Rating Curve

ANTO REVIEWS #3 - Expect the unexpected

Honestly, i feel like some levels have such a level of infamy behind them that it makes players care about them a lot more than they would if it was just any ordinary level, and i feel like WcropoliX is a perfect representation of this phenomenon.

This level's fame comes from the fact that despite how important this level was in terms of difficulty (being harder than bloodbath at the time it was verified), it was never rated and this caused a similar effect as with a level like Tidal Wave, where tons of people rallied for it to be rated, except for this level it wasn't just for a month or two, it was years and the rallying behind the level wasn't as serious but treated as a meme due to the fact that nobody expected this to get rated, which is why everyone was surprised when just yesterday, the thing that nobody expected finally ocurred: WcropoliX was rated!

Now i've spent all this review so far talking about the level's history, but... How is the level in actuality?

Well... This level is rivals Nantendo for the most dated level in all of GD history, design-wise, this level looks bad, and has tons of really janky movements, and the gameplay itself is basically a bunch of glorified challenge levels stitched together awkwardly. Truly an awful level.



And yet, i can't help but love it for that matter, this level's awfulness actually somewhat works towards its favor, giving a sort of charm no other level (aside from maybe thinking space) has managed to replicate, it's weird i know, but somehow this level (kinda) works despite its overwhelming amount of flaws

I can't bring myself to give this level anything above a 7, as i do not believe it deserves it, but this level is just too iconic for me to not have any sort of bias when reviewing it...

CYCLOLCYC REVIEW: A really good sequel to an already amazing impossible level...

I have seen multiple people say that this level's gameplay is uninteresting, and i honestly disagree, for an impossible level, the gameplay in this really unique compared to most impossible levels that just rely on boring tight wave spam for their difficulty, here, there is still spammy parts, but they aren't only in the wave gamemode, and besides, there are a lot more types of gameplay present in here such as tight cube, robot and ball timings that sometimes abuse the physics of the game's engine to create really cool combos (such as the ones near 27.9% where it looks like the robot is jumping in midair and the ball jumps at 31.7% where you have to click the orbs twice but due to speed you're going through the ball's second jump is delayed just enough to go between the top row of spikes and a very small spike at the bottom), tight ship corridors, really creative double player gameplay (starting at 15%) and minuswaves.
If you're confused about what im saying here, go watch this showcase of the level:

20K SPECIAL | CYCLOLCYC with Frame Perfects counter — Geometry Dash

In terms of decoration, while i don't think it is outstanding, it does create a really good atmosphere, kind of like in this level's predecessor: "Ballistic Wistfully" (which i also recommend you check out, both of these levels are awesome), the atmosphere in this level makes me think that the player is stuck in some sort of limbo, and they're trying to desperately escape it. The music complements, with it starting out calm but unnerving and slowly intensifying with the progression of the level.

All in all, i love this level and it's one of my favorite impossible levels!

Rating: 8/10 (Strong recommendation)

I honestly don't really get the hate for this at all, yeah sure bli's style is getting kind of boring with how much content creators push it in our faces and some parts of this levels look less than ideal, but this genuinely looks great. I think that maybe you guys are way too harsh on levels focused on decoration like this, like yes i get it, gameplay is also an integral part of the game (hell, i like a lot of levels that dont have great visuals but AWESOME gp), but still.