Couple of corrections, I figured I wouldn't get everything right: Aurorus' verification was of a noclipped recording due to the original being claimed to have been done off-recording, although this was still proven to be hacked and thus would still invalidate said verification. WcropoliX was not remade by Blass specifically but by KeyDashMaster once again, so a small inaccuracy on my part. Slaughterhouse was indeed verified by someone before Abyss of Darkness, so my point at the start of that segment is completely redundant. It would seem that players view VSC to be harder than Slaughterhouse hence the absense of it here, which take that as you please, it is a subjective list put together by a group of people. I've seen a couple of people mentioning SonicBath which yea fair, I suppose I missed that one even though much like InvisiBath which I removed from the list are horribly irrelevant. They don't really add anything to the list so while I am annoyed to have missed a level, SonicBath wouldn't add a single thing to this list's impact in the end, much like CataBath they are pathetically boring to talk about.

@G0ldcraft

25 күн бұрын

Stormfly do you really think Alphabet X is harder than Acropolis? No one I ever talked said that Alphabet X is harder than Acropolis, even Zobros himself spent way more attempts on Acropolis (about 9000 on Acropolis as he said in one of his QnA comments vs 2126 attempts by him on Alphabet X)

@G0ldcraft

25 күн бұрын

GDDL also thinks Alphabet X is way easier, only Tier 16 while Acropolis is Tier 17 closer to Tier 18.

@solarion13

25 күн бұрын

another thing, at 27:38 you showed the ingame account "koreaqwer" for koreaqwer, but his actual ingame name is Jindotgae. the person with the name "koreaqwer" is a completely different person

@Stormfly

25 күн бұрын

@@solarion13 Yea you're right and I genuinely know that, I just didn't think about it when picking those images, damn it.

@Innerste_

25 күн бұрын

@@G0ldcraft Zobros did himself say in the same Q&A that he thinks Alphabet X is his hardest. I'd imagine Acropolis gave him a skill boost.

Storm saying invincible instead of invisible is so fudkign funny

@Algebrian

25 күн бұрын

Ikr 😂😂

@ileok6548

25 күн бұрын

Invincible deadlocked 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@iamwizarddd

25 күн бұрын

its a language thing, english isnt his first language. its funny but not something to point out like this

@BogaBoga

25 күн бұрын

I was so confused for a second when he started talking about beating the levels invincible 😂

@PenguinBoi27

24 күн бұрын

Every time he said it in my mind it was just the cut to title card [INVINCIBLE]

The funny thing with Blind Blizzard and Sightless Sandstorm is that I didn’t intend to beat the hardest levels at the time, I was just pushing myself because I genuinely enjoyed playing them. It’s incredible to be in a video like this, and I want you to know how much I appreciate you including these two levels. The one thing I’ve wanted to do in this community is give people hope that they can achieve anything that they put their mind into, whether that would be in-game or IRL. I hope both of my invisible verifications convey that.

@saltinnee6060

24 күн бұрын

Congrats on verifying 2 top 1s dude :) Also, according to the unrated demons list they’re both even harder than firework

@Funnynick

24 күн бұрын

Invincible*

@YungLocso

24 күн бұрын

those are great achievements, like, beating TWO ridiculously hard levels, also completely INVISIBLE, like wtf dude

@Aerialyn

24 күн бұрын

​@@saltinnee6060and he even beat them 3 years ago. Insanity

@harrygoesgaming

23 күн бұрын

BRADEN!!

23:25 shaking and crying tysvm

@Flyingturt1e

25 күн бұрын

freakon david 😛

@col7004

24 күн бұрын

Giron 😮

@GwDaunted

24 күн бұрын

Good job on verifying cataclysm!! :D your achievement will always be remembered

@tetrahenix

24 күн бұрын

@@Flyingturt1e Why is this the first reply under a Giron comment

@sameeknowsitall

24 күн бұрын

You finally got your credit.

45:34 THIS TRANSITION IS CRAZY WHAT

@a64320

25 күн бұрын

YEA LOL ITS CRAZY

@CKsilver

25 күн бұрын

WHAT LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

@Melzy64

24 күн бұрын

Arcturus Jumpscare type transition 😭

@Kvolodin111

24 күн бұрын

hello aubrey from hit game omori

@antimatterg

24 күн бұрын

ARBY'S???

im harder than all of these

@Goodnu2013

25 күн бұрын

Pause

@Not_Soggy

25 күн бұрын

hold the phone, what are my eyes seeing right now

@iri0022

25 күн бұрын

whoa hold up

@Kyaryyyy6yyyy88

25 күн бұрын

i need proof

@davidplays1709

25 күн бұрын

real asf

Something I always found lame about these lists is that it would always go something like demon park, then to the grave, then the hell world, silent club, etc. and a whole era of legit play was never shown. Really glad you showed the real progression of skill

@iVerifiedTheGoldenLetsGo

9 күн бұрын

Yo Tride

I've always been more interested in the hardest legitimately verified levels. Nice update video.

