it might be demotivating if you put so much time into making this video, only for it to not pick up much notoriety, but i hope you can fathom the effect it at least has on the people fortunate enough to come across it. It's 11pm and im cramming for a calc exam rn, but this piece of content was an optimal choice for me to unwind and stay sane, so thanks a bunch for this conveniently timed upload
@@spirosnapspirosnap403 it has 12k views. when you think of views as just a number and compare it to other vids, it might seem low, but remember that that is more people that live in some towns. imagine the entire population of a town watching your video.
43:39 When they included more entries from the contest in the gauntlets, they didn't put 6th-15th in the galaxy and universe gauntlets, with 1st-5th places all going in the world gauntlet. They sorted them by difficulty, with contest placement being ignored. 1st place, Ruta Del Sol, is in the last of the three gauntlets. If any gauntlets take a dip in quality because of this change, it's technically the world gauntlet.
41:17 Here is my headcannon for the World gauntlet: Nivel: You are dreaming, so the level is very abstract. GWN: You wake up in a snowy place and climb a mountain where you find... Frostburn Peak: A monster thing wakes up and you are forced to fight it. Planet X: After fighting the monster you fall back down through a conveniently place hole through the centre of the earth. Down Unda: You end up it the middle of Australia and you try to not die.
I’ve never seen this take on Ruta Del Sol’s gameplay. It’s fascinating because I actually LOVE the gameplay. I think it flows very well and is a great introductory XL demon.
Why did you not even mention radiant glen? To me, its one of the best levels in the discord gauntlets bc it utilizes the theme in a very unique way, the gameplay is fun and sightreadble, and the deco is absolutely amazing
I actually quite enjoy Rafer’s levels. I feel like the only reason you dislike them is because of the coins. As a player who has 8,000 user coins, I feel like I know when user coins are just not worth getting. If you ignore the 100 step coin routes no one will ever figure out without a video & just play the base level, Rafer actually makes some pretty fun gameplay. I’ve liked all of his recent levels except for Sky Tower. I completely agree with your opinions on Fire Aura & Chase’s levels that they’re way too hard. I think Extinction & Buried Angel should be swapped though. Extinction took me 2,200 attempts & Buried Angel only took me 530. This is also backed up by the fact that Extinction has 32 million downloads & Buried Angel only has 4.2 million meaning tons of other players struggled with Extinction as well.
Only people who dislike Rafer levels are people who force themselves to get all user coins in every level they play, you can tell by the gameplay in the background he’s one of those people.
Remember, the Demon Gauntlet is not unlocked until you free the monster. So really you're not that "thrown into the hard stuff" as you said, because you will have to skip this gauntlet at first anyways.
personally I think the galaxy gauntlet is A tier, Caput Mundi has some weird gp parts but overall it was very enjoyable, Fizzy Fossils made me want to stick my head in a blender, Koenigstein is one of my personal favorites with the gp being phenomenal and the deco being pretty good, Xin Chao is one of my favorite gauntlet levels because it really makes me feel immersed in the culture which I though was amazing, Finally, Xanadu is mid and the moving structures for the gp made it very unfun.
WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE XANADU? Like the duals are so fun, and I literally SIMP for asymmetrical duals. If you made an only fans NothingIsScary, and named it asymmetrical dual, I would pay hundreds just to edge to asymmetrical duals. Anyways, I think that the gameplay of Xanadu was really fun except for the end which was boring.
Fizzy Fossils was Weekly Demon and I was completing Galaxy Gauntlet so today I was like “Why not beat this level 3 times today?” So I googled it and beat it 3 times so I got 30 stars for this one level yay
I think it's unreasonable to hate a creator because of their coins. Slam is an absolute banger of a level, even if it's coins are bad. Coins aren't mandatory for a level to be beaten
here are some overarching thoughts about everything in the video ! - i think fire is a very good introduction, but i still don’t understand why for the life of me radiation decided to push the magmatic sanctuary update - the speed change part was perfectly fine, and honestly, if you’re still not used to it, that’s a skill issue - ice is good. that is all i have to say about it. carnation in particular though SLAPS - i’m gonna disagree w/ generation retro. it’s honestly fine. it’s clearly something that a kid worked really hard on, it’s charming, the gameplay is very fun once you get the hang of it, and honestly, it’s the only level of the poison gauntlet to have actual effort put into it (oops, did i say that out loud?) - shadow and lava gauntlets are both fine tbh - same with bonus - to be honest, the only reason i even remember the chaos gauntlet is because kappaclysm is in it - traction, vibration, and hell are all good. (although i did fluke traction from 18% lol) sidestep is just awful. mechanical shi- sorry, mechanical showdown is *ABYSMAL*. i cannot wrap my head around people liking this level. - all of the time gauntlet slaps. especially mind control and timeless. and of course silence has the best piece of music cursedsnake has ever produced - i honestly never found the crystal gauntlet to be super terrible. it was pretty sightreadable even with no practice runs - i love skitten’s levels. that’s about all i remember re; the magic gauntlet, though - i’d rather have an actually interesting concept for gd over a generic 4-star, though dangerous spikes would’ve worked significantly better at the end - i’ve noticed that you tend to do this thing where you base an opinion on a level entirely on something that isn’t in the level. i don’t think slam’s criticisms are at all justified. and evw beat it in one attempt without practice back in 2017 of course it gets easy loooooool - doom and death just exist. i will always hate extinction though. darkness keeper would’ve been significantly better if the bossfight was better telegraphed - every single time i look at planet x, i only have one thought - “this made it into the top 5, and bismarck didn’t”. like planet x is okay but honestly their placement/positioning should’ve been flip-flopped - galaxy is just forgettable - universe is honestly the best 2.2 gauntlet. bismarck obviously slaps (side note: ruta del sol is fine lol) but pabrik and asadal are two of my favorite demons of all time - split is forgettable, although radiant glen is really really cool - i hated sinless ash with a passion because i was constantly dying to the bullet hell boss at the end, it never got consistent, and i ended up nearly breaking my desk. turns out i was doing it wrong those are my thoughts
This is gonna be a massive hot take, but I think bad levels are necessary and must be endorsed by Rob in these gauntlets. In the time you're gonna be playing the game, you're not gonna see all rosy and good levels in the custom levels section, and so these bad levels help train and prepare you for them.
The reason why I love Slam by Rafer is because the entire level is flukable if you're remotely good at the game 😂 so it becomes free, I actually don't care about the coins at all but it's fair to say they suck because they're too complex to get
I really appreciate you calling out Rafer's user coin gimmick. I was playing In Silico recently, and I just kept thinking the entire time I was playing that there was no way anybody would be able to find these coins on their own, and it blew me away how many people didn't care simply because it looked cool. Really solid video btw, I don't agree with everything but I did enjoy watching the whole way through. Hope you'll rank all the newer gauntlets when they come out!
I definitely agree with most of the opinions presented in the video, to be completely honest the only thing that I disagree with you on is the fact that I would prefer for Buried Angel to be shifted around with Extinction. Not only do I think that Buried Angel is easier than Extinction to start the gauntlet but I also feel like the slow gameplay of Buried Angel would be better suited for the start as having a bit of a faster paced gameplay on the second level with Extinction would make a nice segway into Shrill Hallway. Always thought that it was weird to make such a radical exception with the Demon Gauntlet in terms of reducing level count to 4.
