Christ almighty, here we go…

This was my first ever Extreme Demon completed, with me conquering it on June 24, 2023. But it had been a project of mine for eleven months at that point, with me uploading my first progress video on it on July 23, 2022. So why did it take me so long?

Ha…

When I say that I am the unluckiest victor of this level, not only am I not joking, but I think it’s completely fair for me to add “by a long shot” to that title. Most people die in the last 40% of levels 20 times, maybe 30 if they’re unlucky. Me on Doradura? 291. And in case you don’t believe me, here’s all of them, painstakingly listed out.

60x8, 61x23, 62x20, 63x59, 64x43, 65x36, 66x27, 67x11, 68x9, 69x21, 70x6, 71x2, 72x6, 73x2, 76x2, 77, 78, 79, 83x5, 84x2, 85x2, 88x2, 91x2. And 91 is the last ship gap.

This level is insanely hard to review for me, just because of how much it mentally screwed me over when I beat it the first time. When I got my 240hz PC and when 2.2 dropped, I revisited this level, and this time, I had an absolute BLAST beating it! If only that could’ve been my experience the first time…

What hurts the most is that… I genuinely love this level. This is probably one of the best Extremes in the game, decoration-wise, and when you’re not getting absolutely blasted, the gameplay is extremely fun, too. (If you’re wondering how I arrived at the gameplay score for this, I just averaged out my two enjoyment ratings.)

But as much as this screwed me over, I can’t help but have a deep appreciation and respect for Doradura. This and 1945 were really where my willingness to stick with a level, no matter how awfully it was going, was born, and I truly do believe that I would not be where I am today if I didn’t get so unlucky with it. Going through two of the worst experiences you’ve ever gone through in a video game pretty much back to back makes it a lot easier to stomach the little problems, both in-game and in real life. So in that way, it actually changed my life for the better.

I saw this level on a video and really wanted to give it a shot, only to be very annoyed and disappointed at this levels lack of polishing. I do still like the deco, it's clean and well executed. I like the neon vibe it gives.
Playing this is something else entirely though. The gp is structured to sync, but it dances around actually syncing for most of the level, there's bad transitions that kill you after you feel like you should have died and a lot of inconsistent gp elements, especially in the first part of the drop. There are some fun parts, but they're easily overshadowed by the flaws. Wasted potential imo.

If you ask me, just stick to watching this one.

Epic ebat suka huli at least 20 characters