@ngngngr

25 күн бұрын

also zodiac was verified on the same day as thinking space

@KuipurrCat

25 күн бұрын

@@ngngngr Zodiac was a few hours before Thinking Space

Slight potential correction: it is actually unknown is Cyclic actually hacked Cataclysm as there is nothing suspicious that has been found and it’s thought that the reason why Cyclic confessed was that he felt guilt due to his definitely hacked levels (the hell zone and sonic wave) note how in his confession he only confessed to hell zone and sonic wave at first and only confessed to all his hardest completions after being asked about any other cheats

@fireindahole-777alt

23 күн бұрын

SILENT POTENTIAL CORRECTION NEW TOP 1

@ItsLux1211

23 күн бұрын

@@fireindahole-777alt Thank you for pointing that error out I would have not realised that Amazing Autocorrect

@xRetroWAVE

10 күн бұрын

​@@ItsLux1211 Imo considering that his new completions were only insane demons after the confession, I think that Cataclysm is most likely hacked

@ItsLux1211

10 күн бұрын

@@xRetroWAVE He has beaten some pretty hard stuff (both new and old) so it wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility for him to have beaten cataclysm

6:55 I vividly remember the single character bug happening in a later update, probably in 1.5 or 1.6, so it's very likely the bug wasn't originally patched for everyone. Changing the keyboard on the Android phone I was using back then seemed to fix it, meaning it's probably not *really* a GD bug, but I don't think it's unlikely others suffered from this. If you played Geometry Dash on a Samsung Galaxy S3, you'll probably know what I'm talking about. Edit: There's a massive difference between 'invisible' and 'invincible' 🙂

Love how the final top 10 includes Spoiler:: The top 3 being Zoink verifications including 2 acherons, then 2 extremes with an extra alpha trigger

You forgot Sonicbath by Sunix verified on May 12th 2017 by Sunix again. It's Sonic Wave with an extension of modifed crack and modifed asonicmen of Bloodbath at the end of it.

@sameeknowsitall

25 күн бұрын

Yeah.

@pikonom

25 күн бұрын

​@@sameeknowsitallsurprisingly for having over 400k views on the video, it doesnt get recognized as "hardest ever beaten level" at its time

@erewaion9118

24 күн бұрын

he also forgot invisiwave, sunix passed it a couple of days after sonicbath, although I have no idea whether it’s more difficult or not, it’s very difficult to compare

Fun fact: If your old ass Android phone has a physical keyboard and can run old versions of GD, you can type more than one character using that physical keyboard

@Xnoob545

24 күн бұрын

Does it work if i plug in a USB physical keyboard into my phone I should try that

@vscythe_

24 күн бұрын

​@@Xnoob545OTG USB connection was added much later than that I think

@MGLpr0

23 күн бұрын

​​@@vscythe_Android 4.x was already 2 years old when GD first released, and it had full OTG support. I have a low end Android tablet that I bought in 2013 for 45$, and even it had OTG

45:33 that transition tho🔥🔥🔥

was really expecting crystal edge, 3sh in hell or grains of sand, interesting

@Lscott-fk2sn

25 күн бұрын

vtrue

@PeasantBanana

25 күн бұрын

true

@aelzthegoat

25 күн бұрын

none were top 1

@sameeknowsitall

25 күн бұрын

None were top 1

@KuipurrCat

25 күн бұрын

Crystal Edge - idk 3sh in Hell - Impossible to rank Grains of Said - "Easier than RUST, harder than Omega Interface (Keep skillset bias in mind)" - Whizkid05

Robtop did actually say that he'd add his own version of CBF to the game, just to "Not Get Your Hopes Up" whatever that means and it seems like the demon list is slowly moving away from its approach of needing levels to be rated to be placed on the top spot, which would effectively change the list into what this video is, which I personally do prefer

@sameeknowsitall

25 күн бұрын

Same

@plasmakitten4261

24 күн бұрын

I don't think the list is liable to include things like alternate versions of levels or challenges, but unrated unique levels, sure.

@sirpuffin08

24 күн бұрын

@@plasmakitten4261 yeah I was thinking about that, they would most likely have a level of quality control for levels, only putting levels on the list if they meet specific criteria and such, as for challenges, they have their own list, so yeah

@cinasek4263

24 күн бұрын

​@@plasmakitten4261if they add unrated lvls bloodlust would be legacy already lol

invincible deadlocked

@BogaBoga

25 күн бұрын

invincible deadlocked is so hard fr

@itsAzerty

25 күн бұрын

I thought that he was mispelling it at first, but he did it tons of times lmao

this is actually an extremely impressive video, like how deep did you have to dig to find out that a random unrated level with JUST 11 LIKES was the hardest for its time?! crazy dedication to research

5:02 “hi hungry I’m dad” “why did you name me this way?”