Why am I always surprised that I disagree with videos that give opinions of all things. Anyway, I respect your opinion and can mostly see where you're going from, but I will not let the Ruta Del Sol slander pass >:(
I agree with most of your takes here. My favorite gauntlet is also chaos because I love scarlet surge and how other levels are also fun and follow the theme quite well. I love the doom and demon gauntlet because made me a lot better at the game. Before my hardests are only easy demon, but after those gauntlets I can beat hard demons like dance massacre and the badland by taman. However, some of my opinions are different, like how koenigstein is actually my fav level ever and Chase is actually a really good at creatinf gameplay. Still, this is a great video because I actually watched the entire thing. I always enjoy tier list videos, they are just extremely fun to watch for me.
It's interesting seeing someone else's opinions. When we got to the Galaxy and Univers Guantlets, my thoughts on them couldn't be more different. I didn't like Fizzy Fossils very much, Koenigstein is genuinely one of the best easy demons ever made, Ruta Del Sols gameplay is legitimately peak, Asadal was extremely memorable for me and Bismarck was just okay. Not hating on your opinions cause everyone is different, but it's honestly really interesting that we are polar opposites when it comes to those two guantlets.
10:59, No, this song does infact make sense, temple (Zelda 2) is a song that is usually paired with dark link being the final boss of that game. A "Shadow" of link who has his entire moveset. Don't know why the theme doesn't reflect that though
I completely agree with you on Fire Aura being a Demon, but it’s not the hardest seven star I know. Butiti is almost Medium Demon difficulty and it's rated seven stars for some reason. I also completely agree with you on Dark Drop, super fun level. HeLL is one of my favorite levels that I hated playing. The theming is on point and some of the best 2.0 has to offer, but the first 40% is pain, and very annoying when you aren't very good at the game. However, the rest is great. I'm going to be completely honest, Nowise and Darkness Keeper shouldn't Hard Demons, they are mid tier Medium Demon at best. Levels like Resurrection by Hinds and Lava Temple by GGBoy and Michigun are way harder than both Nowise and Darkness Keeper and should definitely be Medium Demon. The Universe Gauntlet is really funny to me because all of the levels are very unsightreadable, but all for completely different reasons. Ruta Del Sol, is more of your classic Demon that has some awkward transitions. I don’t even know how to describe Bismark's gameplay. Lutetia has what I could probably call "speedcore-ish" gameplay but for a level that isn't Insane Demon or harder. Pabrik is basically a memory level, love to see it. Then Asadal is your flow gameplay. I honestly really liked all of these levels, but I just thought it was interesting how non of them were sightreadable, I mean most of the World Gauntlet Demons were like that anyway.
No way Lava Temple is harder than Nowise. Lava Temple is very inconsistent in terms of difficulty. While Nowise steadily rise difficulty, from easy cube section to hard ball-spider section in end. Auto parts ruin atmosphere a bit though. (I respect your opinion and share mine)
In my opinion the early gauntlets are all extremely mid 2.0 levels, the middle stage gauntlets are slightly weird 2.1 levels and the 2.2 gauntlets are pretty good But that's just a theory
35:50 Demon Gauntlet gives those vibes of "The place where you fight the final boss" while the Doom Gauntlet gives those vibes of "The True Final Boss with the True Ending" Doom Gauntlet has two Hard Demon level (14-4 Nowise and 14-5 Darkness Keeper) making it harder than the Demon Gauntlet
I really like fire aura despite its horrible balancing due to how it goes from 0 to 100 immediately just like the song. Also everything after the 3x speed wave feels so much more intense despite being a lot easier other than that choke mini ship. I’m just the only person to ever exist who doesn’t mind a random difficulty spike halfway through just because.
37:30 honestly I disagree, I found Darkness Keeper to be harder than Nowise. Maybe it’s just because I beat it on 60hz mobile, or because I’m bad at boss fights. Either way darkness keeper was a little bit harder for me.
I'm sorry, I'm 2/3 of the way through the video right now and there have been SO MANY bad takes here. Just atrocious. Also Rafer's name is pronounced Ray-fur. Ice gauntlet S tier is an abomination. Poison gauntlet E tier is downright disrespectful. Lava gauntlet F tier is so bad, especiallt when Magic and Crystal gauntlets exist, and HOW are you knocking Shadow Gauntlet down to B tier when you said it was "almost perfect"?!?! Look, im not trying to flame you here, but holy it just seems like you're only trying to have controversial takes, throwing in a few good takes here and there to pretend like youre not trolling.
glad the behemoth got some love, i love that level. one of the reasons it makes me like it so much is that it has a readable bossfight. the boss is on the left of the screen, which makes it WAY easier to read the level since it isnt covering like half of the screen
things i disagree entirely with: time gauntlet is A tier. Rose and Mind Control carry the gauntlet. Death Gauntlet above Doom gauntlet, and perfectly on par with chaos gauntlet. if its a perfect gauntlet, it should be at the top. discord gauntlet and split gauntlet on par with each other on bottom S. discord gauntlet has its second level, which is kind janky, while split has seasonal haven and sinless ash being mid-bad, while everything else is near peak, especially wild card. i dont like abstractdark, and like rafer
I actually disliked scarlet surge for a reason i haven't seen anyone talk about. I hated the 90% cube duel cause you can undershoot or overshoot an orb. I still like the level a lot and idk why people think it's the worst level, boring isn't the worst a level can do
I love Fire Aura to be honest. I used to hate it because I wasn’t good enough to beat it, but now I love it because of the thrill and how exhilarating it was to beat the first time
I'm definitely an alien or something because I've never really struggled with Fire Aura, although it probably should be an 8 or 9 star. Also I enjoy most Chase gameplay somehow
Oh and how fire aura took him 1600 attempts, and he proceeds to say its an easy demon. Like yeh its decently hard but 8 star at most. All this guy does is whine about shit because he sucks ass
I’ve only played like a third of the new gauntlet levels, but I loved Ruta Del Sol. The decoration is beautiful, the theme is amazing, and the song is my second favourite gauntlet song so far. I can only think of a couple places that, to me, had slightly sub par gameplay.
I've beaten half of the gauntlets after 3 months of on and off grinding. Here's my tier list. A:Discord Gauntlet B:Time Gauntlet C:Shadow,Poison,Ice,Fire,and Chaos Gauntlets D:Bonus and Lava Gauntlets F-:Spike Gauntlet Mostly C and D tier levels I've beaten sadly.
calling Extinction a “great introduction to easy demons for new players” is pretty ridiculous… i mean, if the new player we’re talking about here is absolutely godlike at the game, then sure its a good introduction. but this level is at the very top of easy demon difficulty, and harder than some medium demons ive beaten.
As someone who usually only plays demons, most of the non demon packs didnt really stick out much (i will give the new packs and slam some credit because those were pretty good) The new demon gauntlets were pretty good overall too, but getting all the coins was a bit of a chore, especially with bismarck
I can promise you Extinction is more difficult than Buried Angel, reason being that Extinction is just consistently very difficult whereas Buried Angel is difficult in some places. Also, Buried Angel is like 30% transition.
