Brief reminder that the GD community has started more controversies over the color of the fire behind a user level’s difficulty face than almost every other 2.2 addition
MattewGame here, thanks for reviewing my level. I'm sorry for not crediting the og game. I love recreating really complex mechanics in gd, but I really struggle with creativity in the past months (I might be burnt out) so I try to recreate what I love about the games I play
One neat thing about Quarion is that RobTop actually beat it!! Rob beating a demon level happens like once in a blue moon and for it to not only be a long platformer level but also getting the mythic rating really goes to show how much he liked it
Apparently the level creator has gotten death threats for copying another game. One of the things they said in response was "i hate this community." I'm so heartbroken about this. The guy wanted to make a recreation of a game he loved just because it's something he enjoys doing. People are being so vicious towards this guy for simply doing what makes him happy, it's so disheartening.
Very interesting video! Im surprised to be on your top 3 since pretty much everyone hated on towerverse (and still do it), so im glad to hear some good words from someone 😊
Towerverse is a great level, it’s a shame that people are so focused on the little blue flame behind the difficulty instead of the actual content of the level. It’s one of my personal favorite platformers :)
@@16lord I loved it! The interactions were so funny and engaging, and I really enjoyed the music usage and the atmosphere that you created! Kinda got sick of the hatred, because this is something I really do love. Also, congrats on your first legendary!
people are too quick to hate on the toweverse, and when they do they also ignore everything that they DID like about the level. there really is a ton that i appreciated
@@TheDanceMan567 thanks a lot! This might be one of the only levels where i enjoyed building every corner of the level and with the new 2.2 editor and motivation i had i couldnt stop building and it was actually the first time after many years where i didnt care about the rating system and just do what i always wanted to make. So i appreciate your comment a lot :D
really love how in depth it is to the point of addressing the little details and eggs that make each level unique besides just having the overview only, as kind of like a "what's the mythic factor to this?" amazing job on this video and it's peam
Mythic levels should be rated Legendary and only rated mythic from a vote from the community at the ene of the year. All mythics are then revealed during the annual gd awards
Fun fact: You can actually get every coin collectables in practice mode in Next Cab Soon, then replay and beat the level to get the coin without needing to get any collectables in normal mode. This kinda defeats the entire idea behind the coin if you're aware of it.
@@GDColon there's supposed to be safe guards against doing it through practice mode, but apparently on some devices they don't work and we don't know why
@@gdloco in my collab "unleash whale whales" we have a lever that only shows up in practice mode and afaik it always worked when we tried it. can you give more details about what you're using?
"UNDERTALE SUCKS IT'S LITERALLY A NOTHING SANDWICH THE WHOLE GAME" "fax tho" "TRUE. the glaze.." "why do you fake people that my brain decided to make up hate so much on such a masterpiece just for emptiness? it does have great storylin-" **2 likes** **103 dislikes**
@@YeczeSchafrillas (productions) is a popular movie critic and youtuber who is very well known for his funny reactions to movies he finds bad (Shrek 3) and his awe of movies he finds great (Spiderman into the Spiderverse) and his jokes and sarcasm to certain movies (Shark Tale, Despicable Me). He also makes fun content on games too as he is also passionate about it (I.E SMB Ultimate, Mario Kart, Pikmin) In many of his ranking videos on studios like Disney Pixar Dreamworks Song Illuminations he ranks all of the movies and plays a funny clip to describe the movie coming up next. GD Colon took inspiration (ironic) of it and put it in his videos which is super cool
Super great video, Colon. It was refreshing to see someone giving actual valid criticism for Mythic levels and not hating like a lot of the community unfortunately does. I really do think we should be proud as a community for the incredible levels that have been released this update and shouldn't see them as a bad thing whatsoever. So much drama has been caused by them even though these creators poured their hearts into these levels, and I think we should appreciate that, regardless of what rating they receive. Also, awesome to see some love for Throat Of The World by you. Loved the gameplay and ideas in that one. 🔥🐑
As someone, who beat commatose, I encourage everyone, who's scared of the lenght or difficulty of the level to at least try it out in practice mode. I usually don't really like longer levels and expected to get annoyed at commantose, but enjoyed every minute of it. The gameplay flows perfectly and really adds to the song in a unique way. With a level this long a single chokepoint can completely ruin the level, but even though some parts are way harder than others, it doesn't feel frustrating and the really easy parts are actually nice to get a break from the harder gameplay. Difficulty wise I should also mention, that since the level is super long, the core gameplay isn't that hard. It's probably pretty accessible even if your hardest is a medium or even easy demon.
I feel like the main reason BER ZER KER even won was because it felt like NCS the most. It feels like a music video just turned to a GD Level. It even has a visualizer to go with it
I will always have a special place in my heart for Quarion because it got rated while I was playing it and I had no idea so I was one of the first 15 to beat it. Fun times. Edit: 170 likes? Erm what the sigma?
@@SpaceX0ne I honestly disliked hollow knight the instant I tried it, but I like this one level The only real metroidvania I beat was VVVVVV, and this level was A LOT like that game (but better)
Finally some respect for towerverse, it’s a good level, just people are mad that it got recognized for being good. Same thing happened to zone pirate v, it had lots of boss fights and overall was a good level, but people hated because they didn’t think it met their standards for legendary
Tbh my biggest issue with Towerverse is the glider part and how much of a difficulty spike it is. Like you are set into a certain mood when playing the level, making nice and steady progress and then it just slaps you in the face with the glider mechanic after having spend already quite some time in the level. Atleast thats how I felt when I first played it. I guess this wouldnt be as bad as is, if you wouldnt have to play a platformer level in one sitting...
Colon's really sticking to his New Year's resolution, and it shows. Especially compared to other videos, where he tried as hard as he could to get his fanbase to turn against or for a level. Good job, Colon. Good job. Also, just wanna highlight 28:50 . I was constantly scared because I thought that I would immediately lose the contest, until eventually I just gave up on trying to win.
