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DerpyHoovesIWBTG
For: 砂-Sand-
For: 砂-Sand-
You are meant to keep a rhythm going except the spikes alternate between moving every 52 and 54 frames respectively, so there is no way to keep a perfect rhythm going. Would have rated it higher if this wasn't the case.
The best way to time yourself to the rhythm is look when the up spike behind you starts moving right. Besides that the rest of the game is hoping you don't move one frame too early to the right due to the rhythm being offsync, which will be 90% of your deaths once you get good enough at this.
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The best way to time yourself to the rhythm is look when the up spike behind you starts moving right. Besides that the rest of the game is hoping you don't move one frame too early to the right due to the rhythm being offsync, which will be 90% of your deaths once you get good enough at this.
Rating: 2.5 25
Difficulty: 67 67
Mar 27, 2025
xva
For: I wanna be the Catharsis
For: I wanna be the Catharsis
rating based on hard mode; I have played normal before
one of the most fun, interesting and easily recognizable games ever created. not just within needle, but within (non-viral) fangames in general. Catharsis is a beautiful game filled with great ideas, structuring and gimmicks from top to bottom. this game has some of the most fun gimmick needle ever made. every save plays ever-so-slightly different than the last, until suddenly an entire new gimmick or idea is introduced. these new gimmicks and ideas are then slowly built upon, making them slightly more complex each time. this formula of sorts repeats for a few cycles throughout the game until the end. every single area is super memorable and interesting. I’m confident that not a single time will this game make you think “that wasn’t so great” - or anything along those lines. it is so immaculately constructed that I can confidently say something like this. now, I pose the reader a question: how many other needle games can you come up with for which this can be said?
Catharsis is in the absolute sweetspot for difficulty: fairly tough and challenging for intermediate players - but just difficult enough for expert players to not play it mindlessly. it doesn’t pose any mechanical challenges, as in requiring keyboard-specific inputs like 2fs or cancels. of course, knowing how to do these tricks can make your time with the game you’re playing easier, but it isn’t required per se. this further extends to another great thing about Catharsis: the various skips and different paths it offers. they are notably much more difficult, but greatly shorter paths which you can take. additionally, many areas don’t have a clear path in the first place, and you have to figure one out on your own. some areas are rather convoluded, sort of like mazes, where only one way is correct. it’s all just so elegantly and nicely designed that you can’t help but appreciate it all. it’s beautiful how simple the gimmicks themselves are and how well they work
visually and atmospherically, the game is nearly unmatched. the name itself, Catharsis - it evokes a dreadful and captivating, yet somehow liberating feeling. the idea that you’re seeking catharsis is interesting and somewhat scary to think about. the ending could’ve used some work, but I feel the words themselves are memorable enough on their own. it’s not quite a ‘closed end’: there’s room for a sequel (or continuation rather) where the Kid further seeks his final and ultimate catharsis
artistic, meaningful and fantastic game. by far one of my favorites. highly recommended
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one of the most fun, interesting and easily recognizable games ever created. not just within needle, but within (non-viral) fangames in general. Catharsis is a beautiful game filled with great ideas, structuring and gimmicks from top to bottom. this game has some of the most fun gimmick needle ever made. every save plays ever-so-slightly different than the last, until suddenly an entire new gimmick or idea is introduced. these new gimmicks and ideas are then slowly built upon, making them slightly more complex each time. this formula of sorts repeats for a few cycles throughout the game until the end. every single area is super memorable and interesting. I’m confident that not a single time will this game make you think “that wasn’t so great” - or anything along those lines. it is so immaculately constructed that I can confidently say something like this. now, I pose the reader a question: how many other needle games can you come up with for which this can be said?
