Cataclysm and Acu - Two Sides of the Same Coin

[@neigefeu__]

gg!

[@Electrx07]

yo thanks :)

[@zcode9343]

neigefeu i beat acu and i think its the best lvl in the game, amazing work!

[@bloxyyt]

congratulations on making one of the best extreme demons

[@thwartedsnail81]

woah

[@CrazyFlyKite]

Now, were waiting for GGb0y's comment.

[@ExplosionOsu]

I used to play all the way back in middle school when cataclysm was considered the hardest if not THE hardest level in the game. The fact that it's considered a starter extreme demon, even after the level being so different in certain parts now makes me feel so old. I started getting back into GD recently cuz I got a bunch of videos recommended to me. My best on it right now is 49% but I've had practice diff runs where I go from 50-100 so I feel confident about fulfilling sort of a childhood dream of mine. To be honest, it definitely is a lot easier than I remember it being, but that also might have to do with the fact that I was a mobile player back then and now I play on PC on a really good setup. Really puts into perspective to me about how the skill ceiling of even the most average player like just gets higher and higher.

[@Electrx07]

yeah it’s actually insane. another huge example is bloodlust. Like when that came out I thought it was near impossible and now it’s at top 100

[@TosGD]

Keep it up on cata you got this

[@tenidiotaodpizzy4603]

@@Electrx07 soon its about to fall off the top 100, its at #99 now

[@AK_804]

you messed up the wording at the start

[@AK_804]

also did you beat it? I beat cata on 60hz mobile a while back, so you can do it!

[@Byrches]

I love seeing other perspectives on stuff like this. While Acu is an amazing level and I fully respect and appreciate the work that was put behind it, it was one of the worst experiences I have ever had in Geometry Dash while Cataclysm on the other hand didn't have a single bad moment in my own personal experience. Great video even though its over a year and a half old

[@Electrx07]

thanks!

[@OneCopperPipe]

Yeah, doing ACU rn, and holy shit I regret picking this as a jump from deadlocked. Should've just stuck with cataclysm. It's a hell to play

[@Niaomi101]

oh that's interesting, cataclysm didn't affect me too much, and acu was just kinda fun, lol

[@smallxplosion9546]

Funnily enough, I beat Acu instead of Cataclysm for my first extreme because I had the exact opposite experience as you did lol

[@thejevjeff19]

I think the reason you jump from Deadlocked to Cataclysm and have a better experience is bcuz they are both skill-based especially wave and ship. While Acu's difficuilty is mainly from timing and click pattern which don't exist in any Robtop levels. The gameplay of Cataclysm is just more similar to someone who jump from Deadlocked. If you want to try click pattern demons then I recommend the universe gauntlet.

[@zeemeedx]

i'm trying to do cataclysm as my first extreme demon. i have 33k attempts in and just got to the last ship recently. i hope i'll be done with this level till the end of the year. also, great video, you've earned a sub :))

[@Electrx07]

gl dude, hopefully you’ll get it soon. Also thanks for the sub :)

[@congregationn]

Did you end up doing it?

[@zialexgd1297]

Gg?

[@AustynL]

i have tried to play it in practice mode but the first wave is so garbage

[@realcyclogic]

@@AustynL its really not u js have to be consistant

[@Poiso_GD]

Nice video! I beat Acu as my first extreme and Cataclysm as my second! I really liked Acu, and Cataclysm was good too, but Acu was better in my opinion.

[@B0BHD]

02:28 not LIKE every top 1, but BECAUSE of cataclysm like every top 1, cataclysm was the biggest milestone in gd it insipred the whole "hell themed levels"

[@B0BHD]

Cata fckin SUCKS

[@Artemidka]

great and interesting video, I like it. i cant beat extremes so far, i recently got 99% on future funk, but im on the way to some extremes!..

