The Highertower (EX) - Normal Mode Completion (118 Stages)

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I saw @JerW 's video on this game, so I tried it out myself without knowing what I was ACTUALLY getting myself into. It ended up taking 23 hours during 4 non-consecutive days, and almost 4,000 deaths. I used as few skips as I possibly could, with no major skips either (I unknowingly skipped stage 32). I also used 75 fps the entire time and did not switch. I could not have done this without JerW's video as a guide and for strats, so a huge thanks to them. I'll leave a link to their video below this text wall.

It's hard to say what difficulty this is since there are permanent checkpoints, but I would say it took the same amount of effort as a mid-catastrophic tower.

The start is full of instakill dodging and this slowly phases out until the second half, which is more centered around difficult but basic purism. I struggled on stage 9 for about an hour before passing it. The stages then were a lot easier for a while (besides a few specific stages) until I got to stage 81 where you have to roll a ball while not dying to instakills. This took me over an hour and a half and was not fun at all. The next bad stage was 86, where you have to maneuver on ice in a very cramped area, requiring angling and tedious movements. What made it worse was that the end of the stage has a precise reverse-headhitter section, and every time you die there you have to redo 2 minutes of tedious instakill dodging. This stage took me 2 hours. Stage 89 took me an hour and a half, another tough one but at least it had actual gameplay. Stage 95 then took me 2 hours because I had awful luck on the final jump of the stage..Stage 113 took me an hour and a half due to some extremely hard jumps. Finally, the final stage took me an hour which I am thankful for because I was really scared it was going to end up being the hardest stage.

So why did I decide to embark on this torturous journey? Well, the dopamine rush when you finally complete a stage after so many fails and frustrating moments, kind of makes it all worth it. I feel like doing this was a great skillboost for me, and it improved my patience, especially with bad gameplay. I also learned some neat mechanics along the way. Would I recommend doing this? NO. Not even if you're a cata+ skill player. There were so many moments during this grind where I questioned whether I should even keep going. It was brutal. I'm so happy that it's finally over, but I do not regret completing this. I somehow had a good amount of fun despite the annoyances.

All music in this video is from Spotify's DJ feature, which is surprisingly good for music discovery.

Stage 1: 0:00
Stage 2: 0:13
Stage 3: 0:21
Stage 4: 0:36
Stage 5: 0:53
Stage 6: 1:49
Stage 7: 2:27
Stage 8: 2:35
Stage 9: 3:01
Stage 10: 4:22
Stage 11: 6:00
Stage 12: 6:41
Stage 13: 6:55
Stage 14: 6:59
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Stage 17: 7:38
Stage 18: 7:45
Stage 19: 8:01
Stage 20: 8:06
Stage 21: 8:58
Stage 22: 9:01
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Stage 24: 9:12
Stage 25: 9:19
Stage 26: 9:51
Stage 27: 9:56
Stage 28: 10:20
Stage 29: 10:29
Stage 30: 10:34
Stage 31: 10:57
Stage 32: I skipped it unknowingly 💀
Stage 33: 11:42
Stage 34: 12:46
Stage 35: 12:58
Stage 36: 14:37
Stage 37: 14:40
Stage 38: 14:48
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Stage 67: 46:49
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Stage 75: 58:12
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Stage 86: 1:15:19
Stage 87: 1:18:49
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Stage 89: 1:20:53
Stage 90: 1:22:23
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Stage 92: 1:24:18
Stage 93: 1:25:46
Stage 94: 1:27:35
Stage 95: 1:28:29
Stage 96A: 1:29:41
Stage 96B: 1:30:51
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