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About time I updated this bio.
Name: Edgar Cochran
Country: Mexico
Currently living in: Mexico City
-God's servant and one of his blessed sons (John 1:12; John 3:16).
-Lover of the entire animal and plant creation.
-Film lover and reviewer for Letterboxd.com (https://letterboxd.com/elcochran90).
-Adjunct professor and personal tutor of Statistical Inference, Business Forecasting, Marketing Research and Portfolio Theory.
Fangaming experience began in August 2018, so only modest achievements here. However, I'll describe some relevant FAQs here made to me during my stay here since 2018:
Q: Are videogames art?
A: Yes
Q: Are fangames videogames?
A: Yes
Q: Why are your reviews long and unconventional?
A: I am a film reviewer; in a way, I sort of unconsciously dragged my style of film reviewing to the world of fangames. I often involve personal experiences in my writing. Expect that structure; I'm not planning to change it.
Q: How are you rating games? Do you compare fangames as normal games that your ratings are lower than all other people ratings or are you just a critical person?
A: My ratings are not lower than people's ratings all of the time regarding fangames, but they are most of the time. However, this is not my intention. I am rating them as normal games, as in, I don't have a different spectrum for rating "normal", "official" games than fangames. They are in the same scale, because they are all videogames. I don't like to think myself as a critical person; ratings are just subjective numbers. However, I have realized that I rate games more harshly than I rate films/short films, which I do more often.
Q: What are your favorite fangames?
A: I have not played enough fangames to make a comprehensive and representative list, but this can be answered by going to my Favorites list. Anything getting 6.7 or higher will be considered immediately as a favorite.
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ElCochran90
For: Thanks for 2015!!
For: Thanks for 2015!!
Another very short and non-memorable attempt of needle, very generic throughout and with a messy difficulty curve. It is marginally better than 2014 due to the design and the music. No boss this time: only a very short needle experience to chill out for a bit.
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Rating: 3.6
Difficulty: 25
Jan 3, 2019
ElCochran90
For: Thanks for 2014!!
For: Thanks for 2014!!
Something cute was being attempted here. Ok background that doesn't harm platforming a lot, nice Windows remix music and a boss that makes this feel like a welcome to beginners. Difficulty curve is a mess and there is a painfully precise jump right in the middle which requires you to be frame perfect three times, making the maximum double jump possible and then jump again at the peak to climb a platform. Other than that, the game is forgettable and the boss is badly designed. Maybe it would have been better to have no boss at all.
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Rating: 3.5
Difficulty: 25
Jan 3, 2019
ElCochran90
For: Wish me luck
For: Wish me luck
Unspeakably bad visual design harms the entire platforming gameplay and overall experience, and makes your eyes cry out of pain. I can't understand who would test this game and say: "Yeah, it's ready". That would be more disturbing than the actual game not being tested at all. Nice music, but again, everything gets ruined by a terrible choice.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 2.6
Difficulty: 30
Jan 3, 2019
ElCochran90
For: I wanna get the Yellow Star
For: I wanna get the Yellow Star
Note: This is my first year completed at Delicious-Fruit, with more than 80 fangames attempted. This is the last one of the year. The community is amazing. Happy New year to everyone and thanks for the likes, links and recs!
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It's not entirely a waste despite how short it is. It does not really feel like that much of a "trap game" despite that it has traps. It's not that much of an adventure game despite that you go through different stages.
But I remember its "yellowness". It is a cute, little, quick game with not entirely boring platforming. It is not quite beginner-friendly in the sense that it is not a first-timer game, but as a game that prepares the beginner for tougher and more common jumps, like diagonals, gates, horizontal gates, T-bones, M jumps and block diamonds, all with fair and non-frustrating challenge. Final boss is nice, and got reused later. The final stages are the good parts.
Not a strong recommendation, but worth 30 minutes at the most.
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It's not entirely a waste despite how short it is. It does not really feel like that much of a "trap game" despite that it has traps. It's not that much of an adventure game despite that you go through different stages.
But I remember its "yellowness". It is a cute, little, quick game with not entirely boring platforming. It is not quite beginner-friendly in the sense that it is not a first-timer game, but as a game that prepares the beginner for tougher and more common jumps, like diagonals, gates, horizontal gates, T-bones, M jumps and block diamonds, all with fair and non-frustrating challenge. Final boss is nice, and got reused later. The final stages are the good parts.
Not a strong recommendation, but worth 30 minutes at the most.
