People call a level good purely based off of deco rather than gameplay, for example sedulous has awful gameplay yet because it had good deco, everyone says the level is fun.
Sedulous is just hella learny. Once I learned the click pattern, all that would kill me is me being stupid and forgetting about one blind click. Every other time, I would get to the end extremely consistently
Personally I found it pretty fun but I see your point.It keeps getting overhyped as "the level that took 3 years to make" and therefore you expect perfect gameplay made with remarkable precision that functions as intended in all refresh rates and aspect ratios.
I found it fun when i learned since it’s actually pretty simple to get the hang of bc it’s mostly hold clicks, the only part I didn’t like was the ending cube since it was basically just spamming
I never played sedulous so I can't speak on that, but imo the best way to judge a level is to use a mix of both sides, both deco and gp are equally important, not just one or the other
I think it's because deco quality is much more visible than gameplay quality. You can judge deco quality just by seeing the level, but to judge gameplay quality, you often have to play the level.
YES. I can't believe this is actually an unpopular opinion. SWI's deco and end screen are amazing. Unfortunately its true quality is undermined from the fact that it's a SW remake.
First off, Scarlet surge is the best gauntlet level maybe other than Anubis. Second off, electrodynamix is good for two reasons. One, it has the best main level song. Second, the gameplay cant be compared to Killbot.
Change my mind but if a mostly bad level has one good part then that level is infinitely better than a good level with one bad part. I just don't know why but I can appreciate good parts in a "bad" level much more than a bad part in a good level.
AOD is the worst "top 1" of all time. The gameplay is just ass, it tries to be a creative and good level but the only thing good about it is the deco and parts of the song
Nhelv, White Space, DeCode, and Future Funk are all severely overrated. Nine Circles levels are far from the worst GD trend, the Slaughterhouse-style impossible layout trend is infinitely worse. They all have nothing unique about them and nothing to care about. This one will ruffle some feathers, but the Apocalyptic Trilogy isn’t that good. Yes, they’re historic and were incredible feats for the time, but they blend in way too much and just aren’t anything to rave about.
Jumping is fine, but the issue with it is that you miss out on a bunch of really fun levels that you could’ve played to get better while also having fun instead of jumping to some random level 2 difficulties higher. I also find it really satisfying to slowly climb the ladder of skill instead of just jumping.
Its so fun. One of the only XL levels Ive played that never bored me. And I love the aesthetics, makes me feel as if Im travelling through an 80s city despite there being no deco. Very solid easy demon, and the bugs can get consistent if you learn what to do.
I find newer levels too learny and confusing to my taste, the newer demons feel like you have to waste hundreds of attempts just to memorize them even if they're not memory based.
I’m also a noob and Back on Track is my favorite. I’ve 100 % it many times but I still have one coin left to get so I continue playing it. I love the music and it’s easy but fun. I haven’t beaten anything higher than Normal yet. I play very casually because I’m just so busy with three kids lol
Just because Bloodlust took a year or so to verify, it doesn't mean it's a good level, same could apply to other top 1's, like Slaughterhouse and Grains of Sand
Deadlocked was my favorite level back when doing demons for the first time. Did it as my 2nd demon and I still love the level. Getting past the hard wave parts feels so good.
A lot of people no longer understand what makes a level good. Look at the top comments of a recently rated demon level. Most of them are positive purely based in the decoration, but give it a play yourself and it’s probably either bad or cancerous (I’m not saying all modern demons are bad. I personally find levels like BRB and Maniac super fun, but the average quality of gameplay has just plummeted).
White Space is a 9*, ACU is a terrible level, Astral Divinity is also a bad level(gameplay wise)with mid deco and old AOD looks better then the re-deco
Theres the part in AoD at the redeco drop that makes me squeal at how bad it looks. Its like something from a 2016 glow megacollab. However the hell it made its way into the redeco beats me.
I agree with the first, fourth, and fifth one. I can’t say anything about bloodbath or slaughterhouse bc I’m bad. And for the NC level thing, they range in quality, some suck, while others are fantastic.
Tbh I'm not good enough to even try extreme demons, but when I rank them I base it on whether I'm interested in continuing watching the video, so mainly ranking by deco and music, but also if the gameplay looks interesting.
Bruh,I defenently hated can't let go. It took me 5 fricken months to beat that level and when I finally beat it,it only took me 20 minutes to beat jumper.
alkali does not make good levels. most of the time his gameplay is boring and unfun, and has some of the most generic mid 2.1 decoration (mid as in middle of 2.1). i know a lot of people like his levels, i just don't.
