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I used to be here four years ago but I left. I was Guitarsage2k/Parallax5.

These fangames mean a lot to me (attempt at order)

1. I Wanna Kill the Kermit 3
2. I Wanna Walk Out in the Morning Dew
3. I Wanna Be the Volatile Presence: Stagnant Edition
4. Crimson Needle 3
5. I Wanna Kill the Kermit 2
6. I Wanna Figure
7. Phonotransmitter
8. VoVoVo
9. I Wanna Reach the Moon
10. untitled needle game
11. I Wanna Burnmind
12. Domu
13. I Want To Meet Miki
14. I Wanna Go Across the Rainbow
15. Alphazetica
16. I Wanna Stop the Simulation
17. I Wanna Hydrate
18. I Wanna Be the Ocean Princess
19. I Wanna Vibe with the Gods
20. I Wanna Be the Vandal
21. I Wanna Pray to the Platform God
22. I Want
23. I Wanna Pointillism
24. I Wanna Be Far From Home
25. I Wanna Be the RO

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275 Ratings!
236 Reviews!
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I wanna kill the Kermit 2 72.0 10.0
Crimson Needle 3 90.0 10.0
Domu 60.0 10.0
I wanna Figure 88.0 10.0
I wanna Burnmind 55.0 10.0
I Wanna Kill the Kermit 3 80.0 10.0
I wanna Walk Out In The Morning Dew 88.0 10.0
I wanna be the Volatile Presence: Stagnant Edition 85.0 10.0
I wanna be the 3lt@s4x9uo 45.0 9.5
I wanna stop crying myself to sleep 85.0 9.5
Phonotransmitter 78.0 9.5
I Wanna Pray to the Platform God 70.0 9.5
I want 60.0 9.5
I Wanna be the Vandal 75.0 9.5
VoVoVo 63.0 9.5
I wanna stop the Simulation 54.0 9.5
I wanna be far from home 70.0 9.5
I wanna reach the Moon 50.0 9.5
I wanna kill the Kermit 70.0 9.5
I Wanna Be 1 in 100 60.0 9.5
I Wanna Vibe With The Gods 70.0 9.5
Alphazetica 70.0 9.5
I wanna go across the Rainbow 40.0 9.5
untitled needle game 82.0 9.3
Everhood Colonel 75.0 9.3
Not Another Needle Contest 2 75.0 9.0
I wanna enjoy the Galvanized Peppermint Dandy 47.0 9.0
I wanna be the Ocean Princess 70.0 9.0
I wanna kill the 3sweepor 60.0 9.0
Extreme Depths 2 70.0 9.0
WannaFest 22 60.0 9.0
I wanna be the Magnificent Stumble 78.0 9.0
I Wanna Escape Into My Mind 50.0 9.0
I wanna shiver 74.0 9.0
I Wanna Duloxetine 60.0 9.0
I Wanna Save My Boy 70.0 9.0
Summer Feast Needle 2020 80.0 9.0
You give me butterflies, and I take them away 55.0 9.0
I Wanna Pointillism 75.0 9.0
I wanna be the Volatile Presence 77.0 9.0
I wanna be the Krypton 53.0 9.0
Not Another VVVVVV Game 55.0 9.0
I wanna be the Neon 3 70.0 9.0
I wanna follow it 25.0 9.0
I Want to Meet Miki 45.0 9.0
I Wanna be the Zeus 65.0 9.0
I wanna find my way out 73.0 8.9
I wanna tuck you into bed and hold your hand until you fall asleep 76.0 8.9
I wanna be the linearity 2 42.0 8.9
Love. Memory. Hope. Forgiveness. Tragedy. Death... 70.0 8.9
I wanna climb the Witch's Tower 60.0 8.9
XIFT 60.0 8.8
Selected Needle Works 21-23 83.0 8.8
I Wanna be the RO 70.0 8.7
I wanna qowulu 100 40.0 8.5
I wanna put out the cigarette 75.0 8.5
Panasonic Bluray 53.0 8.5
i've promulgated the clandestine needle 62.0 8.5
I Wanna Be The Dreamroamer 35.0 8.5
I Wanna Enjoy the Stimulated Strawberry Lollipop Dandy 55.0 8.5
I'm bored 2 43.0 8.5
i wanna fix what's wrong 55.0 8.5
I Wanna be the Dononite 54.0 8.5
I wanna love Utopia 40.0 8.5
I wanna Hydrate 70.0 8.5
Needle Hatena 70.0 8.5
Star Compass 60.0 8.5
The REAL JRocker Area 45.0 8.5
The Real Roaka Area 45.0 8.5
Full Techno Jackass 50.0 8.5
I wanna maimaimilk 43.0 8.5
