43:39 When they included more entries from the contest in the gauntlets, they didn't put 6th-15th in the galaxy and universe gauntlets, with 1st-5th places all going in the world gauntlet. They sorted them by difficulty, with contest placement being ignored. 1st place, Ruta Del Sol, is in the last of the three gauntlets. If any gauntlets take a dip in quality because of this change, it's technically the world gauntlet.
it might be demotivating if you put so much time into making this video, only for it to not pick up much notoriety, but i hope you can fathom the effect it at least has on the people fortunate enough to come across it. It's 11pm and im cramming for a calc exam rn, but this piece of content was an optimal choice for me to unwind and stay sane, so thanks a bunch for this conveniently timed upload
@@spirosnapspirosnap403 it has 12k views. when you think of views as just a number and compare it to other vids, it might seem low, but remember that that is more people that live in some towns. imagine the entire population of a town watching your video.
I’ve never seen this take on Ruta Del Sol’s gameplay. It’s fascinating because I actually LOVE the gameplay. I think it flows very well and is a great introductory XL demon.
41:17 Here is my headcannon for the World gauntlet: Nivel: You are dreaming, so the level is very abstract. GWN: You wake up in a snowy place and climb a mountain where you find... Frostburn Peak: A monster thing wakes up and you are forced to fight it. Planet X: After fighting the monster you fall back down through a conveniently place hole through the centre of the earth. Down Unda: You end up it the middle of Australia and you try to not die.
Remember, the Demon Gauntlet is not unlocked until you free the monster. So really you're not that "thrown into the hard stuff" as you said, because you will have to skip this gauntlet at first anyways.
I think it's unreasonable to hate a creator because of their coins. Slam is an absolute banger of a level, even if it's coins are bad. Coins aren't mandatory for a level to be beaten
I actually quite enjoy Rafer’s levels. I feel like the only reason you dislike them is because of the coins. As a player who has 8,000 user coins, I feel like I know when user coins are just not worth getting. If you ignore the 100 step coin routes no one will ever figure out without a video & just play the base level, Rafer actually makes some pretty fun gameplay. I’ve liked all of his recent levels except for Sky Tower. I completely agree with your opinions on Fire Aura & Chase’s levels that they’re way too hard. I think Extinction & Buried Angel should be swapped though. Extinction took me 2,200 attempts & Buried Angel only took me 530. This is also backed up by the fact that Extinction has 32 million downloads & Buried Angel only has 4.2 million meaning tons of other players struggled with Extinction as well.
Only people who dislike Rafer levels are people who force themselves to get all user coins in every level they play, you can tell by the gameplay in the background he’s one of those people.
Why did you not even mention radiant glen? To me, its one of the best levels in the discord gauntlets bc it utilizes the theme in a very unique way, the gameplay is fun and sightreadble, and the deco is absolutely amazing
The reason why I love Slam by Rafer is because the entire level is flukable if you're remotely good at the game 😂 so it becomes free, I actually don't care about the coins at all but it's fair to say they suck because they're too complex to get
personally I think the galaxy gauntlet is A tier, Caput Mundi has some weird gp parts but overall it was very enjoyable, Fizzy Fossils made me want to stick my head in a blender, Koenigstein is one of my personal favorites with the gp being phenomenal and the deco being pretty good, Xin Chao is one of my favorite gauntlet levels because it really makes me feel immersed in the culture which I though was amazing, Finally, Xanadu is mid and the moving structures for the gp made it very unfun.
WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE XANADU? Like the duals are so fun, and I literally SIMP for asymmetrical duals. If you made an only fans NothingIsScary, and named it asymmetrical dual, I would pay hundreds just to edge to asymmetrical duals. Anyways, I think that the gameplay of Xanadu was really fun except for the end which was boring.
Fizzy Fossils was Weekly Demon and I was completing Galaxy Gauntlet so today I was like “Why not beat this level 3 times today?” So I googled it and beat it 3 times so I got 30 stars for this one level yay
This is gonna be a massive hot take, but I think bad levels are necessary and must be endorsed by Rob in these gauntlets. In the time you're gonna be playing the game, you're not gonna see all rosy and good levels in the custom levels section, and so these bad levels help train and prepare you for them.