Overrated doesn't mean bad
Acu moment
"controversial" opinion
People call a level good purely based off of deco rather than gameplay, for example sedulous has awful gameplay yet because it had good deco, everyone says the level is fun.
I've been saying this for so long. Sedulous' gameplay sucks.
Sedulous is just hella learny. Once I learned the click pattern, all that would kill me is me being stupid and forgetting about one blind click. Every other time, I would get to the end extremely consistently
Personally I found it pretty fun but I see your point.It keeps getting overhyped as "the level that took 3 years to make" and therefore you expect perfect gameplay made with remarkable precision that functions as intended in all refresh rates and aspect ratios.
I found it fun when i learned since it’s actually pretty simple to get the hang of bc it’s mostly hold clicks, the only part I didn’t like was the ending cube since it was basically just spamming
I never played sedulous so I can't speak on that, but imo the best way to judge a level is to use a mix of both sides, both deco and gp are equally important, not just one or the other
same thing applies to white space
Because it actually is fun
The deco is not good either imo. Well that's not accurate, objectively the deco is very good but I don't like it.
wrong, i found sedulous insanely fun gameplay wise
I think sedulous is super fun because once you learn the gp you move like crazy through the level
its fun but the learniness makes it horrible
Fun dance is fun
I think it's because deco quality is much more visible than gameplay quality. You can judge deco quality just by seeing the level, but to judge gameplay quality, you often have to play the level.
And the opposite too. I like a balance, not a fan of layouts getting rated ever
Sedulous gameplay is awesome :(
After black blizzard fell off the list there isn’t any good entry demonlist extremes whatsoever
Digital descent and artificial ascent:
dole damos
digital descent is good
Swis deco is good
YES. I can't believe this is actually an unpopular opinion. SWI's deco and end screen are amazing. Unfortunately its true quality is undermined from the fact that it's a SW remake.
Stereo Demoness is one of the best insanes and my personal favorite level that isn't a RobTop level.
Idk about the insane because skill issue, but I 100% agree with eletroman adventures. That is my most played main level
For me Electroman Adventures and Theory of everything 2
Im trying to beat it as my first insane right now! Very fun lol im at 90%
I agree that can’t let go is good. But I have a few more unpopular opinions.
Rate standards being too high has been an issue for years.
Yes Yes Very yes Yes No
i like clutterfunk better than electrodynamix
First off, Scarlet surge is the best gauntlet level maybe other than Anubis. Second off, electrodynamix is good for two reasons. One, it has the best main level song. Second, the gameplay cant be compared to Killbot.
I hate both of them
White space is not fun to play. Extremely good deco but terrible gameplay.
Why can’t a level just have both for once. Like it’s impossible to have amazing deco AND gameplay for some reason
Future funk is good
Agreed, I died at 99 and it’s still in my top 5 favorite hard demons.
It is. Just boring if you play it for too long.
its horribly unbalanced, its boring, deco is mid, basically a formula for a hated level that deserves its hate
why is it controversial? it's true
finding a good level is almost impossible
True, so far I found one though - Neon Planet by SH0ES. The level has low gravity! How did it go under the radar? That is so good thumbnail material.
Controversial? Hoo boy...
Yeah, and some icon are litteraly impossible to get without icon hack, like the spin off icons
based
Change my mind but if a mostly bad level has one good part then that level is infinitely better than a good level with one bad part. I just don't know why but I can appreciate good parts in a "bad" level much more than a bad part in a good level.
AOD is the worst "top 1" of all time. The gameplay is just ass, it tries to be a creative and good level but the only thing good about it is the deco and parts of the song
Deco is bad
Bloodlust is ugly as hell
i can agree to that to some extent
As GD Colon once said, "And then Manix said you know (BloodBath) needs? More Pentagrams."
Nhelv, White Space, DeCode, and Future Funk are all severely overrated. Nine Circles levels are far from the worst GD trend, the Slaughterhouse-style impossible layout trend is infinitely worse. They all have nothing unique about them and nothing to care about. This one will ruffle some feathers, but the Apocalyptic Trilogy isn’t that good. Yes, they’re historic and were incredible feats for the time, but they blend in way too much and just aren’t anything to rave about.
based opinion right here
I think Bloodbath stands out as the best of the three, but the others aren’t as good.
Just incredible take after incredible take
White space decoration is beautiful, but the gameplay isn’t that good. Nhelv decoration sucks though.
I can agree with most of these except for Nhelv being overrated and bloodbath being bad
You only think they aren't good because everyone decided to copy them after they gained their fame.