@SantaCloos

24 күн бұрын

Not funny

@Gherkin

24 күн бұрын

@@SantaCloos why bother commenting then 💀

@EM88005

22 күн бұрын

​@@Gherkinbecause clearly you didn't understand that it wasn't funny before commenting 😂

@Gherkin

22 күн бұрын

@@EM88005 calling something funny is subjective, if you don’t find something funny you literally have no reason to reply unless you’re looking for attention or an argument 💀

@EM88005

22 күн бұрын

@@Gherkin exactly. I thought it wasn't funny, SantaCloos thought it wasn't funny. You (somehow) thought it was. Besides, agreeing or disagreeing with someone will never change the fact that they are able to state their opinion with a reply, and I felt like replying because it was a corny ass joke

00:00 - Introduction 1:50 - Can't Let Go 2:43 - The First 3:11 - The first 3 trials 3:37 - The Rainbow Road 3:53 - Level 5 4:08 - Q 4:30 - D 5:06 - Demon Park (1st Top-1 Demon) 6:04 - To The Grave (2nd Top-1 Demon) 6:46 - L 7:53 - Extreme Park (3rd Top-1 Demon) 8:19 - Demon World (5th Top-1 Demon) 9:17 - Bicycle 10:12 - Rythem Time Machine 11:24 - Definite Integral 11:54 - Pink World 12:41 - Bizarre Milestone (old) 13:19 - PG Clubstep (old) 14:28 - XYZ step (old) 15:29 - Primary Maze 17:54 - Deadly ClubStep 18:47 - Stalemate 19:44 - Acropolis 20:27 - Necropolis 21:18 - Alphabet X 22:21 - Cataclysm (14th Top-1 Demon) 23:41 - Bloodbath (18th Top-1 Demon) 24:16 - Phobos (20th Top-1 Demon) 25:24 - WcropoliX 27:06 - The Hell Zone (original is 6th Top-1 Demon) 29:03 - Athanatos (22nd Top-1 Demon) 30:05 - Catabath 30:43 - Athanasia 31:44 - Sonic Wave (16th Top-1 Demon) 33:20 - Death Corridor Z 35:12 - Plasma Pulse Finale (28th Top-1 Demon) 36:05 - Bloodlust (29th Top-1 Demon) 38:08 - Crimson Planet (30th Top-1 Demon) 38:42 - Zodiac (31st Top-1 Demon) 40:15 - Tartarus (32th Top-1 Demon) 42:05 - Blind Blizzard 43:27 - Sightless Sandstorm 44:05 - Sonic Wave Infinity 45:34 - Arcturus 46:28 - VSC 47:56 - Abyss of Darkness (37th Top-1 Demon) 49:09 - Silent Clubstep 50:54 - Acheron (38th Top-1 Demon) 52:47 - Acheron (buffed) 53:28 - Tidal Wave (40th Top-1 Demon)

HELL YEAH i've been hoping to see a new update to this! Thank you :)

The transition at 45:33 from SWI to arcturus is crazy. Love that.

So happy to see Back mentioned! One of my all time favorite creators and someone who is so unfortunately forgotten to time, thank you for mentioning their work!

You forgot SonicBath! Sonic wave with 2 parts of bloodbath at the end verified by Sunix after sonic wave (yes i know it’s stupid but in the context of this list it counts)

@mcguy7777

24 күн бұрын

pretty sure Sakupen Realm was also a former top 1 but ppl were skeptical about its legitimacy.

@saltinnee6060

24 күн бұрын

@@mcguy7777 yeah they were both missed

@sameeknowsitall

24 күн бұрын

@@mcguy7777I think sakupen realm was very controversial so it didn’t make the list.

50:42 That was certainly not a “small” nerf

@frankdegarcia

20 күн бұрын

Apparently original unnerfed silent clubstep is not that much harder than tidal wave, still top 1 tho

@wotrixis_legend3586

11 күн бұрын

@@frankdegarcia wait unnerfed silent clubstep is easier than tidal wave, but it is still top 1? XD

@frankdegarcia

11 күн бұрын

@@wotrixis_legend3586 no, It’s harder just not as hard as we originally thought years ago

@wotrixis_legend3586

11 күн бұрын

@@frankdegarcia not really, its closer to something like aeternus than it is to tidal wave, apparently all parts that were making it impossible were nerfed a lot in verified wersion

--Every Level On The List-- ((some timestamps might be incorrect)) 1:49 -- Cant Let Go by RobTop Games 2:43 -- The First by Clatchet(?) 3:12 -- The first 3 trials by CarbonElite 3:37 -- The Rainbow Road by CarbonElite(?) 3:55 -- Level 5 by Matty 4:08 -- Q by - Ink(?) 4:28 -- D by Die 5:06 -- Demon Park by M2Col 6:04 -- To The Grave by Darnoc 6:46 -- L by S/일간/Ingnan 7:53 -- Extreme Park by Rabbitical/Rabb2tI 8:19 -- Demon World by SuperHexagon 9:17 -- Bicycle by Back 🔥🔥🔥 10:11 -- Rythem Time Machine by Gw Popomon 11:24 -- Definite Integral by Rabbitical/Rabb2tI 11:54 -- Pink World by Gw Popomon 12:41 -- Bizzare Milestone by PG1004 13:19 -- PG Clubstep (Old) by PG1004