Fun fact: In Quarion, you don't have to get all the abilities in order. There are a lot of neat design tricks that let you choose which one you get first.
В английском языке нет такой культуры скобок, поэтому они их очень часто не понимают. С двоеточием - да, а так просто вряд-ли. Просто совет, т.к. сам допускал эту ошибку)
30:55 the moment you said "too long and difficult" I knew exactly what level you were talking about and got super stoked. Commatose bar none is my favorite level I've ever seen/played. I know the majority of the community don't have an affinity with XL (and especially in this case given the level is 9 minutes long) but they provide such an experience that is not seen in shorter lengths with their intensity building, and Commatose does intensity building excellently both in its visuals and gameplay. Commatose's non-traditional and abstract way of representing music, its designs being grounded within what could be called "geometry dash" aesthetics that strays away from art and realism designs with the cyan/orange palette that makes for a striking yet familiar look, all alongside one of the best songs ever, an absolute masterpiece that shows every bit of Rply's 7-month long intense focus on the song that he's so passionate about. having enjoy very long levels myself I knew the moment it dropped this was something special that I just had to beat. It is so inspiring to see a work like this released: a work of absolute devotion and focus that tells everyone you do not have to know expert level artistry or mastery of realistic designs to make a mark in the community, I think in this front it is why the level is so often compared to Well Rested - another masterpiece with similar strong points (though can't be more different in theming). Again, very very happy you gave it a shout out! So happy its excellence can be spread further throughout the community 😄
Regarding what you said about spike clipping/"tech spam" in platformer extremes: I feel like you're misrepresenting them a bit. While I totally agree that the "needle" style of gameplay that has become very popular is not very entertaining to watch, the community that makes these levels has developed their own gameplay conventions over the past year, which has made for very enjoyable levels, even if it's not totally clear what you have to do at any point in time. Even then I wouldn't call needle a very tech-y gameplay style - it's certainly nowhere close to games like Celeste in terms of complexity, and other than a few hitboxes and moves you have to learn, it's very straightforward. Finally, to be honest, I expected more from you than to say something like "I never thought I'd see an extreme demon with gameplay that isn't just tech spam" (15:35). Because even if you're the world's biggest needle hater, I would go as far as to say most platformer extremes are way more than that. Check out Project BUZZKILL or the two Crerro Kaizo levels, for example.
Never have I thought I would be on Colon's channel even for a bit. (That's insane!!) I'm surprised that Next Cab Soon get so high on the list despite it has a bit of flaws. (I would hope you actually dig into our easter eggs we put in the whole collab lol, btw Astralith and NCS was made by "almost" the same team) Great video about explaining some of aspects on the levels where they did great and where they don't. I can say I agree with 90% of the video here, thanks for pointing it out for the community, it can help a lot on future levels and creators.
When our team made our build in GD Place 2, we almost got to both Partition and Nexus's channels Then it turned out one of our haters blocked the way with a huge wall of invisible spikes, so both Nexus and Partition turned up right before our build My personal build though did appear in Partition's vid... for just 2 seconds
Idk how Colon does it but he's one of the few youtubers I watch whose videos have like infinite replay value. Every few months I'll go back and rewatch like half the videos
I do think this video demonstrates a problem with the community. We are just too negative. Instead of praising levels for getting a mythic, we put them down because we don’t like certain aspects of the level. Be it the art, or the gameplay. This was especially true with towerverse, the level is good, but it “doesn’t deserve mythic” because “its gameplay/art sucks”. Why not praise it for breaking new grounds and being one of, if not the first full scale game level like it, or comment on parts you did like, or even suggest how to improve a certain part. This problem goes beyond mythic rates as well. Event levels, dailies, and weeklies, all suffer from this issue also. Citadel and Geometry were met with horrible reception because people disliked the gameplay aspect. And instead of praising Subwoofers art or offering suggestions to improve Geometry’s gameplay, people wrote off the levels as bad. I implore anyone reading this to try and look beyond the gameplay of a level, to see its art and creator vision. Maybe leave a constructive comment, or point out a small flaw, and if you truly despise a level, just don’t say anything at all…
This is the kind of reaction we need to good levels, constructive criticism instead of deconstructive toxic hate for a label not even assigned by the creator of the level
I absolutely love Next Cab Soon, it's the best level out of all classic mythics I've played. The gameplay IS really fun, and the visuals are stunning. The song is also great.
Ah, new GD Colon video. I'm excited to watch this, hopefully there won't be any instances of the room 'smots-8' from the Celeste mod "Final Goodbye" edit: what the FUCK
30:54 So glad to see a commatose mention! As a glass beach fan, it's hard for me to imagine a better GD level than this one; if I had a say, commatose would be one of two or three mythics. I hope it inspires more levels with NONGs to be made--I think when creators pick their absolute favorite songs, not limited by what's whitelisted on Newgrounds, we end up with much more passion-filled levels. It's clear that rply has an important connection to the song and had an amazing time creating the level.
33:35 based animal well enjoyer. Some things in quarion were also inspired from animal well. For example the yellow buttons that opens doors xD The quarion map was also vaguely based on how animal well did its map.
Genuinely a banger video wow. You changed many perspectives on creating that I haven't really thought of! Its really cool how you take every aspect of a level into consideration! :D Nice work
29:32: Guess what?, level that deserves to be Mythic but unfortunately didn't, first level that came to my mind is "Decay by VegTam" and I'm kinda worried you won't mention it, but what after did relieved me.
Hi Colon! I don't think there are much people talking about this, but I'm having an issue on playing 2.2 gauntlets. Most of the new levels in them are art levels. The thing is that none of the levels have a proper LDM and my PC, which isn't bad by the way, suffers, and some levels turns unplayable in certain parts. I personally believe we should start having more consideration on all players when adding official content to the game. After all, it's a mobile game, and most 2.2 gauntlet levels are too saturated. I also noticed in the comment section of each level that there are some people complaining about the lag, and that's because they're right. You almost have to have a gaming PC for having a good experience or, in worst cases, even being able to pass trough them. Also, not mentioning the surprising decay on gameplay desing, which becomes boring/unfair in some levels, but that's another subject. I hope we share opinions, but in every case, thanks!
