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kurath
For: I wanna jump the Shark 2
For: I wanna jump the Shark 2
A nice medium length adventure game. Establishes and follows a straightforward formula and executes it well.
The platforming throughout the majority of the game is quite interesting - focusing on a gimmick or two per stage - and the secrets are implemented in a pretty good way, encouraging the player to look around a bit but not being hidden in a stupid way - especially given they're required to really beat the game. The extra stage was the worst looking and least interesting with no gimmicks, though, which was an unfortunate way to go. On the other hand, the boss was probably the best which definitely makes it worthwhile. Bosses are pretty rng heavy and not too long, though some mashing ability is expected.
As someone who isn't a fan of how avoidance is implemented in most adventure games, I enjoyed the final one in this quite a bit. The music choice plays into that, though that's subjective, as its instrumental with a nice peak. Additionally, it fits in well difficulty-wise as though its the longest boss by a good margin, it feels easier and more fair to balance it out.
All in all, this is worth playing for anyone looking for a solid adventure game of moderate difficulty and length.
The platforming throughout the majority of the game is quite interesting - focusing on a gimmick or two per stage - and the secrets are implemented in a pretty good way, encouraging the player to look around a bit but not being hidden in a stupid way - especially given they're required to really beat the game. The extra stage was the worst looking and least interesting with no gimmicks, though, which was an unfortunate way to go. On the other hand, the boss was probably the best which definitely makes it worthwhile. Bosses are pretty rng heavy and not too long, though some mashing ability is expected.
As someone who isn't a fan of how avoidance is implemented in most adventure games, I enjoyed the final one in this quite a bit. The music choice plays into that, though that's subjective, as its instrumental with a nice peak. Additionally, it fits in well difficulty-wise as though its the longest boss by a good margin, it feels easier and more fair to balance it out.
All in all, this is worth playing for anyone looking for a solid adventure game of moderate difficulty and length.
Tagged as: Adventure
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Rating: 8.5 85
Difficulty: 60 60
Jun 17, 2018
kurath
For: I wanna be the Make Hardest Fangame
For: I wanna be the Make Hardest Fangame
A higher production take on the one-jump needle genre. It does it fairly well, as most stages look pretty good (though there's a couple parts where it detracts) and the jumps curve well and are all pretty interesting.
The story doesn't appear to make much sense (may be a little bit of lost in translation since the creator isn't an English native speaker) but its pretty shallow regardless. The gameplay is about as good as I'd expect from a one-jump per screen game and while I have limited experience in that regard, this is actually by far the best implementation I've seen of that.
Production wise, as said, it looks pretty good. Some of the effects create some visual obstruction but they seem to be intentional (as does some screen transitioning etc) and while it isn't great, doesn't seem to really cause any problems. The game has an autosave feature that it tells you about but for some reason starts disabled, which pretty much is guaranteed to just annoy the player and serve almost no purpose. This is kind of a weird design mistake that seems like it'd be easily caught/fixed.
All in all, its solid. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes the one jump save style of needle as it feels creative on that front. Additionally, anyone looking for an intermediate needle experience.
The story doesn't appear to make much sense (may be a little bit of lost in translation since the creator isn't an English native speaker) but its pretty shallow regardless. The gameplay is about as good as I'd expect from a one-jump per screen game and while I have limited experience in that regard, this is actually by far the best implementation I've seen of that.
Production wise, as said, it looks pretty good. Some of the effects create some visual obstruction but they seem to be intentional (as does some screen transitioning etc) and while it isn't great, doesn't seem to really cause any problems. The game has an autosave feature that it tells you about but for some reason starts disabled, which pretty much is guaranteed to just annoy the player and serve almost no purpose. This is kind of a weird design mistake that seems like it'd be easily caught/fixed.
All in all, its solid. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes the one jump save style of needle as it feels creative on that front. Additionally, anyone looking for an intermediate needle experience.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: 62 62
Jun 17, 2018
kurath
For: I Wanna Kill The Meat Boy
For: I Wanna Kill The Meat Boy
Its very much super meatboy with the kid (no momentum/double jump instead), relying on the constant wall jumps of meatboy and all assets and some levels basically identical to meatboy.
Overall its got some very visible flaws, but its still mostly well done and the platforming plays well regardless. The bosses are a little iffy but are easy enough that its not really a problem.