I wanna Hibikusuku 45.0 8.5
I wanna hear Okurimono Sunday 30.0 8.5
I wanna Anachronic 75.0 8.5
I wanna be the Paradox 43.0 8.5
I wanna best the needle 4 50.0 8.5
I Wanna Be The Caretaker 55.0 8.5
I wanna be Friends 40.0 8.5
Weirdle sp 70.0 8.0
I wanna colorize the needle 42.0 8.0
I wanna enjoy the Electrified Butterscotch Dandy 50.0 8.0
I wanna Fall into Depression and never be Happy Again 67.0 8.0
I Wanna Temporal Spire 40.0 8.0
I Wanna Leave This Hell 64.0 8.0
I wanna be the Nyx 55.0 8.0
I wanna be the Kaleidoscope 40.0 8.0
I wanna be the MMM 85.0 8.0
I wanna Explore Space 45.0 8.0
I wanna uplift the needle 53.0 8.0
The Day Thereafter 30.0 8.0
I wanna be the GravityRain 47.0 8.0
I wanna be the SSR2 78.0 8.0
I wanna be the PS 65.0 8.0
Ebb Needle 2022 58.0 7.7
I Wanna Eclipse 57.0 7.5
I wanna be the Neurosis 50.0 7.5
I Wanna be the Liquid 44.0 7.5
I wanna be Anime 55.0 7.5
A Minimal Adventure 35.0 7.5
I wanna be the Salt 40.0 7.5
I wanna be Abducted 53.0 7.5
I wanna be the I 55.0 7.5
I wanna feel the colours 60.0 7.5
I wanna be the GR 70.0 7.5
Hydrohomies 75.0 7.5
I Wanna Get Some Drip 35.0 7.5
I Wanna Look Inside 55.0 7.5
I wanna be the Lucien Needle 40.0 7.5
I wanna be the Kataribe 40.0 7.5
For my Valentine 35.0 7.5
I wanna sort myself out 65.0 7.5
I Wanna be the Matryoshka Special Edition 50.0 7.5
On Transience 65.0 7.5
I wanna Relax with Needle 2 37.0 7.5
Chew 023 50.0 7.0
I Wanna Take The Neon Highway 68.0 7.0
I Wanna Find a Cure 57.0 7.0
Pusspatch 68.0 7.0
Chill Needle 40.0 7.0
Moonstone 68.0 7.0
I wanna be the Udon 36.0 7.0
efficient 55.0 7.0
I Wanna be the Matryoshka 60.0 7.0
I wanna reach Heaven 60.0 7.0
I Wanna Take the L+ 50.0 7.0
Stars 30.0 7.0
I wanna Wake Up 40.0 7.0
I wanna be the Neon 2 45.0 7.0
I Wanna Race (Rerelease) 57.0 7.0
I wanna Vine Journey 57.0 7.0
I wanna seize the day 55.0 7.0
I wanna escape the Colorless Dimension 60.0 7.0
I Wanna Defeat the Discord Makers: FM Side 60.0 7.0
I Wanna Tell The World v1.1 (REMAKE. ver) 25.0 7.0
I Wanna Find My Butthole 50.0 7.0
I wanna be the Mars 60.0 7.0
I wanna be the G 49.0 7.0
I wanna be the Vidro 30.0 7.0
I wanna be the Strongest Fairy 25.0 7.0
I wanna qoqoqo origin 35.0 7.0
I Wanna Stress 30.0 7.0
I wanna Traverse the Neon Rainbow 50.0 7.0
I wanna be Cyan 65.0 7.0
I Wanna Get Cultured 2 70.0 7.0
I wanna be the World Apart 65.0 7.0
EchoVision 30.0 7.0
I wanna clear 50 neon floors 47.0 7.0
I wanna get used to Needle Game 30.0 7.0
I wanna be the Monochrome Perception 67.0 7.0
I Wanna be the Yuyuko 40.0 7.0
I Wanna Spook Jam 45.0 7.0
I wanna be the Colorful Adventure 38.0 6.9
I wanna get the Yellow Star 30.0 6.9
I wanna CUBETECH 40.0 6.9
I wanna fall into the snow 50.0 6.9
I Wanna Defeat The Eater Of Dreams 25.0 6.9
I wanna be the Arcfox Needle 67.0 6.9
I wanna Remember my lovely Cat 35.0 6.8
I wanna Discover 50 Shades of Crimson 73.0 6.8
Melancholy Needle 3 72.0 6.7
I wanna scale the Red Needle 85.0 6.7
Love Her Madly 60.0 6.7
I Wanna be the AIW 60.0 6.7
Downer 60.0 6.5
I wanna be the Schrodinger's Kitten 56.0 6.5
first awkward fumblings 55.0 6.5
I wanna beyond the sky 48.0 6.5
I wanna be the microheaven 75.0 6.5
I Wanna Take the L 50.0 6.5
Hang on 65.0 6.5
I wanna be the Aisaka 40.0 6.5
I wanna play with Dangerous Toys 40.0 6.5
I wanna be the Little runner 20.0 6.5
I wanna be the rushed creation 45.0 6.5
