I wanna be the Catharsis

Creator: Hiddow

Average Rating
8.2 / 10
Average Difficulty
66.5 / 100
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Needle (25) Gimmick (8) Long (1) NoBoss (1) EasyMode (1) Chase (1) Original (1) HardMode (1) Art (2) artistic_vision (1) The_Water (1)

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92 Reviews:

Gaborro
Some really nice gimmick usage in this game, but I wasn't much of a fan of the last stage because of one screen.

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Rating: 8.0 80       Difficulty: 60 60
Oct 12, 2022
Mounter_Watain
nice atmosphere

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Rating: 7.5 75       Difficulty: 66 66
Sep 17, 2022
CanusAntonius
Before playing this, I had never really considered the possibility that someone could take a needle game and use it as a canvas for art, but afterward, I understand just how possible it truly is. This is by far the most beautiful platformer I have played in terms of its emotional conveyance, and it really has become a great inspiration to me. A lot of times I say to myself "look at this needle Picasso" as a way to talk about bad needle games, but now that I know an actual needle Picasso does exist I'll need to come up with a new line. Theme aside, the platforming is also some of the best stuff you can get. I had an absolute blast playing through the multiple levels of unique content that I have not gotten to experience in any other fangame.

Overall, I think this comes as close to hitting my inner pleasures as much as something like Celeste did, the platforming is fun, the visuals and music are great, and the overall emotional theme is present and powerful. Highly recommended as a game I consider to be nearly perfect.

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Rating: 9.5 95       Difficulty: 66 66
Apr 17, 2021
joseph567
I didn't even care about the level design because the music and graphics fit so well. Definitely the best atmosphere you could experience in a fangame.

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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 60 60
Nov 11, 2018
Nearigami
I personally wasn't a fan of this. It sort of felt like 70% of the game was really cool and fun and the other 30% was bogged down by aidsy and semi-unbalanced saves. The atmosphere of this game is very well done though and I could definitely see why it is such an influential and important fangame in the Needle genre.

Cleared again for FSR

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Rating: 5.0 50       Difficulty: 65 65
Feb 7, 2018