If Rob did end up doing that, there would definitely be a ton of super influential pre 2.2 levels that would get a mythic rating such as Castlemania, Bloodbath, Nine Circles, What by Spu7Nix, Revolution by Funnygame, Change of Scene, How by Spu7Nix, Death Moon, ISpyWithMyLittleEye, Cataclysm, Mastergame & Lonely Travel.
Wannacry, my beloved We GD Players need a way of having a say in the rating of a level, fire behind difficulty wise, or at the very least, a system that allows us to change the ratings for only ourselves, so people who complain about wrong decisions can at least personally change their ratings for themselves (with no changes towards stats, of course), and think “Yeah, that looks right to me”. Also, seeing Auto Play Area as a mythic is just wrong
I think why WANNACRY is my absolute favorite (Classic) Mythic in the game is its gameplay, slightly contrary to Colon's opinion. Sure the visuals are really, REALLY eye-straining, but if you look past that the gameplay is actually balanced. It's learny, but it definitely becomes more fun after a few practice runs and you get more consistent with it. Also did you notice that the level has absolutely ZERO jump indicators? Yeah, I was surprised too when I noticed that. I don't know if Kira just forgot to place indicators, but if it was intentional to leave them out, I commend the confidence. For the most parts the level is still (ironically) sightreadable, despite being flashy as hell.
@@AFishInPajamas 1. Jump Indicators are outdated trend nowadays, they are gone along with 2.1. RobTop himself hates them (and that's probably why Magistro didn't get Mythic). Also, for this level they would only ruin the whole idea. 2. The gameplay is not balanced, it's intentionally unbalanced. Yes, intentionally 3. The deco is also intentional, second half of the level is basically "killbot lite"
Wannacry is my favorite mythic level. It would be my favorite overall level if I hadn't found magistro but still. Also, magistro should've been mythic😢
in terms of levels that should be mythic, personally i think CITYFADE got absolutely robbed. I absolutely ADORE the buildup of the level and how the city slowly looks more and more abstract with each part, and the ending where the level is being destroyed is beautiful. (i am aware this is my personal opinion though, so i can see why its only legendary)
I'll be honest, my tier list was almost exactly yours in reverse. But after watching this video, I see cool things about the levels I didn't like and am at least able to appreciate them more - ESPECIALLY Quarion, which was by far my least favorite mythic before watching this. For reference, my tier list is: 1. Astralith 2. The Towerverse (don't yell at me) 3. Pixelpath II 4. Ber Zer Ker 5. Rage Quit 6. Wannacry 7. Throat of the world 8. Tears of Denial 9. Next Cab Soon 10. Quarion
@@spikeabug I'M SORRY 😭 it's mainly because I feel like Next Cab Soon robbed other levels of their rightful place in the NCS contest... and also because I didn't realize how intricately made it was until watching this video I would definitely rank it higher on my tier list now (mainly because I LOVE the coin twist)
@@GDColon Honestly I really appreciate and respect that you are brave enough to actually put your opinion out there - and your points, plus my realization of how hard making a Mythic-worthy level is (I'm trying to enter the Space Gauntlet contest haha) has brought me to appreciate the hard work each of these creators has poured in, even if I don't love the levels or styles themselves!
Your commentary on GD has been a huge boost in my confidence in this community. You're so good at giving critique while also not being overtly harsh (unlike gdtwt) Keep doing what you're doing! You're fabulous :)
I have been a defender of a lot of levels accused of "not being mythic/legendary worthy" or having "trash gameplay" for a long time because I just couldn't understand why people were so hyperfocused on finding all of the bad things in a level. Dear Colon, I have to say that this positive, appreciative video with all criticisms being reasonable and constructive brightened my day a lot. I hope that some people in the community learn from this when judging levels, because it's always so sad to see an awesome level get trashed on for 1 or 2 minor flaws.
@Yecze people only saying stuff like this is my exact problem. The event levels so far have been awesome. I agree that learning Citadel can be a bit annoying, but it's still an awesome level and there are better ways to word criticism than "Honestly this gameplay sucks" and "10/10 deco 0/10 gameplay". It depresses me that literally all of the top comments of event levels/gauntlets/weekly demons in recent times have just been people shitting on things that really aren't a problem with a more positive mindset, but people just like hating a level because everything else is "glazing" or being too easily impressed like a "newgen". Being amazed by an amazing level isn't a shame.
@ Here’s the mindset for levels: deco first gameplay later, that’s why I despise them and play other levels with good gameplay. I didn’t buy the game to see someone showing off I bought it to play a level
@@Yecze "don’t give me rants, give me short answers" aaaaawwwww, poor baby, never learned to keep a 2 minute attention span to read a single paragraph. Nobody is going to have a discussion with you if they can't reasonably expect you to have a 4th grade reading level.
My favorite Mythic level so far is probably Throat of the World, it's one of the few platformer levels I've seen that has really good decoration while still feeling like Geometry Dash, and I love how the gameplay is challenging without relying on "advanced tech" like slope boosting, all of the gameplay is extremely fair and accessible.
Hey Colon, how about you would continue this series by adding any new mythic from the game to some shorts with your opinion and the place you would have put it ? Have a wonderful day ! ✨
The main problem I had with towerwerse is the whole “your speed running the level so we’re removing all checkpoints” gimmick (this happens when you reach a certain point, with a low coin count), which is just dumb because I beat the first half but my game crashed so I had to restart and I didn’t want to waste time getting the coins again, and then the level basically turned into an extreme demon.
@@MelodyLumina I'm gonna be entirely honest, it might make people a bit mad but if glass beach ever joins the music library and commatose gets updated to have the original song, I hope it gets rerated to mythic
![Seungmin "그렇게, 천천히, 우리(As we are)" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kAzmhLHePqU/mqdefault.jpg)
Brief reminder that the GD community has started more controversies over the color of the fire behind a user level’s difficulty face than almost every other 2.2 addition
this comment is litterally fire
I rate this comment legendary
@@fehizorosaclier1629 It's barely even Epic, the creator forgot to put a period for fuck's sake.
