Empyrean
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Empyrean
ID
39853458
Created
Empyrean is a 2.1 Harder collaboration level hosted by Viprin, published on 10 December 2017. It is the fifth and final level of the Magic Gauntlet.
Description
[edit | edit source]- 0-17% (ChaSe): Empyrean begins with a half-speed cube part. A normal-speed spider segment follows before the player becomes a ship in a tight ship section with some gravity portals. After a short cube sequence comes a UFO sequence with additional gravity portals that require precise, notably awkward timings, standing out as one of the most difficult parts of the level. A common chokepoint is the yellow portal at 13%: the player should avoid clicking as soon as they enter the portal, but wait until later so they do not run into a sawblade. The part ends with another cube part.
- 17-35% (Darwin): The speed picks up in Darwin's part with a double-speed robot part. After the robot part is a ship section with some gravity portals, then another robot part follows, and the part ends at half speed. Throughout the part, the player chases a flying book.
- 35-53% (Nicki1202): Nicki1202's part starts with a brief triple-speed ship part before quickly turning into a short cube section. Another ship segment immediately follows before once again turning back into a cube. After that is a double-speed spider section, and the part ends with an auto cube. At 52%, the level's name (created by Terron), along with all the names of the collaboration's participants, briefly appears.
- 54-77% (MrKoolTrix): At the drop, MrKoolTrix's part begins with a quadruple-speed ship part. A ball part follows, and after briefly slowing down to triple speed, the speed immediately picks back up soon after. The speed then changes a couple of times at a confusing dual-UFO part. After briefly becoming single, the player transforms into a cube, and the part ends with a fast cube part.
- 77-100% (Enlex): Enlex's part begins with a triple-speed cube part with many sizes and gravity portals. After briefly becoming quadruple-speed, the speed slows down to triple-speed at a short auto cube before quickly speeding back up at a UFO part. A ball part follows with many speed changes, and after a short auto cube section, the player transitions into a very short triple-speed spider segment that quickly turns back into a cube part. After a quadruple-speed cube section, the level ends with another auto cube section.
Gameplay
[edit | edit source]Trivia
[edit | edit source]- Empyrean was the 'famous creators' winner for Gauntlet Contest 3, which decided the five creators to appear in the harder of two levels to be created for the gauntlet.
- ChaSe's section received significant criticism from the community for being significantly harder than the remainder of the level. This led to complaints about Empyrean's gameplay balancing and contributed to ChaSe's reputation for creating levels that are significantly harder than their target difficulty.