Ranking The Entirety Of The Map Packs (Episode 2)

[@shaneekashipp6253]

Fun Fact, the song for Colorz was originally Tobu - Colors but the song was banned of NG, it’s a really good song so I recommend listening to it to see for yourself

[@PizzaK1ng]

yeah that would make sense

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

Why was it banned?

[@GenericGGG]

@@Sepi-chu_loves_moths because of newgrounds

[@HollyBunnySilly]

​@@Sepi-chu_loves_mothsNG absolutely annihilates any song that you didn't make. The song was not uploaded to NG by Tobu, so it was banned.

[@OftenGuy]

I didn't know that, now it makes sense all this time why the "drop" was slow

[@tensixtyoclock]

I like how the intro to these is horror themed, quite appropriate for some of the gameplay found in these levels. As someone who got through all the non demon map packs, I fear that the pain has only started...

[@iexist1300]

In defense of square adventure: 1. The level is actually good at teaching new players how to use practice mode. The ending being such a massive but also short dificulty spike means that your encouraged to practice that section. With how concentrated the difficulty is, it also encourages players to practice section by section until they get consistent, rather than spaming checkpoints everywhere. The level taught me how to use practice mode. Since its in the map packs, at least in the past, its something alot of new players might have encountered. I beleive this might be why rob top put it in there. 2. It is at least unique. Alot of the time when levels have difficutly spikes its a mistake, but this one deliberatly tries to vary things. Its like a challange level but you have to beat a 2 star to reach it. Also, although you didnt like the hard part's gameplay, it's unique to make you memorise that you have to delay a jump, since normally memory is jump or fall. 3. The hard part has a split path. The arrows are also truthful. I find the one that you didn't take to at least be consistent. Also, the paths almost act as fakes for the one you aren't on, which could be seen as good or bad. 4. It introduces harder gameplay in an easier form. From practice mode, the hard part is almost like an easy challange level. Due to it being so short, it lets people play above their skill level. Also, you get to experience the nerves and adrenaline from being at the end of a really hard level without needing the skill to beat a hard level. With all of these qualities in mind, I would give the level a 3 or 4 out of 10 rather than a 1. Imo a level with the worst possible score shouldn't have unique and redeaming features, which i beleive the level has. You can disagree. I think i beat the level fairly shortly after learning it, and i like fake/old style memory levels, so i personally enjoyed it more than most, so I'm probably biased.

[@iexist1300]

I also am enjoying this series. I've played some of the map packs, so it's cool to see someone else's thoughts on them, although this series will probably progress faster than I complete them. Also it's really surprising that square adventure has so many likes. I wonder how bad levels in the past must have been on average for people to think that it was good.

[@qKitti]

I'd give it a 5 honestly. I've argued the same things before, but it's also genuinely really average for its time

[@BeanGMD]

I'm loving this series so far! The Reviewing community has always focused on reviewing the gauntlets so its cool to be able to see thoughts on map pack levels instead.

[@OftenGuy]

Already can’t wait for Episode 3: Packs 7-9! Super fun watching your vids that have a lot of things I can agree with!

[@Salvador_but_he_plays_gd]

ColorZ originally used Tobu - Colors. A song that was reuploaded to NG by someone other than Tobu and was later banned, hence why the song representation seems off. I recommend watching a video or ColorZ with the original song and you will see that the song representation was so much better

[@NothingIsScary]

THIS COMMENT IS A SPOILER FOR THE FINAL EPISODE! When I make the final episode. I plan to go back and address things like this. Im intentionally ignoring it for the initial reviews. the thing is. that explains what the levels *were* and the thing is yeah. when it had the song Colors - Tobu it probably synced well. but it doesn't use that song today so I want to review it in the state its currently in now. In the final episode I wanna talk about how the levels USED to be a lot better.

[@NotBest713]

​@@NothingIsScaryI could've sworn that this was said in the description of the level, but maybe I'm misremembering

[@fireytehspartan]

@@NotBest713 it was

[@Yvelluap]

ngl i half expected you to pull a tpab and make the intro longer and longer until you had a full poem

[@Right_Sune]

Nothingsiscary for you. Even ranking the map packs. Btw I really like this series, alot

[@Yvelluap]

9:22 the way i gasped at that 😭 i didn't know there was a coin there

[@phaze440]

so true

[@dasher2287]

Just watched episode 1 yesterday, before going to bed, now I wake up to episode 2, what a lucky day.Thanks man for the content

[@NothingIsScary]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@elkboy2538]

This is one of those series KZbin needs to promote more! Can't wait for the next installment!

[@patilapatata]

"i hate how boring and unfair is this level, 9/10"

[@alejandrogamezsales633]

He said it on part 1, the bar is really low. Although it is funny to hear him complain about a level and then give it a 9/10, it's like IGN lmao

[@TJ-hg6op]

I felt blood leaking from all of my orfices, the agony, the pain, I just couldn’t stand it. I saw as my whole family was brutally disfigured in front of me and I couldn’t do anything about it… even my pets weren’t safe. So many innocent lives just… destroyed in an instant. What kind of cruel god would do this to me? What did I do to deserve this? It’s… horrible. There is no description that could match this nightmare. 7/10

[@patilapatata]

@@TJ-hg6op so true

[@ComicBoy750]

Ooh, this is the episode with Square Adventure. Can’t wait to see some of the other hot garbage levels like Sky Frost for example later on in the series. A lot of the later insane & demon levels just abuse fake based memory to make levels harder.