I Wanna Make the Marathon Needle 48.0 6.5
I wanna be Minimal 48.0 6.5
I wanna Weave Through the Witch's Needle 65.0 6.5
I Wanna Sertraline 50.0 6.5
I Wanna be the BHG (共同開発) 50.0 6.5
I wanna retort 40.0 6.5
I Cant Get Enough 65.0 6.5
I wanna walk through solstice 70.0 6.5
I wanna be the Umbrella 28.0 6.5
I Wanna Appreciate the Wolf's Enthusiasm 65.0 6.5
I Wanna Wave 35.0 6.5
I wanna be the Kaenbyou 22.0 6.3
I wanna be the Aidoru 47.0 6.3
I wanna be the Gravity Master 30.0 6.0
I wanna eat the ER 25.0 6.0
I wanna 15 cooking methods of AnChun 20.0 6.0
I Wanna LoveSpike 30.0 6.0
I wanna be Fed up with path ;w; 25.0 6.0
I Wanna Fleeting Pink 30.0 6.0
I wanna be the Fidelity 50.0 6.0
I Wanna Enjoy My Dreams 50.0 6.0
I wanna be the Distant 45.0 6.0
I wanna best the needle 3 40.0 6.0
I wanna deride Kotaro- from aslant 30.0 6.0
I cannot but go ahead through the way of the starlit sky 20.0 6.0
I Don't Change 60.0 6.0
I wanna be the Sharktooth 50.0 6.0
I Wanna be the TsuTaMao 66.0 6.0
I wanna be the Virtualance 42.0 6.0
I wanna be the MU-GEEEEEEEEE 32.0 6.0
I wanna more beautiful and delicious 30.0 6.0
I wanna be the Gus Needle 30.0 6.0
I wanna gensoukyo 50.0 6.0
I wanna Cigarette 40.0 6.0
I wanna clear the Easy Miku 2 30.0 6.0
I wanna travel the needle world 45.0 6.0
Narsarsuaq 50.0 5.9
I wanna give the cat some acid 55.0 5.5
I De La Piano 63.0 5.5
I wanna go to Extreme Depths 53.0 5.5
2010 Needle Hole 48.0 5.5
My Love Letter To Fangames Volume 1: Venus 60.0 5.5
I Wanna Destroy the Needleverse 74.0 5.5
I wanna come from the north 82.0 5.5
I wanna eat the lemon 25.0 5.5
I wanna eat the Rori Girl 15.0 5.5
I wanna be the Flower frozen 33.0 5.5
indigo needle 35.0 5.5
I wanna be with you 37.0 5.5
I Wanna Rely The Needle 4.2 30.0 5.0
I wanna type well 25.0 5.0
I wanna be the Block 85.0 5.0
Thanks for 2015!! 20.0 5.0
I wanna purify 3 45.0 5.0
Needle needle 50.0 5.0
I wanna be the Prodigy 60.0 5.0
I wanna Rainbow Rain 50.0 5.0
I wanna be the Gap2 32.0 5.0
Solnyshko 30.0 5.0
I wanna be the White Dot 40.0 5.0
2009 Needle Hole 47.0 5.0
I wanna be the 3200min 40.0 5.0
I wanna be the Ingenuity 59.0 5.0
I wanna water a flower 30.0 5.0
The Great & Powerful Beginner 25.0 5.0
I wanna find the Sheep 35.0 5.0
I Wanna Eat My Literature Textbook 55.0 5.0
I wanna be the Haru 40.0 4.7
I wanna escape from the Needle Land 40.0 4.5
Is The Order An I wanna ? 30.0 4.5
Untitled40 43.0 4.5
I wanna be the Crimson Needle 85.0 4.5
I wanna be the aq spike 50.0 4.5
I wanna be the Tethys 60.0 4.3
I wanna be the 初級者 10.0 4.3
I wanna jump with panda 25.0 4.0
I wanna be the Amethyst 37.0 4.0
Wish me luck 2 30.0 4.0
I wanna be the Alphabet 30.0 4.0
I wanna keep on dancing 2 35.0 4.0
I wanna clear the Easy Miku 25.0 2.5
Hey shitass 0.0 N/A
A Sky Blue Denouement N/A N/A
Frankie Teardrop N/A N/A
I wanna clear the Crime & Punishment Ver.W&B 60.0 N/A
the dono files N/A N/A
I Wanna DXNT N/A N/A
I Wanna be the Ziggomatic Drukqs N/A N/A
I wanna Psyched Fevereiro N/A N/A
The Sunken Cathedral N/A N/A
renex engine N/A N/A
I Don't Wanna Dwell N/A N/A
I wanna walk to the store 10.0 N/A
I wanna play some beginner needle 20.0 N/A
I Wanna Flying Disc N/A N/A
YoYoYo Engine (RBN Edition) N/A N/A
Nebulous Thoughts N/A N/A
what they say goes N/A N/A
Strewn Detritus N/A N/A
April is the Cruelest Month N/A N/A
I wanna buy the shungite N/A N/A