[@Electrx07]

I was in the same spot u were in lol

[@YourLocalInternetAddict]

damn, this is a really good, well edited video- super underrated man! Props

[@entityredstoneonyt]

apparently cataclysm used to be an 'impossible level'. Now its a classic FIRST extreme demon lol

[@danielllanes5298]

i was playing acu for so long, gg's to you for beating it but you got lucky only dying to the ending 3 times

[@ichirogokoel1306]

Lucky.? I jumped from nine circles to acu and I never died to the ending

[@danielllanes5298]

@@ichirogokoel1306 how tho 😭 i have died 8 times and i still havent beaten it (i dropped it for bloodbath)

[@Niaomi101]

​@@ichirogokoel1306can everyone stop jumping and walk for a second 😭

[@DardS8Br]

I feel like I’m the only person who genuinely enjoyed Cataclysm. I beat it as my first extreme in ~10k attempts

[@SirCheeseMan]

bruh its a good level to me except the fricking mini wave like wtf is that

[@DardS8Br]

@@SirCheeseMan blame Riot. I’d say I died there in 2/3 of my total attempts when playing from zero

[@ieatcarsyum8248]

I did in 4k attempts

[@DardS8Br]

@@ieatcarsyum8248 ok

[@AbsolutDasher]

@@DardS8Br why blame riot of all people

[@DeJay7]

My opinion (as a person who's beaten Acu as his first but still hasn't touched Cataclysm past the wave): I would recommend Acu as a first extreme demon to EVERYONE. It's a level that truly develops your general skills in Geometry Dash, like flow gameplay with timings here and there, keeping your nerves at the end, tough beginning yet it's all pretty balanced (with the drop being obviously easier but not by much). It's also very satisfying to pull off, the theme of the level is incredible for pretty much everyone (I personally love hell theme, but few people do it seems), the song is very nice again for pretty much everyone, just overall very fun. Cataclysm, on the other hand, not so much. It has a lot of flaws for today's standards (and I understand it's a very old level, so this makes sense, but you too need to understand that objectively only the present matters at the moment). The gameplay is pretty bad, not so clear at times, not as consistent, unnecessary memory parts, little music sync, short and beginning-heavy. The decoration is truly atrocious. It's not really fun playing, so it's even less fun if you're not good enough to finish it easily. What I would recommend is, if you really wanna beat Cataclysm, play it once you've beaten a decent number of extremes and you're good enough not to struggle. Because playing a bad level and struggling sucks.

[@seanmcquerrey2241]

i feel that, I beat my first insane like a month a ago which was sharp minor and now have been working on cataclysm as my first extreme. I have 18k attempts and have gotten 0-40 and 50-100x2. It was very frustrating at the start feeling like I was making no progress and now the levels feeling a lot more fun

[@smallxplosion9546]

I just started acu yesterday as my first extreme and practicing through it I can confirm that it is very fun. I freaking hate cataclysm though, it’s only difficult from random chokepoints

[@AlexPP223]

NAH GLISTEN BETTER

[@Toppat4Lyfe]

As if Acu is even extreme

[@DeJay7]

@@Toppat4Lyfe Thank you for trying to take away one of my hardest completions, appreciate that. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean nothing to me because I'm a lot better than that.

[@Joe_1235]

Couldnt agree more with you, I started trying to go for cata as my first extreme but it was so painful to play I temporarily stopped playing it so i could go for acu, which im doing now and have 88 on. During my time playing acu it has become my favourite extreme if not my favourite level and is so fun to play

[@MaxieGD]

These are litterally my only 2 extreme demons

[@RoofTopFrog]

i died at the final wave on cataclysm 2 times and 74% 3 times. the ending is a huge difficulty spike but i recomend it as a first extreme. its pretty fun

[@spiky4569]

Very good video, you deserve more subs

[@Electrx07]

thanks!

[@Geodash17]

I'm beat acu for 2k att (from acropolis) and can say that hardest part is 85-100 because of cancer timings and this orb at 86%

[@Huhahong]

Really nice viddo, the only thing is, music in the background at the beginning should be a little more quiet.

[@poast]

Im at 4k attemps on cata as my first extreme, its so painful playing the beginning over and over

[@Cherrychessmate]

Alternative ending: you play Red World instead which is easier than Acu & Cataclysm

[@weidos.oddities]

Beat deadlocked as my hardest but once I saw acu I wanted to play it, its been 3 days of practicing and I got past 73% The gameplay is so fun.