Great vid! Regarding the monster gauntlet, I'm not a huge fan of mechanism because I find the boss boring and the deco underwhelming. DanZmen said it best in his comment, talking about how haoN doesn't use the pulse triggers. What angers me the most is that it stole the placement of "The Massive" by 1374, which not only has better gameplay but one of the best bossfights I ever played. If you think the saw blade animations were impressive, see the ones in this level. It goes above and beyond and really urks me that it isn't in the gauntlet
I went into this video for specifically scarlet surge. I was so happy to see you didnt shit on it, since it has such great theming! I loved it so much I made my own level based on it. I also like the sequel sapphire surge. Both of these levels have amazing songs and great theming!
wow i have been working on a gauntlets tier list video too hahaha! it also doubles as a retrospection since i was pretty bad at the game when the og gauntlets dropped (i had a similar experience with fire aura but the level has grown on me since then) im glad i got this recommended to me since i like hearing what others think on these gauntlets. its good to see more people that dont like acid factory or the galaxy/universe gauntlets
Actually, I was agreeing with everything in this video up until you said that Traction is a good level. Literally, it's the worst level in the whole gauntlet! The only thing good about it is the song. The gameplay is not hard, but annoying, with blind orbs, tragic transitions and janky af parts. It's the only level out of the entire gauntlet that I hacked and it's not a skill issue. I genuinely felt annoyed playing that level. Mechanical Showdown was much harder but I beat it just fine (and was actually kinda sad when I beat it as it was so fun). Traction's deco just screams low effort. About Vibration, I'd say that it's not that bad. Yes, it is extremely forgettable but it's honestly fine. At least, the gameplay is not annoying 🙄. Still a pretty good video though👍👍
I don’t understand how everyone loves the chaos gauntlet. I hate it. First up, we have a buggy 5 star with bad transitions and it’s almost all luck based for me. Second, we have a long level, it’s very repetitive with color scheme and gameplay, and I don’t blame them. Only 4 color channels in 1.9, but people make stuff like revolution by funny game or Lightwave by splenetic. Third, we have the surprisingly easiest level of the gauntlet. It’s still very mid, but I never thought I’d be happy to see a mid Danolex level in a gauntlet. Fourth, we have an annoying level. I never liked it for its horrible ball section, the dual ship was never hard. Fifth, I hate this level. I don’t understand why everyone loves that level. You have a boring repetitive start, and then you jump into a sudden 3x section. It’s physically draining to play that level, for the spammy and annoying to learn parts. Idk what you are smoking to enjoy this level.
my opinion is probably wrong, but imo shrill hallway is one of the most fun demons in the gauntlets idk i just found myself really loving everything except for the ship which wasnt even too bad, the balancing is a bit weird but i still thought the gameplay was great
With the exception of the ice gauntlet, every gauntlet has at least one level I love and one level I absolutely despise (e.g. in the demon gauntlet, I really like Sidestep, but I really DON'T like Vibration)
Personally, I think HellGate Menace is one of the best levels in the 2.1 gauntlets. I admit it feels misrated, but I had a pretty good experience with it. You just have to go through it in practice mode to learn how all of the different attacks are telegraphed and what you can do to avoid them. In fact, I'd even say it's the second best level in the Monster Gauntlet - behind SLAM, but ahead of Monster Mischief (which I agree is a really good level as well). I'd even go so far as to say I like ChaSe's gameplay style - all you need to do is know where to buffer. Crystal Essence does have that one annoying part with the dual wave or whatever it was, but other than that, I've enjoyed all the ChaSe levels I've beaten. Even his part in Empyrean is basically just clicksync.
Similarly to another comment, I have a job interview early morning... It's about 2:00 AM and I'm not going to bed until I finish this video. I really hope this gets increased views! Good video, keep up the hard work.
YES, finally someone actually brings out the point of having 2 levels IN A ROW with the same song, which don't correlate in any other way Also seeing Scarlet Surge and ESPECIALLY The Behemoth getting praise warms my heart I would say tho, I believe if you generally a buffer person (I casually tend to buffer every orb), levels by chase or with chase parts didn't feel bad to play (except HellGate Menace: despite it looking epic, the boss gameplay is confusing and requires a lot of practice) and I actually enjoyed SideStep
I go into the comments of Fizzy Fossils and literally all I see are comments saying it's terrible and I have zero clue why. I must regretfully inform you all that that level is good. My sincerest condolences.
I have a soft spot for the map packs. I'm a 1.9 player that only recently picked up the game again, and I find modern gameplay to be very unreadable and irritating as a result. Map pack levels may look like shit, may be full of blind jumps and obnoxious flashing lights... but they're what I know the game for. Gauntlets are great too, but I still haven't gotten around to beating them lol.
17:32 I hate scarlet surge and the chaos gauntlet because of the flashing lights, the one mandatory gauntlet is also the one to make me want to rip my eyes out.
Fully agree with you on Hellgace Menace. I believe this is, to date, the only level I have ever made a copyable for anything easier than an easy demon to practice.
I absolutely cannot agree with the take that Fire Aura should be an easy demon. Maybe I've just gotten too good at the game, but I have gone back to it twice to try and see what people find so hard about it. 1 attempted it the first return, and 2 attempted it the second. Keep in mind the first return was YEARS after I first beat it, so there was no consistency remaining. 8 stars maybe. I could see 9 but I think even that would be pushing it a bit. But at least in my eyes, the claim that Fire Aura should be an easy demon is like saying Extinction should be a medium. Now for Predator and Hellgate Menace, I completely agree. I also think Ghoul, Planet X, and Frostburn Peak could have a case made for them being demon too.
