Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
About time. As you probably noticed by the thumbnail, I went for this solely for the sake of getting Ryft raised on the list, and mission accomplished; I do think that Ryft is harder. However, little did I know this was going to end up becoming my least favorite level I've beaten at this point, even though I went for this once as a new hardest back in 2020. My experience was so awful that I really wanted to just not open the game again, but thankfully I persevered, and I'm glad I did.
So, why exactly do I hate this level so much? Well, by far the biggest reason is the insanely lopsided balancing, at least on paper. This is quite possibly the most front heavy level I've ever beaten; for reference 0-26% may very well be as hard if not harder than 26-100% for me. I gotta stress though, on paper it should play that way. But because of the level's length, the nerve control was a total nightmare. I felt nerves much earlier on this than I did on anything else I've ever beaten, and of course, that makes the remaining two thirds of the level or so much harder to put up with, leading to some really frustrating deaths later on, and a lot more stress.
On top of the balancing, the base gameplay is just not fun in the slightest. The predrop is especially horrible due to how random the transitions are at the start and end of Woogi1411's part, and Findexi's ball just felt super cheap at times. Even if the level gets better after the predrop, it just felt really boring. There were also some pretty bad parts in the middle of the level and later on, like Cosine's part due to the size portals in the ship as well as the last click killing you in the cube portal if you happen to click late enough. Michigun's part was an awful difficulty spike compared to everything else around it and the robot and cube again felt super cheap at times. Lastly, Loogiah's part also stood out negatively due to the transition into the ball as well as the ball itself just being awful. All of these issues were just amplified from 0 and coupled with my atrocious luck created one of my worst experiences with the game. So yeah, please don't play this. I'm happy to have succeeded in getting Ryft raised (or at least it will soon enough), but after this, I never want to play a front heavy level ever again. End of story.
Attempts - 12,342 (6,940 old, 5,402 new)
Worst Fail - 94%x2
Hardest Parts - Jeyzor, Woogi1411, Michigun
Easiest Parts - AbstractDark, Giron, Luneth
Current Demon List Placement - 121 (Edge of the Blade | Yatagarasu | X0)
Personal Placement - Harder than Infinite Iniquity, and probably Cybernetic Crescent too (yes I still think Ryft is harder).
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 0/10
Enjoyment - 0/10
Discord - Demented#0880
Texture Pack - DiamondSplash Texture Pack by Soluble
Video Link - youtube.com/watch?v=jIntBa-nR3g
Level Song: Gls - Flawless Wings of Yatagarasu
Song Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/490479
Replacement Song: SOcollab - Infertehno 2
Song Link - youtube.com/watch?v=PNqutbZgi4M
Menu Song: Terraria - Space Theme (Night)
Song Link - youtube.com/watch?v=pPwzZT8Lsa8
0:00 Timestamps/Fails
0:15 Edited Audio
3:26 Original Audio/Attempts
About time. As you probably noticed by the thumbnail, I went for this solely for the sake of getting Ryft raised on the list, and mission accomplished; I do think that Ryft is harder. However, little did I know this was going to end up becoming my least favorite level I've beaten at this point, even though I went for this once as a new hardest back in 2020. My experience was so awful that I really wanted to just not open the game again, but thankfully I persevered, and I'm glad I did.
So, why exactly do I hate this level so much? Well, by far the biggest reason is the insanely lopsided balancing, at least on paper. This is quite possibly the most front heavy level I've ever beaten; for reference 0-26% may very well be as hard if not harder than 26-100% for me. I gotta stress though, on paper it should play that way. But because of the level's length, the nerve control was a total nightmare. I felt nerves much earlier on this than I did on anything else I've ever beaten, and of course, that makes the remaining two thirds of the level or so much harder to put up with, leading to some really frustrating deaths later on, and a lot more stress.
On top of the balancing, the base gameplay is just not fun in the slightest. The predrop is especially horrible due to how random the transitions are at the start and end of Woogi1411's part, and Findexi's ball just felt super cheap at times. Even if the level gets better after the predrop, it just felt really boring. There were also some pretty bad parts in the middle of the level and later on, like Cosine's part due to the size portals in the ship as well as the last click killing you in the cube portal if you happen to click late enough. Michigun's part was an awful difficulty spike compared to everything else around it and the robot and cube again felt super cheap at times. Lastly, Loogiah's part also stood out negatively due to the transition into the ball as well as the ball itself just being awful. All of these issues were just amplified from 0 and coupled with my atrocious luck created one of my worst experiences with the game. So yeah, please don't play this. I'm happy to have succeeded in getting Ryft raised (or at least it will soon enough), but after this, I never want to play a front heavy level ever again. End of story.
Attempts - 12,342 (6,940 old, 5,402 new)
Worst Fail - 94%x2
Hardest Parts - Jeyzor, Woogi1411, Michigun
Easiest Parts - AbstractDark, Giron, Luneth
Current Demon List Placement - 121 (Edge of the Blade | Yatagarasu | X0)
Personal Placement - Harder than Infinite Iniquity, and probably Cybernetic Crescent too (yes I still think Ryft is harder).
FPS Used: 240
Gameplay - 0/10
Enjoyment - 0/10
Discord - Demented#0880
Texture Pack - DiamondSplash Texture Pack by Soluble
Video Link - youtube.com/watch?v=jIntBa-nR3g
Level Song: Gls - Flawless Wings of Yatagarasu
Song Link - newgrounds.com/audio/listen/490479
Replacement Song: SOcollab - Infertehno 2
Song Link - youtube.com/watch?v=PNqutbZgi4M
Menu Song: Terraria - Space Theme (Night)
Song Link - youtube.com/watch?v=pPwzZT8Lsa8
0:00 Timestamps/Fails
0:15 Edited Audio
3:26 Original Audio/Attempts
