Rating Curve

(written on 2/5/25)

Amazing level. I love the concept of a ruins-themed level made out of structures like ones you'd often see in update 1.6 and earlier. The gameplay in this level is executed incredibly well, feeling like the layout was actually made over ten years ago. Because of this, it will feel very rough to play, but I never really got frustrated at all while beating this. The decoration here is beautifully done and has a one-of-a-kind feel. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys playing old demon levels. I'd probably say this is my favorite level of 2025 so far, and I hope to see it soon receive a Legendary rating!

(written on 3/5/25)

I first saw this level back in 2019 when recillia posted a preview of it on her YouTube channel. Both the decoration and gameplay intrigued me a lot back then, and I was looking forward to the day it would eventually be finished. The level finally got verified in early 2023, and I have been playing it on and off since then. It ended up being much harder than I had expected, but I got 48% a few weeks in before losing motivation. It was not until about three weeks ago that I decided to actually dedicate most of my free time to beating this level, although I had to take many breaks because playing this game has caused me a lot of hand pain recently. It took me 54,900 attempts (by far the most I've spent on any level), but I'm so glad to finally have it done after playing it for two years. This will probably be the last level I ever beat in the top 150 though, since I don't see myself having both the free time and motivation to play a level this hard ever again.

As of writing this, the level is at #133 on the Demon List, which seems pretty accurate, but I’m not fully sure. It takes a super long time to get the individual parts down, but it becomes very consistent, so I don’t think it’s underrated in terms of actual difficulty. My opinion might not be very accurate though, because I have only beaten one level harder than this (Instinct), which sits at 40 spots above. I didn’t find the chokepoints to be that bad, but rather something that required a ton of patience to fully get the hang of. Near the end of my playing experience, the entire level felt equally difficult, with 34-50% being the hardest to pass from 0. Despite how long it took to beat, this is probably my favorite level of all time, and I found it very enjoyable for its difficulty. Would definitely recommend 😊