[@frozenbonkchoy4986]

Deadlocked to Acu is a huge jump. If u get it, congrats. Personally, my hardest is Verity

[@QuicklyMan]

​@@frozenbonkchoy4986huge jump thats very common

[@sevenless2143]

Damn bruh my hardest jump was mechanical showdown to windy landscape…

[@Therealdiletant]

I jumped from paracosm circles to nine circles, now i'm trying to do toe 3

[@TheBuilderPro2025]

@@sevenless2143I'm trying to beat Mechanical Showdown, but the first UFO section sucks.

[@maybepossiblything]

Now that I've beaten both. Cata is harder

[@sleazyyeezy2238]

i’m jumping from deadlocked to cataclysm and i can already do 65% to 100% and 18%-40% within 4 days

[@AnimatedDuck]

dude youre underrated asf. your videos look like a guy with a million subs made em. also i think you should cut the audio to be the mic like at around 90% of each level. you did it for cataclysm at only 65

[@SavoTFG]

Should I do cataclysm as my second extreme or should I do something significantly easier?

[@MichiDexi]

NO WAY YOU BEAT ACU ON MY BIRTHDAY

[@Gostシ]

I was originally going to do Acu as my first extreme demon,but I thought of beating Cataclysm first since I'm more personally attached to the level(what I mean is that it,along with Bloodbath,got me into Extreme Demons in the first place). And then I realized that my hardest wasn't even an Extreme demon(it was Dash btw),and I thought beating an Extreme demon as a first demon would be funny lol.

[@Gostシ]

Btw, my progress in Cataclysm was like a laughable run of 75-80% lol

[@lekhanh20100]

you will eventually get there xd

[@patrickk9956]

I just beat cata today as my first extreme and i find it really fun idk if its just me tho

[@th57310]

cataclysm was way worse but note that acu's enjoyment really drops to 30 thus making me drop it at 89%

[@Poixon_2]

As someone who jumped to acu and is still working on it, this is pain seeing those attempt counts at the end, ugh

[@ENDI8089]

Yeah thats literally what i did for ky first 2 extremes and i did napalm as a 3rd and now for my 4th im trying bloodbath

[@YourAverageMika]

Underrated!

[@itsxecho]

why is this vid a year old and about now is getting views? algorithm going crazy

[@Electrx07]

Idk why either lol

[@TosGD]

Demon coin!

[@yeahimresi2890]

I just recently got a crushing 86% death on cataclysm on mobile and i’m watching this to cope

[@tulpamedia]

I love cataclysm haha I cant wait until im good enough to beat. Im an insane demon player and I definitely want a few more insane demons before i jump to cataclysm.

[@riddlingnote8847]

I jumped from forest temple to cata so I think you can beat it

[@galbeni7gd]

I find acu way harder than cataclysm. The click patterns in Acu don't really flow with me, meanwhile in Cataclysm, it's way more clear where to go and its almost just raw skill. But it depends on everyone's skillset imo

[@staticssupreme1017]

I'm jumping from B to Acu and its actually not bad, I can see myself beating Acu in a few weeks, as I have gotten 47% and a 28-100 run.

[@KL_Max_Dog]

Nice video

[@Mr.Ketchup1526]

thanks for the recommendations but i think im going to make silentium gradas my first extreme since i have 29% on it.

[@Electrx07]

Haven’t heard that one as a first extreme, but good luck on it. I actually really like that level

[@SqWidOfficial]

the reason i chose cataclysm over acu is beacause it reminds me of bloodbath and i was obsessed with it when i was younger but i can say cataclysm was not really enjoyable but i knew it was gonna make my ship and wave skills better

[@Omesa1200]

2:27 nuh uh cata isnt like every top 1, every top 1 is like cata

[@Electrx07]

that’s a rlly good point

[@JonathanIsaac-hl3lp]

Ggs🎉 on both

[@Z4ndo]

