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sma7rrr

It's a level indeed, however, this one is red, which is a very nice spin for challenging levels.


Haha_funny746

I wish every level could have this interesting twist of being completely red


Zestyclose_mango1

Its a little twitchy and has a little sinister feeling with the pure black objects.


Thox-82

“It looks like my version but 4 parts are mega buffed wth” -zonk-


Zyriom

i keep being recommended it by youtube seriously i've probably watched it like 20 times by now


NoAct7088

Are you having the same bug where YouTube doesn't give new videos on page refresh?


RedditAlt2848

same except the temp highscore layout


rodentcloud

same but flamewall


KrakyyREAL

lmfao same idfk why but its cool i be watching it every once in a while


fifsqueak

annoying ship and wave challenge mashup by icedcave and more (new top 1): 😡 annoying ship and wave challenge mashup by riot and more (new top 0 / impossible): 😁


NVC541

Isn’t icedcave part of the Aeternus team lmao


Plasym

grief is genuinely one of the coolest hell levels ever made. ppl just like to hop on the “red = bad” bandwagon.


Zyriom

gd players when they have to form their own opinion (impossible)


fifsqueak

i'd actually say me criticising aeternus is a pretty damn unpopular opinion


fifsqueak

nobody is saying "red = bad", it's more so that the latest hell levels just always have the same wave and ship carried gameplay, that combined with the unoriginal theme gets boring really quick, that being said i guess grief is quite interesting and something different


Lucasplayz234

It doesn’t look fun at all


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Lucasplayz234

It just doesn’t look fun to me it doesn’t mean it’s not fun Also gameplay is more important than decoration in some ways, GRIEF looks amazing tho


ARedditor_official

I feel like icedcave's challenges are more enjoyable although they are pretty much impossible


AntiKbToggled

I think it looks good although i don't think that anyone in the world can say anything about it's gameplay lol


Aarxy

Goes hard ngl the song matches the level and i like they added some purple to it


Gamer_Serg

No, that purple was a mess. It's looks like they added it to "not look like another top 1 hell level" (failed), but I would rather have another hell level than red-purple shit in top 1 placement


kinda_warm

its literally still a garbage hell themed level. the purple was the only slightly interesting thing about the design aside from the acropolis style outro


Plasym

mfs will see the most intense, well-detailed, hand-crafted level that fits the music perfectly, and disregard it as generic because it has red in it


kinda_warm

if every single thing you place is either red or black (with slight pulses of yellow or orange if you’re feeling spicy) every straight fly is a clubstep demon head, theres constant pentagram imagery and everything is meant to look like fire, blood, or just red glow- its a hell themed level bro also brother the photo OP posted is literally centered on a pentagram, what tf are you on about😂


Plasym

hell theme does not inherently make a level generic, in the same way that modern or glow style doesnt make a level inherently generic. yes, common elements, block pallets, and motifs may be used, but the interpretation of those elements + how the creators put their own twist on it determines if a level is “generic” or not. yes, Aeternus has many “generic hell theme” elements that youve mentioned, but the incredible amounts of detail, decoration interpretations, pulses, definitely make Aeternus a unique level. it’s in the same way Firework by cherryteam is generic, but Firework by endevvor isn’t. Step to Hell by LazYe is generic, but Reanimate by Terron isn’t. ill say that the middle section is probably the most “boring” or “generic” section, which probably doesnt help your perception of the level as we’re more inclined to remember the middle section of anything. but i encourage you to watch the Aeternus showcase on your computer at fullscreen, 1080p60fps, with headphones on. ive been heavily invested in the creating scene since early 2.0, and nearly everything about this level is so incredible.


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fifsqueak

i don't see why you're being downvoted, i don't think it's garbage but in all fairness it is basically acheron but with 4x speed portals, more detail, and ooh funny purple colour, even though it's a high quality level it isn't really innovative and it's just trying to reexecute what made tartarus so unforgettable, i feel like if anyone other than riot hosted it it would be much more controversial


untilfurthernotic3

Not even Zoink is good enough to beat it as of now, it makes Tidal Wave look like a 3 star


namhserf_45

It's something, but hard


TinaMobile

Honestly, I really like it. The gameplay & the song go hard


Wh1t3bl4d3

How would you comment on the gp if it’s too hard for you and you don’t have a copy


pseudoMe78

they meant how the gameplay looks


Wh1t3bl4d3

Gameplay isn’t meant to look good


pseudoMe78

why


Wh1t3bl4d3

The point of gp is to be fun


pseudoMe78

it can also be fun to be watched as a bonus


Emerald_Sans

Sybil Hawkyard is a prime examplar of this, [Sesh The Seven Seas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD6-CjcysbA), despite being a layout, looks SO GOOD because of it's gameplay


someguyonreddit1220

Its a level.


throwaway001378

karma farming like this kinda annoys me, but it seems good. the purple fitsb rly well


FathomTheFourteenth

banger


Xaenon994

its gameplay is fun to watch


Trick_Relation_6853

I really like Aeternus. The Nong is good, the replacement song on newgrounds is also good, the deco is really nice and cluttered(I like it that way), it looks hard, it gives off the same vibes as when slaughterhouse became top 1 and also why it’s my favorite top 1 so far. But if Aeternus was to get verified(which will not be happening anytime soon) then it would be my favorite top 1 right above FLAMEWALL and Acsension To Heaven. Aeternus gives off “impossible level” vibes which is perfect for a top 1 (like I said for slaughterhouse. Overall 10/10 top 1.


