Ultrasonic Is A Good Redemption

I guess you could technically say this is a sequel to my last review

Utrasonic is a 1.9 insane demon mega collab hosted and published by ZenthicAlpha and verified by GironDavid. It is the sequel of Supersonic and it’s also the second level in the “sonic series”. Ultrasonic featured all the previous creators (excluding Daddepro) from Supersonic. Like Supersonic, Ultrasonic was considered one of the hardest demons at the time of its release. This level was highly anticipated during it’s verification process as it was harder than Supersonic by a good bit. I recently beat Ultrasonic and it is currently my hardest demon as of this post so I thought this would be a good time to review and give my thoughts on it. I'll post my completion at the end of this post. In my last review, which was on Supersonic, I gave it a lot of harsh criticism. In my opinion, Ultrasonic is a way better level and a good sequel.

The list of creators that have a part in Ultrasonic are:

-Gboy (0-12%)

-Xcy7 (12-29%)

-Zenthicalpha (29-42%)

-Glittershroom (42-51%)

-Viprin (51-60%)

-Evasium (60-75%)

-Jeyzor (75-88%)

-Sumsar (88-100)

Gboy (0-12%)

I’m going to be 100% honest with this. I do not like Gboy’s part. I think it’s a bad start to the level. The gameplay in this part gives me so many mixed emotions. It feels unbalanced and has a few annoying aspects. It’s interesting and unique gameplay to start off with for sure but it’s just not the type of gameplay that should have been here. It starts with a slow ship into a 2x speed mini ball and 3x speed mini cube. The ship is “okay” but I wouldn’t say it’s great. It’s fine at the mini ship though. I’ll just say that the beginning is not too great. I don’t like the weird straight fly aspect of it. The mini ball is very annoying and probably caused the most deaths at the beginning for me. You have to get the first timing absolutely perfect to get through it because if you click too late you’ll hit the spike at the end and if you hit it too early you hit the second spike. It feels like too precise of a timing for it to be in the beginning.

The mini cube is perfectly fine its just slight memorization and it’s a good transition into Xcy7’s part. What I do like about this part is the decoration. It’s good to look at and nothing feels empty. It fits with the level.

Xcy7 (12-29%)

I like this part a lot. The difficulty is balanced and the gameplay is fun. It stays the same style and syncs well with the song. The mix between mirror portals and fake orbs fit the gameplay well and add a good extra difficulty. It starts off with a 3x speed cube and turns into a mini cube and ends with a mini ship transition. The flow of the gameplay feels pretty good. I like how it syncs with the song. Technically I guess you could say it’s memorization because there are fake orbs. The only problem I had with the gameplay was the mini ship transition and maybe one timing in the mini cube but not too bad. The design of this part is pretty good as well. I like the background flashes and color changes. The theme it sets for this part overall makes it pretty well. An improvement from Supersonic.

Zenthicalpha (29-42%)

Zenthicalpha’s part gets a bit more tricky with timing. There are a lot of gamemode changes in his part. It’s mostly 3x speed mini cubes that transition into either a mini wave or mini ship to sync with the music. There is some orb memorization on the mini cubes. The timings for the first wave are a little tight and can be tricky to transition into as the spikes on the side of the slopes add more difficulty to it and can get annoying at times but it just needs practice.

I feel like Zenthicalpha’s style fits well with this level. I’ve noticed it looks really similar to his collab with Viprin “Speed Blaster” which happens to use the same song as Ultrasonic.

Glittershroom (42-51%)

Glittershroom’s part is at the drop which is a 3x speed swing copter. I have mixed feelings about this part but it’s not bad. I feel like it was a waste to put a swing copter at the drop it just doesn’t feel right. I just find it weird because it’s not common to have a swing copter at the drop I guess? Near near end of it there's an annoying timing that can kill you if you didn't click in a good enough pattern earlier in the part.

I feel like the movement required for this part is pretty finicky as it can be inconsistent. I don’t mean inconsistent as like buggy or random but it’s hard to get the same movement as swing copter physics are weird. Everyone has their own way of doing this part but finding a way is kind of difficult to figure out. I will say, it is fun once figured out and practiced though. It’s satisfying to do. The design of this part is very simple as I feel like it focuses on gameplay but it doesn’t look bad or too simple and fits the style.

Viprin (51-60%)

Unsurprisingly, Viprin’s part is a memory ball. But it’s different from all the other sonic levels. The gameplay is more spread out and the structuring is a lot different. Also it’s a mini ball making it his only part in the sonic series with a mini ball. I like the memory in this part because of how spread out it is. It’s easy to tell exactly where to go and the difficulty stays the same and thoroughly balanced. Although the gameplay may be good but I feel like it doesn’t really sync with the song which is surprising because his parts are usually good with sync. The design is very simple but the fake blocks and orbs fill up the part which prevents it from looking empty. The colors stay the same besides a slight flashing which I think he could have done more with.