4:59 ice gauntlet 7:06 poison gauntlet 9:08 shadow gauntlet 11:48 lava gauntlet (danger zone is memorable for me cuz its the first level I got introduced to gd) 14:17 bonus gaunlet 16:59 chaos gauntlet 19:13 demon gauntlet 22:18 time gauntlet 24:20 crystal gauntlet 29:04 Spike gauntlet 31:02 monster gauntlet 35:23 doom gauntlet 38:10 death gauntlet 2.1 opinions: I think the gauntlet shows rhe evolution of geometry dash and its creations. It reminds me of most web series/animation shows here on youtube. 2.2 ( 41:17 ) as of Jan 2024. 41:35 World gauntlet 42:58 Galaxy gauntlet 44:50 Universe gauntlet 45:50 Discord Gauntlet 47:19 split
I both agree with a lot of your 2.2 gauntlet opinions, but also think your takes on the 2.1 ones might be hotter than your entire video about your hottest takes: - Fire Gauntlet to me is just a nothingburger at first. RobTop just picked random levels without putting much thought into following the theme, aside from Magmatic Sanctuary. It's until later gauntlets, where he started to look for the community's suggestions for levels - Ice Gauntlet to me is just incredibly forgettable and I think it has some of the most lame representation of the ice theme. Polihedral as annoying as it is, still feels somewhat icy, but most levels just use blue as their color. That's like the minimum of effort to make a level icy, but that's what RobTop put in the gauntlets, so I'm sure most of these weren't intended to be icy in the first place - Poison Gauntlet is pretty bleh I'll agree about that. The levels fit the theme a bit better than ice, but most of them are either forgettable or not great - Shadow Gauntlet has a banger start, but I feel like it drops off a bit towards the end. I loved the first bits of it, but I felt underwhelmed towards the end of it - Bonus Gauntlet was okay, but very forgettable as well. It didn't really follow a specific theme, so I cut that one a bit of slack - Lava Gauntlet was pretty good aside from the middle being eh. Also could you explain which part of Fire Aura did give you so much trouble? Because honestly I didn't feel like it was that much harder than the rest, however I 100% agree that it's underrated in difficulty and should be rerated to insane 8-9* - Chaos Gauntlet was pretty cool, although Kappaclysm being both a map pack and gauntlet level is such a bizarre decision. Dark Drop slaps though, and it was my first impression of Alkali's style. I love Alkali's gameplay style - Demon Gauntlet is pretty solid aside from Vibration which has some questionable gameplay elements and wonky transitions. The rest of the levels were a lot of fun, even though originall Sidestep and Hell gave me a lot of trouble. I like that RobTop didn't just pick random easy demons, but instead went to put some challenging ones as well. They actually helped me a bit at that time - Time Gauntlet was overall pretty decent, and honestly I don't mind Time Control as much as other people do. Yeah, it's confusing and a little jank, but I love that it tried to experiment with the theme more than just putting clocks everywhere, something that the other levels were lacking. Rose was pretty darn good too, although lighter on the theme - Crystal Gauntlet was personally one of my favorite ones, and it might be a hot take. Lustre was great, Sanctuary of Light was awesome and aside from the slightly annoying beginning I quite enjoyed Crystal Essence - Magic Gauntlet was okay, but I think the second Viprin collab was rather frustrating, and the first one had some mild lag near the end. I agree that Aquarius kinda carries this gauntlet - Monster Gauntlet worried me so much when it was originally announced, but when I played it, I loved it. Pretty much banger after banger. Hellgate Menace had some annoying bits and I probably enjoyed that one the least, but I still thought it was okay. Slam and Monster Mischief might be some of my favorite gauntlet levels - Death Gauntlet was pretty solid too, but Adust was just so out of place, as it felt like a filler level, rather than something that would fit the gauntlet's theme. The Behemoth while not being my favorite level, was actually a solid way to end it - Spike Gauntlet was honestly just terrible aside from Desert Bounce. I found most of the levels so insanely boring that I was just waiting for it to end, Desert Bounce was literally its only saving grace IMO. - Doom Gauntlet was pretty solid too, but man I can't stand Darkness Keeper. The deco and theming is good, but the gameplay is unfathomably boring, and it feels like it was built to be as an easy demon, but buffed to medium-hard with cheap gotcha moments with the boss, because some attacks are piss easy to avoid, while some instantly snipe you if you don't react super duper fast, resulting in an annoying memory level As for the 2.2 gauntlets, I overall agree with your opinions for the most part, but I'll also add that the gauntlets really dropped the ball in terms of optimization, and it feels like some of the levels sacrificed gameplay for great visuals. Don't get me wrong, they're all impressive levels with awesome aesthetics and there's some incredible bangers like Change of Scenes or Afterlife, but so many of the levels either had poor LDMs, so I had to deal with frame drops in some sections, or bad visibility, because it was difficult to see obstacles or objects like orbs. I hope that the upcoming gauntlets will have some stricter rules for optimization and visibility, because as impressive as a lot of these levels were, I don't want the upcoming gauntlets to fall into the same trap.
buried angel is by far the easiest demon out of all, far before extinction which many think should be a medium buried angel has litteraly 2 points where you actually have to focus, 1 click on the last wave, and 2 clicks on the wave right before it. That's it, the level can be summarized into an auto with extremely easy ufo and ship gameplay, then it has two choke points back to back at the end and that's the entire thing. Your biggest enemy is boredom, makes the level not only easy but just very frustrating if you die on the last wave's click.
@@tman872 check it's comments with which i agree with btw, the level has a dumb wave spam and some difficult ship sections, pretty much mobile disadvantage at the very least... Have spent way more attempts on that level than other mediums and certainly a record for any easy demon
On a side note, with the way you were ranting about Rafer, it sounded as if you have a vendetta against him. I mean, sure quite a handful of his user coins are overtly convoluted, but you at least gotta give him SOME props for not being painfully generic.@@NothingIsScary
It's sad that you despised HellGate Menace. I really loved the level. However, I do admit, it should be demon. However, my reasoning behind it is also because I feel like it would've been badass to end the gauntlet with one. Kinda like how the World Gauntlet ended with one. Honestly ChaSe's levels aren't that bad imo, except Empyrean, but Empyrean has bad gameplay as a whole imo
17:30 I agree. I love scarlet surge, and I don’t understand the hate. Even though I don’t agree with some of your opinions, it’s neat to see you explain why you do/don’t like a level, instead of just saying you do.
it might be demotivating if you put so much time into making this video, only for it to not pick up much notoriety, but i hope you can fathom the effect it at least has on the people fortunate enough to come across it. It's 11pm and im cramming for a calc exam rn, but this piece of content was an optimal choice for me to unwind and stay sane, so thanks a bunch for this conveniently timed upload
Are you cramming for a calc exam or a "voc" exam?
it’ll pick up views and eventually get even more popular, believe
@@spirosnapspirosnap403 it has 12k views. when you think of views as just a number and compare it to other vids, it might seem low, but remember that that is more people that live in some towns. imagine the entire population of a town watching your video.
how did the exam go?
@oraangee lol no but I got a good grade after he curved everyone for doing so shit
Fun fact: the reason the mind control end is so weird is because the end is a UFO instead of a cube. This also means that you can spam and be good
Tysm
Whoa, I never knew that.
Thanks a lot I’ll try it
fr?? Interesting, I have to investigate that
Just stop spamming at 97%, learned that the hard way
Going from the crystal gauntlet to the magic gauntlet was one of the biggest "it sure can't get any worse than that" moments in my life
“And then we have Advystyl- I mean predator” 💀💀
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GuitarPDFfiles got hit with the most deserved stray ever
Im allergic to shrimp, so it's poison to me
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NothingIsScary: "There are no fire themed levels in the fire gauntlet"
Magmatic Sanctuary: "F you"
43:39 When they included more entries from the contest in the gauntlets, they didn't put 6th-15th in the galaxy and universe gauntlets, with 1st-5th places all going in the world gauntlet. They sorted them by difficulty, with contest placement being ignored. 1st place, Ruta Del Sol, is in the last of the three gauntlets. If any gauntlets take a dip in quality because of this change, it's technically the world gauntlet.
Slam is genuinely my favorite level ever and it’s really sad to see you didn’t like it.
41:17 Here is my headcannon for the World gauntlet:
Nivel: You are dreaming, so the level is very abstract.
GWN: You wake up in a snowy place and climb a mountain where you find...
Frostburn Peak: A monster thing wakes up and you are forced to fight it.
Planet X: After fighting the monster you fall back down through a conveniently place hole through the centre of the earth.
Down Unda: You end up it the middle of Australia and you try to not die.
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I’ve never seen this take on Ruta Del Sol’s gameplay. It’s fascinating because I actually LOVE the gameplay. I think it flows very well and is a great introductory XL demon.
It’s the best level in the game gameplay vise imo. Idk how can you hate it
You should check the comments. It’s a common opinion that the gameplay is pretty bad. Incredibly inconsistent gameplay.
I agree full. This guy has some horrendous taste. I liked ruta del sol
Guy has 1600 attempts on fire aura he’s just bad.