I started playing Cataclysm about 2 weeks ago as a small jump from Supersonic and I really regret starting it. Because 40-48 is so weird and bad (Misaligned straight fly along with multiple portals half way and the second half not being aligned with the first and the really hard blind timing at 47% which has killed me so many time when I was getting far) , there's tonnes of bugs (at least for 180hz) usually where the portals are spammed together, and the difficulty of the level is so unbalanced with 10-15 and 40-48 being way harder than the rest of the level. But because I learnt the end first and worked my way backwards I didn't realise soon enough that I was going hate doing runs from 0 but I'd spent over 10000 attempts on it at the time and had runs of 35 and 43-100 so I didn't wanted to drop it when I'd spent so much time and effort into it, I would highly recommend playing Acu instead as your first extreme as from the few practise runs I've done it's been so much more enjoyable along with it being more similar to other newer and harder extreme demons where your rapidly changing between different game modes making it a really good stepping stone to getting better and used to extremes as Cataclysm doesn't have this type of game play in it at all and it can be really frustrating to play.

[@paperplate3995]

beat acu on mobile in 13k and barely got 10% on cata. mobile is very balanced

[@YHWHsam]

so acu would be a better beginner extreme for mobile?

[@paperplate3995]

@@YHWHsam by far

[@capy9846]

@@YHWHsamabsolutely

[@gomdgomd2268]

@@YHWHsamAs someone with over 80000 attempts on cataclysm mobile and still hasn’t beaten it yet (71% three times) I can confirm acu is easier on mobile.

[@bluex6095]

No acu is way harder on mobile ,cataclysm after 40% is free for me on 60hz mobile

[@raymondjordan835]

I just beat acu and I took me 8459 attempts. I died at 77% 17 times and it was a grueling experience, but I still love the level

[@elec06YT]

To anyone watching this now, I recommend cataclysm as a first over acu, cata is BILLIONS times easier to learn the gameplay than acu, even though it’s likely slightly harder and less balanced, you become consistent at it way faster

[@something9199]

My goal for now is probably trying to beat either acu or cataclysm but I have about 13% for both rn and my best is a platformer medium demon but I might just beat future funk or zip lash before beating any extreme demon

[@zialexgd1297]

What about our fountain

[@Muci_mu]

i litteraly beated acu and im so sad cuz i dont have a reason to play it anymore 😭

[@baaaaaaaaaaaaal]

thats so different for me acu was such a bum to me 😭

[@ccb1127]

Is it a good idea to jump extremes right off the brink? I beat cataclysm, as my first and only extreme so far, but now I'm making progress on Phobos. Should I lay back, or continue?

[@Electrx07]

Id say you’ll be fine, as long as your making good progress. But Phobos is a pretty weird level so not really much I can say there lol

[@immunecell5943]

i decided to jump from windy landscape to epsilon cause i wanted a list demon, but man do i kinda wish i started with acu, would of been so much less stressful

[@Gumballc2011]

I jumped from nine circles to cataclysm and just finished it 2 days ago it only took me like 9k attempts idk how lmao I am going for acu now

[@Nawweh]

Doing cata for a new hardest has to be the dumbest thing I’ve ever done, I should’ve rather played anything else

[@BarberLocalLikesSpaceAndBird]

0:39 niwa

[@plastic_b]

i love acu (will give explanation if asked for)

[@thedetect1ve]

Doing boj as my first extreme and I’m not sure what to do after that

[@SyntaxERRORRobotics]

anyone have advice for a first insane and like 4 other insanes to do after my first? i want them to build up to beating acu, thanks guys. (btw i beat nine circles for my first hard demon and am now going for my first insane)

[@Electrx07]

I would recommend 1929, Windy Landscape, Sharp Minor, 64, Pyromaniac, Night terrors, Future Funk II or Crazy II any of these would be a good first imo

[@Quacomoley]

I bear both, maybe because acu was my first extreme i think this but cata took me no time at all, acu took a few weeks, and cata took 2 days. I think its way easier than acu

[@B0BHD]

howd u pass catalcysms 3rd coin, its the easiest :D at the blue portal in the robot part after the last wave jump

[@captainsunshine1719]

Screw those, my first gonna be the ultimate phase.