Brief reminder that we just want to have fun
@@fehizorosaclier1629 bro its obviously a mythic worthy comment come on what are you on
Tears of Denial’s description has been changed to shout out Worldless!
Awesome! 👏
Really really happy to hear this, it's such a simple thing to do but it makes a big difference
@@GDColon srry but.... 2nd reply
@@jollz4us Sorry but 1st reply😎
Nikki’s is the first reply
MattewGame here, thanks for reviewing my level. I'm sorry for not crediting the og game. I love recreating really complex mechanics in gd, but I really struggle with creativity in the past months (I might be burnt out) so I try to recreate what I love about the games I play
you can edit the level and/or the description
@@RichConnerGMN i did 😁👍
Thank you for updating the description! Please support the games you take inspiration from - if you loved them, I'm sure many other people will too :D
@@GDColon would smash ur pfp, created account just to say this.
I'm a huge fan of the Armored Core series and when I saw your level for the first time I was so excited
One neat thing about Quarion is that RobTop actually beat it!! Rob beating a demon level happens like once in a blue moon and for it to not only be a long platformer level but also getting the mythic rating really goes to show how much he liked it
heh blue moon
@@Goldprineit's an idiom..
@@adieuing I say blue moon because it’s the color of the moon you get when you beat a platformer
@Goldprine oh im the idiot (i was thinking of flood escape 2)
@@adieuing have you beaten abandonedj unkyard alred?U
Bro actually got tears of denial un-mythiced 💀💀💀
I guess you could say that level is on tears of denial
Nahhh
😭
Skill issue
Apparently the level creator has gotten death threats for copying another game. One of the things they said in response was "i hate this community."
I'm so heartbroken about this. The guy wanted to make a recreation of a game he loved just because it's something he enjoys doing. People are being so vicious towards this guy for simply doing what makes him happy, it's so disheartening.
Very interesting video! Im surprised to be on your top 3 since pretty much everyone hated on towerverse (and still do it), so im glad to hear some good words from someone 😊
Towerverse is a great level, it’s a shame that people are so focused on the little blue flame behind the difficulty instead of the actual content of the level. It’s one of my personal favorite platformers :)
@ love to hear that :D
@@16lord I loved it! The interactions were so funny and engaging, and I really enjoyed the music usage and the atmosphere that you created! Kinda got sick of the hatred, because this is something I really do love. Also, congrats on your first legendary!
people are too quick to hate on the toweverse, and when they do they also ignore everything that they DID like about the level. there really is a ton that i appreciated
@@TheDanceMan567 thanks a lot! This might be one of the only levels where i enjoyed building every corner of the level and with the new 2.2 editor and motivation i had i couldnt stop building and it was actually the first time after many years where i didnt care about the rating system and just do what i always wanted to make. So i appreciate your comment a lot :D
Thanks for the review of throat of the world colon, read your initial comment on the level and im glad you liked it a fair bit :)
you cooked!!!
@GDColon appreciate it :)
your gameplay is always peak, keep it up
24:38 of course Colon disliked the Dash Sneak peak 💀
i didnt even notice that 💀💀
LMAOOOOO
@@triologixyt7831 SAME
@@CrazyMan350-g2x it’s because of the spider part 💀
@@triologixyt7831 same
really love how in depth it is to the point of addressing the little details and eggs that make each level unique besides just having the overview only, as kind of like a "what's the mythic factor to this?" amazing job on this video and it's peam
It’s peam
7:46 the cube falling out of the tv in the backround was a really cool detail
Mythic levels should be rated Legendary and only rated mythic from a vote from the community at the ene of the year. All mythics are then revealed during the annual gd awards
Based
Good idea
Based
Wait that’s actually a great idea. And legendary ratings should be given out more sparingly too
@@OmegaFalcon ok you are cooking, surely theres other ppl who said this but this needs to be spread out.
i signed the petition.
Fun fact: You can actually get every coin collectables in practice mode in Next Cab Soon, then replay and beat the level to get the coin without needing to get any collectables in normal mode. This kinda defeats the entire idea behind the coin if you're aware of it.
wait ur right
@@GDColon there's supposed to be safe guards against doing it through practice mode, but apparently on some devices they don't work and we don't know why
@@gdlocowhat safe guards? is it about checkpoint events?
@@gdloco in my collab "unleash whale whales" we have a lever that only shows up in practice mode and afaik it always worked when we tried it. can you give more details about what you're using?
So suprised Congregation didnt get mentioned. Very fun timings, super balanced, and most importantly, 40% is insanely fun.
2 DALLA
what????? congregation is epic not mythic bro
holy newgen
@@v.iridia.nr/woooosh
@v.iridia.n it was a joke, people make memes out of congregation 40%
@@v.iridia.n Bro, it's a joke
7:45 I really like the little detail of Cologne's icon breaking out of the screen.
22:02 I had a dream where people ACTUALLY started bullying Undertale for not having air deco 😭
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
oh my god 😭
Jajaja
so traumatizing you remember? wow...
"UNDERTALE SUCKS IT'S LITERALLY A NOTHING SANDWICH THE WHOLE GAME"
"fax tho"
"TRUE. the glaze.."