Evasium (60-75%)

In my opinion, Evasiums part is probably the hardest part considering how late into the level it is. I have A LOT to say about this part so expect this to be a long paragraph. This part has its ups and downs with gameplay. The gamemodes constantly change throughout this part so I’ll just list the order of game mode changes. They all stay mini throughout the part: cube, cube dual, ship, ball, ship, UFO, wave and it varies through 2x and 3x speed. The transition from Viprin’s part feels good but it can be awkward sometimes and can mess up timings for not hitting the fake orb (for me at least). The purple jump orb in the dual portal can be weird so you have to hit it late but that’s fine. In the mini ship when hitting the last two orbs into the ball portal can be super finicky. You have to hit it just the right amount to not mess up the ball transition. I found this very very annoying when playing this part. Sometimes it would feel like you’re hitting it the same as last time but then you could end up actually going too far and it becomes annoying.

Transitioning the ball into the 3x speed ship is a very annoying transition because it just shoots you up into the portal where you have to immediately shoot yourself back down into the gravity portal. This wouldn’t be too bad if the structures and spikes weren’t so close to you. This is so easy to mess up.

When the UFO comes, transitioning into the gravity portal to the 1 space gap of spikes there is AWFUL. To do it correctly you have to position your ship into a very specific spot when hitting the UFO portal and do a specific pattern of clicks to get through that gap of spikes correctly which is VERY inconsistent. If it weren’t for having to position the ship correctly this wouldn’t be too bad but going to the same spot in an open area with a ship every time is kinda hard to do.

The rest of the part has no more issues. I like the wave although it’s challenging but it’s not inconsistent so it’s fine. The gameplay overall is alright and kind of fun but the inconsistent transitions ruin it. The sync is really good with this part as I feel Evasium focused a lot on it. The design of this part looks great. It’s flashy, the block design is cool, it fits with the song and blends in with the style of the level. Kind of reminds me of Xcy7’s part for some reason except Xcy7’s part isn’t this hard.

Jeyzor (75-88%)

Jeyzors part is what I hear the most complaints for but I don’t think it’s that bad. It’s the second last part and it’s at an exciting point in the level. Jeyzors part is a complex ‘memory’ mini cube section that starts off slow and gradually speeds up. You really have to experiment with this part to figure out what you’re doing wrong with timings. A lot of people blame the deaths on bugs but there really aren’t any bugs here it’s just timings. The timings in the slow part are awkward but not buggy. You have to just feel for it. It’s kind of weird with all the gravity changes.

It gets better as it speeds up and it just gets more consistent. The flow of the gameplay is very good especially because of how much it syncs with the song. I really like how unique this part is. I like the concept of all the fakes and memory. I love how it speeds up as the song “builds up”. The decoration when looking closely is simple but all the flashes and colors make it look complex. I like that aspect about it.

Sumsar (88-100%)

As we reach the last part of Ultrasonic it feels like a change of pace from the other parts. Sumsars part is a slow mini wave where you have to click a lot and go through the tight gaps. The structuring and obstacles look like it was meant to be a ship part (and it could probably work as one too). Even though it’s unique, that doesn’t mean it’s good. This part can be very hard and inconsistent for some people. It sure was for me I died here 6-7 times. I don’t appreciate the gravity changes in the middle of the mini wave gap at the beginning of it because you’re usually clicking very fast and not paying attention to movement and gravity changes can screw you over. I ALWAYS either went straight into the spikes below and above me all the time. You have to really pay attention there. It’s a bit unnecessary.

The ship section is pretty tight. This part is annoying not because the gameplay is bad but because it’s so much harder than the entire part AND because it’s the very last part. It’s very awkward to maneuver through the gaps and the gravity changes make it harder. It is an annoying part but I like how unique it is. It stands out from everything else. It’s simple decoration but everything is close together so it looks good. Also it syncs well so that’s a plus. The end of a level is very important and I feel like this part gives Ultrasonic a pretty satisfying completion.

Overview

After going through what hell Supersonic had to give me I had a much better time with Ultrasonic. This is a great sequel and installment to the sonic series. It has it’s bumps for sure it’s not perfect but compared to Supersonic I think it’s a great level. Each part felt like it fit the style while blending with it. I would have loved to see how the original group would have done other installments because it seemed like they had massive improvement. As of this post Ultrasonic is my hardest demon so I thought i’d wait to make this until after I beat it. I will link my completion video at the bottom. This was my review on Ultrasonic the second installment in the sonic series.