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I play fangames or stuff.
I try rating game compared to what they are trying to achieve rather than compared to fangames as a whole, and with knowledge of what you're getting into; If I rate a corridor needle game, I assume the person reading the review wants to play corridor needle, as if they don't they shouldn't bother playing it anyway. With that said, I tend to be very generous on needle ratings while being very skimpy on avoidances (although you likely won't see it as if I'd give it less than a 7 I just won't clear it instead).
with extremely rare exceptions, 9/10+ is reserved to games that have left deep emotional impact, while 10/10 is reserved for games I love unconditionally.
If I reviewed it and the review doesn't say otherwise, it's safe to assume I cleared it. I try adding my clears to df but I never really cared to keep track, so some might be missing.
don't expect diff ratings to be very accurate.
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237 Ratings!
158 Reviews!
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158 Reviews
Cthaere
For: I wanna be the Bomberman
For: I wanna be the Bomberman
Even wasp was struggling to keep up with enemy spawns sometimes, so don't even think of doing this without autofire. If you do use one, this is actually a very unique experience gameplay-wise, although you are bound to spam restart quite a bit which gets frustrating after a while. This is the type of sudoku I like to see: An interesting concept accompanied by execution that is so bad that you're bound to either cringe or laugh. Another masterpiece by jack world guy. Recommended so long as you have autofire, a good voice call to sharescreen the stupidity with, and good enough judgement to quit this once you stop having fun.
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Rating: 4.5
Difficulty: N/A
Mar 1, 2021
Cthaere
For: I Wanna Be The Dreamroamer
For: I Wanna Be The Dreamroamer
3 short-ish stages of comfy needle. great visuals and music choices. introduces a few simple gimmicks and uses them in creative ways in an environment free of precision but with a decent amount of input complexity (weaving, jump management) still, which makes me happy as it helps alleviate the major shortage of beginner-friendly gimmick needle games. Recommended for beginners as an introduction to gimmick needle and to experienced players as a chill game to wind down with, or even as a deathless challenge.
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Rating: 8.2
Difficulty: 35
Feb 26, 2021
Cthaere
For: I Wanna Kill The Kamilia 3 EZ
For: I Wanna Kill The Kamilia 3 EZ
While I do not fully agree with everything Ninz wrote, his review sums up the main points behind my reasoning for this rating, and I encourage you to refer to it.
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Rating: 0.0
Difficulty: N/A
Feb 24, 2021
Cthaere
For: I wanna be the pinacol
For: I wanna be the pinacol
I wanna be the Pinacol is a fairly lengthy, mostly-pattern avoidance making use of rapid fire transitions and arena changes to create a constant rhythm of movement achieved in no small part by masterful manipulation of surfaces. The avoidance itself is very much mapped to the song (which is also very good) in terms of pacing and perceived attack intensity for the most part, and so the slow parts make space for a bit of slow-paced rng to spice things up a bit. The fast parts, however, will teleport the player all over the arena, rearrange the platform layout at lightning speed forcing the player to move with it, and throw patterned apple constructions at you as rapidly as a machinegun.
Visually, the avoidance is very clean, with monochromatic projectiles and backgrounds, one dominant type of particle trail, a few simple particle effects aside from that, and instances of nonintrusive flashes & view manipulation. However, the beauty comes just as much from the attack design as it does from the production value, with extremely fluid attacks, elegant symmetrical patterns, and of course the surfaces capturing the most hectic transitions and putting them side to side.
As for the downsides, there are a few instances of rng attacks that can and will "kill" you without warning. The HP nature of the fight allows you to survive them relatively unscathed, but when you get to the point where a good attempt will be able to mostly tank through the last minute to win, every unnecessary hit matters. Another issue I had was the pacing and difficulty balance. While I'm sure a big part of the perceived difficulty imbalances comes from the fact that it is not required to master the attacks 3 minutes into the fight, they still felt much harder than their earlier counterparts. While I did not mind replaying the period of time from 30 seconds to 3 minutes in despite seeming very easy in comparison to the last minute, the first 30 seconds are insanely boring to do, something that I would usually loathe but since every attempt gets very far in anyway due to the nature of HP and the accelerated learning pace that comes with it, it was tolerable, although I would still rather see the first part of the fight be improved, especially since it is the only instance of "stay in the corner and stand at designated safespots from time to time" attack.