@@jonaharagon7710he’s beaten acu
Thank you for confirming that Scarlet Surge is overhated for no reason. I love scarlet surge, the song slaps and the deco is so fitting
Best level in the gauntlet fr
Why did you not even mention radiant glen? To me, its one of the best levels in the discord gauntlets bc it utilizes the theme in a very unique way, the gameplay is fun and sightreadble, and the deco is absolutely amazing
great video btw, just a genuine question
i really hope the gauntlets in 2.21 redeem the whole feature, there’s a lot of great maps out there that could be used
I actually quite enjoy Rafer’s levels. I feel like the only reason you dislike them is because of the coins. As a player who has 8,000 user coins, I feel like I know when user coins are just not worth getting. If you ignore the 100 step coin routes no one will ever figure out without a video & just play the base level, Rafer actually makes some pretty fun gameplay. I’ve liked all of his recent levels except for Sky Tower. I completely agree with your opinions on Fire Aura & Chase’s levels that they’re way too hard. I think Extinction & Buried Angel should be swapped though. Extinction took me 2,200 attempts & Buried Angel only took me 530. This is also backed up by the fact that Extinction has 32 million downloads & Buried Angel only has 4.2 million meaning tons of other players struggled with Extinction as well.
Only people who dislike Rafer levels are people who force themselves to get all user coins in every level they play, you can tell by the gameplay in the background he’s one of those people.
Fire aura took me 73 attempts...
Remember, the Demon Gauntlet is not unlocked until you free the monster. So really you're not that "thrown into the hard stuff" as you said, because you will have to skip this gauntlet at first anyways.
Literally not true, unlocked by default
@@Maxime4It isn't 💀
@@notplaceerrorlol I just started playing the game and haven’t freed the monster, it is in the gauntlets section
@@Maxime4then click on it ;)
You still need A KEY! Just because it's in the gauntlet section doesn't mean it's unlocked right off the bat.🤦@@Maxime4
personally I think the galaxy gauntlet is A tier, Caput Mundi has some weird gp parts but overall it was very enjoyable, Fizzy Fossils made me want to stick my head in a blender, Koenigstein is one of my personal favorites with the gp being phenomenal and the deco being pretty good, Xin Chao is one of my favorite gauntlet levels because it really makes me feel immersed in the culture which I though was amazing, Finally, Xanadu is mid and the moving structures for the gp made it very unfun.
All fair opinions
Dude I love Caput Mundi and Fizzy Fossils, they're amazing
WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE XANADU? Like the duals are so fun, and I literally SIMP for asymmetrical duals. If you made an only fans NothingIsScary, and named it asymmetrical dual, I would pay hundreds just to edge to asymmetrical duals. Anyways, I think that the gameplay of Xanadu was really fun except for the end which was boring.
@@BlueIce234I was obsessed with Xanadu lol. Also Asadal and Lutetia
Fizzy Fossils was Weekly Demon and I was completing Galaxy Gauntlet so today I was like “Why not beat this level 3 times today?” So I googled it and beat it 3 times so I got 30 stars for this one level yay
I think it's unreasonable to hate a creator because of their coins. Slam is an absolute banger of a level, even if it's coins are bad. Coins aren't mandatory for a level to be beaten
I have never heard a single person call Ruta De Sols gameplay even remotely bad, interesting take there. But regardless, Good vid.
It’s NothingIsScary what did you expect 💀💀
uhhhh uhhhh, that's, that is uhhh, that's sure a gauntlet of gauntlets
Hot take: Fire aura should be an 8* and is a really fun level once you learn it.
hey hydro whars up big guy
glad to see someone agrees with me 😂
here are some overarching thoughts about everything in the video !
- i think fire is a very good introduction, but i still don’t understand why for the life of me radiation decided to push the magmatic sanctuary update - the speed change part was perfectly fine, and honestly, if you’re still not used to it, that’s a skill issue
- ice is good. that is all i have to say about it. carnation in particular though SLAPS
- i’m gonna disagree w/ generation retro. it’s honestly fine. it’s clearly something that a kid worked really hard on, it’s charming, the gameplay is very fun once you get the hang of it, and honestly, it’s the only level of the poison gauntlet to have actual effort put into it (oops, did i say that out loud?)
- shadow and lava gauntlets are both fine tbh
- same with bonus
- to be honest, the only reason i even remember the chaos gauntlet is because kappaclysm is in it
- traction, vibration, and hell are all good. (although i did fluke traction from 18% lol) sidestep is just awful. mechanical shi- sorry, mechanical showdown is *ABYSMAL*. i cannot wrap my head around people liking this level.
- all of the time gauntlet slaps. especially mind control and timeless. and of course silence has the best piece of music cursedsnake has ever produced
- i honestly never found the crystal gauntlet to be super terrible. it was pretty sightreadable even with no practice runs
- i love skitten’s levels. that’s about all i remember re; the magic gauntlet, though
- i’d rather have an actually interesting concept for gd over a generic 4-star, though dangerous spikes would’ve worked significantly better at the end
- i’ve noticed that you tend to do this thing where you base an opinion on a level entirely on something that isn’t in the level. i don’t think slam’s criticisms are at all justified. and evw beat it in one attempt without practice back in 2017 of course it gets easy loooooool
- doom and death just exist. i will always hate extinction though. darkness keeper would’ve been significantly better if the bossfight was better telegraphed
- every single time i look at planet x, i only have one thought - “this made it into the top 5, and bismarck didn’t”. like planet x is okay but honestly their placement/positioning should’ve been flip-flopped
- galaxy is just forgettable
- universe is honestly the best 2.2 gauntlet. bismarck obviously slaps (side note: ruta del sol is fine lol) but pabrik and asadal are two of my favorite demons of all time
- split is forgettable, although radiant glen is really really cool
- i hated sinless ash with a passion because i was constantly dying to the bullet hell boss at the end, it never got consistent, and i ended up nearly breaking my desk. turns out i was doing it wrong
those are my thoughts
This is gonna be a massive hot take, but I think bad levels are necessary and must be endorsed by Rob in these gauntlets.
In the time you're gonna be playing the game, you're not gonna see all rosy and good levels in the custom levels section, and so these bad levels help train and prepare you for them.
Thats like saying I should eat rotten food to prepare myself for when I actually get food poisoning?? What??
@@enderluckjarmg985but this time, bad levels only waste your time and are EVERYWHERE
Rafer makes such ridiculous coins I love seeing coin grinders mad about it lol
The reason why I love Slam by Rafer is because the entire level is flukable if you're remotely good at the game 😂 so it becomes free, I actually don't care about the coins at all but it's fair to say they suck because they're too complex to get
Literally, most forgiving gameplay possible
I really appreciate you calling out Rafer's user coin gimmick. I was playing In Silico recently, and I just kept thinking the entire time I was playing that there was no way anybody would be able to find these coins on their own, and it blew me away how many people didn't care simply because it looked cool.
Really solid video btw, I don't agree with everything but I did enjoy watching the whole way through. Hope you'll rank all the newer gauntlets when they come out!
I definitely agree with most of the opinions presented in the video, to be completely honest the only thing that I disagree with you on is the fact that I would prefer for Buried Angel to be shifted around with Extinction. Not only do I think that Buried Angel is easier than Extinction to start the gauntlet but I also feel like the slow gameplay of Buried Angel would be better suited for the start as having a bit of a faster paced gameplay on the second level with Extinction would make a nice segway into Shrill Hallway.
Always thought that it was weird to make such a radical exception with the Demon Gauntlet in terms of reducing level count to 4.
