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THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING SPARKLING HOPE! When I saw the title I thought “sparkling hope is awesome”. The whole video I wanted sparkling hope to win. I absolutely adore that level.
Silly thing: one person, merg, came along in 1.9 and said that the spikes in decode have nonexistent hitboxes and then people noticed and that's the end of it being hard
I think Fairydust is a very good sequel. It has ideas of its own, like these curved columns at the beginning, the gameplay is fun, and it uses a similar song.
I highly agree sparkling hope is a really good Nine circles level! I saw a video on it and apparently the balancing isn't that good but some what consistent at times I can't really say if that is correct or not because it is way out of my skill level. But it does look beautiful it goes well with the song the sync is good and is apparently really fun. So yeah I would say this is a good nine circles re-make plus the hard demon difficult is iconic for being used for nine circles cause the 3 most iconic nine circles levels (nine cricles fairy dust and Jawbreaker) are all hard demons! once I become better at the game I should definitely play sparkling hope! glad you enjoyed making the video and it's good cause I also enjoyed watching it!
I would say Astronaut 13 by Minesap is a great remake. Good gp, is harder than original but not too much, stays true to the theme, but has new ideas and elements that expand upon the theme, especially the ending. It was my favorite NC level when it came out and I think it’s amazing, even though not many people like it. Sparkling hope is also top tier, and it definitely looks better than astronaut.
gonna be honest astronaut 13 doesn't have that good gameplay, I remember when learning the level I found it had some of the worst NC gameplay I've played 😭 I haven't played it since then so maybe It's not as bad as I remember
Speaking of nine circles levels, I just thought that I’d mention that I’m making one right now (albeit slowly). It uses nautilus by Creo, and will be 1 minute and 42 seconds long.
@@TearrsYT It’ll probably not end up being that hard since I want it to be quite accesible, and it probably won’t get fully finished for a while since I don’t know how to decorate.
Litterally 12 days later: Ring Trick (Full Showcase) It is personally my favourite Nine Circles level because of how original the theme is and yet how noticable it is that its a circles level. And the new ideas it brought to the board like ACTUAL CIRCLES STRUCTURES IN THE WAVE is absolutely mind blowing to me. The level is also harder then Nine Circles and while the wave pulsing effect is structured differently it honestly makes up for how original and detailed it is. There is clearly alot of love and care put into this level.
I think my main issue I have with sparkling hope is that due to my brain processing contrast way way better than colours, all the flashes basically fully reset what I had seen, so a lot of the time I just can't figure out where to go since when I notice where to go, the flash just basically makes me forget all that information since my brain focuses so much on contrast this is an issue I have a lot with the more modern levels honestly, recently came back from like a 6 year break and I cannot figure out where to go due to how little the background and foreground usually differ in terms of contrast, sometimes basically being the same exact tone in my brain, and ofc, flashes basically working as a way to completely remove all the information I had stored in my brain about the upcoming gameplay
What defines a Nine Circles level is 100% its gameplay, not the deco. In fact if the deco is kinda new and uncommon (Aerial Gleam's case) just makes the things better, as it adds a ton of originality to the level itself. Not even Sonic Wave Infinity has nine circles deco, it features random flashes of the structures that doesn't line up in order to create a wave effect (in some parts), and of course no one would say SWI is not an NC. Same with Solar Flare, that IS NOT a standard nine circles flashing pattern, structures flash in a different order not top to bottom or the opposite. Btw all 3 levels mentioned in this comment are among my favorite
14:08 The main issue with nine circles entry extremes is that they simply don't exist - only one or two NC extremes (cerebral hemorrhage, Cat Planet) can be considered easy extremes and even then they are significantly harder than levels like Cataclysm.
Another banger video. Also love the concept of this review, a certain genre of gd levels fits perfectly as a video style and I’m ngl I have never seen this type of video concept other than the classic level review.