"why do you fake people that my brain decided to make up hate so much on such a masterpiece just for emptiness? it does have great storylin-"
**2 likes** **103 dislikes**
The sound clips while the numbers are shown are so Schaffrillas omg
disappointment in the game of life
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It's like a crossover between two of my favorite RUclipsrs
@@GDColonI hate that I can see and hear this perfectly
@@YeczeSchafrillas (productions) is a popular movie critic and youtuber who is very well known for his funny reactions to movies he finds bad (Shrek 3) and his awe of movies he finds great (Spiderman into the Spiderverse) and his jokes and sarcasm to certain movies (Shark Tale, Despicable Me). He also makes fun content on games too as he is also passionate about it (I.E SMB Ultimate, Mario Kart, Pikmin) In many of his ranking videos on studios like Disney Pixar Dreamworks Song Illuminations he ranks all of the movies and plays a funny clip to describe the movie coming up next. GD Colon took inspiration (ironic) of it and put it in his videos which is super cool
Super great video, Colon. It was refreshing to see someone giving actual valid criticism for Mythic levels and not hating like a lot of the community unfortunately does. I really do think we should be proud as a community for the incredible levels that have been released this update and shouldn't see them as a bad thing whatsoever. So much drama has been caused by them even though these creators poured their hearts into these levels, and I think we should appreciate that, regardless of what rating they receive.
Also, awesome to see some love for Throat Of The World by you. Loved the gameplay and ideas in that one. 🔥🐑
less than 1 minute ago is crazy
real
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10:04 oh so that’s why the description is wordless
😂
creator probably meant that
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I'm in love with you
@@PLAYPUSTURTLEPLATYPUSTURTLE what
As someone, who beat commatose, I encourage everyone, who's scared of the lenght or difficulty of the level to at least try it out in practice mode.
I usually don't really like longer levels and expected to get annoyed at commantose, but enjoyed every minute of it. The gameplay flows perfectly and really adds to the song in a unique way. With a level this long a single chokepoint can completely ruin the level, but even though some parts are way harder than others, it doesn't feel frustrating and the really easy parts are actually nice to get a break from the harder gameplay.
Difficulty wise I should also mention, that since the level is super long, the core gameplay isn't that hard. It's probably pretty accessible even if your hardest is a medium or even easy demon.
I feel like the main reason BER ZER KER even won was because it felt like NCS the most. It feels like a music video just turned to a GD Level. It even has a visualizer to go with it
I will always have a special place in my heart for Quarion because it got rated while I was playing it and I had no idea so I was one of the first 15 to beat it. Fun times.
Edit: 170 likes? Erm what the sigma?
It feels like hollow knight, and it makes it SOOO much better for me.
@@SpaceX0ne I honestly disliked hollow knight the instant I tried it, but I like this one level
The only real metroidvania I beat was VVVVVV, and this level was A LOT like that game (but better)
@@TheGoloro that's pretty funny
like animal well
@KirikkSiSq and ? What's your point ?
Finally some respect for towerverse, it’s a good level, just people are mad that it got recognized for being good. Same thing happened to zone pirate v, it had lots of boss fights and overall was a good level, but people hated because they didn’t think it met their standards for legendary
The creator of Pirate Zone V admits doesn't deserves Legendary
Tbh my biggest issue with Towerverse is the glider part and how much of a difficulty spike it is. Like you are set into a certain mood when playing the level, making nice and steady progress and then it just slaps you in the face with the glider mechanic after having spend already quite some time in the level. Atleast thats how I felt when I first played it. I guess this wouldnt be as bad as is, if you wouldnt have to play a platformer level in one sitting...
@@SmoofyYT Fr
Okay, but the "Hardcore Mode" thing is bullshit.
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The insanely epic buildup music for the premiere met with, “you want blue?” Is the best part of this premiere
11:14
"i like trains"
i could hear that even on mute.
tears of denial got downgraded to legendary
I love gd cologne
now hes in tears of denial
Astralith was my personal favorite. My first easy demon, and the gameplay, song and deco simply work together amazingly.
3:30 he’s in love with the concept
as if all the levels are just how he imagined
he’s in love he just don’t know it yet
so tell him how he’s supposed to see the magic
Cause he doesnt belive in it no more
but i wont tell him
Colon's really sticking to his New Year's resolution, and it shows. Especially compared to other videos, where he tried as hard as he could to get his fanbase to turn against or for a level. Good job, Colon. Good job.
Also, just wanna highlight 28:50 . I was constantly scared because I thought that I would immediately lose the contest, until eventually I just gave up on trying to win.
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15:59 BRO WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THAT SOUND😭🙏
If you talk about it, your computer will have a virus.
HELLO YOUR COMPUTER HAS VIRUS
Elo yor computer as viruz
Love that you mentioned Decay! I absolutely love that level!
considering we got all those amazing levels within less than 1 year is mindblowing 🤯 i can't wait for the future of GD its gonna be INSANE :D
hi xNyyct
13:42 that smots gaming intermission was so clean wtf
smots gaming
smots gaming
smots gaming
I looove GD Cologne
Nu uh
I hate gd cologne
@@InfluXse😫😫😫
I liiiiick GD Cologne
Brawls stars vereified youtubers and now this game?
The transitions between each levels is just epic.
3:59
the atm really said FOCUS
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Underrated comment?
@@yasir7770 yes
you forgot to add the other four keys lmao
@jeremyfuentes8672 nah he didn't
Fun fact: In Quarion, you don't have to get all the abilities in order. There are a lot of neat design tricks that let you choose which one you get first.
6:59 Bro lmao, hear thats russian meme so fun in yours vid^)
It's just as iconic in English :)
@@GDColon btw cool vid, just finished watching it) Also love ur storytelling, so yeah, thanks for that u make bro
В английском языке нет такой культуры скобок, поэтому они их очень часто не понимают. С двоеточием - да, а так просто вряд-ли. Просто совет, т.к. сам допускал эту ошибку)
да ты чё бляяяяяяяяяяяя
"bro what are you doi-
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
W to whoever gifted member ong he a real one
he was simtlers, i got gifted too
@@Muffin5671w
yeah then he got banned cause he was using ars currency which is low (100 ars =0.10 USD)
@@Sn00perHD banned from this channel or banned from RUclips?
@ channel from this channel not YT banned
30:55 the moment you said "too long and difficult" I knew exactly what level you were talking about and got super stoked. Commatose bar none is my favorite level I've ever seen/played. I know the majority of the community don't have an affinity with XL (and especially in this case given the level is 9 minutes long) but they provide such an experience that is not seen in shorter lengths with their intensity building, and Commatose does intensity building excellently both in its visuals and gameplay.