Catharsis is in the absolute sweetspot for difficulty: fairly tough and challenging for intermediate players - but just difficult enough for expert players to not play it mindlessly. it doesn’t pose any mechanical challenges, as in requiring keyboard-specific inputs like 2fs or cancels. of course, knowing how to do these tricks can make your time with the game you’re playing easier, but it isn’t required per se. this further extends to another great thing about Catharsis: the various skips and different paths it offers. they are notably much more difficult, but greatly shorter paths which you can take. additionally, many areas don’t have a clear path in the first place, and you have to figure one out on your own. some areas are rather convoluded, sort of like mazes, where only one way is correct. it’s all just so elegantly and nicely designed that you can’t help but appreciate it all. it’s beautiful how simple the gimmicks themselves are and how well they work
visually and atmospherically, the game is nearly unmatched. the name itself, Catharsis - it evokes a dreadful and captivating, yet somehow liberating feeling. the idea that you’re seeking catharsis is interesting and somewhat scary to think about. the ending could’ve used some work, but I feel the words themselves are memorable enough on their own. it’s not quite a ‘closed end’: there’s room for a sequel (or continuation rather) where the Kid further seeks his final and ultimate catharsis
artistic, meaningful and fantastic game. by far one of my favorites. highly recommended
Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 70 70
Mar 27, 2025
GaspacoZanis
For: I nyama be the きーちゃま
For: I nyama be the きーちゃま
Rating based on beating EX avoidance.
2011 adventure game, made as a celebratory game for きーちゃま gaining 100 followers on his Niconico community, according to きーちゃま Niconico stream info (https://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv64153109). Game consists of several short needle and trap stages, with few bosses and 1 avoidance. After you beat the game, you unlock EX, which is an avoidance featured later on in 'I wanna RE : The Avoidance'.
Originally, I have beaten this game in December of 2023, and now I have re-beaten it. I did not necessarily like this game first time, but I disliked it even more after beating it 2nd time. This game is very incoherent as a game.
You start the game with restarting guy rock and quite precise trap, followed by several other traps. Then there is pure needle screen with no traps. And then you suddenly enter the castle, where you have Cave Story music. First screen has traps, which are a bit more original than in the first section. But then in the second screen you have a maze, where you see several black squares. Your goal is to guess which square leads you to the next room. This is extremely annoying screen, and on my 2nd playthrough I did not even bother remembering and just watched the video. The fact that some of these paths are much harder than others, makes playing this game blindly very unpleasant. From here on, I recommend using my video as a guide, if you ever try this game out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtxWyV4_Is. It is not worth trying to guess where you have to go. Very bad screen.
Then you have a small drop designed in a very whimsical way and a boss. Boss is very bland and is not necessarily hard. Meh.
After this you go out of the castle and return to the previous aesthetic. Except you have a new soundtrack. Design wise you have more traps, that are not very fun to guess if you play blind. It is quite funny how much it gets easier once you know what to do. Needle is also not very original. This section is very short though.
Because after few saves you get in the water section. Just needle (with unintended skip?) and traps. The hardest thing is M jump. Oh yeah, also in the very end kid goes automatically in water. You cannot even die so it is just a showcase of what author could do? Very weird moment. You think that there will be chase, but no, it is just nothing. It is a bit out-of-box though. Also funny how the bow disappears here.
Then you have avoidance. It is not very hard, although it is the hardest part in any%. I would rate this avoidance 38 difficulty wise. Initially I thought that this is 33, but after I have beaten second time, I think I underrated this. Avoidance has a lot of instagibs, but you can get quite nasty RNG. And curving requires some good reads, so it is not free. It is extremely boring and annoying though. You wait a lot, and need to pray for good RNG. It was bearable first time, and frustrating second time. Probably my least favorite part in any%. Oh, yeah, also you have fake trap in the very end. It did jumpscare me 2 times. Not necessarily cool though.
If you think that this was incoherent so far, then last stage just stops any aesthetics at all. You have Megaman tiles and very random rock song which is also used in the title screen. 1.5 screens with traps, and nothing spectacular. I liked when this game used Castle as a theme, but now this just does not fit at all.
