Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Always wanted to beat this level, but I was kinda scared of it. I figured since I literally just did the other two Vortex levels back to back, I might as well finally beat this since its the last piece of the puzzle and it can't be that hard. I liked it a lot! I think the gameplay is really fun to learn and get good at, and super satisfying to finish off. The predrop is really short and gets so consistent that you kinda forget it's even there after a while, and the one other thing that was bugging me was the drop transition. It fades to black, which I don't love. I don't think the fade was necessary, and I think they either should have made the click auto or just removed the fade transition. Not a huge deal because like I said at the end of the video, that also got pretty consistent towards the end. As for deco, it's also really good! I'm a huge fan of the styles presented in this level, and while I don't love the second half of the wave as much as the first, I think the style of the ending also makes up for that. Overall, I'd totally recommend this level. It's way harder than the other two vortex levels individually, but I think it has better balancing than the other two.
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Enjoyment: 90/100
Worst Death: 70%
Attempts: 2,339
ID: 69871779
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All My Extremes: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ozuSdII1e6jTpa6BqXRcfPY7qkm8tpCmgbPJ8a94vpo/edit?usp=sharing
Always wanted to beat this level, but I was kinda scared of it. I figured since I literally just did the other two Vortex levels back to back, I might as well finally beat this since its the last piece of the puzzle and it can't be that hard. I liked it a lot! I think the gameplay is really fun to learn and get good at, and super satisfying to finish off. The predrop is really short and gets so consistent that you kinda forget it's even there after a while, and the one other thing that was bugging me was the drop transition. It fades to black, which I don't love. I don't think the fade was necessary, and I think they either should have made the click auto or just removed the fade transition. Not a huge deal because like I said at the end of the video, that also got pretty consistent towards the end. As for deco, it's also really good! I'm a huge fan of the styles presented in this level, and while I don't love the second half of the wave as much as the first, I think the style of the ending also makes up for that. Overall, I'd totally recommend this level. It's way harder than the other two vortex levels individually, but I think it has better balancing than the other two.
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Enjoyment: 90/100
Worst Death: 70%
Attempts: 2,339
ID: 69871779
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All My Extremes: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ozuSdII1e6jTpa6BqXRcfPY7qkm8tpCmgbPJ8a94vpo/edit?usp=sharing
![The Towerverse in 12:32.925 [DEATHLESS]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ed6iDyboPzU/mqdefault.jpg "The Towerverse in 12:32.925 [DEATHLESS]
This run was crazy! I didnt intend to do this deathless, because if I did I would have just ran hardcore mode, which would have saved hella time considering hardcore mode gets rid of the collectible requirements that take up a decent amount of time at the beginning of the run. I might decide to run hardcore mode now, since I just accidentally did it.
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Explanation of all my splits on LiveSplit:
The timer automatically starts as soon as I enter a level, and automatically splits as soon as I complete a level, which makes it easy to keep it consistent.
Telescope: Looking in the telescope grants you one of three rainbow coins you need to not activate hardcore mode, so I chose the telescope as my first split. As soon as I trigger the telescope cutscene, this split ends.
Triforce: The second portal deactivates itself and the power to reactivate it is split into three shards, which shape a Triforce when joined together. As soon as I collect the last of the three pieces, this split ends.
Post portals: Theres a cutscene right after you walk through the last portal which is when the nightmares start showing up so honestly Im probably just gonna rename this split to Nightmares. Anyway, as soon as I walk through the portal and trigger the cutscene, this split ends.
Checkpoint: Once I hit the checkpoint in the middle of the nightmares section, this split ends.
Desert Entrance: As soon as my cube goes completely off screen when entering the Desert Mountains, this split ends.
Torres: Crossing through Desert Mountains for about 30 seconds leads to finding Torres. Once my movement is stopped by the Torres cutscene, this split ends.
Underground Tower Entrance: When entering the Underground Tower, theres a shader effect that plays as the cube disappears. As soon as the effect is on screen, this split ends.
Key: As soon as I grab the key at the bottom of the Underground Tower, this split ends.
Underground Tower Exit: As soon as the countdown timer turns green signaling the end of the section, this split ends.
Mountain Tower Entrance: This split uses the song and flash to color as the splitting point. So once the screen flashes bright with the song, this split ends.
Mountain Tower Checkpoint: Once I hit the only checkpoint in the Mountain Tower, this split ends.
Mountain Tower Exit: Once my movement gets stopped by triggering the end of the section, this split ends.
Lord of Darkness: This is basically my one split for the entire Dark Side of the Moon section. Once Im done spamming through the Lord of Darknesss dialogue, this run ends.
The ending credits and epilogue come together for a combined total of 1:52, so the Credits split is just Lord of Darkness time +1:52.")
