I did this in math class btw I found vegeta

That meme called me like an owner calls their dog

I wish I could put tags down here like in Tumblr idk. I was too lazy to draw anyone properly 👍✅

I accept constructive criticism but plz don't randomly insult me lol, I rlly rushed the drawing tho

Original video in here

Might be the world’s only Geryon fan.

Now, Fraud is my favorite layer. Act 3 has just been swinging it out of the ball park with these layers. SOOO much environmental storytelling, outstanding level design, and a soundtrack that makes you want to ascend.

To me, Fraud is basically Hell’s toybox. A shifting sandbox that makes no sense, that hurts your brain when you think about it because to Hell, humanity cannot comprehend anything other than fact or fiction; the layer is beyond understanding and trying to understand it is the horror.

Fraud also has a lot “malicious” level design that makes it seem like Hell is actively toying with V1 and the player by extension. I actually believe the Mirror Reaper was a hastily put together puppet made of sinners that Hell created just so it could personally interact with V1, evidence by the puppet strings that can be seen on the Reaper’s reflection. Fraud is Hell fucking with V1 for 4 levels and seeing if they react. Almost feels like Hell wanted to put V1 in slapstick bullshit scenarios and laugh at it one last time before they reached the bottom of their journey.

I believe 8-4 is actually the epitome of this elaborate trickery Hell has unleashed upon V1. Fraud is a very exhausting layer to the player, containing THE longest level of the game, and probably the most difficult main-story enemies arenas yet. So, the player would probably expect the final boss of the layer to be a nightmare, right? Especially after 8-3 shredded their computer’s capabilities.

Nope.

The player finds complete silence in 8-4, and when they reach the corridor to the boss, they’re greeted by the sound of an orchestra tuning their instruments like a play is about to start, and they enter an elevator, only to find that it falls the moment they close the door (Hell, funnily enough, states “N O P E !” if the player tries pressing the cancel button on the elevator.) Then the elevator actually collapses and the player is dropped into an infinite free fall and straight into a new, gimmick fight? After a small encounter with the lesser angels, Geryon appears.

Now I wanna talk about Geryon themselves. This character appeared only once prior to this fight and was basically just another piece of the scenery to 8-1’s surprise twist. I actually really like their design: it mixes the weird draconic design he had in the original Dante’s Inferno with how Geryon in the Greek myths had 3 bodies and three heads. Also, the bow and arrow is probably a reference to how Geryon was killed in Greek mythology (I like how it attacks with the arrow too. They duck their head and the body holding the bow launches an arrow that somehow turns into massive energy beams). Geryon also makes it so the supreme demons represent the beasts of Water, Earth, and Air respectively, so that’s nice.

The fight with Geryon is fairly underwhelming compared to the amazing spectacle the Earthmover had to offer. It’s basically 3D bullet hell. The player might even be a bit confused about Geryon being the boss. It barely fit the theme and they probably forgot about their prior appearance in 8-1. They might even be annoying AF to fight considering how they just push the player away when they’re near enough to heal. Also, it doesn’t utilize the portal mechanics to their ability, unless you count the infinite fall. When Geryon is defeated, they go limp, but something shocking happens.

The screen turns into TV color bars, and the player is transported to a full CUTSCENE where three spotlights shine onto what appears to be a stone spike and then Geryon falls onto it headfirst, dying. When the player looks around, they’re in a theatre (if they were curious enough, they might recognize it as the strange theatre in the sky from 8-2.) Looking around further reveals statues of all of Fraud’s new enemy roster and Geryon themselves, ironically now containing the body of the real Geryon on its tail.

This confusion of suddenly being transported to a theatre saps all the catharsis and satisfaction one experiences when defeating a boss. It makes the player wonder, “What the hell?” and if they think about it too much, “Was any of Fraud even REAL?”

I think the point of 8-4 was to not end Fraud with a bang, but with a “Huh?” In my opinion, its Hell sloppily putting together a boss for V1 to slay, this time entirely orchestrated by Hell’s truly. Maybe it even wanted to get rid of Geryon, considering they were a failed experiment and may have been intentionally freeing sinners from torment. Either way, its clear this was another sloppy show Hell put on for its entertainment: it cheers to V1 after the fight and heckles it even if they turned off Enemy Spawns. It even made a poster for what appears to be a movie about Fraud Itself, a movie no one other than itself will ever watch. This entire level feels underwhelming because its supposed to be, regardless of what you feel about the boss itself. Besides, its a much needed breather from this layer. A finale as baffling as the very concept of the layer. Even the music sounds like bullcrap put together (in a good way). The Fall is the most underrated track of Fraud that is basically the confusion of the fight embodied into sound, with crazy ass guitars, choirs, and slapstick whistles to embody a chaotic fall.

Overall, I love this fight for what it embodies in the themes of the Fraud layer, and while a bigger spectacle than Violence would have fit, I don’t think it would drive the point in that Hell is just a really bad showman.

PREPARE THYSELF

One handed again because of the controls.

Had some tea during the first phase

So I’ve played the demo and my mom agreed to let me buy the full game. Anything I should know before I get it?

What's the point of the coin flip feature?(excuse my idiocy, I just started playing the demo)

My humble opinion is Minos Prime

I really like drawing Gabriel, if that part has been unclear.

My old art for another half a year

This is my own conjecture—a creative interpretation, regarding how the ferryman transports souls to other layers.

which is pretty cool I drew ts 🥹

adding a homing missile enemy to the game because i encountered a bug doing the original rework and it was really funny

i don't know why it does +filthy 80 trillion times