A final note about difficulty: Due to the HP nature of the avoidance, it would seem exponentially easier the better you are, and putting an exact difficulty on it is extremely hard. Do not let the difficulty rating deceive you, as this would take much, much longer than you might suspect if you've never cleared an avoidance of this difficulty rating.
All in all this was a blast to learn and very fun to execute, although I feel like with a few more hours it might have overstayed its welcome. Would wholeheartedly recommend to experienced pattern avoidance players.
Visually, the avoidance is very clean, with monochromatic projectiles and backgrounds, one dominant type of particle trail, a few simple particle effects aside from that, and instances of nonintrusive flashes & view manipulation. However, the beauty comes just as much from the attack design as it does from the production value, with extremely fluid attacks, elegant symmetrical patterns, and of course the surfaces capturing the most hectic transitions and putting them side to side.
As for the downsides, there are a few instances of rng attacks that can and will "kill" you without warning. The HP nature of the fight allows you to survive them relatively unscathed, but when you get to the point where a good attempt will be able to mostly tank through the last minute to win, every unnecessary hit matters. Another issue I had was the pacing and difficulty balance. While I'm sure a big part of the perceived difficulty imbalances comes from the fact that it is not required to master the attacks 3 minutes into the fight, they still felt much harder than their earlier counterparts. While I did not mind replaying the period of time from 30 seconds to 3 minutes in despite seeming very easy in comparison to the last minute, the first 30 seconds are insanely boring to do, something that I would usually loathe but since every attempt gets very far in anyway due to the nature of HP and the accelerated learning pace that comes with it, it was tolerable, although I would still rather see the first part of the fight be improved, especially since it is the only instance of "stay in the corner and stand at designated safespots from time to time" attack.
A final note about difficulty: Due to the HP nature of the avoidance, it would seem exponentially easier the better you are, and putting an exact difficulty on it is extremely hard. Do not let the difficulty rating deceive you, as this would take much, much longer than you might suspect if you've never cleared an avoidance of this difficulty rating.
All in all this was a blast to learn and very fun to execute, although I feel like with a few more hours it might have overstayed its welcome. Would wholeheartedly recommend to experienced pattern avoidance players.
Tagged as: Avoidance
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Rating: 9.3
Difficulty: 68
Feb 11, 2021
Cthaere
For: Panasonic Bluray
For: Panasonic Bluray
(review as of release version)
Panasonic Bluray is an adventure game structured as an x_floor game, with 8 stages consisting of 9 platforming screens and a boss. Aside from the change in visuals and theme between stages, each of them brings up a few unique and simple gimmicks introduced in the first half and then combined in the second half to create varied yet never overwhelming platforming. The needle wrought together around this gimmick concoction is great and complementary to it, getting easier around new and unfamiliar gimmicks while ramping up on the simpler and familiar ones to create a difficulty curve that feels very smooth (with the exception of the 40s that make for an abrupt minor difficulty spike). The bosses for the most part constitute of 2 "layers" of attacks, with one major attack out of a big pool happening on an interval, complemented by either an ongoing passive attack or a small minor attack that ties the major ones together. All of the bosses without exception have been a joy to play, and all felt extremely fair and appropriate in difficulty.
Unfortunately, there were a couple of downsides that I feel are worth mentioning: While I have not docked points for it since I was informed it would be patched soon, the avoidance represents the biggest difficulty spike in the game with attacks that involve extremely fast moving projectiles and can feel like a lucky unfair grind. Another, smaller issue I had was the quiz, that for the most part devolved into a guess-and-then-memorize-the-answer task. I would recommend that you look past these and continue, as the rest of the content is well worth it.
Overall a great adventure game on the easy side with comfortable needle & bosses and a huge amount of care and production. Would definitely recommend.