Why am I always surprised that I disagree with videos that give opinions of all things. Anyway, I respect your opinion and can mostly see where you're going from, but I will not let the Ruta Del Sol slander pass >:(
I agree with most of your takes here. My favorite gauntlet is also chaos because I love scarlet surge and how other levels are also fun and follow the theme quite well. I love the doom and demon gauntlet because made me a lot better at the game. Before my hardests are only easy demon, but after those gauntlets I can beat hard demons like dance massacre and the badland by taman. However, some of my opinions are different, like how koenigstein is actually my fav level ever and Chase is actually a really good at creatinf gameplay. Still, this is a great video because I actually watched the entire thing. I always enjoy tier list videos, they are just extremely fun to watch for me.
It's interesting seeing someone else's opinions. When we got to the Galaxy and Univers Guantlets, my thoughts on them couldn't be more different. I didn't like Fizzy Fossils very much, Koenigstein is genuinely one of the best easy demons ever made, Ruta Del Sols gameplay is legitimately peak, Asadal was extremely memorable for me and Bismarck was just okay. Not hating on your opinions cause everyone is different, but it's honestly really interesting that we are polar opposites when it comes to those two guantlets.
10:59, No, this song does infact make sense, temple (Zelda 2) is a song that is usually paired with dark link being the final boss of that game. A "Shadow" of link who has his entire moveset. Don't know why the theme doesn't reflect that though
I completely agree with you on Fire Aura being a Demon, but it’s not the hardest seven star I know. Butiti is almost Medium Demon difficulty and it's rated seven stars for some reason.
I also completely agree with you on Dark Drop, super fun level.
HeLL is one of my favorite levels that I hated playing. The theming is on point and some of the best 2.0 has to offer, but the first 40% is pain, and very annoying when you aren't very good at the game. However, the rest is great.
I'm going to be completely honest, Nowise and Darkness Keeper shouldn't Hard Demons, they are mid tier Medium Demon at best. Levels like Resurrection by Hinds and Lava Temple by GGBoy and Michigun are way harder than both Nowise and Darkness Keeper and should definitely be Medium Demon.
The Universe Gauntlet is really funny to me because all of the levels are very unsightreadable, but all for completely different reasons. Ruta Del Sol, is more of your classic Demon that has some awkward transitions. I don’t even know how to describe Bismark's gameplay. Lutetia has what I could probably call "speedcore-ish" gameplay but for a level that isn't Insane Demon or harder. Pabrik is basically a memory level, love to see it. Then Asadal is your flow gameplay. I honestly really liked all of these levels, but I just thought it was interesting how non of them were sightreadable, I mean most of the World Gauntlet Demons were like that anyway.
No way Lava Temple is harder than Nowise. Lava Temple is very inconsistent in terms of difficulty. While Nowise steadily rise difficulty, from easy cube section to hard ball-spider section in end. Auto parts ruin atmosphere a bit though. (I respect your opinion and share mine)
In my opinion the early gauntlets are all extremely mid 2.0 levels, the middle stage gauntlets are slightly weird 2.1 levels and the 2.2 gauntlets are pretty good
But that's just a theory
i actually love slam, without the coins it genuinely plays so well
it all flows together so perfectly
i never thought the coins could drag it down
New sub here, really liking your content so far I love these typa critique videos where you don’t hold back , nicely done
12:08 Bro called Viking Arena a Subzero level
35:50 Demon Gauntlet gives those vibes of "The place where you fight the final boss" while the Doom Gauntlet gives those vibes of "The True Final Boss with the True Ending"
Doom Gauntlet has two Hard Demon level (14-4 Nowise and 14-5 Darkness Keeper) making it harder than the Demon Gauntlet
I really like fire aura despite its horrible balancing due to how it goes from 0 to 100 immediately just like the song. Also everything after the 3x speed wave feels so much more intense despite being a lot easier other than that choke mini ship. I’m just the only person to ever exist who doesn’t mind a random difficulty spike halfway through just because.
37:30 honestly I disagree, I found Darkness Keeper to be harder than Nowise. Maybe it’s just because I beat it on 60hz mobile, or because I’m bad at boss fights. Either way darkness keeper was a little bit harder for me.
I'm sorry, I'm 2/3 of the way through the video right now and there have been SO MANY bad takes here. Just atrocious. Also Rafer's name is pronounced Ray-fur. Ice gauntlet S tier is an abomination. Poison gauntlet E tier is downright disrespectful. Lava gauntlet F tier is so bad, especiallt when Magic and Crystal gauntlets exist, and HOW are you knocking Shadow Gauntlet down to B tier when you said it was "almost perfect"?!?!
Look, im not trying to flame you here, but holy it just seems like you're only trying to have controversial takes, throwing in a few good takes here and there to pretend like youre not trolling.
glad the behemoth got some love, i love that level. one of the reasons it makes me like it so much is that it has a readable bossfight. the boss is on the left of the screen, which makes it WAY easier to read the level since it isnt covering like half of the screen
"The levels themselves could be good, just not good in the context of a Gauntlet"
This is basically the entire Portal Gauntlet.
things i disagree entirely with:
time gauntlet is A tier. Rose and Mind Control carry the gauntlet.
Death Gauntlet above Doom gauntlet, and perfectly on par with chaos gauntlet. if its a perfect gauntlet, it should be at the top.
discord gauntlet and split gauntlet on par with each other on bottom S. discord gauntlet has its second level, which is kind janky, while split has seasonal haven and sinless ash being mid-bad, while everything else is near peak, especially wild card.
i dont like abstractdark, and like rafer
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I actually disliked scarlet surge for a reason i haven't seen anyone talk about. I hated the 90% cube duel cause you can undershoot or overshoot an orb.
I still like the level a lot and idk why people think it's the worst level, boring isn't the worst a level can do
I love Fire Aura to be honest. I used to hate it because I wasn’t good enough to beat it, but now I love it because of the thrill and how exhilarating it was to beat the first time
I'm definitely an alien or something because I've never really struggled with Fire Aura, although it probably should be an 8 or 9 star.
Also I enjoy most Chase gameplay somehow
23:08 for the record this is not just a you thing, the hitboxes are pretty janky here
I think I know ehy kappaclysm is in the chaos gauntlet, it's there because it was the level that replaced "Blade" from what I heard.
i really don't like this video. too negative and too whiny.
Oh and how fire aura took him 1600 attempts, and he proceeds to say its an easy demon. Like yeh its decently hard but 8 star at most. All this guy does is whine about shit because he sucks ass
@@SertQuos and you're whining about his opinion 😂
I’ve only played like a third of the new gauntlet levels, but I loved Ruta Del Sol. The decoration is beautiful, the theme is amazing, and the song is my second favourite gauntlet song so far. I can only think of a couple places that, to me, had slightly sub par gameplay.
universe gauntlet --> best one imo
I love the split gauntlet too
Please, I genuinely want to know why you refuse to mention Vibration. I remember actually really enjoying it when I first beat it.
What the FUCK are those numbers man you deserve WAY more attention
Finally someone who also appreciates The Behemoth
I've beaten half of the gauntlets after 3 months of on and off grinding. Here's my tier list.
A:Discord Gauntlet
B:Time Gauntlet
C:Shadow,Poison,Ice,Fire,and Chaos Gauntlets
D:Bonus and Lava Gauntlets
F-:Spike Gauntlet
Mostly C and D tier levels I've beaten sadly.
the only thing I can agree on is Fire aura difficulty take, anything else is mostly "Uuuuugh, I don't like the level/creator"
calling Extinction a “great introduction to easy demons for new players” is pretty ridiculous… i mean, if the new player we’re talking about here is absolutely godlike at the game, then sure its a good introduction. but this level is at the very top of easy demon difficulty, and harder than some medium demons ive beaten.