Actually good opinion
Maybe not a controversial opinion on this sub but magma bound is trash
Highly agreeable + the gameplay is stupidly awkward at random parts
Tried it, dropped it. One of the most unfun horrendous insane demons ever especially after like 60 percent and the last drop overall a shit level
hell yes i have a few (might keep adding if i think of more)
First one is just objectively wrong
While gameplay is important i think decoration has nearly as much if not as much importance for enjoyment of a level in my opinion
how does placing a shit ton of glow in a level matter when the level has stupidly inconsistent gameplay
Nhelv is extremely forgettable
The mountain part:
it’s not forgettable because it’s overrated so you’re reminded of it enough to remember it
Nhelv is an ugly mess (more like a hot take but whatever), Poltergeist is a fun 9 Circles level.
I agree with both.
Fully structured layouts that are built by top level gameplay builders deserve rates. Not features. Just rates
Well it doesn't matter who makes it, just so long as it's good
To that I'll add that high-effort layout creators make better things than your average Featured 4 Stars level
I 100% agree
Jumping isn’t that bad just let them play the game as they please, as long as they keep to their promise
Jumping is fine, but the issue with it is that you miss out on a bunch of really fun levels that you could’ve played to get better while also having fun instead of jumping to some random level 2 difficulties higher. I also find it really satisfying to slowly climb the ladder of skill instead of just jumping.
It's pretty hard to play most levels without jumping
nhelv sucks
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME
Agreed.
Agreed, it’s extremely overrated
Dear Nostalgists is actually fun
this is an unpopular opinion???
Its so fun. One of the only XL levels Ive played that never bored me. And I love the aesthetics, makes me feel as if Im travelling through an 80s city despite there being no deco. Very solid easy demon, and the bugs can get consistent if you learn what to do.
23% kinda ruined the level for me but other than that yeah
It's litteraly impossible on 60hz because of a bug at 92, but i enjoyed practicing the 92 first percent
Time machine is a good level
time machine is the best main level, it’s just so fun
im not sure if this counts as controversial or not but butiti II is the best insane
prob one of the most fun jonathangd levels imo
Nhelv’s deco is overrated
I find newer levels too learny and confusing to my taste, the newer demons feel like you have to waste hundreds of attempts just to memorize them even if they're not memory based.
i dislike blast processing
I’m also a noob and Back on Track is my favorite. I’ve 100 % it many times but I still have one coin left to get so I continue playing it. I love the music and it’s easy but fun. I haven’t beaten anything higher than Normal yet. I play very casually because I’m just so busy with three kids lol
Levels are too hard. And tons of them are poorly designed, because there’s too much decoration. You can’t focus on the game.
Electrodynamix should be a demon if we're going off the average of the top 10 easiest demons. Most pre-2017 demons should be one to two ratings below.
cybernetic crescent is best in the whole trilogy
It has a trilogy...?
pre-1.9 demons are fun. especially PG clubstep
The core one is so based
Alika is so underrated/unknown tbh
massive agree with all of these except for the creo one- then again my standards for music are pretty low honestly
Try leyak, fun level.
Just because Bloodlust took a year or so to verify, it doesn't mean it's a good level, same could apply to other top 1's, like Slaughterhouse and Grains of Sand
nine circles levels are absulutely the worst levels you can't see anything everytime you play them + you get a seizure + it makes you hate wave
i think the 1.6 main levels are overrated and also geometrical dominator is good
I love Can’t Let Go
As someone who knows what they’re talking about, “generic” glow levels, if you wanna call them that, generally have the best gameplay
I don't know why people here can't let go, it's the best level from all RobTop's 1.0 levels
In The Radiator is good.
is bloodbath being the worst level ever created controversial or has this community gotten past fanboying over levels they cant play
ToE 2 is harder than Deadlocked
I think either Hard Machine or Silent Clubstep is the best top 10 and SWI is overrated and the worst top 10
Deadlocked was my favorite level back when doing demons for the first time. Did it as my 2nd demon and I still love the level. Getting past the hard wave parts feels so good.
i really dont want 2.2 to release
Geometrical Dominator is best level
Memory levels aren’t original
Clutterfunk is a 10/10 level, magma bound too, kowareta sucks, Matilda the machine is a 9/10
A lot of people no longer understand what makes a level good. Look at the top comments of a recently rated demon level. Most of them are positive purely based in the decoration, but give it a play yourself and it’s probably either bad or cancerous (I’m not saying all modern demons are bad. I personally find levels like BRB and Maniac super fun, but the average quality of gameplay has just plummeted).