Panasonic Bluray is an adventure game structured as an x_floor game, with 8 stages consisting of 9 platforming screens and a boss. Aside from the change in visuals and theme between stages, each of them brings up a few unique and simple gimmicks introduced in the first half and then combined in the second half to create varied yet never overwhelming platforming. The needle wrought together around this gimmick concoction is great and complementary to it, getting easier around new and unfamiliar gimmicks while ramping up on the simpler and familiar ones to create a difficulty curve that feels very smooth (with the exception of the 40s that make for an abrupt minor difficulty spike). The bosses for the most part constitute of 2 "layers" of attacks, with one major attack out of a big pool happening on an interval, complemented by either an ongoing passive attack or a small minor attack that ties the major ones together. All of the bosses without exception have been a joy to play, and all felt extremely fair and appropriate in difficulty.
Unfortunately, there were a couple of downsides that I feel are worth mentioning: While I have not docked points for it since I was informed it would be patched soon, the avoidance represents the biggest difficulty spike in the game with attacks that involve extremely fast moving projectiles and can feel like a lucky unfair grind. Another, smaller issue I had was the quiz, that for the most part devolved into a guess-and-then-memorize-the-answer task. I would recommend that you look past these and continue, as the rest of the content is well worth it.
Overall a great adventure game on the easy side with comfortable needle & bosses and a huge amount of care and production. Would definitely recommend.
Tagged as: Adventure
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Rating: 8.6
Difficulty: 55
Feb 9, 2021
Cthaere
For: I wanna be the Cubic
For: I wanna be the Cubic
3 medium length stages of 32 px needle. Needle quality and difficulty are all over the place, and comparing saves directly is an exercise in frustration as you would be constantly thinking "this could have been so much better". The bad saves are not actively unfun, but they still feel like there's no logic backing up the placement of the objects on the screen and the sequence of movements the player is forced to go through, leading to jumps that feel empty and devoid of fun. Wouldn't recommend but wouldn't refrain from it either; I expected more from the 8.0 tag it has at the time the review was published, though.
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Rating: 5.8
Difficulty: 56
Feb 4, 2021
Cthaere
For: Needlemaniac
For: Needlemaniac
About 10 screens of needle that lies between normal and L needle, with 4-7 saves per screen with a handful of precise but not ridiculous jumps. The jumps are for the most part non-generic thanks to using the flat side of spikes frequently as well as heavily relying on 8 (and sometimes even less) pixel grid placement. Most saves are roughly the same difficulty, however a few here and there are much harder, and they increase in frequency the further in you are in the game. The normal saves were insanely fun to execute thanks to using uncommon jump heights and being lenient enough that you wouldn't start thinking about jump heights in terms of frames, meaning that it was needle that relied very much on player's intuition and understanding of the physics rather than memorization and muscle memory for specific jump heights. The needle also incorporated good balance of jump heights as well as semi-precise weaves to create a good variety in the motions in each save which is further improved by the great flowing sequence. Unfortunately, each time a hard save came around the spell was broken: The flow halted, jumps devolved into frame numbers, each death became yet another waste of time trying to escape. I'm being overly dramatic here, but the point still stands, which is why I am not giving this over an 8. Maybe if I was a better player I'd enjoy it more.
While I generally don't really pay too much attention to the atmospheric side of things, especially in games that do not try to evoke a specific atmosphere, here I must make an exception. The game is very clean and simple visually, using the classic monochromatic blocks, backgrounds and spikes, all in complimentary colors. Still, it looks good, especially since most of the spike formations in the game are visually appealing. The music is a remix of Bach's prelude in C major, which is a pretty alright pick especially for needle. However, there's a pretty big issue: These are 10 screens worth of pretty hard precise needle, with a singular song and tile choice. The song especially drones on and on when played on repeat. This made for a monotonous, nearly asphyxiating atmosphere where no progress was felt and each screen was the same as the last. Adding another tileset (even if it was just a recoloring) and song in the middle would have helped alleviate that.