236 Reviews

YaBoiMarcAntony
For: Moonstone
As short as it may be, the game itself is still rather fun and cleanly made, and the visuals have this odd sort of progression about them that makes the game feel like more than just jtool needle. I've enjoyed seeing occult's needle style develop throughout their games and there can clearly be seen a rise in quality and consistency.

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Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 7.0 70       Difficulty: 68 68
Aug 5, 2022
YaBoiMarcAntony
For: Melancholy Needle 3
Very solid needle game with decent variety in styles. Aside from a few saves, the main problem with the game was visibility in certain areas where it was difficult to see water or even blocks at times, but it wasn't enough to really bother me.

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Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 6.7 67       Difficulty: 72 72
Jul 14, 2022
YaBoiMarcAntony
For: I wanna be the Volatile Presence: Stagnant Edition
Before what you're reading now, I had written up what was by far my longest review, a lot of which was just me rambling about irrelevancies and personal shit in a vague attempt at connecting my own life with the game, but after writing it, I decided that I didn't like such a verbose and almost overwrought review for such a game as this. As it stands, I guess I just don't really know what to say about VP:SE without tending towards the overwrought and verbose, but I don't know that I'll ever write something that satisfies me seeing as I very rarely rewrite my own reviews, not because I'm just so good as to get it right the first time always, but because I'm of a lazy disposition and don't aim for writing a perfect review every time or even any time. I simply want to write something that, in my eyes, is a reaction to my time with the game, and whether it's to write something of a thank you or a damn you, that depends on the game. Here, I'm aiming for something of a thank you, though it is naturally a bit more complex than that.