I really appreciate you calling out Rafer's user coin gimmick. I was playing In Silico recently, and I just kept thinking the entire time I was playing that there was no way anybody would be able to find these coins on their own, and it blew me away how many people didn't care simply because it looked cool. Really solid video btw, I don't agree with everything but I did enjoy watching the whole way through. Hope you'll rank all the newer gauntlets when they come out!
here are some overarching thoughts about everything in the video ! - i think fire is a very good introduction, but i still don’t understand why for the life of me radiation decided to push the magmatic sanctuary update - the speed change part was perfectly fine, and honestly, if you’re still not used to it, that’s a skill issue - ice is good. that is all i have to say about it. carnation in particular though SLAPS - i’m gonna disagree w/ generation retro. it’s honestly fine. it’s clearly something that a kid worked really hard on, it’s charming, the gameplay is very fun once you get the hang of it, and honestly, it’s the only level of the poison gauntlet to have actual effort put into it (oops, did i say that out loud?) - shadow and lava gauntlets are both fine tbh - same with bonus - to be honest, the only reason i even remember the chaos gauntlet is because kappaclysm is in it - traction, vibration, and hell are all good. (although i did fluke traction from 18% lol) sidestep is just awful. mechanical shi- sorry, mechanical showdown is *ABYSMAL*. i cannot wrap my head around people liking this level. - all of the time gauntlet slaps. especially mind control and timeless. and of course silence has the best piece of music cursedsnake has ever produced - i honestly never found the crystal gauntlet to be super terrible. it was pretty sightreadable even with no practice runs - i love skitten’s levels. that’s about all i remember re; the magic gauntlet, though - i’d rather have an actually interesting concept for gd over a generic 4-star, though dangerous spikes would’ve worked significantly better at the end - i’ve noticed that you tend to do this thing where you base an opinion on a level entirely on something that isn’t in the level. i don’t think slam’s criticisms are at all justified. and evw beat it in one attempt without practice back in 2017 of course it gets easy loooooool - doom and death just exist. i will always hate extinction though. darkness keeper would’ve been significantly better if the bossfight was better telegraphed - every single time i look at planet x, i only have one thought - “this made it into the top 5, and bismarck didn’t”. like planet x is okay but honestly their placement/positioning should’ve been flip-flopped - galaxy is just forgettable - universe is honestly the best 2.2 gauntlet. bismarck obviously slaps (side note: ruta del sol is fine lol) but pabrik and asadal are two of my favorite demons of all time - split is forgettable, although radiant glen is really really cool - i hated sinless ash with a passion because i was constantly dying to the bullet hell boss at the end, it never got consistent, and i ended up nearly breaking my desk. turns out i was doing it wrong those are my thoughts
I definitely agree with most of the opinions presented in the video, to be completely honest the only thing that I disagree with you on is the fact that I would prefer for Buried Angel to be shifted around with Extinction. Not only do I think that Buried Angel is easier than Extinction to start the gauntlet but I also feel like the slow gameplay of Buried Angel would be better suited for the start as having a bit of a faster paced gameplay on the second level with Extinction would make a nice segway into Shrill Hallway. Always thought that it was weird to make such a radical exception with the Demon Gauntlet in terms of reducing level count to 4.
glad the behemoth got some love, i love that level. one of the reasons it makes me like it so much is that it has a readable bossfight. the boss is on the left of the screen, which makes it WAY easier to read the level since it isnt covering like half of the screen
In my opinion the early gauntlets are all extremely mid 2.0 levels, the middle stage gauntlets are slightly weird 2.1 levels and the 2.2 gauntlets are pretty good But that's just a theory
It's interesting seeing someone else's opinions. When we got to the Galaxy and Univers Guantlets, my thoughts on them couldn't be more different. I didn't like Fizzy Fossils very much, Koenigstein is genuinely one of the best easy demons ever made, Ruta Del Sols gameplay is legitimately peak, Asadal was extremely memorable for me and Bismarck was just okay. Not hating on your opinions cause everyone is different, but it's honestly really interesting that we are polar opposites when it comes to those two guantlets.
10:59, No, this song does infact make sense, temple (Zelda 2) is a song that is usually paired with dark link being the final boss of that game. A "Shadow" of link who has his entire moveset. Don't know why the theme doesn't reflect that though
I completely agree with you on Fire Aura being a Demon, but it’s not the hardest seven star I know. Butiti is almost Medium Demon difficulty and it's rated seven stars for some reason. I also completely agree with you on Dark Drop, super fun level. HeLL is one of my favorite levels that I hated playing. The theming is on point and some of the best 2.0 has to offer, but the first 40% is pain, and very annoying when you aren't very good at the game. However, the rest is great. I'm going to be completely honest, Nowise and Darkness Keeper shouldn't Hard Demons, they are mid tier Medium Demon at best. Levels like Resurrection by Hinds and Lava Temple by GGBoy and Michigun are way harder than both Nowise and Darkness Keeper and should definitely be Medium Demon. The Universe Gauntlet is really funny to me because all of the levels are very unsightreadable, but all for completely different reasons. Ruta Del Sol, is more of your classic Demon that has some awkward transitions. I don’t even know how to describe Bismark's gameplay. Lutetia has what I could probably call "speedcore-ish" gameplay but for a level that isn't Insane Demon or harder. Pabrik is basically a memory level, love to see it. Then Asadal is your flow gameplay. I honestly really liked all of these levels, but I just thought it was interesting how non of them were sightreadable, I mean most of the World Gauntlet Demons were like that anyway.