Commatose's non-traditional and abstract way of representing music, its designs being grounded within what could be called "geometry dash" aesthetics that strays away from art and realism designs with the cyan/orange palette that makes for a striking yet familiar look, all alongside one of the best songs ever, an absolute masterpiece that shows every bit of Rply's 7-month long intense focus on the song that he's so passionate about. having enjoy very long levels myself I knew the moment it dropped this was something special that I just had to beat.
It is so inspiring to see a work like this released: a work of absolute devotion and focus that tells everyone you do not have to know expert level artistry or mastery of realistic designs to make a mark in the community, I think in this front it is why the level is so often compared to Well Rested - another masterpiece with similar strong points (though can't be more different in theming).
Again, very very happy you gave it a shout out! So happy its excellence can be spread further throughout the community 😄
Regarding what you said about spike clipping/"tech spam" in platformer extremes: I feel like you're misrepresenting them a bit. While I totally agree that the "needle" style of gameplay that has become very popular is not very entertaining to watch, the community that makes these levels has developed their own gameplay conventions over the past year, which has made for very enjoyable levels, even if it's not totally clear what you have to do at any point in time. Even then I wouldn't call needle a very tech-y gameplay style - it's certainly nowhere close to games like Celeste in terms of complexity, and other than a few hitboxes and moves you have to learn, it's very straightforward. Finally, to be honest, I expected more from you than to say something like "I never thought I'd see an extreme demon with gameplay that isn't just tech spam" (15:35). Because even if you're the world's biggest needle hater, I would go as far as to say most platformer extremes are way more than that. Check out Project BUZZKILL or the two Crerro Kaizo levels, for example.
Falling on deaf ears
truth
Never have I thought I would be on Colon's channel even for a bit. (That's insane!!)
I'm surprised that Next Cab Soon get so high on the list despite it has a bit of flaws. (I would hope you actually dig into our easter eggs we put in the whole collab lol, btw Astralith and NCS was made by "almost" the same team)
Great video about explaining some of aspects on the levels where they did great and where they don't. I can say I agree with 90% of the video here, thanks for pointing it out for the community, it can help a lot on future levels and creators.
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When our team made our build in GD Place 2, we almost got to both Partition and Nexus's channels
Then it turned out one of our haters blocked the way with a huge wall of invisible spikes, so both Nexus and Partition turned up right before our build
My personal build though did appear in Partition's vid... for just 2 seconds
he's a furry now so I stopped watching him
@MonkeyBaker-xh2wv he's not
Furries are fully covered in fur, and normally have non-human head
Colon only has tails and ears
Can’t wait for him to review every legendary level next.
Can’t wait for him to review every unrated level next
@@yes-714 cant wait for him to rank every level next
Can't wait for him to rank every object @@CaseOhFan13
@@Hypermeern can’t wait for him to review the whole game next
Idk how Colon does it but he's one of the few youtubers I watch whose videos have like infinite replay value.
Every few months I'll go back and rewatch like half the videos
@@Koblac that's the most true thing, you will hear today
the mythic levels were the friends we made along the way
truly a legendary quote
i mean mythic
polygon donut??? watching smots gaming's second channel???
its the chain guy (and the guy who was in the yt shorts contest)
Voice crack combo
24:19 1x
24:21 2x
24:23 3X!
24:32 QUAD CRACK [4x]
Voice cracked!
I do think this video demonstrates a problem with the community. We are just too negative. Instead of praising levels for getting a mythic, we put them down because we don’t like certain aspects of the level. Be it the art, or the gameplay. This was especially true with towerverse, the level is good, but it “doesn’t deserve mythic” because “its gameplay/art sucks”. Why not praise it for breaking new grounds and being one of, if not the first full scale game level like it, or comment on parts you did like, or even suggest how to improve a certain part.
This problem goes beyond mythic rates as well. Event levels, dailies, and weeklies, all suffer from this issue also. Citadel and Geometry were met with horrible reception because people disliked the gameplay aspect. And instead of praising Subwoofers art or offering suggestions to improve Geometry’s gameplay, people wrote off the levels as bad.
I implore anyone reading this to try and look beyond the gameplay of a level, to see its art and creator vision. Maybe leave a constructive comment, or point out a small flaw, and if you truly despise a level, just don’t say anything at all…
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People dislike Citadel's gameplay? I think it's really fun!
This is the kind of reaction we need to good levels, constructive criticism instead of deconstructive toxic hate for a label not even assigned by the creator of the level
praise it for breaking HUH???????????
@@joshuasgameplays9850 it's very poorly designed gameplay wise but the decoration is pleasant
6:33 “There I am Gary, there I am!”
hi rgc
@@frankie11998 hi frankie
Third time something related to Will you snail is mentioned in gd colon video
OMG COLON THANKS FOR HELPING ME APPRECIATE MYTHICS MORE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL NOT WORTHY UNTIL THIS VIDEO
Fancy getting two of my levels into a GD cologne video
only 8 likes?
I absolutely love Next Cab Soon, it's the best level out of all classic mythics I've played. The gameplay IS really fun, and the visuals are stunning. The song is also great.
7:45 I absolutely love the detail how your icon jumps out of the screen in the background
Ah, new GD Colon video. I'm excited to watch this, hopefully there won't be any instances of the room 'smots-8' from the Celeste mod "Final Goodbye"
edit: what the FUCK
@@DailyDoseOfCeleste LMFAO
wawa
smots gaming !!
Edit?
smots gaming
30:54 So glad to see a commatose mention! As a glass beach fan, it's hard for me to imagine a better GD level than this one; if I had a say, commatose would be one of two or three mythics. I hope it inspires more levels with NONGs to be made--I think when creators pick their absolute favorite songs, not limited by what's whitelisted on Newgrounds, we end up with much more passion-filled levels. It's clear that rply has an important connection to the song and had an amazing time creating the level.