11:40 it does but its so low key its just as if it wasnt there(at some points it does have the circles effect but those are super small and hard to notice)
Really really good video, I love this type of videos with GD. Also, I think that your criteria was really good to find the perfect circles level, but not to find the perfect *sequel* for it. I think that a sequel for Nine Circles should be pretty harder than the original to make it like a second milestone after beating NC. Although, Sparkling Hope seems pretty harder than the original so I think that as a sequel would be pretty good too. I noticed you focused more on "finding the perfect circles level" than "the perfect sequel", so I guess the sequel thing was to make the title more attractive lol Great video dude
Imo (not done with the video yet) Despacito circles is the perfect circles level, it stays true to the og style but adds new aspects to the decoration and gameplay which I like, it’s also a short hard demon so it’s very accessible to everyone and not to mention the song is a song that the majority of people will like because it’s not dubstep
great video! i like how you made the difference between the “perfect NC sequel” and the “best NC sequel” cause they are two very different things. while i don’t agree with your final pick, i appreciate the effort put into it and the time you took to check out our list even if it was for a minute or so :)
Question what is your definition of a nine circle’s level vs a level using the nine circles flash effect or is there a difference? I have heard of debating of if the gameplay must follow the pattern set by nine circles or must have beginning or end of the song(depending on song choice) with cube. Also having at least one drop be the wave mode and for wave gameplay to be the main focus of the level or over 1 third of the level. Also what about the nightkilla/rukkus songs being mostly mandatory? This is the one thing that confuses me about this trend of levels.
fun fact is that i'm going for nine circles right now (82% yeah I choked the dual mini wave) and somehow I grew to be consistent at the 80% transition despite it being stupidso far I'd say that the worst choke pints are 16% (weird and tight ship clicks), 19% (that click is a graveyard), 41% (quick but precise wave clicks), 48% (same as 41%), 70% and 71% (weird mini wave gameplay + nerves), 80% (stupid transition), 94% (I swear that one click is so late and it's bothering me)
thanks for telling me about sparkling hope, I beat it in about 400 attempts even tho my hardest is windy landscape lol it was actually very consistent.
There was no preview mode back then too you had to play the level and use start pos to see how ur deco looked but atleast u could playtest the level in the editor
I recently played a lot of circles levels, and I found some good and bad ones, mostly bad, like really bad. So levels I'd like to highlight are SemiCircles, Despacito Circles, and Sharp Minor. I found all three of these levels quite enjoyable overall. So levels I'd stay far away from are Bakuretsu, AnotherCircles, Fairydust, Sweet Dreams, Classical (RayOriens), sharp, Classic, and Poltergeist. Also like the only other circles level that I've beaten, is tolerable, and around the same difficulty as Sparkling Hope is Sharp Minor. Edit: Removed, "Recently played recently"
@@byfakii1417 I'm glad you found Poltergeist fun, but I personally had a miserable experience with it. I could have beaten it in around 600 to 900 attempts if I didn't die to 86x2, 87x2, and 88x2, this meant I took 17 hundred attempts to pull it off, even though it had no buisness taking me that long. Call this a skill issue if you will, but it wasn't even my hardest when I was playing it. However, even before all of that, I still didn't like the level. For me, it was get to the wave, die at the same spot as last time, repeat. As I've reflected on the level, I find that this level can be quite divisive due to its extreme balancing issues, meaning that people can either get lucky and fluke it or get stuck for a long time. I think people should stay away from Poltergeist because of the possibility of getting stuck or should at least be aware of what playing the level can be like. Hopefully, that explains my perspective on Poltergeist.
i would still say its the official one, nine circleX even though its in the awkward difficulty range of high end insane demon and doesnt have a very prevalent nine circles effect, as well as having fairly divisive gameplay
When you mentioned that in 1.9 everyone was bad at the wave, the same thing is definitely gonna happen for the swing copter because atleast for me, its kinda hard to control right now (i tested it in gdps editor).
nine circles is both easy to understand and create for it not having portal spam. its just so unga bunga cube ship ball wave that its so easy to understand. its such a good style when it comes to beginners. every creator should make a nine circles level at least once.