[@qKitti]

square adventure has a whopping TWO blind clicks. It's REALLY not that bad, and I'm shocked so many people above Easy Demon skill level still find this level the worst thing ever when it's so unbelievably tame compared to genuinely like 60% of the rated levels from 1.0 - 1.2. Not saying it's the best level ever but it's overhated as HELL. Also I do genuinely find it pretty fun hbgfdjh

[@one77wastaken]

I too believe in that statement

[@thenico28]

This

[@tensixtyoclock]

Same, why complain about square adventure when the 2.0 hard rated map packs exist (those were a more of a mental challenge to me than even the insanes)

[@phaze440]

same. if you die the first time, you will beat it the second time. if you dont beat it the second time, maybe you choked and its the third time. if you cannot beat the level i think you should play some easier levels

[@ydanx]

idk if you knew it before but glitter madness 2k15 used to be TWO stars back in 1.9, basically tells you everything about the star ratings back then

[@fireytehspartan]

Definitely feels nice to be around during the early progression of a series of yours. (I wasn't subbed to you during the early episodes of ranking the demonlist) good episode!

[@LennonsRetroTech]

5:57 I personally really like the decoration in this level. Some things are out of place but if you remove those it looks nice. I personally love 1.9 levels and I actually have made a handful of them which are on my channel

[@WKGamesMain]

9:09 I’m glad I’m not the only one who hates Square Adventure, that level has one of the worst endings of any map pack level imo, definitely one of the worst non demon levels in all the map packs

[@EmpinadoMaxbmdggTheSun]

Team square adventure haters, count me in. I remember trying to beat mappacks back in, like, 2018, and this level just broke me, I hated it since then

[@fireytehspartan]

hell yeah square adventure haters rise up 💪💪 so glad i dont have to play that level again bro it was utter misery when i tried beating it in 2015-16

[@qKitti]

you guys REALLY think youre the minority here lmao

[@WKGamesMain]

@@qKittiAre you sure about that? Square Adventure has 876,000 likes, putting it in the Top 50 most liked hard rated levels of all time. Also, there is this notion in the GD community that hating on anything for any reason, even if the reason is perfectly legitimate, makes you a “toxic” person and your opinion is discarded. I got a 4-day comment ban a few weeks ago for saying I disliked a level. It seems to be more unpopular than ever to point out levels are garbage, we need more negativity in the GD community if you ask me

[@qKitti]

@ yeah I’m pretty damn sure man, have you even looked at the comments in square adventure?? A level having likes doesn’t mean it’s well received, that’d mean 99.8% of all rated levels would be the same. You should know this, you have 160k stars and don’t know that map pack levels are… popular?? I know you’re not being toxic, so I of course respect your opinion on the level, but please understand that you’re in the VAST majority here and it’s just flat out wrong to say otherwise.

[@sushi-jaiden]

sayonara is fire and a fitting intro song, awesome vid, excited to see how the demon packs are

[@qwegol1]

original song for ColorZ synced better, it got removed my newgrounds though and the creator just kinda put a random song in its place which makes the “drop” feel bad when it originally wasn’t a drop but a buildup.

[@Luminary-z3r]

The best part of this guys videos is, even though im probably going to disagree with most of what he says, im still going to have a great time.

[@gooseman6112]

gonna have this playlist as my eating playlist from now on, looking forward to the upcoming episodes :)

[@NeedlefishGames]

Endelss is so funny with the insane dubstep blaring with extremely basic, slow, and boring gameplay, loving the series!

[@Mewtwo557]

I'm still convinced that Map Packs are better than gauntlets after I got locked out of beating the Castle Gauntlet.

[@llamason7044]

This is a very fun series so far :3

[@charr420]

square adventure finally getting the hate it deserves

[@PurplecrocodileGD]

yesss It’s finally here

[@Itsrisible]

Yeah I'm enjoying this series

[@one77wastaken]

Also am I the only one who likes the memory in Square Adventure 😢

[@nico-l1f6g]

lfg i love this series

[@Taublix]

Good review! One thing I want to add is that there is one more annoying thing in Square Adventure you didn't mention: when you exit the ship into the cube, you can go too high and fall into the spike before reaching the gravity portal, idk if it's intended that way but I died there a few times and it is definitely annoying.

[@TheWildSeal]

I varted to hard

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

Holar molar 🌋

[@AxomolGD-20]

Yes.

[@husemat]

one thing abaut mistery dungeon is that the levels difficulty is extremely missleading, imo the level is araund the 5 / 6 star difficulty, yet its rated 3 stars, so most of the hate for that level comes just from its missrate

[@Rrainbox]

It actually used to be rated 6 stars

[@aydenator27]

I like this series. Some of the reviews felt a little quick though, idk.

[@NothingIsScary]

There will be levels that are like that. Some levels there just isn’t much to say.

[@beegd]

ive been slowly trying to beat the map packs lately and its been bad

[@Tsa_Miceloa]

oops! all map packs

[@potatojuiceultra]

square adventure is such an average level to me, it really doesn't feel worse than any other levels. the ending is a bit of a difficulty spike, but it goes from a 4 star to a 5 star, its not actually hard. like it takes 1 practice run to beat it i guess? but for this style of level, doing a practice run is always worth it. trying to sightread the map packs is a horrible idea, sometimes it seems like people are allergic to practice runs on non-demons.

[@LennonsRetroTech]

I recently beat every non demon map pack. Send help :(

[@one77wastaken]

RAAAAAAH 2

[@Gemzzi]

Really waiting for you to get to the demon packs cuz those are such a shitshow imo

[@algosonicracing1670]

Add a 0 out of 10 😊

[@jecembuary]

7:53 I actually remade mystery dungeon in 2.2 the id is 111523248

[@LennonsRetroTech]

Great Level!

[@jecembuary]

@LennonsRetroTech thx