No way Lava Temple is harder than Nowise. Lava Temple is very inconsistent in terms of difficulty. While Nowise steadily rise difficulty, from easy cube section to hard ball-spider section in end. Auto parts ruin atmosphere a bit though. (I respect your opinion and share mine)
I really like fire aura despite its horrible balancing due to how it goes from 0 to 100 immediately just like the song. Also everything after the 3x speed wave feels so much more intense despite being a lot easier other than that choke mini ship. I’m just the only person to ever exist who doesn’t mind a random difficulty spike halfway through just because.
Why am I always surprised that I disagree with videos that give opinions of all things. Anyway, I respect your opinion and can mostly see where you're going from, but I will not let the Ruta Del Sol slander pass >:(
37:30 honestly I disagree, I found Darkness Keeper to be harder than Nowise. Maybe it’s just because I beat it on 60hz mobile, or because I’m bad at boss fights. Either way darkness keeper was a little bit harder for me.
I'm definitely an alien or something because I've never really struggled with Fire Aura, although it probably should be an 8 or 9 star. Also I enjoy most Chase gameplay somehow
I agree with most of your takes here. My favorite gauntlet is also chaos because I love scarlet surge and how other levels are also fun and follow the theme quite well. I love the doom and demon gauntlet because made me a lot better at the game. Before my hardests are only easy demon, but after those gauntlets I can beat hard demons like dance massacre and the badland by taman. However, some of my opinions are different, like how koenigstein is actually my fav level ever and Chase is actually a really good at creatinf gameplay. Still, this is a great video because I actually watched the entire thing. I always enjoy tier list videos, they are just extremely fun to watch for me.
I love Fire Aura to be honest. I used to hate it because I wasn’t good enough to beat it, but now I love it because of the thrill and how exhilarating it was to beat the first time
35:50 Demon Gauntlet gives those vibes of "The place where you fight the final boss" while the Doom Gauntlet gives those vibes of "The True Final Boss with the True Ending" Doom Gauntlet has two Hard Demon level (14-4 Nowise and 14-5 Darkness Keeper) making it harder than the Demon Gauntlet
I actually disliked scarlet surge for a reason i haven't seen anyone talk about. I hated the 90% cube duel cause you can undershoot or overshoot an orb. I still like the level a lot and idk why people think it's the worst level, boring isn't the worst a level can do
my opinion is probably wrong, but imo shrill hallway is one of the most fun demons in the gauntlets idk i just found myself really loving everything except for the ship which wasnt even too bad, the balancing is a bit weird but i still thought the gameplay was great
As someone who usually only plays demons, most of the non demon packs didnt really stick out much (i will give the new packs and slam some credit because those were pretty good) The new demon gauntlets were pretty good overall too, but getting all the coins was a bit of a chore, especially with bismarck
I can promise you Extinction is more difficult than Buried Angel, reason being that Extinction is just consistently very difficult whereas Buried Angel is difficult in some places. Also, Buried Angel is like 30% transition.
calling Extinction a “great introduction to easy demons for new players” is pretty ridiculous… i mean, if the new player we’re talking about here is absolutely godlike at the game, then sure its a good introduction. but this level is at the very top of easy demon difficulty, and harder than some medium demons ive beaten.
Personally, I think HellGate Menace is one of the best levels in the 2.1 gauntlets. I admit it feels misrated, but I had a pretty good experience with it. You just have to go through it in practice mode to learn how all of the different attacks are telegraphed and what you can do to avoid them. In fact, I'd even say it's the second best level in the Monster Gauntlet - behind SLAM, but ahead of Monster Mischief (which I agree is a really good level as well). I'd even go so far as to say I like ChaSe's gameplay style - all you need to do is know where to buffer. Crystal Essence does have that one annoying part with the dual wave or whatever it was, but other than that, I've enjoyed all the ChaSe levels I've beaten. Even his part in Empyrean is basically just clicksync.