33:35 based animal well enjoyer. Some things in quarion were also inspired from animal well. For example the yellow buttons that opens doors xD The quarion map was also vaguely based on how animal well did its map.
@@Zejoant animal well is so peak. I can’t believe the entire game fits within like 32 MEGABYTES
32:40 if you like metroidvanias you should definitely try nine sols!! That games criminally underrated
New GD Cologne is going to drop soon!! If it doesn’t say that throat of the world is in the top 3 I ain’t wearing it.
Edit: It got #6 :(
true
Rip
no gd cologne for u
rip bro
at least he gave a reason why + personal opinion
9:24 thanks nexus 👍
Did he unblock him?
@@hamzahaq610how woulda we know
I am Unsubbing nexus until he will unblock cologne
13:42 Craig finally referencing his main channel on GD Colon 🙏
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smots gaming
smots gaming
@@Yecze ruclips.net/video/M4iI6HMTsyQ/видео.html
Genuinely a banger video wow. You changed many perspectives on creating that I haven't really thought of! Its really cool how you take every aspect of a level into consideration! :D Nice work
RIP Tears Of Denial
Colonge mind controlling robtop for the 3rd time
what was the second
the secret platformer coins?
@@thanhtamnguyenthi7073i think so and frist is gd subzero coin thingy
13:42 what the fuck colon, why is there smots gaming in my innocent gd video
omg comet
smots gaming
smots gaming
smots gaming
smots gaming
"yo wait who that girl" 💀😭 Top nexus reaction
omgee italian robtop
29:32: Guess what?, level that deserves to be Mythic but unfortunately didn't, first level that came to my mind is "Decay by VegTam" and I'm kinda worried you won't mention it, but what after did relieved me.
Hi Colon! I don't think there are much people talking about this, but I'm having an issue on playing 2.2 gauntlets. Most of the new levels in them are art levels. The thing is that none of the levels have a proper LDM and my PC, which isn't bad by the way, suffers, and some levels turns unplayable in certain parts. I personally believe we should start having more consideration on all players when adding official content to the game. After all, it's a mobile game, and most 2.2 gauntlet levels are too saturated. I also noticed in the comment section of each level that there are some people complaining about the lag, and that's because they're right. You almost have to have a gaming PC for having a good experience or, in worst cases, even being able to pass trough them. Also, not mentioning the surprising decay on gameplay desing, which becomes boring/unfair in some levels, but that's another subject.
I hope we share opinions, but in every case, thanks!
Colon has the power to rework an entire coin system and downgrade mythic levels without being a moderator. This is wild stuff man
I think Rob should go back and rate some of the pre-2.2 levels mythic and legendary for levels that deserve it.
Like what and ispy
@@SBArsenic not ispy bro
WHAT by spu7nix should be mythic
@@SBArseniciSpy is as legendary worthy as Zone Pirate V
If Rob did end up doing that, there would definitely be a ton of super influential pre 2.2 levels that would get a mythic rating such as Castlemania, Bloodbath, Nine Circles, What by Spu7Nix, Revolution by Funnygame, Change of Scene, How by Spu7Nix, Death Moon, ISpyWithMyLittleEye, Cataclysm, Mastergame & Lonely Travel.
14:56 i swear this video has so many colon voice cracks like i cant be the only one to notice
Fr , like why are there so many
That is brutal
Is that some new cologne I smell?
@@ako4232_ indeed
Yep
ITS NOT FUNNY ITS NOT FU-HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHH HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHH AHAHAAHAHA WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Smells very geometrical
Love the video, the perfect birthday gift is listening to a crazy fox ramble about one of my favorite games!
Brother... You used BLYAAAAAD sound when my mom came in room she looked at me like it was my fault. Thanks a lot hello from Russia 🇷🇺
31:35 For an honorable mention, this is still good.
Wannacry, my beloved
We GD Players need a way of having a say in the rating of a level, fire behind difficulty wise, or at the very least, a system that allows us to change the ratings for only ourselves, so people who complain about wrong decisions can at least personally change their ratings for themselves (with no changes towards stats, of course), and think “Yeah, that looks right to me”.
Also, seeing Auto Play Area as a mythic is just wrong
I think why WANNACRY is my absolute favorite (Classic) Mythic in the game is its gameplay, slightly contrary to Colon's opinion. Sure the visuals are really, REALLY eye-straining, but if you look past that the gameplay is actually balanced. It's learny, but it definitely becomes more fun after a few practice runs and you get more consistent with it.
Also did you notice that the level has absolutely ZERO jump indicators? Yeah, I was surprised too when I noticed that. I don't know if Kira just forgot to place indicators, but if it was intentional to leave them out, I commend the confidence. For the most parts the level is still (ironically) sightreadable, despite being flashy as hell.
@@AFishInPajamas
1. Jump Indicators are outdated trend nowadays, they are gone along with 2.1. RobTop himself hates them (and that's probably why Magistro didn't get Mythic). Also, for this level they would only ruin the whole idea.
2. The gameplay is not balanced, it's intentionally unbalanced. Yes, intentionally
3. The deco is also intentional, second half of the level is basically "killbot lite"
Wannacry is my favorite mythic level. It would be my favorite overall level if I hadn't found magistro but still.
Also, magistro should've been mythic😢
Seeing how similar You Have to Win the Game and Quarion are made me realise the similarities between Animal Well and You Have to Win the Game
You have to win the game, what a blast from the past, remember playing that a lot back in the day!
thank you, you’ve changed my views of a mythic level, and i think i should enjoy them all because of their beauty :3
in terms of levels that should be mythic, personally i think CITYFADE got absolutely robbed.
I absolutely ADORE the buildup of the level and how the city slowly looks more and more abstract with each part, and the ending where the level is being destroyed is beautiful.
(i am aware this is my personal opinion though, so i can see why its only legendary)
I got jumpscared by that name
awesome level
I'll be honest, my tier list was almost exactly yours in reverse. But after watching this video, I see cool things about the levels I didn't like and am at least able to appreciate them more - ESPECIALLY Quarion, which was by far my least favorite mythic before watching this.
