[NEW HARDEST] Bloodlust 100% - Geometry Dash (Extreme Demon)
What a journey.
I had too much to say within this 5,000 character limit, so I made a Twitlonger relating to my Geometry Dash journey. If you wish to read it, you may do so here: https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss...
Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout these 3 years, especially the server that I brought to life on 1 April 2021. You guys are awesome. Special shoutouts to the OG members of the server who are still by the server's side even today. You know who you are ;)
As a learning process, the level is very fun to practice, especially the extension. I had a blast learning the latter half of the level, and the satisfaction from finally completing each individual part in the extension was amazing. The remade Bloodbath parts in the former half did feel more of a re-learning process though, so not much to comment on that side of the equation. Grinding the level, including from start positions, was also fairly fun. The level flowed quite nicely, though that's probably giving credit to Bloodbath instead of Bloodlust.
From 0%, the level is quite boring to play, but once again playing the extension itself was such a blast each time. Parts such as Evasium*, Namtar, Etzer* and Terron were really fun to play. The balancing in this level is also very good - I didn't notice a single massive difficulty spike within the level. The entire level was for the most part very consistent too. Even Michigun (R.I.P.) was super consistent from any percentage.
However, some parts such as Nikroplays, Manix's 72% wave, Xaro and Willy5000 were just so unbelievably buggy and/or inconsistent, causing the majority of the 19 extension deaths I had. In fact, while I mentioned above that the level's flow in the remade Bloodbath sections was great, the only heavily remade section in the former half (excluding the first wave cause that got consistent real quick) was Nikroplay's a-bunch-of-whatever old Yatagarasu part of something. My sole question is why in the world would he put an abandoned Yatagarasu part, meant for Yatagarasu only, into such a fast-pased part in Bloodlust? It doesn't make any sense to me and it is easily my least favourite part of the level. Not much else to say aside from being kinda unlucky from 0% but meh :p (*: I don't actually know who made them so I'm using their BB equivalents LOL)
I had to deal with a couple of adjustments to myself here and there. Here are the 2 most notable:
Firstly and most importantly, I switched the way I played the game from index finger to my thumb. This meant that I held my mouse like a controller/phone and played the game from there. I felt much more relaxed and comfortable doing so, hence I just rolled with it. I even tried this out while beating Azurite (Sillow) and the results showed.
Secondly this level required absolutely great nerve control while beating levels, especially while getting far into the level. I was never good at being less nervous - I rarely suppress my emotions. But this time, it was practically necessary to beat the level. The extension, to me, was the hardest part of the level, albeit the most consistent section. Therefore, I had to learn to control my nerves and prevent myself from panicking far into the level.
Overall, a stunning Extreme demon that perfectly reimagines an old legendary level with a little twist at the end.
My Top 5 Hardest Achievements in Geometry Dash:
1) Bloodlust
2) Sonic Wave - • [NEW SG HARDEST, FIRST TOP 50!!] Sonic Wav...
3) Yatagarasu - • (RGB #2, FIRST SG VICTOR!! :D) Yatagarasu ...
4) Digitial Descent - • [20TH EXTREME DEMON] Digital Descent 100% ...
5) Artificial Ascent - • Artificial Ascent 100% - Geometry Dash (Ex...
Recording software - Cyberlink Screen Recorder 4
Streaming software - OBS Studio
Stream: off-stream
Raw footage: • bloodlust raw
Relevant Peripherals:
Mouse - Razer Viper
Keyboard - Razer Huntsman
Monitor - X200 Prism+ (200Hz)
Level song: At the Speed of Light by Dimrain47
Song URL: • Dimrain47 - At the Speed of Light
Overlapped songs:
1) At the Speed of Light [APTeam Cover] by Zimnoir12
Song URL: • ♪ Zimnior12 - At the Speed of Light [APTea...
2) At the Speed of Light - Dimrain47 | Bloodbath Drum Cover by Aaron Ong Drums
Song URL: • At the Speed of Light - Dimrain47 | Bloodb...
Song at beginning of video: Good Night by Undertale (Toby Fox), video by SilvaGunner
Song URL: • Good Night - UNDERTALE
Songs at end of video are all made by Toby Fox.
Snowdin Town: • Video
Shop: • Video
Fallen Down: • Video
Number of attempts - 21,132
Worst fails (deaths past Havok) - 95% x2, 89%, 87%, 84% x2, 82%, 80% x3, 79%, 78%, 77%, 75% x2, 72% x3, 69%, 64%, 63% x5, 61%
Favorite part - 85% to 89% (Terron)
Least favorite part - 42% to 46% (Nikroplays)
Decoration - 70/100
Gameplay - 40/100
Overall enjoyment - 55/100
Recommendation to beat - 8/10
This was completed on the 9th February 2023, when Bloodlust was ranked #50 on the Main List, according to pointercrate.com/demonlist.
I take no credit for the songs used in this video.
:)