6: ~B E Y O N D~

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Alrighty so there are 6 Beyond levels you can unlock for free: Vexaria, Fairytale, Infinity Heaven, GOODTEK, Purgatorium, and Dement ~after legend~. Of those, I have 5 (I'm in the process of unlocking Dement ~after legend~ at the moment). Here are my experiences with them.

Vexaria was the first one I got because I heard it was the easiest. It took 2 or 3 tries to complete on Normal difficulty. I always mess up on the part near the end of the song when it goes "dun dun dundundundundundun" (there has to be a better way to describe it). I just can't figure out where to tap.

Next I got Fairytale, which I heard was also easy. (These 2 were the only ones I hadn't seen a video on previously, so I wanted to avoid being spoiled what the levels looked like.) It's definitely much harder than the Future version, I'll say. It took 3 or 4 tries to complete on Normal difficulty. I don't really like this song, so I'm not encouraged to play this one as often. I can do the first half of the song just fine, but the second half trips me up.

After that I got Purgatorium, which is one of my favorite songs. This one I actually completed first try (spoiler alert: it was the only one I finished first try). Since I love the song, I'm encouraged to play the level over and over again. I have an AA rank on it. I always mess up at the one part when the arcs cross over each other in giant loops (that's the best way I can think of describing it).

Then I got Infinity Heaven and I knew I was in for trouble... I saw a video of the level and I got slightly scared. There are 2 very long sections of just triples and I can get the first few, then I get slower and it gets worse and worse. I also can't figure out the triples that look like the red ones. The green ones are easier.

(Sorry if this note pattern isn't actually called a triple, that's just what I call them

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(Sorry if this note pattern isn't actually called a triple, that's just what I call them.)

I just unlocked GOODTEK beyond level today in Arcaea and damn is it something else. I can barely clear it with Hikari as my partner. Here's my first attempt:

I can barely get a B rank

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I can barely get a B rank... this level is too much man.

Again I'm in the process of getting Dement beyond. I'll post about it when I get it.

(Oh, and I have videos of my first attempts at each of these, would you like to see them?)

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