For reference, my tier list is:
1. Astralith
2. The Towerverse (don't yell at me)
3. Pixelpath II
4. Ber Zer Ker
5. Rage Quit
6. Wannacry
7. Throat of the world
8. Tears of Denial
9. Next Cab Soon
10. Quarion
Really cool to hear!! You could have easily started hurling insults at me but I'm glad you can see the good in all these fantastic levels
NO WHY NEXT CAB SOON so low my beloved 😭
@@spikeabug I'M SORRY 😭 it's mainly because I feel like Next Cab Soon robbed other levels of their rightful place in the NCS contest... and also because I didn't realize how intricately made it was until watching this video
I would definitely rank it higher on my tier list now (mainly because I LOVE the coin twist)
@@GDColon Honestly I really appreciate and respect that you are brave enough to actually put your opinion out there - and your points, plus my realization of how hard making a Mythic-worthy level is (I'm trying to enter the Space Gauntlet contest haha) has brought me to appreciate the hard work each of these creators has poured in, even if I don't love the levels or styles themselves!
@@spikeabugbecause next cab soon is by far the most forgettable and boring/mid level on the list.
"less dopamine for my little fox brain" colon you're not beating the furry allegations anytime soon
You think he's trying to?
I've said those precise words less than a week ago, I think he just gave up on trying
Your commentary on GD has been a huge boost in my confidence in this community. You're so good at giving critique while also not being overtly harsh (unlike gdtwt)
Keep doing what you're doing! You're fabulous :)
12:40 Hey. Drinking water it's pretty awesome and refreshing. Measure your words...
yeah but is it interesting? do you admire how good your throat is at drinking specifically water out of any drink as a point of uniqueness? no.
@@erierierierierieyou admire its ability after you try drinking water with a sore throat.
@ when i have a sore throat, water is not the first thing i go for unless im out of other options. it is not the best drink for that scenario.
I have been a defender of a lot of levels accused of "not being mythic/legendary worthy" or having "trash gameplay" for a long time because I just couldn't understand why people were so hyperfocused on finding all of the bad things in a level.
Dear Colon, I have to say that this positive, appreciative video with all criticisms being reasonable and constructive brightened my day a lot.
I hope that some people in the community learn from this when judging levels, because it's always so sad to see an awesome level get trashed on for 1 or 2 minor flaws.
The gameplay often sucks though like the STUPID EVENT LEVELS
@Yecze people only saying stuff like this is my exact problem. The event levels so far have been awesome. I agree that learning Citadel can be a bit annoying, but it's still an awesome level and there are better ways to word criticism than "Honestly this gameplay sucks" and "10/10 deco 0/10 gameplay".
It depresses me that literally all of the top comments of event levels/gauntlets/weekly demons in recent times have just been people shitting on things that really aren't a problem with a more positive mindset, but people just like hating a level because everything else is "glazing" or being too easily impressed like a "newgen". Being amazed by an amazing level isn't a shame.
@ Here’s the mindset for levels: deco first gameplay later, that’s why I despise them and play other levels with good gameplay. I didn’t buy the game to see someone showing off I bought it to play a level
@ And don’t give me rants, give me short answers
@@Yecze "don’t give me rants, give me short answers" aaaaawwwww, poor baby, never learned to keep a 2 minute attention span to read a single paragraph.
Nobody is going to have a discussion with you if they can't reasonably expect you to have a 4th grade reading level.
29:51 decay actually helped me with suicidal thoughts.
oh!
Ouchies
My favorite Mythic level so far is probably Throat of the World, it's one of the few platformer levels I've seen that has really good decoration while still feeling like Geometry Dash, and I love how the gameplay is challenging without relying on "advanced tech" like slope boosting, all of the gameplay is extremely fair and accessible.
Hey Colon, how about you would continue this series by adding any new mythic from the game to some shorts with your opinion and the place you would have put it ?
Have a wonderful day ! ✨
The main problem I had with towerwerse is the whole “your speed running the level so we’re removing all checkpoints” gimmick (this happens when you reach a certain point, with a low coin count), which is just dumb because I beat the first half but my game crashed so I had to restart and I didn’t want to waste time getting the coins again, and then the level basically turned into an extreme demon.
9:51 That voice crack was actually insane😂
😭😭
30:53 Peggle reference goes hard
21:27 the way you say rather cool skeleton syncs perfectly with the skeletons mouth, dunno if it was intentional but i find it hilarious
3:24 voicecrack
Let’s go! generation retro is a honorable mention 31:33
*JAJA YOU HAVE NOT WIN*
I'm getting ready to watch this like 4 times
27:25 I just noticed. A mythic level uses the mirror portal
With how much influence Colon has on the community, I hope this video inspires more great levels to focus on gameplay a bit more
Did you notice that when \olon says "Out of the screen" his icon in the background comes out of the screen. Absolute cinema
rip tears of denial
12:42 you made the glass of water joke while I was drinking a glass of water lol
I hate how many levels have just become “the level that shouldn’t have been mythic” when we would appreciate them if they weren’t mythic
7:45 NOT THE CHARACTER JUMPING OUT OF THE TV IN THE BG LOLLL
wait i just noticed it 💀
I love the commatose honorable mention so much, i love that level
i hope you talk about commatose in this video. robbed of a mythic imo
i think robtop agrees cuz like. it got legendary despite having a nong. it absolutely deserved mythic and oh my god it's literally the perfect level
@@MelodyLumina I'm gonna be entirely honest, it might make people a bit mad but if glass beach ever joins the music library and commatose gets updated to have the original song, I hope it gets rerated to mythic
THEY TALKED ABOUT COMMATOSE OH MY GOD
GSRIGBRSDJTGBLJR:GBSK:HG JSHFK:L
@@cyanflowerYES PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
As the 26th victor I completely agree (nvm I’m apparently the 25th I just forgor)