As someone who usually only plays demons, most of the non demon packs didnt really stick out much (i will give the new packs and slam some credit because those were pretty good)
The new demon gauntlets were pretty good overall too, but getting all the coins was a bit of a chore, especially with bismarck
I have never seen Slam’s coin route before, that’s crazy. I still think Slam is one of the best levels in any of the gauntlets
I can promise you Extinction is more difficult than Buried Angel, reason being that Extinction is just consistently very difficult whereas Buried Angel is difficult in some places. Also, Buried Angel is like 30% transition.
Great vid! Regarding the monster gauntlet, I'm not a huge fan of mechanism because I find the boss boring and the deco underwhelming. DanZmen said it best in his comment, talking about how haoN doesn't use the pulse triggers. What angers me the most is that it stole the placement of "The Massive" by 1374, which not only has better gameplay but one of the best bossfights I ever played. If you think the saw blade animations were impressive, see the ones in this level. It goes above and beyond and really urks me that it isn't in the gauntlet
First of all gameplay of Rafer's level's is amazing
Amazing work man, u deserve more recognition
you are extremely underrated. Ive been watching you since 4.5 k or 2 ish years. you should have atleast 50k (big for gd)
the beginning of wild card looks like a mobile game ad
I went into this video for specifically scarlet surge. I was so happy to see you didnt shit on it, since it has such great theming! I loved it so much I made my own level based on it. I also like the sequel sapphire surge. Both of these levels have amazing songs and great theming!
I agreed with every opinion you had lmao. This video is amazing and had me entertained for almost an hour, awesome video bro!
wow i have been working on a gauntlets tier list video too hahaha! it also doubles as a retrospection since i was pretty bad at the game when the og gauntlets dropped (i had a similar experience with fire aura but the level has grown on me since then) im glad i got this recommended to me since i like hearing what others think on these gauntlets. its good to see more people that dont like acid factory or the galaxy/universe gauntlets
scarlet surge and sidestep should switch opinions
Actually, I was agreeing with everything in this video up until you said that Traction is a good level. Literally, it's the worst level in the whole gauntlet! The only thing good about it is the song. The gameplay is not hard, but annoying, with blind orbs, tragic transitions and janky af parts. It's the only level out of the entire gauntlet that I hacked and it's not a skill issue. I genuinely felt annoyed playing that level. Mechanical Showdown was much harder but I beat it just fine (and was actually kinda sad when I beat it as it was so fun). Traction's deco just screams low effort.
About Vibration, I'd say that it's not that bad. Yes, it is extremely forgettable but it's honestly fine. At least, the gameplay is not annoying 🙄.
Still a pretty good video though👍👍
I don’t understand how everyone loves the chaos gauntlet. I hate it.
First up, we have a buggy 5 star with bad transitions and it’s almost all luck based for me.
Second, we have a long level, it’s very repetitive with color scheme and gameplay, and I don’t blame them. Only 4 color channels in 1.9, but people make stuff like revolution by funny game or Lightwave by splenetic.
Third, we have the surprisingly easiest level of the gauntlet. It’s still very mid, but I never thought I’d be happy to see a mid Danolex level in a gauntlet.
Fourth, we have an annoying level. I never liked it for its horrible ball section, the dual ship was never hard.
Fifth, I hate this level. I don’t understand why everyone loves that level. You have a boring repetitive start, and then you jump into a sudden 3x section. It’s physically draining to play that level, for the spammy and annoying to learn parts. Idk what you are smoking to enjoy this level.
38:54 ☠️
Overall I did enjoy the video! Good job :)
Amazing video but man my opinions and your opinions won't ever be compatible lmao
my opinion is probably wrong, but imo shrill hallway is one of the most fun demons in the gauntlets
idk i just found myself really loving everything except for the ship which wasnt even too bad, the balancing is a bit weird but i still thought the gameplay was great
Opinions can’t be wrong, I agree with you it was very fun to complete
Cool gauntlets tier list video!
With the exception of the ice gauntlet, every gauntlet has at least one level I love and one level I absolutely despise (e.g. in the demon gauntlet, I really like Sidestep, but I really DON'T like Vibration)
i agree with the statement about fire aura. that level was my roadblock to completing the lava gauntlet.
Personally, I think HellGate Menace is one of the best levels in the 2.1 gauntlets. I admit it feels misrated, but I had a pretty good experience with it. You just have to go through it in practice mode to learn how all of the different attacks are telegraphed and what you can do to avoid them. In fact, I'd even say it's the second best level in the Monster Gauntlet - behind SLAM, but ahead of Monster Mischief (which I agree is a really good level as well).
I'd even go so far as to say I like ChaSe's gameplay style - all you need to do is know where to buffer. Crystal Essence does have that one annoying part with the dual wave or whatever it was, but other than that, I've enjoyed all the ChaSe levels I've beaten. Even his part in Empyrean is basically just clicksync.
2022 was such a good time to play gd, the world gauntlet contest was so hype
Similarly to another comment, I have a job interview early morning... It's about 2:00 AM and I'm not going to bed until I finish this video. I really hope this gets increased views! Good video, keep up the hard work.
YES, finally someone actually brings out the point of having 2 levels IN A ROW with the same song, which don't correlate in any other way
Also seeing Scarlet Surge and ESPECIALLY The Behemoth getting praise warms my heart
I would say tho, I believe if you generally a buffer person (I casually tend to buffer every orb), levels by chase or with chase parts didn't feel bad to play (except HellGate Menace: despite it looking epic, the boss gameplay is confusing and requires a lot of practice) and I actually enjoyed SideStep
I go into the comments of Fizzy Fossils and literally all I see are comments saying it's terrible and I have zero clue why. I must regretfully inform you all that that level is good. My sincerest condolences.
It’s harder than it looks so people rage, if they would actually practice it they would enjoy it
Him saying alkali is underrated when he is at 14 on the creator leader boards 😅
I have a soft spot for the map packs. I'm a 1.9 player that only recently picked up the game again, and I find modern gameplay to be very unreadable and irritating as a result. Map pack levels may look like shit, may be full of blind jumps and obnoxious flashing lights... but they're what I know the game for.
Gauntlets are great too, but I still haven't gotten around to beating them lol.
17:32 I hate scarlet surge and the chaos gauntlet because of the flashing lights, the one mandatory gauntlet is also the one to make me want to rip my eyes out.
I disagree with like basically every point you brought up, but I appreciate the work you put into this! Cohesive, and interesting.
I don’t know why you don’t have more views on this. This is a great video
12:10 i loved viking arena, had to be the best Subzero level.
Yea is a meltdown level I misspoke
I'm pretty sure @DubstepJoltik did this idea first but still good video
Fully agree with you on Hellgace Menace. I believe this is, to date, the only level I have ever made a copyable for anything easier than an easy demon to practice.
I absolutely cannot agree with the take that Fire Aura should be an easy demon. Maybe I've just gotten too good at the game, but I have gone back to it twice to try and see what people find so hard about it. 1 attempted it the first return, and 2 attempted it the second. Keep in mind the first return was YEARS after I first beat it, so there was no consistency remaining. 8 stars maybe. I could see 9 but I think even that would be pushing it a bit. But at least in my eyes, the claim that Fire Aura should be an easy demon is like saying Extinction should be a medium.