I write now while listening to The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and it Doesn't Matter, and for some reason I find it to be the song most befitting of the game despite the file name being taken from a different song off Music From the Penguin Cafe. I don't know that this game is a goodbye, despite the hopes of the creator, and I think it is not worth getting into the why's and the whether-or-not's, but I will say that there is this sense that the game occupies the space between the last conversation and the goodbye, that place where you just know there's nothing left to say but you don't quite want to say that last terrifying word. As concrete a concept as it is, though, I don't find myself recalling many times where I've truly experienced that. More often than not, we're not blessed with the gift of knowing to say goodbye. Instead, it just so happens that we say our last words to someone without knowing we'll never say anything to them again. Sometimes, a goodbye isn't even the last word, but it's the last meaningful word, whether by choice or happenstance. I've known so many people throughout my life that I know I'll never see again, so many goodbyes that I'll never remember cause I didn't realize that's what they were, and I know there'll be many more to come.

Truly, there has only ever been one time I had a chance to say my last words knowingly and that was at what may as well have been my grandmother's deathbed. She wasn't able to respond, so it wasn't much of a conversation, but I had the chance to say a few things to her before she passed away. My dad told me she wouldn't be able to respond but that she could hear me, however after the fact I realized that he probably was just saying that to make me feel better, and I suppose it doesn't matter if she heard me because the last things we say to someone don't tend to be about things the other person doesn't know, but just things we wish to stress. When I told my grandma I loved her and that I was sorry I didn't spend more time with her, that I was happy to know she'd be able to see her beloved husband in heaven and to say hi to him for me, I know that I didn't need to say any of that because she knew it all. Even still, it was nice to get the chance to say it regardless.

I don't think much of anything I said here has to do with Volatile Presence (I'll be calling it that from here on out even though that's not it's official name as I don't want to write VP:SE over and over again), but all the same it's what my mind strayed to. Really, it's difficult to pin down what exactly Volatile Presence is beyond being not so much a sequel to the original, but instead the finished product - although, the game itself is and will likely remain unfinished, so perhaps that's a bit of a misnomer. Even so, finished or not, there is some sense of closure within the game's "ending," an ending that will likely catch many off guard and feel off to most, and though I fully realize it's not what the maker wanted, I think it nonetheless brings meaning to the game that may not otherwise have been there.

I originally (in my old review) described Volatile Presence as composed fragments of a mind, a museum of expressions made physical, and there's still some truth to that. I cannot tell you the meaning of each painting within this museum and truth be told I don't have much of an interpretation for almost any stage in the game. It's not so much that everything is too vague, and to be clear the game itself is not particularly subtle on a macro level, but more so that I find myself just wandering the game, not wanting to give thoughts but instead to just immerse myself. Volatile Presence is a somber game, and yet there is this feeling of warmth which works through me as I play it, not so much a warmth of kindness or happiness, but instead one of companionship.

Something I seek in everything I play is that feeling of companionship, something I could just as easily write as that feeling of humanity. Even the coldest and most depressive works have that feeling when they're done right, and it's partially what separates the good from the truly great, that sense that what you're partaking in is genuine and not fabricated artificially. The funny thing is, most pieces of art are genuine in some way, but the way I say it makes it out to be that I don't think that's the case. So, I reckon the missing link then is a need for some sort of relatability, not in the traditional sense, though. I don't know that I relate to much of what Volatile Presence deals with, though I can sympathize, of course. Instead, it's much more of a vague subconscious feeling I get that makes me think of Volatile Presence as being familiar to me. I don't relate to the game, but I relate to its general emotions, I suppose.