Final boss is the cat from the title screen, and very famous Miku song, except it is 'Nuko Nuko', which was a bit cute. Boss itself is generic, repetitive and nothing outstanding in itself.
After this you have final avoidance, which is the hardest thing in the game. Originally I have rated it as 40, but now I think it is 44. As I have stated earlier, this avoidance is used in 'I wanna RE : The Avoidance', avoidance medley, where author used avoidances, which he deemed as his best. The gameplay is the same, although there are some visual changes - song title does not include info that it is original version ; timer goes off, instead of counting how much has passed and also there are no lyrics in blocks, which is the most iconic part of this author's style.
Avoidance uses 'Freely Tomorrow' song by Mitchie M, and in itself avoidance seems as fine. However, the reason why I dislike it, is the final pattern. It is extremely clumsy pattern that is quite hard to perform. I have beaten this avoidance 3 times (including once in 'I wanna RE : The Avoidance'), and while I have not died on it on my 2nd and 3rd playthroughs, it did take me time to do on my 1st time. And, honestly, it is annoying. You have to replay this whole thing just to try out something that is not clear at all. And not that everything else is original. There is a cute raining attack but that is it. Just your usual aiming attacks and random sprays. The visuals of blocks are also quite odd, in my opinion. Technically this is the best part of the game, but it is so ruined that it is not worth it, in my opinion.
I originally wanted to give this game 3.9, but let's be honest, this game is a mess. My current rating is both for 100% and any%, I do not think there is much difference how I feel about this game now. You have annoying stuff everywhere. Traps ; bosses ; avoidances ... this game cannot offer you something good. Even the aesthetics are not consistent. This author has better works, in my opinion. If you are playing this game for some reason, then probably skip EX, I do not think EX avoidance is worth it. And if you want to play it for some reason, then just play it in 'I wanna RE : The Avoidance' lol. Oh, yeah, and just use my video as a reference. Blind playthrough is not worth for this game, in my opinion.
Highly would not recommend.
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2011 adventure game, made as a celebratory game for きーちゃま gaining 100 followers on his Niconico community, according to きーちゃま Niconico stream info (https://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv64153109). Game consists of several short needle and trap stages, with few bosses and 1 avoidance. After you beat the game, you unlock EX, which is an avoidance featured later on in 'I wanna RE : The Avoidance'.
Originally, I have beaten this game in December of 2023, and now I have re-beaten it. I did not necessarily like this game first time, but I disliked it even more after beating it 2nd time. This game is very incoherent as a game.
You start the game with restarting guy rock and quite precise trap, followed by several other traps. Then there is pure needle screen with no traps. And then you suddenly enter the castle, where you have Cave Story music. First screen has traps, which are a bit more original than in the first section. But then in the second screen you have a maze, where you see several black squares. Your goal is to guess which square leads you to the next room. This is extremely annoying screen, and on my 2nd playthrough I did not even bother remembering and just watched the video. The fact that some of these paths are much harder than others, makes playing this game blindly very unpleasant. From here on, I recommend using my video as a guide, if you ever try this game out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtxWyV4_Is. It is not worth trying to guess where you have to go. Very bad screen.
Then you have a small drop designed in a very whimsical way and a boss. Boss is very bland and is not necessarily hard. Meh.
After this you go out of the castle and return to the previous aesthetic. Except you have a new soundtrack. Design wise you have more traps, that are not very fun to guess if you play blind. It is quite funny how much it gets easier once you know what to do. Needle is also not very original. This section is very short though.
Because after few saves you get in the water section. Just needle (with unintended skip?) and traps. The hardest thing is M jump. Oh yeah, also in the very end kid goes automatically in water. You cannot even die so it is just a showcase of what author could do? Very weird moment. You think that there will be chase, but no, it is just nothing. It is a bit out-of-box though. Also funny how the bow disappears here.