Cool video, Would disagree about the whole hard demon only rule thing, personally think hard and insane demons are probably the ideal difficulty (I believe anyone can beat windy landscape with enough effort, and that's an insane demon). And out of those I think quasar by allan, despite being a 2.0 level, is probably still one of the best ones out there (has aged really well). Sharp minor's also cool too, probably the best 1.9 circles level alongside solar circles
My friend jumped from jawbreaker to cataclysm so playing circles levels definitely helps improve skill tremendously
well hey cataclysm is wave based so maybe that’s why he jumped from a hard demon to extreme
@@dylangodofwarnah its timing based
@@gmdrye755ship:
I'm jumping from Deadlocked to old cataclysm and I already 68-100 and many good runs
@@combineshowcases good luck
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING SPARKLING HOPE! When I saw the title I thought “sparkling hope is awesome”. The whole video I wanted sparkling hope to win. I absolutely adore that level.
Its crazy how big of an impact Nine Circles by Zobros had on the community, nine circles levels are still being made and rated today, it insane :o
100%. its why i like them so much
@a-183Playz unless ur a photosensitive epileptic
@a-183Playzit will become neverending trends.
Silly thing: one person, merg, came along in 1.9 and said that the spikes in decode have nonexistent hitboxes and then people noticed and that's the end of it being hard
wait, the merg with a million subs? if so, damn, ive never known that
Solar flare imo had a lot of fun learning some parts of it and it looks absolutely amazing.
@@patar00 its def a nine circles level (imo)
@@patar00it has the nine circles effect it’s like calling swi not a nine circles level
@@patar00the style doesn’t matter as long as it has the effect it’s considered a nine circles level
I was honestly expecting Quasar to be the best pick, but Sparkling Hope is pretty cool. Great video!
Same my guess was quasar right up until he said it should be harder than nine circles.
Quasar is such a good level it deserves more love
@@BonsaiMan24 quasar is harder than nine circles tho
I think Fairydust is a very good sequel. It has ideas of its own, like these curved columns at the beginning, the gameplay is fun, and it uses a similar song.
The production is much better than the previous videos. You are getting closer and closer to Colon's quality level. Good job!
Aerial gleam is so good in general
I highly agree sparkling hope is a really good Nine circles level! I saw a video on it and apparently the balancing isn't that good but some what consistent at times I can't really say if that is correct or not because it is way out of my skill level. But it does look beautiful it goes well with the song the sync is good and is apparently really fun. So yeah I would say this is a good nine circles re-make plus the hard demon difficult is iconic for being used for nine circles cause the 3 most iconic nine circles levels (nine cricles fairy dust and Jawbreaker) are all hard demons! once I become better at the game I should definitely play sparkling hope! glad you enjoyed making the video and it's good cause I also enjoyed watching it!
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I would say Astronaut 13 by Minesap is a great remake. Good gp, is harder than original but not too much, stays true to the theme, but has new ideas and elements that expand upon the theme, especially the ending. It was my favorite NC level when it came out and I think it’s amazing, even though not many people like it. Sparkling hope is also top tier, and it definitely looks better than astronaut.
gonna be honest astronaut 13 doesn't have that good gameplay, I remember when learning the level I found it had some of the worst NC gameplay I've played 😭 I haven't played it since then so maybe It's not as bad as I remember
just sayin absolutely goated channel, and thanks for showing me an amazing level i didnt hear abt ❤keep up the good work
i actually expected sparkling hope to be it the second i clicked on the video idk why
awesome video btw
12:02 nah the lines actually look really good
nah crimson clutters better definitely not biased by the fact its my favorite level in the game
i did not expect sparkling hope
i love that level
I’m really enjoying your UA-cam videos. They are always entertaining and I like the way you talk about this game
“Objective standpoint”💀
not even suprised vadi made it i love his style lol
The more i watch this channel the more underrated it seems to me, keep it up and you'll climb the ladder for sure
Speaking of nine circles levels, I just thought that I’d mention that I’m making one right now (albeit slowly). It uses nautilus by Creo, and will be 1 minute and 42 seconds long.