That's my greatest difficulty with discussing Volatile Presence, I can't find myself being anything but vague. Perhaps it's a failing on my part as a writer, or maybe I've just chosen to write before I really know what to say about the game, but all the same I feel the need to talk about Volatile Presence, so here I am talking. As silly as it is to say, maybe it's just my need to still be actively participating in the game. I could replay it, but it's not what I want, truly. No, I guess it's more that I can feel that goodbye coming, and this is my silly way of trying to push it off as much as I can. I love Volatile Presence and I love the way it makes me feel. I don't think there's any other game like it, no game that could accurately replicate what it makes me feel, and so I wish it could go on forever. Of course, I know it can't go on forever, and I know the game has already said goodbye to me, a goodbye that came before I was ready to say it myself. Thinking on it now, this review isn't a thank you, but a goodbye to this game I love dearly. I'll play it again and again, but I'll never be able to go back to my time watching this game grow into something truly special, and seeing it now as a blossoming flower, one whose beauty is altogether enhanced by those missing petals, I am glad to know I was there for the journey. And here I sit, knowing I have nothing more to say but reaching for anything because I just don't want to say the last word again.

So I won't say it at all.

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick
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Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 85 85
Jun 18, 2022
YaBoiMarcAntony
For: I wanna be far from home
Many times in my life, when it came down to it, the only thing I wanted to do was to run away from it all. This want of mine has been for many different reasons all throughout my life, some fair, others admittedly not, but the fact remains that my natural inclination to great strife is to run from it. I don't think this is a unique aspect of my self, and in fact I'd guess that most everyone has at some point in their life felt this inclination. It's just easier to run than it is to stand up to something because to stand up takes courage and bravery, something that can tend to be in short supply for most.

I Wanna Be Far From Home is a game of escapism, or perhaps even a retelling of sorts, I wouldn't know as I'm not the maker. Either way, Far From Home expresses this desire to run and tells a story of running away. The game opens rather oddly with the player in a body of water while an unreachable cliff-side hangs over them, not so much ominously but with no other alternative. From there, you'll soon find that you reside within something of a hub world made up of extremely dense landmasses dotted around in a minimalist fashion. When it comes to the actual design of a given section, there is an unbelievable amount of detail, but thanks to how much room is given, you'll find that this hub world feels serene and pleasant.

There are four different stages that become longer as you go on, the first stage being a single jump while the last stage will probably take a blind player fit for its difficulty anywhere between twenty to forty minutes, depending on the person and their respective skills. In any case, the sense of progression from stage to stage lies not just in the sheer size of each of them, but also in terms of how space is used. The first stage is extremely claustrophobic with a rather tight jump. Aside from that, most all of the screen is dominated by a stuttering black mass. While it is traditionally pretty, there is a sense of negativity associated with the black mass in its totality, not to mention the obvious fact that it kills you upon touching it.

The second stage, however, carves out more room for itself in the black mass, though it is still a rather short stage. Here, you'll find the game beginning to play around with a bit of pathing, the final jump utilizing a vine you use early on in the stage. There's also some tight usage of water, tight in a way that I originally found annoying from a gameplay perspective but grew to enjoy, as well as platforming explicitly around blocks of black. In this way, you cannot simply avoid the reality of this blackness, instead you are forced to come to grips with it and approach it safely in order to beat the stage.

Stage three is where things really begin to open up for the game. Clever pathing can be found all over, with many moments of you returning to a previous section of the stage under a new light, passing through it to get further in the stage. In this way, plasma produces a sort of knot of gameplay in a way reminiscent of the qoqoqo series, though more striking visually thanks to the usage of large screens, and of course it feels different thanks to plasma's extremely unique style of gameplay. There's still platform around bits of the black mass, however you're forced to at times blindly dive into them in order to progress through the stage. The final save ends with a very long fall that takes you through a previous part of the stage in beautiful fashion which then ends simply with you jumping into a warp surrounded by the black mass (I apologize for the repeated usage of the phrase, but it comes up a lot!) In fact, this is the only stage in which you could actually die trying to go for the warp, marking stage three as particularly notable in its usage of this black mass.