@GwDaunted

23 күн бұрын

14:28 -- XYZ Step Infinity by OrcaSN 15:29 -- Primary Maze by centuple 17:54 -- Deadly ClubStep by IIINePtunEIII, Verified by LunarSIMG 18:47 -- Stalemate by Nox 19:43 -- Acropolis by Zobros 20:26 -- Necropolis by IIINePtunEIII, Verified by GMDElite 21:19 -- Alphabet X by BlackP2sFull, Verified by Zobros 22:21 -- Cataclysm by Ggb0y, Verified by Cycli- i mean GironDavid 23:41 -- Bloodbath by weoweoteo, Vermillion, and more, Verified by Riot 12:16 -- Phobos (Nerfed ver.) by GMT_Sean, Kobazz and more, Hack-Verified by Tygrysek and Verified by Krmal 25:24 -- WcropoliX by GlassCFB, Marpha, Mero, and Nicecap 27:05 -- The Hell Zone by Cyclic, 1234, Koreqwer/Jindotgae and Ryan LC, Verified by Stormfly

@GwDaunted

23 күн бұрын

29:03 -- Athanatos by Exenity, Herzilo and Gaelo, Verified by lSunix 30:05 -- Catabath by lSunix 🛏💤 30:43 -- Athanasia by Viruz 31:45 -- Sonic Wave by Cyclic, Verified by lSunix 33:20 -- Death Corridor Z by KaotikJumper and AirSwipe, Verified by lSunix 35:12 -- Plasma Pulse Finale by GironDavid and xSmoKes 36:06 -- Bloodlust by Manix648, Quasar, Pan and more, Verified by Knobbelboy 38:08 -- Crimson Planet by TrueOmega, nikrodox and more, Verified by Wooshi 38:42 -- Zodiac by RicoLP, LeocreatorX, Bianox, Rustam and more, Hack-Verified by xander556 and Verified by Technical 40:15 -- Tartarus by Riot, Aurorus, Cyclic and more, Verified by ItzDolphy

@GwDaunted

23 күн бұрын

42:05 -- Blind Blizzard by Bradenbowl 43:27 -- Sightless Sandstorm by Bradenbowl 44:05 -- Sonic Wave Infinity by APTeam, Verified by Xanii 43:34 -- Arcturus by maxfs, Verified by ultracauaHD 46:59 -- VSC (Veri SuBBo Challenge) by Bo and Woom, Verified by Yossarian 47:56 -- Abyss Of Darkness by Exen/Neiro(?), CDMusic and more, Hack-Verified by Exen/Neiro and Verified by CursedZ 49:09 -- Silent clubstep by TheRealSailent, Verified by Paqoe/zoe_bve 50:54 -- Acheron by ryamu, Riot and more, Verified by Zoink (if i remember correctly, in tdp, riot confirmed that originally acheron started as a joke sequel to tartarus when he was listening to thermodynamix) 52:39 -- Acheron (Buffed ver.) by ryamu, Riot and more, Verified by Zoink 53:28 -- Tidal Wave by OniLink, Verified by zZoink

@GwDaunted

23 күн бұрын

this one wouldnt sent idk why 14:28 -- XYZ Step Infinity by OrcaSN 15:29 -- Primary Maze by centuple 17:54 -- Deadly ClubStep by IIINePtunEIII, Verified by LunarSIMG 18:47 -- Stalemate by Nox 19:43 -- Acropolis by Zobros 20:26 -- Necropolis by IIINePtunEIII, Verified by GMDElite 21:19 -- Alphabet X by BlackP2sFull, Verified by Zobros 22:21 -- Cataclysm by Ggb0y, Verified by Cycli- i mean GironDavid 23:41 -- Bloodbath by weoweoteo, Vermillion, and more, Verified by Riot 24:17 -- Phobos (Nerfed ver.) by GMT_Sean, Kobazz and more, Hack-Verified by Tygrysek and Verified by Krmal 25:24 -- WcropoliX by GlassCFB, Marpha, Mero, and Nicecap 27:05 -- The Hell Zone by Cyclic, 1234, Koreqwer/Jindotgae and Ryan LC, Verified by Stormfly

@GDNachoo

23 күн бұрын

W

Two small tidbits that hardly matter but I wanted to nerd over: • official level IDs differ from online IDs, so Can’t Let Go shouldn’t have an ID listed • Practice mode completions were first removed in 1.02, not 1.1, but iOS didn’t get that update

@DIPHENHYDRAMINEMAN

25 күн бұрын

In the games code can't let go is referred to as ID 6. You can't find it in the level browser, but it effectively is ID 6 by all means, other than that.

small correction: despite its insanely high difficulty, tidal wave is claimed to be one of the most fun top 1s of the recent years by pretty much everyone good enough to play it. i know it's just a small detail, but it genuinely made me a little mad because you used it as an argument for top demons being dead and horrible

@ERRR0RR

23 күн бұрын

And that's all the level has to offer??? Stormfly was totally correct of using it then

@exiled_shadegd

23 күн бұрын

Top demons are still mostly horrible, but definitely not dead

@EM88005

22 күн бұрын

​@@ERRR0RRtf do you want a top extreme to offer? lmao

@FRBFStudios

22 күн бұрын

@@ERRR0RR he used it by saying "200 frame perfects which just sounds like misery", and this as an example for how top demons are getting worse and worse. and in this case, that is just not true because not only is tidal wave fun, but there are a lot of upcoming top extremes that are, unlike he stated, highly anticipated and loved by the community (amethyst, grief, ascension to heaven) and many of them also seem to be fairly enjoyable.