[@dascraazy]

3:00 decoration doesnt matter dawg its always better if theres less deco like cata deco compared to acu deco cata deco is banger

[@capy9846]

Acu deco > Cata deco

[@lanneaudepouvoir3087]

Cata was made on 1.9 Definite banger. Acu deco still good though…

[@GDZ3pH4x]

YOYYOOYOYOYOYO I GOT AN IDEA SOMEONE MAKE CATAACU (or CataCu)

[@chrs5741]

so the only benefit of beating cataclysm is getting to say you beat an old impossible level?

[@Electrx07]

in a way, yea lol

[@kimineko6467]

Me who prefer the lost existence for my first extreme... 💀

[@ian.s5951]

Acu is my least favorite extreme I’ve beat

[@ninja_gamer3349]

Same tbh

[@Logan6767-hf1vk]

may or may not have died to 70+ on acu more then 80 times (84 to be exact)

[@Nxbulah_]

i fluked acu from 71

[@DERPYD3PY]

The difference: One has a stupidly hard wave section. The other doesn't have a stupidly hard wave section.

[@lekhanh20100]

70 acu wave release but yk it’s just one click

[@galbeni7gd]

cataclysm first wave gets consistent

[@WolfixGaming]

Cataclysm es basura con gameplay horrible y desbalanceado. Acu, en cambio, es mucho más disfrutable, fácil y consistente (Aunque a partir del 70% esta un poco feo xd). Este fue mi primer y único Extreme Demon.

[@user-ir4zl6qt5h]

Cataclysm and Acu are both good

[@scrapzgd1343]

from a mobile pov, a ton of cata's difficulty comes from the wave and ship parts. the first wave in particular is a struggle. i have not gotten past that first wave. but acu on the other hand, took me about 13k attempts (as a first extreme) so from my experiences, acu is far easier than cata

[@Stickycarp28284]

Well cataclysm is much harder on mobile, in fact it’s is higher on the demon list for mobile unlike the pc version it’s in the legacy list(even lower than the extended list)

[@noname-kf5xb]

why no one talking about mystic bound ?🙃

[@thwartedsnail81]

cool! im not at extreme level yet so this isn't very useful for me though.

[@Frickous]

am i a masochist if im going for red world instead? xd

[@Hope-mtz]

I am waiting for: The nightmare and The lightning road, two sides of the same coin

[@Hope-mtz]

@@HeavyGoat1491 Easy demon? Sidestep is easy demon too and it is at least 6x harder

[@Hope-mtz]

@@HeavyGoat1491 Yeah, this i agree. Then, let's use clubstep or buried angel as examples

[@X_Wing1]

I fucking love acu

[@brycelo6932]

Nice

[@B4LL3R_tv23]

Bro already have 2.2 icons

[@megadriveleo]

Bro I beat Acu as my first extreme in 4.5k attempts and Cataclysm as my 2nd in 2.4k

[@mayannaise77]

i might do red world as my first extreme

[@Electrx07]

I’ve heard bad things about red world, but maybe just try it out in practice mode to see if you want to beat it.

[@lGream]

You shouldn't

[@paperplate3995]

the first 30% is deceiving, red world is really stupidly hard

[@mayannaise77]

@@paperplate3995 i know :')

[@Z3pH4x]

CataCu

[@Phönix-s9y]

Bad about cata ist also that its unbelievably unbalanced, without the first wave and the 40% ship it would probably be a hard-insane demon

[@king_creeperz]

Back when I was younger, I was like “I’m gonna be cataclysm for my first extreme demon” but when I actually got to that point of the game, I hated the first wave and acu looked easier to me. Either way, both beginnings SUCK.

