22 Reviews:
Wolfiexe
Butterfly is a great adventure game boasting a huge variety of challenges and tasks for the player to whittle their way through. Some parts can feel a little dated here and there in terms of visuals, but the gameplay mostly than makes up for those weak points.
The game consists of a starting hub and then a couple more hubs later on, full of different challenges and areas to explore. The various areas in the hubs are quite different from one another and feature a bunch of neat stuff for the player to have fun with. For example, the first hub offers a Zelda-esque dungeon setup whereupon you can find a map, door keys, solve puzzles, find new gimmicks and fight the stage boss all in one comfy package, whilst another portal in the hub offers a challenging batch of trigger needle to test your platforming capabilities. The later hubs also feature many zany features such as target-practice minigames with score requirements, a couple of retro-themed stages with throwbacks to Mario and Megaman and even an intense tower climb as a ballerina panda chases you to the top. There's really quite a fun mix.
Of course with so much variety there will always be a couple of points I enjoyed less. One particularly notorious segment in the first hub caused much frustration with the v-string heavy platforming. I enjoyed the concept and thought it looked interesting visually, but a couple of the saves relied heavily on hoping you have the right jump heights to slip into a little gap, making for a bit of a grindy area. There's also an avoidance later on which I had quite a bit of fun with, but there is a 20 second intro which isn't skippable and this wore my focus down quite a bit in-between attempts. Still, I found the avoidance itself to be fun and challenging with a mix of slight pattern and some occasionally intense RNG.
I was told early on whilst playing this that Butterfly tests your skills in ways that most fangames don't, and after finishing this I can definitely agree. Overcoming the various challenges it presents made for a very satisfying adventure fangame. Some parts can be questionable at times, but if you don't mind some v-string shenanigans then you'll probably have a fun time.
[5] Likes
The game consists of a starting hub and then a couple more hubs later on, full of different challenges and areas to explore. The various areas in the hubs are quite different from one another and feature a bunch of neat stuff for the player to have fun with. For example, the first hub offers a Zelda-esque dungeon setup whereupon you can find a map, door keys, solve puzzles, find new gimmicks and fight the stage boss all in one comfy package, whilst another portal in the hub offers a challenging batch of trigger needle to test your platforming capabilities. The later hubs also feature many zany features such as target-practice minigames with score requirements, a couple of retro-themed stages with throwbacks to Mario and Megaman and even an intense tower climb as a ballerina panda chases you to the top. There's really quite a fun mix.
Of course with so much variety there will always be a couple of points I enjoyed less. One particularly notorious segment in the first hub caused much frustration with the v-string heavy platforming. I enjoyed the concept and thought it looked interesting visually, but a couple of the saves relied heavily on hoping you have the right jump heights to slip into a little gap, making for a bit of a grindy area. There's also an avoidance later on which I had quite a bit of fun with, but there is a 20 second intro which isn't skippable and this wore my focus down quite a bit in-between attempts. Still, I found the avoidance itself to be fun and challenging with a mix of slight pattern and some occasionally intense RNG.
I was told early on whilst playing this that Butterfly tests your skills in ways that most fangames don't, and after finishing this I can definitely agree. Overcoming the various challenges it presents made for a very satisfying adventure fangame. Some parts can be questionable at times, but if you don't mind some v-string shenanigans then you'll probably have a fun time.
Rating: 7.8 78
Difficulty: 80 80
Mar 1, 2018
PlutoTheThing
Butterfly is an incredibly creative and unique fangame, primarily basing it's gameplay off gimmicky needle. Considering the age of the game, it's impressive to see all these ideas in just one simple collab with tons of content, almost all of which is very enjoyable. There's some speed bumps along the way, such as a few of the bosses not being great, and some platforming saves are a bit tedious or annoying, but there's some real highlights here. I'm a huge fan of the minigame world, the mario world with collect coins was awesome, and the Meiko avoidance is a definite highlight in both quality and difficulty. Overall butterfly holds up amazingly today, and is a game I'd recommend to basically anyone with the patience to handle an older, longer adventure game.
[2] Likes
Rating: 9.3 93
Difficulty: 68 68
May 27, 2023
ninz
i think its reasonable to think of this game as an old morning dew, the gimmicks and concepts are definitely not as out there, but its a game full of tons of different gimmicks and concepts, and naturally, not everyone will like all of these. id encourage you to go into this game with an open mind, for example, the vstring stage was personally really fun and honestly hilarious for me. id recommend giving this game a try, it's likely that you will dislike some things, but its also likely you'll have fun with most if it. theres also the chance you like everything which would be a gigantic dub
[2] Likes
Rating: 9.2 92
Difficulty: 78 78
Mar 28, 2018
SMOrc
Русский:
Игра хорошо сделана, автор явно постарался. Но местами некоторые ситуации сделаны очень тонко и сложно до абсурда, буквально впритык к их прохождению.
English:
The game is well done, the author obviously tried. But in some places situations are made very subtly and difficult to the point of absurdity, literally right next to their passage.
[1] Like
Игра хорошо сделана, автор явно постарался. Но местами некоторые ситуации сделаны очень тонко и сложно до абсурда, буквально впритык к их прохождению.
English:
The game is well done, the author obviously tried. But in some places situations are made very subtly and difficult to the point of absurdity, literally right next to their passage.
Rating: 6.2 62
Difficulty: 75 75
Feb 2, 2023