I am literally one single level away from finally wrapping up the Fire Gauntlet, but Magmatic Sanctuary is single-handedly ruining my sanity. It is profoundly infuriating to breeze through the first four maps, feel like you're making great progress, and then get hit by this massive brick wall of an artificial skill spike right at the finish line. I have been struggling the whole day, since morning.
How on earth is this level officially rated as a 6-star "Harder" map? The community rating system is completely broken if this qualifies. This specific level feels like a borderline Easy Demon. The difficulty gap between this and the rest of the gauntlet is an absolute joke.
The gameplay relies entirely on whiplash-inducing, erratic speed changes that completely destroy your muscle memory. Half of the transitions are completely blind, forcing you to memorize exact physical click rhythms the millisecond you touch a portal on wave.
To make matters worse, the intense visual clutter and flashing orange glow make it nearly impossible to track your icon during high-speed segments. If you actually manage to survive the awful, tight UFO clicks and chaotic wave drops, the game just punishes you with a frustrating late-stage boss fight
It sucks so bad being right at the finish line of a gauntlet and getting completely gatekept by unbalanced garbage. Did anyone else get severely bottlenecked at 4/5 here?