@damnation4562

20 күн бұрын

​@@FRBFStudios You can't tell us that Grief looks enjoyable to play D:

Sorry, can you explain again why Slaughterhouse isn’t on the list? I didn’t follow what you said about its first victor not naming till 9 days after AOD’s, since Doggie cleared Slaughterhouse in December 2021, several months before Cursed cleared AOD in April 2022.

@PragandSens

25 күн бұрын

Silent clubstep > slaughterhouse

@Zosso-1618

25 күн бұрын

@@PragandSens That’s not at all what Storm said, since he doesn’t even mention Silent Clubstep in that part of the video.

@Greg-ix4nu

25 күн бұрын

true

@FrogsGD

25 күн бұрын

​@@Zosso-1618illegitimate verification

@humptwe

24 күн бұрын

​@FrogsGD but it was verified by doggie, 4 months before aod

something pretty major to note, that i would like to share. According to Bradenbowl, the only player who has completed all levels in question, as well as being the only person to give a real opinion, both invisible levels are harder than Firework and easier than Slaughterhouse, meaning that these 2 levels would not be dethroned until VSC, making Sonic Wave Infinity and arcturus not the hardest levels beaten at any point in time.

@sameeknowsitall

25 күн бұрын

🎉

@exiled_shadegd

23 күн бұрын

true

45:33 the best transition ever

I was here since the original hardest levels compilation I'm happy it's getting continued! :] (This was not what I was hoping for but it's still great!)

Bad Influence - Dreams 4ever Change To Win - Just A Game David SonJC - Katonda Alinawe Restoration Union - Roentgenium

@cloverdove

24 күн бұрын

Uhuh

One of my biggest flexes is that I have back added on friends list

Your editing style feels like i am watching you uncover lore for a horror game

Silent Clubstep wasn't nerfed by a small amount and it became worse in 2.2 due to 60 FPS physics making cube jumps smaller compared to 360 2.1, meaning that in 2.1, for example, ratio between same timings in versions was 2:1, while in 2.2 it became 1,3:0,3

I absolutely love you covering obscure geometry dash history

0:01 Why my brain was saying "this is your daily dose lf Geometry Dash"

@yasubtw

16 күн бұрын

lol

Extremely W vid, I’ve been waiting for this since 2019. I’m glad FHL exist on the ILL list as well (the purple one)

its kinda funny how old difficult gp compares to nowadays, its like back in the early days it was mostly memory and fakeouts to add difficulty along with hard timings

This is really fun because my first insane was stalemate, and now i am trying to beat acropolis as my second. I never realized these were top ones lol

@YungLocso

24 күн бұрын

i beat stalemate like 2 months ago and i was like "wtf this is so easy for an insane demon"... it's hard to think about it as the "hardest verified level in the game" at some point

55:04 don’t worry, tidal wave is actually decently fun to play according to the victors and people with progress on it unlike acheron which is mainly unfun due to it’s extremely condensed difficulty which tidal wave avoids due to being longer

@MyHandleIsAplaceholder

23 күн бұрын

Also Acheron's first jump

@exiled_shadegd

23 күн бұрын

@@MyHandleIsAplaceholder180 fps frame perfect

BROOO, this is the sequel of all time, I know your videos are kind of a secure source of informacion, this is amazing!!!

ur telling me that I’m jumping from natural step to a former top 1?… well at least I get bragging rights

So who’s beaten an old Top 1?

i saw you making this video like a month ago when you were completing some of the hardest levels in early history and i predicted exactly what your next video title would be lol

THIS IS SO HYPE< FINALLY THE LIST IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR

when you said tartarus and then 2019 i nearly had a heart attack. I still feel like bloodbath was verified 2 or 3 years ago.

@exiled_shadegd

23 күн бұрын

ACHERON is two years ago 😭

ITS FINALLY HERE

I feel like I remember hearing somewhere that that one almost frame perfect click at the start of The Hell Zone is actually significantly harder on higher refresh rates, and so by the standards of 60hz it would be significantly easier than other levels it outranks in this video, but on 144 it gets there. So you wouldn't have thought of it as a new hardest level at the time because the community still hadn't fully adopted 144 as the standard.

KrmaL verifying Phobos on 60hz is still probably one of the most underrated and arguably the hardest achievement at the time

thank you for including silent clubstep

@sameeknowsitall

25 күн бұрын

It goes with the rules of the vid so yeah

@Flyingturt1e

25 күн бұрын

level got robbed bro 😭

@tm3ind

24 күн бұрын

could’ve been top one until tidal wave

@FRBFStudios

24 күн бұрын

@tm3ind no its easier than acheron

@Ilovesilentclubstep

22 күн бұрын

F*ck slh bro it's the reason why acheron,silent clubstep, aod and kyouki that got robbed in spots because of how overrated and intense it looks

invisible black blizzard and sunset sandstorm being former top 1 levels is so funny

I would argue Phobos, even compensating for demonlist/community bias towards Bloodbath near its verification, didn't deserve to be placed higher in 2016 because it wouldn't truly reflect the skills of most of the community. 144hz players were hard to come by in that time and 240hz+ was out of the question, plus straight fly as a feature had hardly been mastered by most players. You can see the difference on the LRR (Low Refresh Rate) Demon List, where Bloodbath still ranks far above Phobos.