I've beaten half of the gauntlets after 3 months of on and off grinding. Here's my tier list. A:Discord Gauntlet B:Time Gauntlet C:Shadow,Poison,Ice,Fire,and Chaos Gauntlets D:Bonus and Lava Gauntlets F-:Spike Gauntlet Mostly C and D tier levels I've beaten sadly.
With the exception of the ice gauntlet, every gauntlet has at least one level I love and one level I absolutely despise (e.g. in the demon gauntlet, I really like Sidestep, but I really DON'T like Vibration)
I’ve only played like a third of the new gauntlet levels, but I loved Ruta Del Sol. The decoration is beautiful, the theme is amazing, and the song is my second favourite gauntlet song so far. I can only think of a couple places that, to me, had slightly sub par gameplay.
Great vid! Regarding the monster gauntlet, I'm not a huge fan of mechanism because I find the boss boring and the deco underwhelming. DanZmen said it best in his comment, talking about how haoN doesn't use the pulse triggers. What angers me the most is that it stole the placement of "The Massive" by 1374, which not only has better gameplay but one of the best bossfights I ever played. If you think the saw blade animations were impressive, see the ones in this level. It goes above and beyond and really urks me that it isn't in the gauntlet
Oh and how fire aura took him 1600 attempts, and he proceeds to say its an easy demon. Like yeh its decently hard but 8 star at most. All this guy does is whine about shit because he sucks ass
17:32 I hate scarlet surge and the chaos gauntlet because of the flashing lights, the one mandatory gauntlet is also the one to make me want to rip my eyes out.
things i disagree entirely with: time gauntlet is A tier. Rose and Mind Control carry the gauntlet. Death Gauntlet above Doom gauntlet, and perfectly on par with chaos gauntlet. if its a perfect gauntlet, it should be at the top. discord gauntlet and split gauntlet on par with each other on bottom S. discord gauntlet has its second level, which is kind janky, while split has seasonal haven and sinless ash being mid-bad, while everything else is near peak, especially wild card. i dont like abstractdark, and like rafer
I feel like my ratings on gauntlets are different since I never bothered to get it on pc, being a mobile player might have a big impact on my rankings tbh
I go into the comments of Fizzy Fossils and literally all I see are comments saying it's terrible and I have zero clue why. I must regretfully inform you all that that level is good. My sincerest condolences.
I'm sorry, I'm 2/3 of the way through the video right now and there have been SO MANY bad takes here. Just atrocious. Also Rafer's name is pronounced Ray-fur. Ice gauntlet S tier is an abomination. Poison gauntlet E tier is downright disrespectful. Lava gauntlet F tier is so bad, especiallt when Magic and Crystal gauntlets exist, and HOW are you knocking Shadow Gauntlet down to B tier when you said it was "almost perfect"?!?! Look, im not trying to flame you here, but holy it just seems like you're only trying to have controversial takes, throwing in a few good takes here and there to pretend like youre not trolling.
It's sad that you despised HellGate Menace. I really loved the level. However, I do admit, it should be demon. However, my reasoning behind it is also because I feel like it would've been badass to end the gauntlet with one. Kinda like how the World Gauntlet ended with one. Honestly ChaSe's levels aren't that bad imo, except Empyrean, but Empyrean has bad gameplay as a whole imo
4:59 ice gauntlet 7:06 poison gauntlet 9:08 shadow gauntlet 11:48 lava gauntlet (danger zone is memorable for me cuz its the first level I got introduced to gd) 14:17 bonus gaunlet 16:59 chaos gauntlet 19:13 demon gauntlet 22:18 time gauntlet 24:20 crystal gauntlet 29:04 Spike gauntlet 31:02 monster gauntlet 35:23 doom gauntlet 38:10 death gauntlet 2.1 opinions: I think the gauntlet shows rhe evolution of geometry dash and its creations. It reminds me of most web series/animation shows here on youtube. 2.2 ( 41:17 ) as of Jan 2024. 41:35 World gauntlet 42:58 Galaxy gauntlet 44:50 Universe gauntlet 45:50 Discord Gauntlet 47:19 split
I have a soft spot for the map packs. I'm a 1.9 player that only recently picked up the game again, and I find modern gameplay to be very unreadable and irritating as a result. Map pack levels may look like shit, may be full of blind jumps and obnoxious flashing lights... but they're what I know the game for. Gauntlets are great too, but I still haven't gotten around to beating them lol.