Rating: 3.8
Difficulty: 35
Dec 29, 2018
ElCochran90
For: I Wanna be the GreeeeN
For: I Wanna be the GreeeeN
Equally beginner_friendly as I Wanna Be The Dark Blue, from the same maker, featuring basically the same dynamics of displaying one gimmick every one or other screen, and closing each ten screens with a boss encounter. Dark Blue was more troll-ish in the latter department and this is more boss-oriented. Nothing to add; if you recommended Dark Blue to a beginner and enjoyed it, this might be a proper continuation. Again, I don't find myself replaying this in the future, and this one doesn't have much of a chill atmosphere/soundtrack like the previous one, which was at least memorable.
At least it is very greeeen, so it fulfills its promise.
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At least it is very greeeen, so it fulfills its promise.
Rating: 3.5
Difficulty: 35
Dec 29, 2018
ElCochran90
For: I Wanna Enjoy the Stimulated Strawberry Lollipop Dandy
For: I Wanna Enjoy the Stimulated Strawberry Lollipop Dandy
Regarded as the most difficult entry by many (if you DO consider extra in your rating, in which case I would PROBABLY agree), I say this is the second most difficult after the first electrified entry, but it is the one that registered my longest playtime out of the three. The design shines and maybe my brain did an unconscious reaction where it correlated this game with Uhuhu Spike 2 (my favorite) because of the color choice, but I kid you not: I found this entry to be the funnest and most creative. There were not any screens that were a particular chore to get through, and it actually made me laugh at a certain spot where I screwed up due to my terrible short memory skills (you'll know it if you do it too!). It makes fun of you in a funny way.
Although I still think it offered nothing new or groundbreaking, I think this is the peak of the series replicating another series which I frankly enjoyed more, not to say it pioneered a particular audiovisual design that few dare to copy. Wolfiexe did a good job and I would recommend this for any needle fan. The trilogy is a must.
Although I still think it offered nothing new or groundbreaking, I think this is the peak of the series replicating another series which I frankly enjoyed more, not to say it pioneered a particular audiovisual design that few dare to copy. Wolfiexe did a good job and I would recommend this for any needle fan. The trilogy is a must.
Tagged as: Needle
Uhuhu_Needle
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Rating: 5.4 54
Difficulty: 60 60
Dec 28, 2018
ElCochran90
For: I wanna enjoy the Galvanized Peppermint Dandy
For: I wanna enjoy the Galvanized Peppermint Dandy
Second entry in Wolfiexe's Dandy series, which replicates the Uhuhu Spike style. He reportedly said that this was his attempt to lower the overall difficulty. Whenever he says that, do not trust him. He's lying. It's almost as difficult as the first one, making the difference ridiculously marginal. But it is a dandy experience approaching the 5.5 territory in rating, which is close to Uhuhu Skipe 2, and that is a compliment, because I enjoy the latter. This is more along the quality of Uhuhu Skipe 3 (better, actually), certainly easier than that one, and the color scheme is really good.
I will have to reckon that there were less exaggerated jumps. It was equally difficult, but the challenge was more fun, and that is the difference. Difficulty does not necessarily equal fun. In this genre, most depends on the creativity.
Recommended needle.
I will have to reckon that there were less exaggerated jumps. It was equally difficult, but the challenge was more fun, and that is the difference. Difficulty does not necessarily equal fun. In this genre, most depends on the creativity.
Recommended needle.
Tagged as: Needle
Uhuhu_Needle
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Rating: 5.2 52
Difficulty: 60 60
Dec 28, 2018
ElCochran90
For: I wanna enjoy the Electrified Butterscotch Dandy
For: I wanna enjoy the Electrified Butterscotch Dandy
Certainly a worthy challenge directly inspired by the Uhuhu Spike series, and it replicates the style faithfully, offering a tougher and longer experience and a lot of creative jumps. I found this to be the most difficult entry, but the overall design is very nice. It is nothing new, really. It's all the visual design and the creativity in the jump department. No gimmicks, which is a plus, and that is appreciated. The score is not as memorable as the Uhuhu series, which I keep humming even to this day.
Give it a shot. It is decent.
Give it a shot. It is decent.
Tagged as: Needle
Uhuhu_Needle
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Rating: 5.1 51
Difficulty: 60 60
Dec 28, 2018
ElCochran90
For: I wanna be the 0x00FF00
For: I wanna be the 0x00FF00
Welcome to the needle Matrix. That's the main attraction of this needle game: short, yet mercilessly precise, with a wonderful visual design. Platform and vine gimmicks are used creatively but there is no way on Earth you will calculate correctly what you must do before determining the correct align through trial and error.