@ozelotultra

19 күн бұрын

In 2016, most of the Demonlist staff members(Michigun, Hinds, Zobros, KrmaL, SrGuillester) were 60hz or mobile, Bloodbath is harder than Phobos on both

@apollo1493

16 күн бұрын

As a 60hz player I can confirm that Bloodbath is WAYYY harder than Phobos

viruz mentioned but for real, by the time he beat athanasia, it was doomed to never gain any traction and i think thats what contributed to him slowly losing interest in the game from that point on. i was a very frequent face in his discord server back in the day and observed how he was making levels, and he did make some amazing levels for the time. sadly he was not recognized for who he was and now it seems that his achievements and creations are just a fleeting memory.

always hoped for an update to it again lmao, see this in 2 years from now

very sick to see this updated 🙂

New stormfly documentary?! wooooooooo!

man, mentioning Death Corridor Z unlocked a TON of memories that had not surfaced since they originally happened. it filled like a massive hole just was filled in my memories.

I'd love to see this video recreated in a few years to see how it has changed from new information

@speedyjet

25 күн бұрын

like 1 more level (difficulty has plateaued)

@DiamondCookie47

25 күн бұрын

@@speedyjet you never know, there could be multiple new top ones by as soon as the end of this years

@speedyjet

25 күн бұрын

@@DiamondCookie47 Not more than maybe 2

you know it's real when stormfly drops an "every hardest"

What a great look at the history of the game, always love these documentaries that make my back hurt progressively more (What do you mean PPF was verified almost 7 years ago noooo) Some points that are sorta related: A type character bug persisted to mobile in a different field, that being the song ID section only allowing 6 digits, meaning quickly the poll of songs that mobile players could search got stuck starting January 28th, 2021 as Newgrounds songs went past 6 digits. Not a huge deal as downloading the songs was till possible, just required a workaround of having the song set from a different device or level. This has been patched in 2.2 thankfully For Wcropolix I have the very vague memory of the creator of the original level, Keyblade, never endorsing the remake in any way and actively not wanting it to be rated, however I cannot cite a source if that was the case, so the comment isn't worth much unless you were able to track back the creators again (Which may as well not even remember what happened as it's been ages) Also I hope you have been well! The 2.2 update sure has changed a lotta stuff and I know it's probably not been all well for everyone but I hope some recent stuff in the game is still cool for you!

the timeline shouldve been: vsc, firework, slaughterhouse, then aod i think, unless vsc is harder than slaughterhouse. it was firework that got verified before the first legit slaughterhouse completion, not aod edit: nvm

@TacocatGD

25 күн бұрын

are you harder than all of these

@1cn1cn1

25 күн бұрын

VSC is abit harder than firework afaik

@WhyLonk

25 күн бұрын

@@1cn1cn1 slaughterhouse shouldve still been there at least tho

@WhyLonk

25 күн бұрын

@@TacocatGD yeah

10:35 the lad is a professional rhythm gamer

we have pushed the boundaries of difficulty so much that these levels aren't super exciting anymore

Hey stormy you should make a video about the "SIMG" series by Luna!

@exiled_shadegd

23 күн бұрын

LunarSIMG is unbelievably skilled, I think he could beat today’s high end extremes if he got a good computer

33:08 what about mefewe??? 98% death

so happy to see bicycle get some recognition and representation for what it was at the time! definitely one of my all-time favorites and i've beaten it multiple times!

btw both sightless sandstorm and blind blizzard are above firework on the unrated demonlist, and i think braden said sightless was harder than slaughterhouse

The ending really sums up everything although it really hurts to hear and accept. When I first got into the community, top demons were respected not just on the basis of difficulty but as an actual level, where the levels weren't so discardable and discarded as newer top 1s now. I still am fond of Zodiac, The Golden, VSC, BloodLust, etc... But newer ones feel discarable - there's no point to care about them besides difficulty and it's all saturated. And now that 2.2 released and advantages have basically been made illegal, it feels like either a nail in the coffin or a big barricade. It's sad and hurts, but a halt to everything rather than continued oversaturation is ideal.

@hata6290

25 күн бұрын

That is literally just bias. You people are pathetic and you should genuinely be ashamed for taking such a stance stormfly. This has nothing to do with lack of identity, Robtop is just a jaded piece of shit who can’t hit too buttons to rate a level. Also cbf isn’t cheating and unless Robtops version (which probably won’t come out for years) is EQUALLY as good, we will keep using it. Cry

@FRBFStudios

24 күн бұрын

i think most of these statements are being very overdramatic. i mean, not only is tidal wave actually extremely fun, but there are a lot of incredible and anticipated upcoming top 1s such as amethyst or grief (which also seem to be fairly enjoyable).

@ERRR0RR

23 күн бұрын

Literally only Tidal Wave and kinda Avernus are discardable, Acheron and all the upcoming top 1s are still just as awesome

@kingdart999

23 күн бұрын

​@@ERRR0RRacheron is terrible in terms of enjoyment, tidal wave is actually very fun according to victors

@GDNachoo

23 күн бұрын

the state of top demons nowadays is pretty sorry, but I wouldn't say top demons have been very respected ever (Besides maybe bloodbath?) They've always had controversy, ever since To The Grave, those that were around for the release days of most of these will know there was a pretty big opposition to all of these top demons, not everyone was as fond of Zodiac in 2019 as people are nowadays, I guess age changes people's minds

been coincidentally watching the 2 Every Top Demon videos over the last few days

Awesome documentary, Stormfly.