The final stage is, as described before, very long. This is, depending on who you ask, to its benefit or a flaw of the game. For my part, I think this length fits perfectly with the theme of the game and also serves the gameplay very well as the length is due to its sheer size. Here, the pathing's genius is not so much in how it retreads old paths but instead in how tightly designed the stage is. There are so many moments where this grand strand comes so close to altogether intertwining with another, and yet there is only one time in which you find yourself touching old ground at any point; otherwise, there are no intersections of any sort, something which stands out to me as a unique form of pathing that I personally love.

Gameplay wise, this stage is also the most difficult by far, utilizing a lot of rather tight jumps and tough maneuvers. With that said, at no point is the black mass involved in any of this, and in that way it begins to feel like this black mass merely existed and that the platforming itself was indeed carved into it, placed there by some unknown being. Finally, the exit warp is hidden away far at the top, surrounded by pillars of water and plus signs. This final warp out feels the most safe of the bunch, both due to the pleasant design of its surroundings and the fact that death at this point is essentially impossible. In stage one, you could plausibly die thanks to, well, idiocy. Stage two there's no chance of death, but the path to the warp is so tight and uncomfortable that it's left feeling unsafe in that way, and of course stage three is the one most plausible to die to.

Upon clearing the final stage, you find yourself in a position of being able to jump all the way back down to the cliffside, which now hangs below rather than above, and leaving the hub to go to the end. You find yourself in an area that feels less welcoming than the hub world of the previous, a small tower at the top of which lies a grand chasm filled with red water, water which you are forced to dive into. Any attempt to jump out forces you further down, and as you go down the screen fades to black, leaving us with this exchange:

"I am sorry I took so long."

"Welcome home."

What I find especially harrowing about this game is that this ending is not in itself a particularly positive one in tone. The entire game sees the player essentially just biding time until they come home, with each stage's increasing length feeling like its own form of running away. In this way, it feels like the black mass is life itself whereas that which makes up the stages themselves is a manifestation of the player character. As you traverse each stage, this black mass becomes more and more of a looming presence until it peaks in stage three, a peak you'd traditionally expect at stage four. If this game were about facing your fears or troubles and not running away, it'd only be natural that the final confrontation, as it were, would be a culmination of a previously-established pattern. With each stage, more and more of the black mass becomes relevant to the platforming, and yet that isn't so with Far From Home. Instead, the final stage is a self-made tribulation, as if it's the player knowing their return home is inevitable and they're doing anything they can to keep that reality away.

So, in the end, it feels less like the player's coming to terms with what they have to do and more like them knowing it's an inevitability. The player's final dive into the red water is less so them standing up to what they've been running away from for so long and more so as if they've been coerced to it by the reality of life. Running away forever is simply not feasible, not unless you give up altogether. Some day, somehow, you'll have to stand up to what you've been running from, and in this case that end came by force.

I Wanna Be Far From Home is a wish, one that's made knowing how futile it is, a concept I'm far too familiar with. Every day I wake up, I wish so desperately that things could just magically change and be like old times or somehow improve, and that day never comes. I wish I could just leave all this behind and live a new life, and yet I know that I could never do it. I wish, in short, I could be anywhere but here, a wish I've had time and time again, and yet I know that it could never become true. Admittedly, I don't think my life would be better if it did come true, but it pains me now to know I just can't run away, no matter how much I want to. Yet, in all this wishing and hoping, all this dreaming of running away from here, I realize now that I've been running away all this time.

And so I come home.

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Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 9.5 95       Difficulty: 70 70
May 14, 2022
YaBoiMarcAntony
For: I wanna walk through solstice
Reasonably fun needle game somewhat based around lower frame jumps and tight maneuvers. Most of it is good, however a few jumps got on my nerves and at times it felt like the precision of some bits did not really serve the save well. That said, the game has pretty nice vibes thanks to the good song and the needle is generally fairly peaceful, so I still liked it.

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Rating: 6.5 65       Difficulty: 70 70
Apr 26, 2022

9 Games

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Nebulous Thoughts 80.3 9.1 30
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Deliriant Needle N/A N/A
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I Wanna be the Dononite 54.0 8.5
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Hey shitass 0.0 N/A
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Panasonic Bluray 53.0 8.5
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I Wanna be the RO 70.0 8.7
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WannaFest 22 60.0 9.0
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