at all. The mini cube and spiders are made finicky because of the deco spikes placed inside of the blocks which can hit you sometimes, and the ships just don't work well at all. Outside of those parts though, it was very fun and I'd imagine it will only get better once I start getting runs on the full product. I'd recommend it as long as it's not a hardest. Also this should be an extreme demon in my opinion.

Attempts - 1,577
Worst Fail - 87%
Hardest Part - 61-63%, 86-92%
Easiest Part - 74-81%
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 8/10
Enjoyment - 8.5/10
Original Audio - when I'm bothered to
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Exit This Earth's Atomosphere" by Camellia
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/938115

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Artificial Ascent by GeoStorm 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-08-29 | I finally completed another extreme demon trilogy after so long. Feels cool. I have a somewhat long experience with this one while also not having too much to say about it. I attempted to go for this as a new hardest back in 2019; I ended up dumping about 6,000 attempts into it before dropping it as I was just bored and not getting anywhere. Coming back to it after beating Digital Descent, it still had some boring moments, but I found this to be a good level in the end, better than I thought it would be. In terms of the gameplay there weirdly isn't much that I would describe as amazing, just most of the parts were solid. The only serious gripe I have is, unfortunately, Michigun's part. Not only is it the worst gameplay in the level but it's also the hardest by a significant amount. It disrupts what would otherwise be a fairly well balanced level in my opinion, which speaking of that really surprised me after experiencing what is some of the most unbalanced gameplay I've ever seen in its successors. This alongside the music and visuals of the level made this feel so much different than the other two, which if anything I liked about it. Etzer's part in this might be one of my favorite parts ever visually speaking, same with Galvatron's part too, which is probably overall my favorite part between all 3 levels. Even though I found Digital Descent to be the most enjoyable of the trilogy, I think this is the most special one to me. It might not have been one of my most exciting experiences but it can make for a pretty good time, as long as you're not stuck from 0. I think this is a good option for anyone to do, either as or not as a hardest.

Shame on the 95% death though...

Attempts - 9,801
Worst Fail - 95%
Hardest Part - Michigun
Easiest Part - Codex
Legacy Placement - (Ethereal Artifice | Artificial Ascent | Effect II)
Personal Placement - Harder than Digital Descent, easier than Photovoltaic II
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 6.5/10
Enjoyment - 6/10
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=jC8WcVW4JGQ
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Surface" by Dimrain47
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/63082

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Digital Descent by GeoStorm 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-08-22 | 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 - 8.5/10
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

Pessimism by royen 100% (Extreme Demon Verification)

Demented 2024-08-15 | Once again, here's a level made by one of my best friends in the community. This time I had the honors of verifying it- special thanks to royen for allowing me to do so. Being an intended insane demon (Edit: so much for that), it's not exactly the difficulty range I tend to play with, but I think it's a highly enjoyable one. There's a lot of memory in it, but it doesn't take long to learn and get used to. There weren't many things I tweaked on my own, but I did my best and hopefully there aren't any issues I missed. Not sure there's much else I have to say. Just wanna applaud royen once again for building it and having it been so fun to play, and good luck to anyone who wants those coins, heheh.

Edit (September 24th, 2024): It got rated on 2.2. Thanks, Rob :)

1.9 ID - 293636
2.2 ID - 109050674
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Regret" by dj-Nate
Song Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/375936

Sigma by MindCap and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-08-05 | Well, so much for what I said after beating Zodiac. I do really think this'll be my last list demon though.

This is something I've had a very long history with. I dumped about 20,000 attempts into this back in 2020, attempting to complete it as a new hardest. It was just way too hard for me at that point in time; by the end of that I didn't have a 30% run to note of anywhere, so it sat in the background for a while. After a couple of brief attempts every now and then, I gave it another serious try earlier this year and actually got solid progress, getting connecting runs pretty quickly. But I got bored again, and basically stopped playing entirely. Up to last week, I had hardly played the game at all since the end of April, and I wasn't thinking of coming back to it again. But one morning I had to do a practice run to grab a screenshot for something, and after a little more messing around I realized I could actually finish it quickly, so that's what happened. Almost had the fluke of my life just 2 days in, but had an awful death at 90%, and took another 5 days after that to finish it. My luck was still weirdly fine despite it, but enough of that. I'll just talk about the level.

To sum up the Sigma experience in a word, it really is an anomaly. Pretty much every day I played it I felt different about each part, which actually made it quite annoying. I think most of the level's difficulty rests in the latter half of the level, but despite that, the earlier parts just weren't very consistent for me from 0. I couldn't understand what was killing me there half the time. What I did know though was that some parts have the most questionable additions to them I've ever seen. Take the blue orb in the middle of Hoshi's part, for instance. Why are there invisible blue pads leading up to it? Why are there several things at the start of Lemons that can just kill you sometimes, that were definitely not intended to be issues (i.e. the spike and sawblade by the wave portal)? Why does Surge's wave structures remain closed in the exact same amount as before that part was intended to be nerfed? There's just so many things scattered throughout the level that make it so much worse to play, it's really unfortunate. Despite that, I wouldn't say that this level is, that... bad? There were certain times that it was enjoyable, mainly whenever I was practicing from either Jenkins or Walroose. From 0 however, those parts become so much harder to do. You need good nerve control to have any hope of a good time with this. Again, even with the 90% death, I was weirdly fortunate in that I only died twice in total after Walroose's part. Helpegasus and lolwut's parts are very capable of being brick walls that just ruin everything. HJFod's part too, even. And Chlorines... And Walroose... I think you get the point.

In the end, I wasn't exactly a big fan of this level, and I wouldn't recommend it to most people. It's definitely not the worst level ever, though- it's just way too much of a fluke dependent experience to get much good out of it. I am glad I can check it off the bucket list. Nice early birthday surprise, too.

Attempts - 28,889
Worst Fail - 90%
Hardest Parts - Jenkins, and basically any part of 52-100% that isn't Fufafac
Easiest Parts - MindCap, Fufafac
Current List Placement - 127 (ATOMIC CANNON | Sigma | Knights of Thunder)
Personal Placement - Mildly easier than Bloodlust
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 4/10
Enjoyment - 3/10
Original Audio - youtube.com/watch?v=0CFDd4e7cRA
Discord - dementeddd

Content Credits

Level Song: "Forsaken Neon" by Dimrain47
Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/32207

Menu Song: "Serenity" by Heart Plus Up!
Link - youtube.com/watch?v=qRm4IwboNmM

Nuke - youtube.com/watch?v=7LD-WsfQsv0

Supernova by royen and More 100% (Extreme Demon)

Demented 2024-05-06 | Not something I usually publicly upload, but here's an insane demon (12-17-24: This is not aging well) hosted by a friend of mine that's now released after a couple months of work. I got invited to building the last part of the level before the endscreen, and I'm glad to have been part of it. The goal of this was to have close vibes and inspiration to what insane demons were like during the actual time of 1.9. Whether or not I succeeded with that (my deco took a lot of inspiration from ZenthicAlpha's part in UltraSonic, and the last ship's gameplay was inspired by the last ship of Supersonic), you be the judge, but I think the other parts did a pretty good job with that. I might've had to "beat" this too many times due to the goofy end route that royen made seeing the hole in my end cube, but this was also very fun to play and I hope others find it the same.

Worst Fail - 97%
Hardest Parts - royen, qjamie
Easiest Part - Smellbert
FPS Used: 240
discord - dementeddd

Level Song: Awake - Supernova
Song Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/296234