[@mitschnel607]

music too loud some times

[@hue69]

really creative

[@ImNotBirb]

Im going for acu rn but my Mac can't run geometry dash with constant 60 fps, it stutters a lot

[@Therealdiletant]

Try out in 2.2, gd got optimised everywhere

[@ImNotBirb]

@@Therealdiletant here is an update because I somehow got recommended back to this video, I installed something called whisky which allows me to run the windows version of gd, which allowed me to use Vsync. I literally beat acu within 1 hr once I turned it on. Now I am working on Dark Odyssey as my next extreme

[@patrickhung1390]

I don’t acu first as I suck at ship, memory, and long wave sections

[@theyeetingmaster]

Imo Enjoyability: Acu (Cataclysm is not enjoyable) Theme: Acu (Cataclysm has good theme but Acu better) Music: Both (Cataclysm Predrop is good, Acu's shit but drop of acu is more catchy and fun) Balancing: Acu (Both are not well balanced) Iconic: Cataclysm (Acu is new) Free Ending: Cataclysm Free Start: Cataclysm Free Drop: Acu Overall Points: *Cataclysm*: 4 *Acu*: 6 *WINNER* Acu

[@bluemangroup_1828]

just gonna throw in my opinion because i'm a victor of acu: Believe it or not, I felt that Acu was absolutely miserable. The beginning HARD carries the level and everything else was so consistent 24-100 felt like a medium demon. It took me 30 thousand attempts to beat this level, and only for the last 400 was the predrop consistent. For cata, it has the same issue: the beginning is the only hard part. I'd say cata feels more balanced than Acu for me because the hard part is way shorter and it's more forgiving Yea

[@gone117-r8g]

Absolutely agree, the predrop in acu sucks ass

[@personwhoiscool7401]

my first extreme was cataclysm

[@DamirGorila]

for my first extreme demon im probly gonna beat bloodbath i got 71% so far in 11890 attempts

[@Electrx07]

Nice! gl! also how did you die at the auto part? (I think that’s where 71 is)

[@vv01dy]

@@Electrx07 its right at the first click of the ufo i think

[@Electrx07]

@@vv01dy oh yeah you’re right, I kept thinking it was 73

[@vv01dy]

@@Electrx07 yer

[@usersslimss]

far better than acu

[@IsntPhoenix]

The easiest exetreme is the lost existence IMO, but it isnt easy to grind for a long time as it is pretty boring.

[@Electrx07]

Yeah it seems pretty easy, the deadlocked part looks brutal tho

[@IsntPhoenix]

@Electrx7 the deadlocked part's ship is really easy but tho ufo isn't as easy. Also there is a 0.5x speed or normal speed wave (I forgot) that's really annoying.

[@renzgmd]

i beat both and theyre both good levels

[@rixz5235]

5:16 noclip?

[@Electrx07]

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[@AnimatedDuck]

@@Electrx07 me when the of like the uhm the like when uh

[@zcode9343]

Is thanatophobia easier than acu?

[@Electrx07]

Yes, but not by a lot for me. They both focus on sync and I’m pretty good at synced flow gameplay so I see them around the same difficulty I still think thanatophobia is an extreme, unlike literally everyone else :/

[@zcode9343]

@@Electrx07 ok, btw i just got 43-100 on cata lol

[@Electrx07]

@@zcode9343 lol knew you would go for it

[@zcode9343]

@@Electrx07 its so easy compared to acu XD

[@Electrx07]

@@zcode9343 seriously? I thought Acu was way easier

[@Zullo_]

I am curently working on cataclysm. I died at 74%. I'm scared I wont be avle to reach this point again for long because of the verry hard dual straight fly that I fluked the 1st time but that I still srruggle on during practice.

[@gone117-r8g]

I died there twice before beating it, you can do it

[@Zullo_]

@@gone117-r8g i hope so ! I'm too scared to look at attempts count. I'll just finish it, and then see that i'm at 50k. (Just kidding, i kinda think i'm at around 6-7k in total)

[@gone117-r8g]

@@Zullo_I spent 31k, 9k were normal mode att

[@rufus4031]

Doing acu rn with about 6k attempts then i will be doing cata

[@legoscratchtanksuber4426]

me: my brain who still thinks **ICDX** is still harder than both xDD

[@y0shling]

This video is so accurate, I havent beat acu but i can confirm cataclysm is a piece of garbage

[@Poqqers]

bro i have almost 30k attempts on cataclysm im cooked