I thought the bgm for the cataclysm section was familiar, turns out it is indeed "I might be wrong". Nice! I think it is underrated in the radiohead community (no, Let Down is not underrated)

another correction, most people with major progress or even completions of VSC that ive talked to deem it harder than abyss of darkness and even silent clubstep

hot take: at 9:17, the level 'Happy Flying' by Rabb2t (one of the hardest insane 9* levels) is harder than demon world. i've completed both and i had much more trouble with happy flying. the id of happy flying is 100584. i suggest giving it a go and telling me if im wrong or not. i am a mobile player btw and everyone back then was a mobile player so i would take that into account as well

@G0ldcraft

25 күн бұрын

You're not wrong, this pile of crap is for real harder than Demon world, but - Happy Flying received a huge buffdate in 2.0, and the original verified version is more of easy demon difficulty.

@bigguy4002

25 күн бұрын

@@G0ldcraft actually the last update was 9 years ago, so it would've been 1.7 - 1.9

@sameeknowsitall

24 күн бұрын

Happy flying was easier when it came out.

If I was you, I would include Ultimate Destruction since it's the oldest known level to exist.

@Kaika433

25 күн бұрын

i don't think that was harder than can't let go

@MichTopGD

25 күн бұрын

@@Kaika433 But it was before Can't Let Go for sure.

@Kaika433

25 күн бұрын

@@MichTopGD true but technically is not a geometry dash level, it's a geometry jump level 🤓

@WhyLonk

25 күн бұрын

ultimate destruction never came out, and all of the rest of the levels on the list did, making me believe that this is a list of levels that actually got released

@Blaohidafvhjsaifflnvdb

25 күн бұрын

@@Kaika433geometry jump is the same thing!!!!!!!

Lets gooo another version of hardest levels

Very good video!

Storm, u are very good with these!!!

18:45 the suprise hearing stalemate while playing it.

the use of hollow knights music is done very well, nice

Skipped BP Night (arguably), Diabolic Clubstep, Firework, Slaughterhouse (by Doggie), Sakupen Circles (arguably) and Slaughterhouse Is Dead (by wPopoff) :/ :/ :/

31:01 it also looks a lot like infernal abyss

I think with the end imo Rob needs to be careful on developing an "ego" 😭that is what the whole Tidal Wave thing felt like almost, like he wasn't rating out of personal bias, and with the CBF thingy that is also feeling the case, his game is run by the community, so listen to the community.

@averagelizard2489

24 күн бұрын

He has the right to that ego perfectly. It's his game, he can do what he wants to do with it.

@RaveGD72

24 күн бұрын

@@averagelizard2489 Of course, I am not saying otherwise, I am just saying it is stupid when his game exists due to the community, he owes them some respect and should know that if he doesn't give it then his game could very well fall apart

@averagelizard2489

24 күн бұрын

@@RaveGD72 He doesn't owe them anything. It's his game. That's like saying I gave you 50$ to clean my house, and then 8 years after I tell you you owe me 10$

@ERRR0RR

23 күн бұрын

TW wasn't rated for so long because the level wasn't good

@RaveGD72

23 күн бұрын

@@averagelizard2489 Yes, he doesn't *technically* owe the community, but common sense says he listens to them because they make his game popular

