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by Wolfiexe
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by Wolfiexe
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by Wolfiexe
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by Taprus
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by Wolfiexe
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Wolfiexe
Needle in a Haystack is the first in Kale's re-imagining series of the original Crimson Needle, taking 25 floors or so and making various changes such as small gimmicks here and there, triggers and just all around different jumps. I found a good deal of the platforming to be a pretty enjoyable challenge with some particularly interesting twists, the fake save that's actually just a trigger on F23 made me laugh.
There are a couple of clangers and the final floor feels very unnecessary, which is just a somewhat infamous difficult floor from the original that's completely unchanged minus a gate at the end that is now a double diamond. I think Kale was just up to his old tricks with this one. It's kind of a shame because the rest of the game felt pretty well designed albeit somewhat weird and referential at times, so the final floor does dampen the experience a bit. Also there's no music in the game, so bring your own.
But yeah despite the final floor I thought it was a pretty fun needle game. It has some quirky design at parts but if you're in the mood for some difficult needle with the signature older Kale style, you'll probably enjoy most of this.
There are a couple of clangers and the final floor feels very unnecessary, which is just a somewhat infamous difficult floor from the original that's completely unchanged minus a gate at the end that is now a double diamond. I think Kale was just up to his old tricks with this one. It's kind of a shame because the rest of the game felt pretty well designed albeit somewhat weird and referential at times, so the final floor does dampen the experience a bit. Also there's no music in the game, so bring your own.
But yeah despite the final floor I thought it was a pretty fun needle game. It has some quirky design at parts but if you're in the mood for some difficult needle with the signature older Kale style, you'll probably enjoy most of this.
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Rating: 7.1 71
Difficulty: 83 83
Dec 22, 2019
Lucien
I wanna find a needle in a haystack is a buffed needle game based on Crimson Needle(1-24),it's much harder than the original version.Kale started to try to use gimmick,roll apples and gravity invert.This is fine,but I have to say some floors were really bad(Kale just cut some savepoints or simply added more needle).The game had no music and I had to play my own.The last floor is floor 80 in Crimson Needle,but the final jump was turned into a double diamond.This jump made the final floor much harder than the original floor.I think it has destroyed the whole game,although other floors are decent.So if you are not a Kale-lover I would not recommend.
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Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 82 82
Apr 3, 2017
xva
honestly? I really like this game, even though I should have no right to. with all the bad things I had to say about CN1 and how much I didn't enjoy it, you'd expect me to hate this game. it really shouldn't be any fun considering the entire game is just a bunch of buffed CN1 floors. however, there exist a ton of things that make this game quite special. for instance, I'll begin with a blanket statement: there's a lot of charm this game has, mostly in the way it buffs these screens. pretty much every single save in the entire game gives you that feeling of "holy shit that was close thank god I made it" that you'd only get in the late floors of CN1. despite the twists being quite subtle and/or only noticeable if you've played or beaten CN1, they still work extremely well and play as well as the original does at its peak. it perfectly revitalizes all 25 screens, making them feel fresh and new, even though they realistically shouldn't feel that way
this game was sort of like a walk down memory lane, remembering the floors of CN1 as I played through it. I'm typing this as if I beat CN1 years ago, but no, my clear of CN1 wasn't even a year ago. the fact this game can evoke this feeling is pretty much entirely thanks to the notoriety and fame that is attributed to Crimson Needle 1. it was a very memorable and unique game for its time, and I'm sure you know still is to this day. it's been remixed, remade, reimagined and rebuilt a million times before, each time in a way ever so slightly different from the last. this game was one of the first, if not *the* first remake of CN1. in a way that makes it quite special, as it likely started this trend of some sort - of remaking CN1 (or making CN1-like things) in unofficial and different ways. for the historical factor alone, this game should be remembered for years to come, as the first of many to come
highly recommended, it might not be for everyone but I'd recommend playing and clearing it just to say you did
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this game was sort of like a walk down memory lane, remembering the floors of CN1 as I played through it. I'm typing this as if I beat CN1 years ago, but no, my clear of CN1 wasn't even a year ago. the fact this game can evoke this feeling is pretty much entirely thanks to the notoriety and fame that is attributed to Crimson Needle 1. it was a very memorable and unique game for its time, and I'm sure you know still is to this day. it's been remixed, remade, reimagined and rebuilt a million times before, each time in a way ever so slightly different from the last. this game was one of the first, if not *the* first remake of CN1. in a way that makes it quite special, as it likely started this trend of some sort - of remaking CN1 (or making CN1-like things) in unofficial and different ways. for the historical factor alone, this game should be remembered for years to come, as the first of many to come
highly recommended, it might not be for everyone but I'd recommend playing and clearing it just to say you did
Rating: 8.2 82
Difficulty: 78 78
Nov 18, 2024
glitchy
honestly pretty good until the last screen.
that one sucks (double diamond le sob)
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that one sucks (double diamond le sob)
Rating: 7.2 72
Difficulty: 81 81
Jul 4, 2024