I wanna gain the ability

Creator: EchoMask

Average Rating
8.9 / 10
Amazing
Average Difficulty
57.1 / 100
Novice Challenge
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Adventure (9) Needle (1) Gimmick (7) Boss (6) SourPls (1) Cycle (1) IWT2 (6) Ladder (2)

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by Gaphodil

19 Reviews:

Skuldafn
Loved this game, except stage and boss 3, the stage was meh but still playable, but I hated the boss, it's simply so unfun to play and the gimmick is very annoying. Aside from that I loved every bit of this game.
Tagged as: Adventure
[4] Likes
Rating: 8.0       Difficulty: 60
Jan 12, 2024
Nearigami
I’ve found myself growing more selective about giving 10s over the years, to the point where up until now, the only creator who has ever had more than one 10 from me is Kurath. That has now changed. Echo is now in my incredibly selective SS tier of makers! Can’t wait for the next one.
[3] Likes
Rating: 10.0       Difficulty: 50
Jan 12, 2024
KingSlendy
This game was so good, all the stages are really fun, bosses are amazing and the visuals are so nice. The only thing I disliked a little bit was the third boss, it's a tad awkward and boring. Aside from that, I had a blast with this one!
Tagged as: Adventure Gimmick IWT2
[3] Likes
Rating: 9.5       Difficulty: 50
Jan 12, 2024
voraciousreader
Epic adventure, cool gimmicks, fun bosses, high production values, great level design
The only nitpick I have is the last two bosses are Reveal Spoiler and I like them a bit more balanced, but overall I had tons of fun with it, including the infamous third stage. Highly recommend to adventure players who can handle low 60s
Tagged as: Adventure Gimmick Boss SourPls Cycle IWT2 Ladder
[2] Likes
Rating: 9.5       Difficulty: 61
Jan 15, 2024
aglab2
Rating is based on IWT2 version. A tricky adventure game that tests player skill in both platforming and bosses. Even as a novice player, I had a great deal of fun tackling the challenges this game sets, in particular the last stage needle is just unbelievably cool. Sadly the game drops in terms of visuals sometimes for me - some shader effects in Reveal Spoiler murdered my eyes, especially because it was needed to react to pressing the switches and I could not stop averting my gaze from screen. Bosses were reasonably tough and pretty unique although some attacks tend to be too learny for my taste, especially in Reveal Spoiler. Overall it is clear to me that lots of effort was put towards making a great game while being fairly challenging - always a hard balance to accomplish. I might give a shot to more Echo games when I will be a bit better at fangames. Thanks for making!

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[2] Likes
Rating: 8.6       Difficulty: N/A
Jan 13, 2024
PlutoTheThing
Pretty amazing adventure game, it's got a ton of unique sections for one with most screens bringing a new idea that feels distinct, and some of the most fun gimmicks I've seen in a fangame, in particular the third stage has this gimmick where you play as a gun and it's lovely, one of my favorite fangame stages and some of the coolest platforming I've seen. Top that off with some great bosses and you have an amazing game, a very impressive show case of brilliant ideas and fantastic level design, highly recommended.

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Rating: 9.5 95       Difficulty: 52 52
Jan 12, 2024
Steingar
I don't mind an easy fangame. I don't mind a hard fangame. What I do mind is a fairly easy fangame that suddenly ramps up the difficulty and brings the progress grinding to a halt.

The gameplay and aesthetics are serviceable throughout, but stage 3 introduces the most niche and fiddly mechanic I've ever seen in a fangame. Ok, even a dumb gimmick can be forgiven; beat it and move on. But this game has the genius idea to have the whole lead up to a boss fight with this mechanic + auto-scroller + unforgiving needlesque gameplay + obnoxious music. Even a single save point or two would have done wonders in balancing this difficulty spike, but the further you grind your way through, the more you have the sinking realisation that the creator really does expect you to master in real time this dumb gimmick that will never be seen again.

I likely could have gotten through all this eventually, but I couldn't shake the frustration and annoyance. If this game just started at like a consistently difficult level I would have been prepared for the long run, but as it is it just feels like a waste of time dying to a suddenly introduced one-off mechanic repeatedly.

Edit: Upped the rating and decreased the difficulty because it's probably not fair to be so critical because of one flaw.

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Tagged as: Adventure Gimmick Boss
[0] Likes
Rating: 5.9 59       Difficulty: 65 65
Jun 1, 2024
Rainydays
7.5 because bad RNG in cave story chase boss battle, is the public version nerfed that?

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Rating: 7.5 75       Difficulty: N/A
Jan 17, 2024
williamthewishing
lazy to write a real review but YES

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Tagged as: Adventure Needle Gimmick Boss
[0] Likes
Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 53 53
Jan 12, 2024
Stitchball
[1] Like
Rating: 7.6 76       Difficulty: 61 61
Jan 22, 2024