Creativity in jumps is fine and it is somewhat fun to get through, even if it is nothing innovative, until you stumble upon the first half of the final screen which is absolute hell (trust me, you'll know it when you get there even if I didn't upload a screenshot). A bumped corner jump is just the beginning of your problems.
Throughout, you will spot out an obsession towards diagonals that slowly evolves to corners before you realize it. Ok, fine, but make a wise distribution of saves: you don't place those jumps in the middle or end of the save!
Recommended? Well, I ain't no veteran, so if you're looking for a brief challenge with unfair moments and are a fan of needle, go for it. I like needle games, and this was not really for me.
Creativity in jumps is fine and it is somewhat fun to get through, even if it is nothing innovative, until you stumble upon the first half of the final screen which is absolute hell (trust me, you'll know it when you get there even if I didn't upload a screenshot). A bumped corner jump is just the beginning of your problems.
Throughout, you will spot out an obsession towards diagonals that slowly evolves to corners before you realize it. Ok, fine, but make a wise distribution of saves: you don't place those jumps in the middle or end of the save!
Recommended? Well, I ain't no veteran, so if you're looking for a brief challenge with unfair moments and are a fan of needle, go for it. I like needle games, and this was not really for me.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 4.4 44
Difficulty: 65 65
Dec 28, 2018
ElCochran90
For: I wanna be the Diverse
For: I wanna be the Diverse
This game is on drugs and I'm thankful for it.
As the majority have said, it purposefully opens as generic copy-paste trash and, as you keep progressing with fear, you find out that a solid adventure game lies hidden beneath. The good platforming is definitely ruined by the unspeakably bad traps placed throughout, which harm the game a huge deal, being very hard to trigger once you spot them out and funny just 10% of the times.
However, at the middle and end of each stage, you find a mini-boss and a boss, respectively. Save for one mini-boss, all of them are creative bliss and pump you up, no questions asked. Once the game becomes linear, you stumble upon the greatest VVVVVV stage ever in a fangame (yes, this includes Marathon) and a Viridian/Vermillion fight which epicness will scar you for life. The quality of the fight almost reaches that of the Boshy fights (even if most of the sounds, attacks and ideas are taken, ironically, from the Council Member Boshy fight in Kill The Guy).
The game is particularly hard, certainly harder than what the average suggests, hands down. I wouldn't mind comparing it to the first HeavenTrap in terms of boss-suffering and trap torture. Nevertheless, the solid department is the development of the bosses, and the last stage brings along some unforgettable, trippy, suspenseful dimension-travelling that, heck, could be even subject to debate regarding its meaning! Yeah, I know; nobody looks for a plot in a fangame, but the trip was certainly acid and I freaking loved it. Remove the godawful traps and you would have something even greater.
For being an old-school classic, it surely served as a bridge between the old and the new in the fangame universe, and that is appreciated. Recommended.
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As the majority have said, it purposefully opens as generic copy-paste trash and, as you keep progressing with fear, you find out that a solid adventure game lies hidden beneath. The good platforming is definitely ruined by the unspeakably bad traps placed throughout, which harm the game a huge deal, being very hard to trigger once you spot them out and funny just 10% of the times.
However, at the middle and end of each stage, you find a mini-boss and a boss, respectively. Save for one mini-boss, all of them are creative bliss and pump you up, no questions asked. Once the game becomes linear, you stumble upon the greatest VVVVVV stage ever in a fangame (yes, this includes Marathon) and a Viridian/Vermillion fight which epicness will scar you for life. The quality of the fight almost reaches that of the Boshy fights (even if most of the sounds, attacks and ideas are taken, ironically, from the Council Member Boshy fight in Kill The Guy).
The game is particularly hard, certainly harder than what the average suggests, hands down. I wouldn't mind comparing it to the first HeavenTrap in terms of boss-suffering and trap torture. Nevertheless, the solid department is the development of the bosses, and the last stage brings along some unforgettable, trippy, suspenseful dimension-travelling that, heck, could be even subject to debate regarding its meaning! Yeah, I know; nobody looks for a plot in a fangame, but the trip was certainly acid and I freaking loved it. Remove the godawful traps and you would have something even greater.
For being an old-school classic, it surely served as a bridge between the old and the new in the fangame universe, and that is appreciated. Recommended.
Rating: 6.2 62
Difficulty: 60 60
Dec 23, 2018
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