I love that song!
Need a verifier? I’m looking for something to verify lmao
@@TearrsYT It’ll probably not end up being that hard since I want it to be quite accesible, and it probably won’t get fully finished for a while since I don’t know how to decorate.
@@Periwinkleaccount fair. Goodluck man!
@@Periwinkleaccountcan i try?
Tenth circle is my favorite by far
Litterally 12 days later: Ring Trick (Full Showcase)
It is personally my favourite Nine Circles level because of how original the theme is and yet how noticable it is that its a circles level. And the new ideas it brought to the board like ACTUAL CIRCLES STRUCTURES IN THE WAVE is absolutely mind blowing to me. The level is also harder then Nine Circles and while the wave pulsing effect is structured differently it honestly makes up for how original and detailed it is. There is clearly alot of love and care put into this level.
Rambling ends at 4:31
Video starts properly from there.
Thanks, this video is really helpful!
Nine circles be like: DOO DO BWAA DO DO BAA BWAAA DO do DO do DOO DO BWAA DO DO BAA BWAAA
Bro just left out kocmoc with no regret 🗿
can't tell if you're joking or not due to poe's law, but it's not an nc level
For me sparking hope was extremely anoing bc the beginning is free and the wave have a lot shock points
my favorite nine circles level is jawbreaker
nagito komaeda aproves sparkling hope
I think my main issue I have with sparkling hope is that due to my brain processing contrast way way better than colours, all the flashes basically fully reset what I had seen, so a lot of the time I just can't figure out where to go since when I notice where to go, the flash just basically makes me forget all that information since my brain focuses so much on contrast
this is an issue I have a lot with the more modern levels honestly, recently came back from like a 6 year break and I cannot figure out where to go due to how little the background and foreground usually differ in terms of contrast, sometimes basically being the same exact tone in my brain, and ofc, flashes basically working as a way to completely remove all the information I had stored in my brain about the upcoming gameplay
What defines a Nine Circles level is 100% its gameplay, not the deco. In fact if the deco is kinda new and uncommon (Aerial Gleam's case) just makes the things better, as it adds a ton of originality to the level itself. Not even Sonic Wave Infinity has nine circles deco, it features random flashes of the structures that doesn't line up in order to create a wave effect (in some parts), and of course no one would say SWI is not an NC. Same with Solar Flare, that IS NOT a standard nine circles flashing pattern, structures flash in a different order not top to bottom or the opposite. Btw all 3 levels mentioned in this comment are among my favorite
Imagine the circles levels when 2.2 comes out
i saw sparkling hope from a mile away. great video!
5:10 i love you so much
edit: after watching the full video i can confidently say that you have my favorite gd opinions EVER
Cmon we know you excluded non hard demons because it would be hell to find the perfect one in beetwen all the bad ones
i love how it goes to 0.5 speed when he says the number 4
Nine circles has a banger song
I know, a nine circles that actually has circles.
When I say nine circles pop up on daily challenges I skipped it but got the motivation to beat it and about a month later I beat it on my phone 🙂
14:08 The main issue with nine circles entry extremes is that they simply don't exist - only one or two NC extremes (cerebral hemorrhage, Cat Planet) can be considered easy extremes and even then they are significantly harder than levels like Cataclysm.
I’d say down bass also counts
Another banger video. Also love the concept of this review, a certain genre of gd levels fits perfectly as a video style and I’m ngl I have never seen this type of video concept other than the classic level review.
jawbreaker. im not going to justify this or add any reasoning, just jawbreaker.
