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Magic Life can be described as many things -- boring, unoriginal, insulting -- but it is best described as the Geometry Dash equivalent of revisting your old home to find out it has been replaced by a golf course. A High Life remake is not a flawed idea at its core, however, a High Life remake that is also in the much maligned styles of Glow and Flow is, how shall we say, baffling. Despite this level having a staggering 218k objects, none of those are contributing towards the level's decoration quality apparently, as it is wildly inconsistent, with some parts looking pretty decent (such as Electro's part) and some parts looking worse than Belladonna or even Karma, the glow being a thinly veiled mask to the emptiness of the level's premise and designs. Whilst I do not think this was made with any ill intent, it certainly doesn't seem like this had anyone's best interest in mind, as this is just a testament to the common blandness of the Glow style. Frankly, this would be a spectacular level if it was a parody of this style, however, since it is not, it does not warrant your attention whatsoever.

This level is a crowning example of the follies that glow/flow megacollabs place themselves in, as this is commonly considered to be one of the most bland and uninteresting extreme demons in the game. This is not unjustified, as this level's decoration does not do it any favours, with block designs of varying qualities and often dreary colours, save for Xatz's interesting hues and PreeZee's high brightnesses. Sad thing is that this level was probably trying to go for an underwater aesthetic, as evidenced by some of the background decoration and the fact that this levels colour palette mainly consists of blue, however it appears that most of the creators didn't get the memo and in turn they built something that does not make this level stand out from others of its ilk. Aura probably does not warrant your attention; absolutely dripping with style it is not.

Fabricated Thoughts is one of many list demons that were swiftly forgotten once they were no longer on the Top 150. While understandable, this level offers many elements worthy of appreciation; from the serene, clean deco to the timing-heavy gameplay, it has an identity of its own and makes for a great mid-range extreme demon to play. I highly recommend this.