Overall though, the needle was superb for the vast majority of the game, and as I've said the atmosphere was also very solid. I'd definitely recommend this to more experienced needle players so long as they don't do it all in one session (I'd personally take a few days break inbetween sessions, but you can't change the past).
While I generally don't really pay too much attention to the atmospheric side of things, especially in games that do not try to evoke a specific atmosphere, here I must make an exception. The game is very clean and simple visually, using the classic monochromatic blocks, backgrounds and spikes, all in complimentary colors. Still, it looks good, especially since most of the spike formations in the game are visually appealing. The music is a remix of Bach's prelude in C major, which is a pretty alright pick especially for needle. However, there's a pretty big issue: These are 10 screens worth of pretty hard precise needle, with a singular song and tile choice. The song especially drones on and on when played on repeat. This made for a monotonous, nearly asphyxiating atmosphere where no progress was felt and each screen was the same as the last. Adding another tileset (even if it was just a recoloring) and song in the middle would have helped alleviate that.
Overall though, the needle was superb for the vast majority of the game, and as I've said the atmosphere was also very solid. I'd definitely recommend this to more experienced needle players so long as they don't do it all in one session (I'd personally take a few days break inbetween sessions, but you can't change the past).
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 7.7
Difficulty: 75
Jan 31, 2021
Cthaere
For: I wanna be the Practice placement
For: I wanna be the Practice placement
10 stages of roughly increasing difficulty, each containing a handful of warps leading to a room themed around a single jump, usually with a few variations, with the exception of the final stage where the warps contain 1 hard relatively unique jump. Has an extra stage which requires cancels; Otherwise I am fairly certain it can be cleared without any tech or any jump lower than a 2f (EX stage does require tech/cancels though). Saves are generously provided and there are no saveblockers, allowing you to cheese a few things as a result. The game shows your valign, x position, vspeed and amount of time shift was held, all completely useless as the game is not hard enough to warrant needing to look at your valign, aligns are more of a headache to derive from x position than it is to do relative calculations, and the two other stats are useless unless looked at mid-jump, something that is ill-advised. Overall a good way to kill 20 minutes.
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Rating: 6.0
Difficulty: 60
Jan 31, 2021
Cthaere
For: I wanna be the Destruction
For: I wanna be the Destruction
1 screen of original needle followed by a few default engine rooms. This isn't a masterpiece of level design by any means, but it's mostly well-paced and kinda fun junk food needle with a great song and themed visuals. The two dickspike saves sucked but the rest was enjoyable. I'm fairly certain collision order is slightly fucked. There are a few spots where you need to 1f but afaik no lowcancels are required. a/d is provided which is helpful for final save. Overall not worth playing unless you have some external reason (such as roulette) but if you do then there are definitely worse games to play out there, as this is not an unenjoyable game.
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Rating: 4.8
Difficulty: 57
Jan 31, 2021
Cthaere
For: i wanna be the penus
For: i wanna be the penus
Two moderate-length stages of slightly gimmicky needle. The first stage is Venus-inspired (hence the name) however the similarity is mostly superficial, with the needle itself using the linespikes to create unique obstacles rather than for a purely aesthetic purpose, using long saves of unique jumps over shorter generic ones. The second stage is a drop-heavy screenwrap stage that throws in gravity arrows halfway in and has very involved pathing. Unfortunately, this leads to very long saves that when combined with the high learning factor and a few jumps that are a bit too precise for this style can easily lead to some frustration. Still, both stages were a load of fun in their own right with very well-designed needle, and were different from each other and so despite the length of each of them they did not get stale. The game also features a very good (if a bit eye-hurting) save effect that modifies the visuals of the entire room that is already hosting a few high production value effects as well as top notch music choices. I'd easily recommend it to anyone not afraid of long saves, and I'm honestly surprised this has only 2 reviews at the time of writing this.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 8.8
Difficulty: 77
Jan 30, 2021
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| Game | Difficulty | Average Rating | # of Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|
| I wanna Musiclock | 74.7 | 9.3 | 20 |
| I wanna Xanadu | 60.7 | 7.7 | 8 |
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