11:40 it does but its so low key its just as if it wasnt there(at some points it does have the circles effect but those are super small and hard to notice)
Could I be called a “Nine Circles Grinder“?
YESSS I WAS HOPING IT WOULD BE SPARKLING HOPE (pun intended) I LOVE IT SO MUCH ITS SO GREAT
bro said fear me was a good level.
Really really good video, I love this type of videos with GD. Also, I think that your criteria was really good to find the perfect circles level, but not to find the perfect *sequel* for it. I think that a sequel for Nine Circles should be pretty harder than the original to make it like a second milestone after beating NC. Although, Sparkling Hope seems pretty harder than the original so I think that as a sequel would be pretty good too. I noticed you focused more on "finding the perfect circles level" than "the perfect sequel", so I guess the sequel thing was to make the title more attractive lol
Great video dude
Fairy dust is what started the nine circles clones. There was a good amount of time where the original was the only one.
Imo (not done with the video yet) Despacito circles is the perfect circles level, it stays true to the og style but adds new aspects to the decoration and gameplay which I like, it’s also a short hard demon so it’s very accessible to everyone and not to mention the song is a song that the majority of people will like because it’s not dubstep
it is good yeah
fun video to watch ngl
11:57 the lines look good, first time seeing this level
though the boxes are awkward
I think Pulsar is the best Nine Circles sequel😎
I can not express how many times I died to the sticky slope bug in sparkling hope
great video! i like how you made the difference between the “perfect NC sequel” and the “best NC sequel” cause they are two very different things. while i don’t agree with your final pick, i appreciate the effort put into it and the time you took to check out our list even if it was for a minute or so :)
Oh its not just for a minute. Im grinding the circles levels!
@@NothingIsScarywell good luck on your journey then :)
Question what is your definition of a nine circle’s level vs a level using the nine circles flash effect or is there a difference? I have heard of debating of if the gameplay must follow the pattern set by nine circles or must have beginning or end of the song(depending on song choice) with cube. Also having at least one drop be the wave mode and for wave gameplay to be the main focus of the level or over 1 third of the level. Also what about the nightkilla/rukkus songs being mostly mandatory? This is the one thing that confuses me about this trend of levels.
Sparkling Hope is awesome c:
I'd choose The Hallucination for my favorite NC level though
Sonic Wave is to me, the only true sequel. Takes the NC concept and cranks it to 11.
really entertaining video
5 star review on yelp
he spent 15 minutes explaining the rules and 1 minute answering the title
fun fact is that i'm going for nine circles right now (82% yeah I choked the dual mini wave) and somehow I grew to be consistent at the 80% transition despite it being stupidso far I'd say that the worst choke pints are 16% (weird and tight ship clicks), 19% (that click is a graveyard), 41% (quick but precise wave clicks), 48% (same as 41%), 70% and 71% (weird mini wave gameplay + nerves), 80% (stupid transition), 94% (I swear that one click is so late and it's bothering me)
thanks for telling me about sparkling hope, I beat it in about 400 attempts even tho my hardest is windy landscape lol it was actually very consistent.
Sparkling hope is very fun, beat it a few months ago on my channel lol. Altough it’s slightly inconsistent
the best
There was no preview mode back then too you had to play the level and use start pos to see how ur deco looked but atleast u could playtest the level in the editor
I would say 2.0 levels are going to age better because theyre already old and still look good
tidal wave
My personal favorite is Jawbreaker. I know it isnt the perfect circles level but its still my favorite the gameplay is so much fun
megis circles obviously
I recently played a lot of circles levels, and I found some good and bad ones, mostly bad, like really bad. So levels I'd like to highlight are SemiCircles, Despacito Circles, and Sharp Minor. I found all three of these levels quite enjoyable overall. So levels I'd stay far away from are Bakuretsu, AnotherCircles, Fairydust, Sweet Dreams, Classical (RayOriens), sharp, Classic, and Poltergeist.