Then you have avoidance. It is not very hard, although it is the hardest part in any%. I would rate this avoidance 38 difficulty wise. Initially I thought that this is 33, but after I have beaten second time, I think I underrated this. Avoidance has a lot of instagibs, but you can get quite nasty RNG. And curving requires some good reads, so it is not free. It is extremely boring and annoying though. You wait a lot, and need to pray for good RNG. It was bearable first time, and frustrating second time. Probably my least favorite part in any%. Oh, yeah, also you have fake trap in the very end. It did jumpscare me 2 times. Not necessarily cool though.
If you think that this was incoherent so far, then last stage just stops any aesthetics at all. You have Megaman tiles and very random rock song which is also used in the title screen. 1.5 screens with traps, and nothing spectacular. I liked when this game used Castle as a theme, but now this just does not fit at all.
Final boss is the cat from the title screen, and very famous Miku song, except it is 'Nuko Nuko', which was a bit cute. Boss itself is generic, repetitive and nothing outstanding in itself.
After this you have final avoidance, which is the hardest thing in the game. Originally I have rated it as 40, but now I think it is 44. As I have stated earlier, this avoidance is used in 'I wanna RE : The Avoidance', avoidance medley, where author used avoidances, which he deemed as his best. The gameplay is the same, although there are some visual changes - song title does not include info that it is original version ; timer goes off, instead of counting how much has passed and also there are no lyrics in blocks, which is the most iconic part of this author's style.
Avoidance uses 'Freely Tomorrow' song by Mitchie M, and in itself avoidance seems as fine. However, the reason why I dislike it, is the final pattern. It is extremely clumsy pattern that is quite hard to perform. I have beaten this avoidance 3 times (including once in 'I wanna RE : The Avoidance'), and while I have not died on it on my 2nd and 3rd playthroughs, it did take me time to do on my 1st time. And, honestly, it is annoying. You have to replay this whole thing just to try out something that is not clear at all. And not that everything else is original. There is a cute raining attack but that is it. Just your usual aiming attacks and random sprays. The visuals of blocks are also quite odd, in my opinion. Technically this is the best part of the game, but it is so ruined that it is not worth it, in my opinion.
I originally wanted to give this game 3.9, but let's be honest, this game is a mess. My current rating is both for 100% and any%, I do not think there is much difference how I feel about this game now. You have annoying stuff everywhere. Traps ; bosses ; avoidances ... this game cannot offer you something good. Even the aesthetics are not consistent. This author has better works, in my opinion. If you are playing this game for some reason, then probably skip EX, I do not think EX avoidance is worth it. And if you want to play it for some reason, then just play it in 'I wanna RE : The Avoidance' lol. Oh, yeah, and just use my video as a reference. Blind playthrough is not worth for this game, in my opinion.
Highly would not recommend.
Rating: 2.8 28
Difficulty: 44 44
Mar 27, 2025
DerpyHoovesIWBTG
For: I wanna daydream
For: I wanna daydream
Tagged as: Avoidance
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Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 50 50
Mar 27, 2025
BloggerOP
For: ざきワナ 暇潰し
For: ざきワナ 暇潰し
An avoidance pack, which has four avoidances from one section in the game 'ざきワナ'. They are all shorter than a minute, and pretty luck based. It's quite hard as well.
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Rating: 4.5 45
Difficulty: 60 60
Mar 27, 2025
LastTISisLife
For: Stratacoaster
For: Stratacoaster
Fun needle. A bit tighter than i would prefer sometimes, but i liked flow anyways and enjoyed a lot of saves. Nice work, would recommend if you seeking simply designed needle
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Rating: 7.7 77
Difficulty: 62 62
Mar 27, 2025
LastTISisLife
For: I wanna be the Fidelity
For: I wanna be the Fidelity
Based on 100 % clear
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Rating: 5.7 57
Difficulty: 51 51
Mar 27, 2025