I wanna reach the Moon

Creator: Denferok

Average Rating
9.4 / 10
Average Difficulty
49.0 / 100
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Adventure (33) Needle (1) Gimmick (18) Boss (15) Long (5) Puzzle (30) denFork (2) Cycle (1)

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Creator's Comments:

Denferok [Creator]
Update as of 22/01/2021

Fixes Windows 10 lag, also made many minor changes to things that bothered me.

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Tagged as: Adventure Puzzle
[15] Likes
Rating: N/A       Difficulty: 45 45
Jun 21, 2018

108 Reviews:

ElCochran90
A new favorite, hands down.

Denferok is one of the most important contributors to the site and almost every stage is full of detail and atmosphere. The caverns segments were a tad generic, but somewhat fun to play. The underground factory segment was a little bit annoying. The rest, however, was quite astonishing, non-repetitive and creative. Boss battles are breathtaking to such extent that I was very tempted to upload some screenshots about them since they are very representative of the game, but it is best to experience this blindfolded, unless someone decides to upload them. There is quite some brain work required during the puzzle solving which, thanks to the atmosphere and overall tone of the game, exponentialized by the great soundtrack, is never boring to execute.

In a way, and strangely enough, it made me miss in a nostalgic way an old-school favorite that I could never grasp: I Wanna See the Moon. That classic is clearly an inspiration. I love some old-school fun myself, but the maze repetitiveness, the cryptic parts and the awful visual design really put me off and made the experience frustrating. It was a long, ambitious adventure and I would never say there wasn't any heart put into it (it had a few great bits), but the result was a mess overall. The highlight was the "See the Moon" segment and, for some reason, it made me glad that this fangame paid tribute to that specific part towards the ending.

This is one of the nicest examples of how adventure fangames should be made in the exceedingly rare case that the homage subgenre of fangames such as IWBTG, IWBTB or I wanna Run the Marathon are not quite your cup of tea because you're looking for something more authentic and "original" (although, as artists, we are all stealers in a way; what matters is the new art you create with what you stole).

So far, this is one of the Top 50 fangames ever made.

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Tagged as: Adventure Gimmick Boss Long Puzzle
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Rating: 7.2 72       Difficulty: 55 55
Nov 18, 2018
Pralkarz
Genuinely perfect, I wouldn't change anything about this game.

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Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 50 50
Apr 8, 2024
prigon325
This is a review before defeating the final boss. The gimmicks along the way are the ones I like the most among the games I've played so far. I'm currently challenging the final boss, but the difficulty level has increased to an incredibly high level and is extremely difficult. I felt it was appropriate to give it a higher difficulty rating.

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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 69 69
Apr 3, 2024
Steingar
A near perfect game with difficult but not overly frustrating platforming and a considerable dose of puzzles to boot, this is a grand rollicking adventure from beginning to end. The bosses are pretty nicely put togethor as well; Ariel in particular is one of the most obnoxious, challenging, but enjoyable bosses I've ever encountered in all of fangames. The final boss(es) are also amazing in both scale and enjoyability.

My biggest critique would be that the end platforming section feels unnecessary, and there is a massive missed opportunity to tell something of a story here to suit the epic vibes. For the life of me I don't see why fangame developers don't include more stories in their works, surely it's fairly easy to do and elevates the enjoyability of the game immensely?

Either way, this is a classic and one of the best Adventure fangames ever made.

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Rating: 9.7 97       Difficulty: 52 52
Mar 18, 2024
Elmur
Really enjoyable metroidvania fangame. It has a lot of gimmicks, and overall it's really enjoyable from start to finish. It drags on for a bit too long near the end though.

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Rating: 8.8 88       Difficulty: 45 45
Feb 26, 2024