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Teadust
For: I wanna be a member of Nogizaka46!
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For: I wanna be a member of Nogizaka46!
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Rating: 4.5 45
Difficulty: 30 30
Jul 6, 2024
PlutoTheThing
For: I wanna be the Neon 3
For: I wanna be the Neon 3
The first two Neon games are short but sweet romps through pretty chill needle, on the contrary Neon 3 has much more structure and ends up creating an experience with far more identity and memorability than what comes before it. The needle just feels so much more substantial and the rooms feel like they have structure as opposed to just being a line of jumps in a row. This is combined with some strong gimmicks, especially in the floor 31 section there's some strong ones, although I wish the gravity flipper stuff was used a little better, the level design in that stage just felt a bit weaker especially compared to what surrounds it. If I want to nitpick I could also say the final stage is a bit anticlimactic for an ending. The game is still really good and fun though, I enjoyed all of it and would definitely say it's one of the best needle games I've played, super sick game.
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Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 56 56
Jul 6, 2024
PlutoTheThing
For: I wanna be the Neon 2
For: I wanna be the Neon 2
More of the first game basically but mildly more interesting, it still keeps things simple and easy but it's a good time overall, if a bit of a short one. I think the usage of gimmicks kept things a bit fresh which was nice, although I wish there were more triggers like the first game had in some spots.
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Rating: 7.7 77
Difficulty: 40 40
Jul 6, 2024
xva
For: I Wanna Be the Symmetry
For: I Wanna Be the Symmetry
pretty tough game with some interesting ideas and some not-so-interesting ideas thrown in. the gimmicks themselves are pretty fun and make some sense, however the bosses absolutely do not.
this game has a looooot of gimmicks so be prepared for some getting used to. and they have a very sharp learning curve. Mizutori will literally instantly throw hard jumps at you two seconds after you learn the presented gimmick. unfortunately all the platforming segments are quite short, which is a bummer since i enjoyed them the most in this game.
the bosses however, are a total mess. the hardest boss in the game (not counting extra since i didn't play extra or get all the secrets) is the purple cherry, closely followed by the white cherry with the UFOs. they all exhibit this interesting, however somewhat poorly thought out idea of working like a metronome - perpetually getting faster and faster and faster until they become unbearable for the last few seconds. this effect is varied, in some bosses it's extremely noticeable, while in others its negligible and/or hard to tell what even changed (i.e. the ice cherry). the bosses are also unimaginably unoriginal and all have the basic cherry sprite and the same background. the only variation here is the color.
overall interesting game, however the execution is pretty bad and the bosses often display a good amount of trial and error until you figure out what works and what doesn't. then again, i can also credit this game as there's nothing like it that i've played or even seen on all of delfruit.
play it for a unique experience, if you will
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this game has a looooot of gimmicks so be prepared for some getting used to. and they have a very sharp learning curve. Mizutori will literally instantly throw hard jumps at you two seconds after you learn the presented gimmick. unfortunately all the platforming segments are quite short, which is a bummer since i enjoyed them the most in this game.
the bosses however, are a total mess. the hardest boss in the game (not counting extra since i didn't play extra or get all the secrets) is the purple cherry, closely followed by the white cherry with the UFOs. they all exhibit this interesting, however somewhat poorly thought out idea of working like a metronome - perpetually getting faster and faster and faster until they become unbearable for the last few seconds. this effect is varied, in some bosses it's extremely noticeable, while in others its negligible and/or hard to tell what even changed (i.e. the ice cherry). the bosses are also unimaginably unoriginal and all have the basic cherry sprite and the same background. the only variation here is the color.
overall interesting game, however the execution is pretty bad and the bosses often display a good amount of trial and error until you figure out what works and what doesn't. then again, i can also credit this game as there's nothing like it that i've played or even seen on all of delfruit.
play it for a unique experience, if you will
Rating: 4.4 44
Difficulty: 67 67
Jul 5, 2024
xva
For: I wanna be the Prism
For: I wanna be the Prism
essentially destination’s little brother
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Rating: 7.0 70
Difficulty: 57 57
Jul 5, 2024
xva
For: I wanna Live
For: I wanna Live
a fairly concise and simple adventure game with a story i couldn’t quite follow. there’s a trigger needle section that was quite fun, and an odd final boss. i did a double invert somewhere in this game and that’s about all i remember
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Rating: 6.9 69
Difficulty: 53 53
Jul 5, 2024
xva
For: I wanna best the 50 floors
For: I wanna best the 50 floors
this game, in my humble opinion, receives far too much praise for what it’s worth. maybe i played a different game from everyone else here, but all i felt was boredom during my short time playing this game. there was just a ton of not really noteworthy or interesting needle with only a handful of outlying rooms which i found marginally more interesting than the rest of this game. i guess if you’re into this sort of thing then go off since it’s not really offensive in any way, with only a few jumps being kind of annoying, i can’t give it too low of a rating
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Rating: 5.0 50
Difficulty: 59 59
Jul 5, 2024
xva
For: I wanna be with you
For: I wanna be with you
a pretty good adventure game by dagger. mostly filled with decent-to-good ideas, with the exception of the puzzle section, for which i decompiled the game to figure out what to do. needle is somewhat sub-par due to the amount of squished diagonals and similar. other than that there aren’t too many major drawbacks.
a decent chunk of the game’s content is in extra, so i’d recommend finding all the secrets any way you know how and playing the extra stages, since they greatly contribute to this game. while i didn’t have too good of a time with the ex miku fight, i still think it’s worth playing.
ascii stage is my favorite due to its silliness
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a decent chunk of the game’s content is in extra, so i’d recommend finding all the secrets any way you know how and playing the extra stages, since they greatly contribute to this game. while i didn’t have too good of a time with the ex miku fight, i still think it’s worth playing.
ascii stage is my favorite due to its silliness
Rating: 6.7 67
Difficulty: 53 53
Jul 5, 2024