disliked medium demon levels are peak
so when i mention the disliked medium demons, am talking about the top 5 most disliked medium demons in the game
they all took me a short while to beat (mayb it's thx to beating Troll Level), and i had quite the amount of fun grinding them!!
question is, wat are the demons am talking about?
and the answer is,
- hard core
- Theory of Jumping
- Cycles v2 S
- the nightmare road
- Project J
i'll talk about all of em in sections, so prepare for a relatively long read!
and they'll be in order from first to last level i beaten
after main body of each section there's the enjoyment & personal difficulty
Theory of Jumping
i beat this one a few months ago, the time where i had verity as my hardest
tho it's super simple, it still got some devious things going on (like first few jumps & the section past 30%)
overall, quite fun level but relatively forgettable
enjoyment - 5/10; personal difficulty - high end easy demon
the nightmare road
it's a level that's the result of a guy combining the nightmare & the lightning road
even tho it's heavily disliked (i assume it's because of the orb section at 25%), it still has the featured rating
and well i agree with rob here, it's quite good for its time (11 years ago maybe?)
quite funi that combining 2 most liked easy demons results into one of the most disliked medium demons
but anyway! it's the level i beat thx to one of my frends mentioning it, and it's the start of me taking down the disliked medium demons
gameplay itself was quite fun & interesting, as it has the traps mixed with easy difficulty sections, which doesn't let me just mindlessly complete the level
decoration, ofc being inspired by the 2 aformentioned easy demons, is quite sick!!! considering the limitations of the editor in the past, the level manages to look eye pleasing (even if flashing lights be a bit of a eyesore). even if it's rough around the edges, it still manages to stand out with some of the unique usage of objects, so i really like that!
overall, awesome tier level
enjoyment - 7/10; personal difficulty - baseline medium demon
Project J
...boy. it's the first level that actually made me slightly struggle & confused
so it's a unique piece of creation made by the infamous jax guy (wonder where the name "Project J" stems from!), that was probably meant to be overall experimental
i can only assume the dislikes come from the first parts being confusing, but imo if u learn them, then it's not that big of a problem
the deco is quite nice, but can get boring & repetetive quite quick. still, it doesn't make the level any worse, so i consider it decent
the gameplay meanwhile... it felt like solving a maze whenever i did a practice run for the first time, as it's riddled with wrong ways, blind clicks (that can be easily solved by buffering) & a bit of timinging
even tho the difficulty is primarily focused on the first part, the second part still can mess u up if u don't know wat ur doing!
so yeah good tier level!
enjoyment - 8/10; personal difficulty - mid medium demon
Cycles v2 S
of all the medium demons i grinded, this is easily the hardest one (not surprising, hearing the fact that it apparently used to be a hard demon)
well, i don't know wat it's suppose to be other than kaizo version of cycles v2
it's super gimmicky, with some rng timings, and overall brutal
the decoration is primarily none, sometimes sprinkled a little but in a way, where the creator seems like just wants to fill empty structure with something cool (not saying that it's bad, it doesn't make level any worse or better)
however, the GAMEPLAY is where it SHINES, and it shines BRIGHT.
never have i seen such interesting obstacling despite the rng, with how some path is indicated & how traps are placed... it's beautiful. this impressed me more than the modern levels no joke, since i don't think ANYONE else could've come up with this sorta making
tho the only real flaw is forced path to a choice between the finale & skipping it (at least the way i explored & found the path), i opted for more gameplay as i wanted to have fun. even with me getting 95% once, i still REALLY had fun doing the ending, with all it's quirks such as a sequence of orbs & a long jump
legit i feel like the demon doesn't deserve any dislikes, as it's suppose be very challenging & merciless (assuming it's being disliked because of its difficulty)
instant S tier to me, legit i wish more experimentations like that be done in modern day gd
ok i should stop it right here before this becomes Cycles v2 S glaze
enjoyment - 9.5/10; personal difficulty - high end medium demon
hard core
it's p much wat it's named. despite the name, it's being disliked for wtv reason i CANNOT figure out, so i assume bots did it
neverminding the wacky block usage (imo that makes level somewhat memorable), it's decoration is mostly either interesting, or empty. tho i don't mind emptiness, helps to cool off the clutter & focus on gameplay, so that's not a bad thing to me
the gameplay, despite it being simple, it's uniquely structured (especially in the first part)! other than that tho, it barely qualifies for medium demon to me, since i went through the level no problem in 30 mins (less time than anything else i played before)
overall, pretty hard core! am now awaiting my death sentence for such joke, i like it the way it is
enjoyment: 6/10; personal difficulty: peak easy demon
so that concludes my yap! i didn't give any constructive criticism really because am not pro builder, so i don't hav the rights to speak of such
but to me, these demons are GEMS. nothing else to say. i recommend beating them if u seek to embrace old school shenanians & reject the modernity!
july 18th, 2026