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Oh boy, Black Flag, where do I even begin?
This is by far, and by none, the biggest rollercoaster I've ever gone through in this game. So much to talk about, yet it feels like there's so little at the same time.
Black Flag is a level I've had my radar on for a very long time. Ever since I first saw it I thought it was one of the coolest levels ever made, and a level I really wanted to beat someday, and welp, here we are now.
As soon as I beat Niflheim, I remembered about this level and did a few practice runs of it. I then decided, I might actually go for this, I think I could potentially beat it. I started pouring multiple hours on the first few days, trying to learn the level and doing small runs, and as soon as I did 40-100 on day 6, that's when I knew I could eventually pulled this off. Day after day, I poured more and more hours into grinding, progress came slowly but surely. It all was going surprisingly great, until eventually I progress fluked from 64 to 88, and then everything just went downhill from there as it always does lol. Death after death at the ending, with each one feeling more of a kick in the nuts than the last. It became more apparent that I had made a pretty bad decision by jumping to this level, and with each day it was just only getting worse and worse, until eventually, at 9PM on a Saturday night, it finally happened.
As for the level itself, it is honestly one of, if not the weirdest levels I've ever played, there's so many good and bad qualities to it. On one hand, almost all of the gameplay throughout is some of the most satisfying and fun gameplay I've ever played. On the other hand, the learning process is the weirdest thing ever, and there are quite a few minor inconsistencies you run into while playing, including the noticeably not great balancing. The hate this level gets is fairly justified if I'm being fair, there are a lot of things to dislike about it and I get why people would really hate playing this. However I feel the complete opposite way, I love this level, I always have, and I always will stand by that it is one of the best and coolest extremes in the game despite my shitty experience and multiple bad qualities it has. Although it may not be my absolute favorite I've ever played, it's still easily one of my favorites of all time. Good job Nekon and the rest of the team who worked on this flawed, yet beautiful masterpiece.
Level Stats:
Name: Black Flag
Creator(s): Nekongames and like 93949192983 other people idk
Difficulty Rating: Extreme Demon
Attempts: 27413
Level Rating: 95/100
Enjoyment: 50/100
Worst Fail(s): 79x2, 80x3, 82, 88x6
Easiest Part: 40-49
Hardest Part(s): 0-40, 76-100 (sandwich balancing pretty much)
NLW Tier Rating: Extreme
Personal NLW Tier Rating: Remorseless (Low)
AREDL Placement: 315
Personal AREDL Placement: ~325? idk
Placement in my Top 10: 1 i think, idk could be like 28 or smth
Started on. 8/10/2024
Beaten on: 9/21/2024
And uhhh, yeah that's it. Cya guys next time
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