I really liked the video and the approach of which were the actual hardest beaten levels at the time. However, I'll use this comment to vent off a bit about so many people slandering top demons. I don't think that modern top demons are less enjoyable than old ones and I do think that pushing the difficulty further is a good thing, these are my main two arguments. First one, new top 1s aren't worse: The obvious point is that Tidal Wave, your leading example, is considered to be as fun as a top 1 can get by about every top player who's played it a lot. That's not a strong argument on my part either though, as it's just one simple level and levels like AoD, Acheron, Slaughterhouse and many more were indeed considered absolute ass by most (gp wise). I also agree that there's way too many cash grab top one projects with no creativity and thought put into it (Avernus, the two billion Slaughterhouse remakes, etc.). My main point however is: Top ones never were made to be fun, they were made to be top 1 and people just stick with them because of nostalgia and because they're much less out of reach to beat nowadays due to no mental blockade of being the first and better strategies/ technology. Sonic Wave plays like ass, Bloodbath is unenjoyable imo (I know many would disagree but just look at how long it took for its first victor, so many people tried and gave up and I know many who hated playing it), the old impossible levels now beaten are pretty much all considered as some of the most draining things to play. You yourself mentioned, how, in the very early days, difficult levels used to be dislike bombed and I don't think that means they were considered fun. The most difficult levels at the time were ALWAYS mentally draining challenges of brute force and dedication, that's why it's hard to push the limits, it always has been. And Bloodbath or Cataclysm seemed just as unachievable to most people at their height as top levels today. People remember the great stories of success, the victories and maybe look back with nostalgia to those times. The struggle to beat Bloodbath or Bloodlust are looked at with admiration while the struggle to beat Tidle Wave, or Firework, etc. are seen as “why are they so stupid to play these garbage levels“. You think Knobbelboy enjoyed Bloodlust when he took 8 months to beat it after his 98% fail? Of course not, and yet it's apparently one of the greatest top 1s of all time. Top 1s are almost never fun for the first few who beat them. Demon Park wasn't, Bloodbath wasn't, Sonic Wave wasn't, Bloodlust wasn't, Tartarus wasn't and so on. Of course not all are bad, it's just that pushing the skill boundry is an immense challenge of perseverance. Now the second argument, why pushing difficulty is important: Straight up, I think it's (at least one of) the biggest reason(s) that GD has stayed relevant and kept increasing its relevance over the years despite 7 years of no updates. This game has pushed difficulty further than almost any other game. It's a beautiful embodyment of the human drive to overcome a challenge, keep improving and competing to achieve the highest goals possible. To some degree, a progression from easy levels to getting harder step by step is something literally anyone who's played this game has experienced, whatever their hardest may be. For that reason, it's inherant to wonder about how fat one can go and comparing own achievements to those of others. It's fun to speculate and to watch the legends at the top overcome the boundries. It's simple philosophy and a core drive in humans and GD encorparates this unlike anything else I've ever played. The hype around new top levels, altough quite often ridiculous, has helped keep this game appealing to many over a long time now and for the time being, it doesn't seem to stop yet. Plus, oberblown hype around top 1s isn't a new thing either, it's just that the community is much bigger now and we have way more platforms for discussion. Yatagarasu, Black Blizzard, Bloodbath and Bloodlust were all levels with unbelievable hype attached, and honestly imo only BB really deserved that much. They're all well received levels and I hold them very dear to me as well but Yata and Black Blizzard did not even achieve top 1, and Bloodlust technically wasn't top 1 for all that long if you consider Crimson Planet. That's enough rambling though, I respect your opinion and hope you somewhat get my take on it. Have a nice day! :) Edit: Also it's not like a higher difficulty cealing prevents easy and fun to play levels from being made. Some mind blowing projects in recent years haven't been demon at all and there are also a lot of very fun and interesting demons including extremes.

Do you consider slaughterhouse x3 harder than tidal wave?

@_Gam3r

12 күн бұрын

it definitely depends, i have no credibility, but once you complete a level, you kind of know it, if you are so consistent on a level to the point you can complete it every other attempt, probably not

Gotta love the leyndell capitol theme from elden ring playing in the background, and no, im not a nerd, you are

Yay new stormfly video

I hope we get a remaster of the "all levels in the alphabet series" video

New level: Saying invisible instead of invincible (impossible demon)

@ZionArcski17

25 күн бұрын

Hello cycling runner

@BenjiWii

25 күн бұрын

@@ZionArcski17 hello golf runner

finally a new stormfly video :D

i was expecting Diabolic Clubstep but good shit, Stormy

@exiled_shadegd

23 күн бұрын

Considered easier now

@YungLocso

22 күн бұрын

@@exiled_shadegd oh really? i didn't know

I still think that Cyclic was indeed the first person to ever clear Cataclysm since there are no actual signs of cheating in his video.

@c_e_n_t_

25 күн бұрын

great vid btw

@sameeknowsitall

25 күн бұрын

Yeah. Giron currently has credit but with cyclic cata it could be 50/50

In your Michigun video, you said you were gonna cover all his levels because "he had one deleted level that wasn't known to the public but i decided to leave it to someone else". Think you could touch up on this?

One correction: With Sightless Sandstorm and Blind Blizzard, Bradenbowl has said that they're both harder than LIMBO, which would put them higher on the hardest demons list. He says so in the description of his LIMBO completion.

As always, a beautiful video.

Man how much do I wish that Centuple had made more levels. Primary Maze is such an interesting level. It's still an insane demon in-game today and nobody wants to touch it with a 50 foot pole. It's really sad that we didn't get to see anything more from him. Even just seeing Superlative maze finished would've been so cool to see and who knows, it may have dethroned ICDX too and become a hardest demon for 2 updates. He could've become such a legendary creator but instead all we got was one true level. Just makes you wonder what could've been.

People who are good enough to actually play Tidal Wave tend to think its pretty fun, idk where the idea came from that it was horrible to play

@blockygamez9389

24 күн бұрын

literally just assumption bc they're jaded

@FRBFStudios

24 күн бұрын

make this comment blow up so he sees it it made me genuinely so mad cuz everyone who played it stated that its one of the most fun top 1s ever

@exiled_shadegd

23 күн бұрын

Tidal Wave is so fun, it’s made so many older players come back to beat it. Mycrafted, Technical, Riot, Cursed, and many others. It’s also so fun, people are willing to jump from easy demons all the way to top 1

@tomatoboy4950

13 күн бұрын

He didn’t say it was horrible to play, just said the amount of frame perfects sounded horrible

@FRBFStudios

13 күн бұрын

@@tomatoboy4950 he was basically overall implying that tidal wave was horrible to play.

Crazy to think that even some players whos hardest levels are medium demons would be one of the best players back in 2013 and early 2014

38:19 i got chills when i heard ‘The River’ fading in, holy shit… stormfly is an outer wilds fan