I Wanna Destroy the Maelstrom

Creator: MLSTRM

Average Rating
7.9 / 10
Average Difficulty
66.2 / 100
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Adventure (9) Needle (7) Avoidance (6) Gimmick (5) Boss (7) Secrets (1) Long (4) Story (2) Extra (1) SourPls (1)

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Creator's Comments:

MLSTRM [Creator]
Current version: V1.1.10.23
This game is a rather long Adventure (or perhaps more accurately Needleventure) game using a variety of mostly standard gimmicks, with a couple of weird ones thrown in there. There is a story/narrative to the game, but you can opt to play without it if you so choose.
There are optional secrets, and obtaining them all unlocks some Extra content.

This project was a long time in the making, and I'm grateful to anyone that helped out or encouraged me along the way.

UPDATE: October 23rd: Made what I hope to be the final patch of the game - mostly minor fixes but also added some persistence to the Chapter 5a gimmick which should reduce some annoyance there.

UPDATE: September 27th: Some further changes made, mostly focused around the final boss.

UPDATE: September 20th: New update released with various balance changes. Details in included text file. Also fixed crashes introduced by patch

UPDATE: September 15th: Small update to fix some softlocks and an accidentally impossible route in 1 place. Larger balance fixes and overall adjustment coming later on.

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Sep 13, 2019

25 Reviews:

3headedmonkey
I didn't finish the game yet. But what I played of it so far (up to the colour switch avoidance) was amazing and I would recommend it to anyone, a lot of love and care has been put into this game and it shines throughout.

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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: N/A
Oct 1, 2020
FlaviaFlave
Long boy, good bosses, fun platforming (mostly standard gimmicks), nice challenge

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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 65 65
Sep 11, 2020
huasiliuliu
well

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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 66 66
Jul 2, 2020
kawaiinum
It's a really good game. It has really good visuels, and good gameplay. i have not completed the game but it's really fun.

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Sep 14, 2019
LastTISisLife
Based on 100 % Clear. Insanely long adventure that kinda lasts too long i'd say. Game says there is 6 stages + extra, but in reality it's 20+ stages, cause every stage has sub-stage, which are pretty big on their own. I can't say i dislike long games, but i feel like some stages can be shorter without too much of production loss (like 5b as most notable example)

Stages itself are pretty fun with main focus on straight needle with some addition of superficial gimmicks, traps and puzzles. Some saves are gross and i didn't fan of last stage gimmick, but it's still decent. Bosses are mostly good, i'd say. They are mostly about some RNG, some of them are avoidances, and overall, they are quite nice. Last boss is very epic and atmospheric, best part of the main game

There's also secrets, which are nicely hidden and opens you path to extra. Secrets are kinda basic needle, nothing too interesting, but extra is way better. Extra contains of 2 fights, one of them is 5+ minute avoidance with good aestethics and mostly chill gameplay, even tho some instagibs are kinda brutal. Second fight is epic 10+ minute Destination-like battle against color crystals - probably best thing in the game, creative and fun all the way, can recommend enter extra for this, if you like this sort of stuff

In general solid game. Can be better in some places, but overall packing still bring me ton of enjoyment

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Rating: 7.8 78       Difficulty: 72 72
Jun 17, 2023