The late game hits some rough patches as its awkward to do precise stuff with the engine but overall its pretty good. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for some gimmick platforming with lots of wall jumping.
Overall its got some very visible flaws, but its still mostly well done and the platforming plays well regardless. The bosses are a little iffy but are easy enough that its not really a problem.
The late game hits some rough patches as its awkward to do precise stuff with the engine but overall its pretty good. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for some gimmick platforming with lots of wall jumping.
Tagged as: Gimmick
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Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 50 50
Jun 13, 2018
kurath
For: I wanna randrandrand
For: I wanna randrandrand
There's two types of terrible games out there. The irredeemable and bland, and then those with some degree of creativity and entertainment value. This is the latter. Its cheesy as hell and has no production value but its fun.
Play through this to get levels of quality akin to the IWC discord jtool room but with no generic jumps.
Play through this to get levels of quality akin to the IWC discord jtool room but with no generic jumps.
Tagged as: Special
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Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 50 50
Jun 11, 2018
kurath
For: I wanna be the Scribble
For: I wanna be the Scribble
This is a pretty amazing game and I say that as someone who considers most of his other work gruesomely overrated. This is based on the all clear of the Scribble notes version.
Its an exploration based game with some metroidvania elements in terms of collecting items which allow you access to new sections of levels. Its far from a full metroidvania as there's no real standard combat and a lot of the progress is gated linearly, but thats not a bad thing by any means.
The real highlight of this is the platforming/gimmick interactions. It starts off simple and consistently gets more complex and interesting as new powerups are found and he does a great job of integrating the existing pieces into new platforming. The stages have a great aesthetic and a lot of charm and creative design and it makes each new room a treat. That's the one caveat is that working into the next room is great but you end up having to do almost every room twice because he decides to counterweigh the great gimmick and platforming design with garbage traps. The original version is supposedly far worse and while there weren't THAT many of them in notes, it doesn't change the fact that the quality of the traps is near zero. You'll be nearly done with a save and a flying spike comes at you that is trivial to dodge if you knew it was there and gibs if you don't. For this reason alone I'd recommend the notes version - it tones it down to acceptable levels instead of the game ruining experience of the standard version.
The bosses aren't stellar but they're still good. And, for me, the more important point is they're interesting. They tend to integrate the gimmicks and tools in different ways and atleast give you something to think about as you go. They likely won't be a hang up for anyone either, as they're pretty fair once you know what you're doing.
All in all its a very memorable experience and probably more so if you actually follow the story (which is all in Japanese), but even without that the platforming is a treat and the bosses are interesting and don't overstay their welcome. Go into it expecting to get dicked a bit by boring traps and you'll still end up pleasant surprised with the game.
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Its an exploration based game with some metroidvania elements in terms of collecting items which allow you access to new sections of levels. Its far from a full metroidvania as there's no real standard combat and a lot of the progress is gated linearly, but thats not a bad thing by any means.
The real highlight of this is the platforming/gimmick interactions. It starts off simple and consistently gets more complex and interesting as new powerups are found and he does a great job of integrating the existing pieces into new platforming. The stages have a great aesthetic and a lot of charm and creative design and it makes each new room a treat. That's the one caveat is that working into the next room is great but you end up having to do almost every room twice because he decides to counterweigh the great gimmick and platforming design with garbage traps. The original version is supposedly far worse and while there weren't THAT many of them in notes, it doesn't change the fact that the quality of the traps is near zero. You'll be nearly done with a save and a flying spike comes at you that is trivial to dodge if you knew it was there and gibs if you don't. For this reason alone I'd recommend the notes version - it tones it down to acceptable levels instead of the game ruining experience of the standard version.
The bosses aren't stellar but they're still good. And, for me, the more important point is they're interesting. They tend to integrate the gimmicks and tools in different ways and atleast give you something to think about as you go. They likely won't be a hang up for anyone either, as they're pretty fair once you know what you're doing.
All in all its a very memorable experience and probably more so if you actually follow the story (which is all in Japanese), but even without that the platforming is a treat and the bosses are interesting and don't overstay their welcome. Go into it expecting to get dicked a bit by boring traps and you'll still end up pleasant surprised with the game.
Rating: 8.6 86
Difficulty: 60 60
Jun 11, 2018
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