Now for Predator and Hellgate Menace, I completely agree. I also think Ghoul, Planet X, and Frostburn Peak could have a case made for them being demon too.
4:59 ice gauntlet
7:06 poison gauntlet
9:08 shadow gauntlet
11:48 lava gauntlet (danger zone is memorable for me cuz its the first level I got introduced to gd)
14:17 bonus gaunlet
16:59 chaos gauntlet
19:13 demon gauntlet
22:18 time gauntlet
24:20 crystal gauntlet
29:04 Spike gauntlet
31:02 monster gauntlet
35:23 doom gauntlet
38:10 death gauntlet
2.1 opinions:
I think the gauntlet shows rhe evolution of geometry dash and its creations. It reminds me of most web series/animation shows here on youtube.
2.2 ( 41:17 ) as of Jan 2024.
41:35 World gauntlet
42:58 Galaxy gauntlet
44:50 Universe gauntlet
45:50 Discord Gauntlet
47:19 split
I both agree with a lot of your 2.2 gauntlet opinions, but also think your takes on the 2.1 ones might be hotter than your entire video about your hottest takes:
- Fire Gauntlet to me is just a nothingburger at first. RobTop just picked random levels without putting much thought into following the theme, aside from Magmatic Sanctuary. It's until later gauntlets, where he started to look for the community's suggestions for levels
- Ice Gauntlet to me is just incredibly forgettable and I think it has some of the most lame representation of the ice theme. Polihedral as annoying as it is, still feels somewhat icy, but most levels just use blue as their color. That's like the minimum of effort to make a level icy, but that's what RobTop put in the gauntlets, so I'm sure most of these weren't intended to be icy in the first place
- Poison Gauntlet is pretty bleh I'll agree about that. The levels fit the theme a bit better than ice, but most of them are either forgettable or not great
- Shadow Gauntlet has a banger start, but I feel like it drops off a bit towards the end. I loved the first bits of it, but I felt underwhelmed towards the end of it
- Bonus Gauntlet was okay, but very forgettable as well. It didn't really follow a specific theme, so I cut that one a bit of slack
- Lava Gauntlet was pretty good aside from the middle being eh. Also could you explain which part of Fire Aura did give you so much trouble? Because honestly I didn't feel like it was that much harder than the rest, however I 100% agree that it's underrated in difficulty and should be rerated to insane 8-9*
- Chaos Gauntlet was pretty cool, although Kappaclysm being both a map pack and gauntlet level is such a bizarre decision. Dark Drop slaps though, and it was my first impression of Alkali's style. I love Alkali's gameplay style
- Demon Gauntlet is pretty solid aside from Vibration which has some questionable gameplay elements and wonky transitions. The rest of the levels were a lot of fun, even though originall Sidestep and Hell gave me a lot of trouble. I like that RobTop didn't just pick random easy demons, but instead went to put some challenging ones as well. They actually helped me a bit at that time
- Time Gauntlet was overall pretty decent, and honestly I don't mind Time Control as much as other people do. Yeah, it's confusing and a little jank, but I love that it tried to experiment with the theme more than just putting clocks everywhere, something that the other levels were lacking. Rose was pretty darn good too, although lighter on the theme
- Crystal Gauntlet was personally one of my favorite ones, and it might be a hot take. Lustre was great, Sanctuary of Light was awesome and aside from the slightly annoying beginning I quite enjoyed Crystal Essence
- Magic Gauntlet was okay, but I think the second Viprin collab was rather frustrating, and the first one had some mild lag near the end. I agree that Aquarius kinda carries this gauntlet
- Monster Gauntlet worried me so much when it was originally announced, but when I played it, I loved it. Pretty much banger after banger. Hellgate Menace had some annoying bits and I probably enjoyed that one the least, but I still thought it was okay. Slam and Monster Mischief might be some of my favorite gauntlet levels
- Death Gauntlet was pretty solid too, but Adust was just so out of place, as it felt like a filler level, rather than something that would fit the gauntlet's theme. The Behemoth while not being my favorite level, was actually a solid way to end it
- Spike Gauntlet was honestly just terrible aside from Desert Bounce. I found most of the levels so insanely boring that I was just waiting for it to end, Desert Bounce was literally its only saving grace IMO.
- Doom Gauntlet was pretty solid too, but man I can't stand Darkness Keeper. The deco and theming is good, but the gameplay is unfathomably boring, and it feels like it was built to be as an easy demon, but buffed to medium-hard with cheap gotcha moments with the boss, because some attacks are piss easy to avoid, while some instantly snipe you if you don't react super duper fast, resulting in an annoying memory level
As for the 2.2 gauntlets, I overall agree with your opinions for the most part, but I'll also add that the gauntlets really dropped the ball in terms of optimization, and it feels like some of the levels sacrificed gameplay for great visuals. Don't get me wrong, they're all impressive levels with awesome aesthetics and there's some incredible bangers like Change of Scenes or Afterlife, but so many of the levels either had poor LDMs, so I had to deal with frame drops in some sections, or bad visibility, because it was difficult to see obstacles or objects like orbs. I hope that the upcoming gauntlets will have some stricter rules for optimization and visibility, because as impressive as a lot of these levels were, I don't want the upcoming gauntlets to fall into the same trap.
buried angel is by far the easiest demon out of all, far before extinction which many think should be a medium
buried angel has litteraly 2 points where you actually have to focus, 1 click on the last wave, and 2 clicks on the wave right before it.
That's it, the level can be summarized into an auto with extremely easy ufo and ship gameplay, then it has two choke points back to back at the end and that's the entire thing. Your biggest enemy is boredom, makes the level not only easy but just very frustrating if you die on the last wave's click.
extinction should NOT be a medium
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with which i agree with btw, the level has a dumb wave spam and some difficult ship sections, pretty much mobile disadvantage at the very least... Have spent way more attempts on that level than other mediums and certainly a record for any easy demon
Might just be me but the fact that *every* death gauntlet level had a bossfight made me hate it very much. i strongly dislike bossfights
how dare you talk about the Crystal Gauntlet without mentioning Lustre by G4valtron like HUH??????? It is one of,- if not THE best gauntlet level.
Great video. You should do more level review content. Maybe your top ten favourite/least favourite levels?
already planned
On a side note, with the way you were ranting about Rafer, it sounded as if you have a vendetta against him. I mean, sure quite a handful of his user coins are overtly convoluted, but you at least gotta give him SOME props for not being painfully generic.@@NothingIsScary
It's sad that you despised HellGate Menace. I really loved the level. However, I do admit, it should be demon. However, my reasoning behind it is also because I feel like it would've been badass to end the gauntlet with one. Kinda like how the World Gauntlet ended with one. Honestly ChaSe's levels aren't that bad imo, except Empyrean, but Empyrean has bad gameplay as a whole imo
17:30 I agree. I love scarlet surge, and I don’t understand the hate.
Even though I don’t agree with some of your opinions, it’s neat to see you explain why you do/don’t like a level, instead of just saying you do.
Planet X is by far one of my favorite levels in the game. While the gameplay is a tiny bit boring, it is very unique and I love the style.
What drives me nuts is robtop put one of those dumb trigger orbs in dash and I actually die there fairly often