Board Thread:Geometry Dash Gameplay Discussion/@comment-26194784-20160814034747

Most people here should have noticed something while playing: Older levels often seem overrated.

To start of, let me tell you what is an overrated and an underrated level. An overrated level is a level that gives you more stars that it should, otherwise, easy demons and stuff similar. An underrated level is the opposite. it is worth less stars that it should, things more common on easy to hard levels.

Today I am focusing on overrated levels. I know everyone loves overrated level, since it means more stars! But there is a reason why older levels are so overrated sometimes. So here is my theory on this.

The reason why levels are overrated is none other than us, the community. It should first be noted that the game had a massive increase in it's player database with 1.9, clearly visible in on this page: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F0114dt3x with the most massive spike being the release of 2.0, then it got in a decline. But what does that mean? Well, this mean that most players joined GD around that time, which means more players creating harder levels.

But the most important part about this, are the vetran players, those who were there before the mega 1.9 update. Every level was pretty similar before that update, meaning that the difficulty was also similar. Most players of that time weren't very good and rated the level much harder than they would be today. It's the fact that people became stronger and people now think levels are easier because they gained skills! Look at 2.0 demons. Most of them are extremely hard! And now check at demons prior to 1.9. Most of them are pretty easy and if they had to be reevaluated, they would fall into the insane or maybe the harder category!

In conclusion, if older levels are overrated, it's because people at that time weren't as good as today, making them rate harder (not the difficulty) that the level really is! And maybe, just maybe in 6 years people will have become so good that Bloodbath will be considered Harder. But hey, that's just a theory, a Game Theory that has nothing to do with MatPat and his channel! Thanks for reading! 