Also like the only other circles level that I've beaten, is tolerable, and around the same difficulty as Sparkling Hope is Sharp Minor.
Edit: Removed, "Recently played recently"
ah yes recently played recently
Ah yes, fun grammar mistakes. Tis fixed now. Thank you for catching that, although it should have been pretty obvious for me.
@@a05polzar why poltergheist doe, i found it pretty fun while playing especially with the good sync made it a little bit easier idk
@@byfakii1417 I'm glad you found Poltergeist fun, but I personally had a miserable experience with it. I could have beaten it in around 600 to 900 attempts if I didn't die to 86x2, 87x2, and 88x2, this meant I took 17 hundred attempts to pull it off, even though it had no buisness taking me that long. Call this a skill issue if you will, but it wasn't even my hardest when I was playing it. However, even before all of that, I still didn't like the level. For me, it was get to the wave, die at the same spot as last time, repeat. As I've reflected on the level, I find that this level can be quite divisive due to its extreme balancing issues, meaning that people can either get lucky and fluke it or get stuck for a long time. I think people should stay away from Poltergeist because of the possibility of getting stuck or should at least be aware of what playing the level can be like. Hopefully, that explains my perspective on Poltergeist.
Jawbreaker and Fairydust 4 life
Just saying the hallucination is the best before watching this video
i would still say its the official one, nine circleX
even though its in the awkward difficulty range of high end insane demon and doesnt have a very prevalent nine circles effect, as well as having fairly divisive gameplay
Good video
When you mentioned that in 1.9 everyone was bad at the wave, the same thing is definitely gonna happen for the swing copter because atleast for me, its kinda hard to control right now (i tested it in gdps editor).
Also it will probably be smoother in actual gd and different frame rates will change how it moves
Paracosm circles is my pick. Its hilarious
why is nobody talking about the fact that this was all made in mobile, and verified on mobile?
Me who’s favorite nine circles level is poltergeist
I'd say cold sweat is a nine circles sequel
quasar is kind of the perfect circles level i'm ngl
nine circles is both easy to understand and create for it not having portal spam. its just so unga bunga cube ship ball wave that its so easy to understand. its such a good style when it comes to beginners. every creator should make a nine circles level at least once.
sonic wave didnt watch the video i just wanted to answer your question
Sadly I have not graduated kindergarten and I couldn't do the math (Also this video was great keep it up) 😔
Common Sparkling Hope W
2:14 yup, insane demon back then
ring trick
Golden Hope is probably my personal favourite, but if I have to go by objective criteria I am picking Solar Circles or Anaconda.
I think Tidal Wave is the best sequel in the series imo. Super long, different and also has difference in gameplay structure compared to previous.
My personal favourite is Fnafbass, but I get that it has chokepoints and therefore didn't win. Sparkling Hope is a great winner!
i want to play sparkling hope, but unfortunately my PC can't run the ldm or most uldm versions. What other NC level would you say is close to perfect?
coincidence that i beat sparkling hope yesterday lol
Jawbreaker, Nine Circles, and Fairydust are the trilogy.
My favorite is sonic wave just because it’s my hardest right now 😭
one that I recently discovered and found to be really fun was mehdi by caminius, it also has a rather good difficulty
Top 100 best levels document when? Also did you add glide to the document yet?
Its over 300 levels and yes i did.
Im almost done botting the levels
If it isn’t cosmic cyclone im upset
I CAME HERE TO GET 1 MORE CHANCE
Ngl I thought it was gonna be Golden Hope
yes I agree
is it just me but I think it's an insane demon 💀
Cool video, Would disagree about the whole hard demon only rule thing, personally think hard and insane demons are probably the ideal difficulty (I believe anyone can beat windy landscape with enough effort, and that's an insane demon). And out of those I think quasar by allan, despite being a 2.0 level, is probably still one of the best ones out there (has aged really well).
Sharp minor's also cool too, probably the best 1.9 circles level alongside solar circles