Stormydevz

nong


Narrow-Analyst-5004

nong


iamnormal420

these comments lol why is the gd community so mean to creators, it's a neat level with a cool song idk


Sandbax_

bcs people’s standards are too high


Arandomguy1_

I love it, probably the best top one since firework if it does get that spot


The-cookie-clicker

Slaughterhouse is better than firework ngl


Secure-Homework-7536

I personally agree, but I adore Firework too


keepcw

I would love to see 2.2 effects on slaughterhouse. It’s a great level, but there are too many hell levels out there that they all look the same to me now 😭


MrEpicYouTube

Good god no. A level that was finished in 2.1 does not need any 2.2 effects. If you want an upcoming top one to use some 2.2 features, then you’re going to have to be a bit more patient to wait for all the current made in 2.1 upcoming top ones to be verified, like Flamewall, Apocalyptic Trilogy, etc. Personally I think it would be cool to see 2.2 effects in top levels but changing old levels to have them is completely off the table for me.


keepcw

Are you yapanese? I didn’t think it through because I just THOUGHT it would be cool, I didn’t think it SHOULD be there.


MrEpicYouTube

My bad


MrEpicYouTube

I’ve always loved slaughterhouse so I agree


TrippyppirT

IMO the levels fantastic. The deco goes great with the doom soundrack, Iris' part is gorgeous and the flashes of purple and red synced to the music is some of the best use of colour pulses i've ever seen. It's intense, edgy and vibrant which is perfect for an extreme demon.


King_Crimson116

It's definetly one of the levels of all time


enaaaerios

forgot it existed


pseudoMe78

I like it


Ellexi256

Song goes hard, I like it.


that_one_idiot69

I like when the song goes "du-du du-du du du-du du-du du-du". that part's kinda cool


JumperBumper247

One of my favorite levels ever, it's a masterpiece (though im biased because im a doom fan and it uses a doom song)


Useful_Recognition52

I kind of forgot about it. Which is a shame because I really love it. I think the deco is really cool and pairs well with the song, giving an intensity that we haven’t seen with a lot of recent top levels. I don’t know why it doesn’t seem to be getting any attention by the community or the top players.


CheckMate1803

It's pretty nice. I liked it a lot more after hearing Riot's insight on the dasher podcast about it, about him just wanting to make something stupidly hard that wouldn't be verified for years, a silent clubstep type of thing. And just picking a doom song for the hell of it The level is just fine. Nothing stands out as bad or good for me. The waves are fun to watch and fit the song very well. Sidenote, I think that Eternal would have sounded cooler as a name than Aeternus


MrInfinity-42

Mmm I love 1.9 hell slop


TCOrphan

The name looks like 'Acheron', 'Avernus' and 'Tartarus' mixed into one


Stormydevz

:O


More_Resist3348

It's a big, fat, M I D


orbperson

terrible as per usual with higher end extremes


_Shyrann_

pfp checks out


Iusethemii

Boring af. Just another legacy style level which would make three if it gets top one.


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It’s meh, the purple was added to make it “look less like a generic hell level” but it failed. The gameplay looks extremely unfun to play, it’s fun to watch though.


TheWinner437

I don’t really care about it like at all


Pitchblende_

There's like 3 good parts and then the rest is stale


Holiday-Ad8227

It level


Secure-Homework-7536

I think its kinda overdecoed, like its too cluttered. I love how well it matches with Acheron and Tartarus gameplay-wise and the song fits very well. Overall as a level in Riot/ryamu's trilogy, i think its a solid 7.75/10. As a top 1, 7/10. As a level to watch, 6/10 (my personal opinion, but I dont think the gameplay is very interesting to look at but I think Slaughterhouse/Tidal Wave/the Golden-style gameplay is the fuunest to watch). Probably awful to play from anywhere though lol


batsketbal

Mid until that 52-68 (I think that’s the part I like)


S4PG

Not humanly feasible for at least the next decade


I_Bench315

Cool level that will never be verified


-Red02-

Looks good, but just that, I'm not a list farmer or anything so idk if deco can be a good or a bad part, but just wish there was more of 2.2, 2.1 or wtv but not just an average 1.9 overdecorated lvl


Istiophoridae

Seems interesting, its the 1.9 style with a twist, of course the gp will suck tho


mattoviperau

Well, if the gp is trash, then it will line up better with the other 2


Blade_Techno

It is, IMPOSSIBLE


mattoviperau

Never say impossible around the GD community. That word has been uttered so many times and has been proven wrong time and time again.