Dolos is a good level
Uhhhh I like nine circles
Cycles is garbage
are you not a fan of triple spikes
Agreed, everything up until the first ball is just ass to me, from then on it’s pretty good but before the ball it sucks
why
Cycles is literally the best main level what do you mean
White Space is a 9*, ACU is a terrible level, Astral Divinity is also a bad level(gameplay wise)with mid deco and old AOD looks better then the re-deco
Astral also has probably the worst optimization out of any level in the game
Theres the part in AoD at the redeco drop that makes me squeal at how bad it looks. Its like something from a 2016 glow megacollab. However the hell it made its way into the redeco beats me.
Clutterfunk is fun
I agree with the first, fourth, and fifth one. I can’t say anything about bloodbath or slaughterhouse bc I’m bad. And for the NC level thing, they range in quality, some suck, while others are fantastic.
Decode is not as fun as people say it is. Also the final ship is much harder than the wave right before it
i like slaughterhouse
most "glowy" levels are boring in terms of deco
not an unpopular opinion at all
Clubstep is hardest roptop level, followed by deadlocked, toe2, then electrodynamix
How the fuck is this controversial, this is like the second most agreeed upon order.
DeCode is easily a medium demon
Pure memory levels are absolute garbage (Killbot, Maymory, SPL, etc, but maybe possibly thing is fine because it has ok deco)
How tho
Newgen eww
What's a newgen?
Gatekeepers ew
white space is not even close to the best level in the game, toe2 is the hardest main level by far, and medium demons are the most fun difficulty
I agree with all but the second
I won't lie to you ToE 2 is the hardest depending on your style of play. If you're good at ship and ball rather than wave and robot.
Yes dude, Can't let go best level! Also Mystic have good decoration
based stuff right there
Sonic Wave is one of the best extreme demon out there!
I think people just don't like it because of all the remakes
Spl’s decoration sucks
Clubstep > deadlocked > ToE2
thinking space=best level
I agree with all but thinking space and the golden
A level should never get an epic rating if it can't run on all pcs (or a decent mobile device)
why tho?
Clutterfunk is the worst main level by far
It's probably the most annoying and petty but at least it's balanced.(Cough, Cough). Still probably one of the worst, though.
Arcturus is actually really fun and it's one of the best levels in the top 10
Progress check?
Tbh I'm not good enough to even try extreme demons, but when I rank them I base it on whether I'm interested in continuing watching the video, so mainly ranking by deco and music, but also if the gameplay looks interesting.
Jumper is the best 1.0 song
Wtf? Cata is not even close to insane demon. Gonna need you to rethink that
Cata is easily an extreme
What's your hardest?
Hard Demons are one of the best demon difficulties
Oblivion is a perfect sequel to cognition
uhhh i dunno ask my past self
for me its dear nostalgists v2 (again v2 NOT the original) deserves to not be rated for it being unreadable
Bruh,I defenently hated can't let go. It took me 5 fricken months to beat that level and when I finally beat it,it only took me 20 minutes to beat jumper.
Sort by controversial
The moon below should be legacy
I've talked about Verdant Landscape being overrated many times so I will go with this - Congregation has bad deco
Toe2 is harder than Deadlocked.
Acu's ending is fun
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cant let go sucks. but geometrical dominator is actually good imo the rainbow isn’t bad
Nhelv sucks Congregation sucks Cognition sucks Slaughterhouse is 100x harder than any level beneath it Slaughterhouse is the best top 1 Aod is 🥱
Bloodbath is barely an extreme demon, and isnt as hard as ppl say it is
Doradura is not fun. I had a no fun, even tho I only had one death in the second half. Really annoying level.
THANK YOU!! FINALLY SOMEONE WHO ALSO THINKS CAN'T LET GO IS FUN!!!!
United is the best decorated level in the game
Levels seem way more fun when you can only watch them
Creo isn't overated he is just a good musician
Electrodynamix harder than clubstep
alkali does not make good levels. most of the time his gameplay is boring and unfun, and has some of the most generic mid 2.1 decoration (mid as in middle of 2.1). i know a lot of people like his levels, i just don't.
The devil vortex saws aren't funny and never have been
Electrodynamix is the worst RobTop level
I love Michigun, RIP. however, I think forest temple is the worst level ever made.
Even if I can beat harder levels, I think it’s more fun to do easier ones that you can beat in 30 minutes to 2 hours
Cursed, spaceuk and all of those new gen kids will never compare to the old school pros , even if they “beat harder levels whilst playing for a year”
firework is harder than slaughterhouse, robot is best gamemode
ghoul by desticy is one of the worst levels that i ever played. idk if anyone can relate