Muscle Memory Gameplay DONE WRONG || Reanimate by ilnm 100% (Extreme Demon) || Geometry Dash 2.2

Oh boy was this level an experience. When I started this level, I was going into it with a mindset that I wanted to have a good time playing the level and have fun with it, as I had heard some opinions of this level that made me worried about my experience. The first few days were great, I had a great time, made really good progress really fast, but also realized the flaws in the level that formed the views of this level that weren't as positive. The main flaw was the entire stretch of gameplay from 30%-40%. This gameplay was entirely muscle-memory and finding the right rhythm of inputs to pass it. The muscle memory was locked in for me pretty fast, and I never really struggled with the actual memory part of it. However, there would be many times where I felt good about my inputs and I would die anyways, and it never felt good. It never felt like I had done something wrong to have caused that death, it just felt like the level didn't work and it was entirely out of my control. This is NOT a good way to have muscle memory gameplay, as it shouldn't make the player feel like they're getting punished for doing nothing wrong. Repeatedly dying in the 30-40% stretch of a 2 and a half minute long level really made the last few days of the experience so much less enjoyable, as I personally felt any attempt past 40% could beat the level. The second half was so consistent compared to the first half that I really never struggled with it, just had some random chokes here and there. Also the predrop of this level would get pretty annoying if I didn't pass it for long stretches of time, which would happen. Now, this doesn't make this level entirely bad. The visuals of this level are absolutely insane and I love the theming of this level as a level, and I will always respect it for that. The gameplay in the second half feels really satisfying in general, and hence why I didn't give this level as bad of a rating as I felt I could. The experience was one of my lower ones, but the level itself I can still respect even though I didn't particularly have a great time with it. Can I recommend this level? Not as a hardest, but if you've got some skill of endurance and playing through nerves/being able to lock in click patterns easily, then this level is for you. I definitely wouldn't have been able to do this as an earlier extreme. Training Arc level 3 complete, next one is gonna be a banger. Level name: Reanimate Creator: ilnm Song: Reanimate by Warak Difficulty: Extreme Demon My rating: 55/100 Attempts: 7640 GDDL Tier: 21 My Opinion: 22 NLW Tier: Easy My Opinion: Easy Wanna see my previous levels in the training arc?    • The MOST CONSISTENT Extreme I've Beaten!! ...      • The MOST SATISFYING EXTREME I've Beaten! |...   My Current Top 5 Completions:    • [NEW HARDEST] WATER DEMON 100%!!!! || Geom...      • I BEAT BLOODBATH!!! || Bloodbath 100% [NEW...      • How to Beat the Longest Level in Geometry ...      • MY HARDEST COMPLETION YET!!! || ILOVECYAN ...      • My SHORTEST EXTREME COMPLETION! || TUAPEKA...