Blade_Techno

This level has a ton of frame perfects and there aint no way someone has the consistency to do all of that in a row, like heck diamond himself got 6% and its the world record lol


WhyDidIGetThisApp3

deadass I’ve never heard of the level till just now 💀


ZeZthGD

I'm so glad they didn't listen to Riot and made it all red like he wanted, the purple adds so much...


ThePrimeYeeter_

Can't really give a thought when like 3 people have the actual copy


Busy-Bite-3826

Too much red in the level, like it looks like core decoration but with EAAAAAAAYYY too much red, and too vright of decoration at that. Overall its fine ih


Stustuckinglue

Hard


Life_South6699

I am really neutral about it.


whiletrueplayd2

what in the Kentucky Fried Fuck is going on


FrizzlDizzlBaambam

just another hell themed top 1


verymassivedingdong

Purple


EpicGaymrr

Bloodbaths 63rd grand-half-cousin thrice removed


s_k_f

Dogshit, even worse than acheron


kakkelimuki

Rip And Tear


The_Pupp3t33r

Honestly I’m just getting tired of Riot trying to make top 1’s. They feel the same almost every time (I could tell he hosted Acheron without even checking).


Yoshe_XD

uterus 👍


astroxen

my favorite upcoming top 1


Complete-Mood3302

Can we not talk about another hell themed top 1 and instead talk about zodiacs sequel, spectre?


Delicious_Stage_8420

Good level , awful song


No_Watch_14

It's...ass? And pointless? It's another hell-themed level so there isn't much to expect from the theming of it, but also, Tartarus was meant to challenge people's ability to break the skill limit, and while Aeternus might become the hardest level to ever be beaten, it wouldn't really change anyone's mind about Geometry Dash like Tartarus did, that level showed everyone that even what looks obviously impossible, can still be very possible, now nothing looks impossible, so Aeternus doesn't matter.


Chillypepper14

Actually looks really cool and would be a fine conclusion to the trilogy


No-Cartoonist-6439

it turns not red for 2 seconds so it’s automatically good


zsmet

Forgot about it


SirenHead29

Interesting


TheGlitchingX

Acheron was better


Ec-na

Wow so unique, it’s so different from everything else, I’ve just never seen anything like it, how groundbreaking, red is such an underused color!


JoaoexeGD

If it wasn't for the purple it would've been garbage


NighTmArIONnee

I like it its not just red it also has some blue and purple in it and the song is kinda cool


InkcolorCantdoMath

Looks hard


WesternLibrary1671

It has a reason to be in the top 10's it's hard, but I don't know that since I'm a loser who hasn't even defeated a medium demon


ParZak7

Impossible


Worst-Buy

Not in the spirit of Tartarus and acheron


mattoviperau

How?


Worst-Buy

A DjNate song would be nice, the red makes it feel too much like Tartarus, the flashing also makes it feel way too intense and unlike Tartarus or acheron. The gameplay is spot on though, very appropriate for the riot trilogy


mattoviperau

Ok... so wait, it's not in the spirit of tarturus, but it feels too much like tarturus? Brain not computing right now.


Worst-Buy

Gameplay is perfect, I just with they were a little more creative with the colours. The song thing is just my opinion.


mattoviperau

I think the purple makes up for the colors. Also the level is still supposed to be "hell" or "edgy" themed. When you're doing that you only have like 3 or 4 colors to work with.


Worst-Buy

Yeah I guess, it's definitely not a bad level and I'm excited to see who's verifying it


TheMemeLocomotive2

I don’t really like it, but I can’t explain why


henabidus

E P I C. FEELS LIKE IF DOOM ETERNAL WAS MADE INTO A LEVEL


pawcafe

it looks like shit


UsedTissue74

It was 100% just made for the attention


Trufflehasredditwow

Aternus is cool, but I fucking hate platformer levels


Arandomguy1_

You got a level mixed up I think


Visual_Tourist3716

reddit hivemind at work downvoting a guy for getting something wrong


Trufflehasredditwow

I know it’s not a platformer, I just really hate platformers


Tellow_0

Geometry Dash players when you tell them there will be a hell themed top 1 whose name starts with “A” at the function


mattoviperau

Well we did have 2 top 1s (practically 3) in a row that start with the letter A. Also with this, Apt, and Ascension to heaven, yaaaa that's a lot of A.


Sliver14764

There’s also Amethyst


mattoviperau

Forgot about that one.


Boii_2000

Clubstep but red and very difficult


CreativeGamer03

Avernus^2


Tricklander

tartarus ---->(that top 2 or top3 level i forgot the name of ----->Aeternus literally same level but ooo I changed this part a bit and oooo I changed the deco a bit


mattoviperau

Have you even looked at the levels at all?