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voraciousreader
For: I wanna fly out of this storm
For: I wanna fly out of this storm
I now have a better idea of why people enjoy FTFA-likes. Still not my cup of tea, but I'm glad I cleared this (also hardest needle clear so far). Practice mode is greatly appreciated, honestly a lot more games would benefit from having one! Being able to test good aligns and setups in it probably shaved half my time, especially on the last screen. The atmosphere and song are pretty cool as well. I do wanna point out the tileset makes it a bit hard to judge the Kid's position - the feet blend with the floor, which for example makes the F jump in screen 4 harder than you'd expect.
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Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: 70 70
Jan 17, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna stop the Heart Beats
For: I wanna stop the Heart Beats
Heart Beats is a wonderfully varied, extremely lengthy, adventure game. The sheer amount of work that went into this game is frankly astounding, with so many things that the average player won't even see. This includes 50 different pokemon fights, a selection of arenas you only have to pick one from, and of course the infamous secrets. I'll admit to not doing the secrets myself, as they're far harder than the rest of the game, but I know they involve several entire areas, whole bosses, and something that's practically a game of its own.
The variety is really to this game's favor, as there are admittedly parts that don't work well. The biggest sticking points for me are the pokemon boss, a tedious fight with lots of learny stuff deep into the fight, and the final phase of the final boss, which was just a very weak fight that felt like it too often punished you for attacking. This in particular was a lame way to end the game, since the first two parts of the fight are top notch. Another complaint is that a lot of stuff in the Hollow knight area feels out of place. It felt like the dev didn't put in the same level of care when importing assets as they did in the other stages.
Downers aside, most of this game is simply incredible. There are a lot of super fun references and gimmicks, notably the Celeste stage and the sky stage, and tons of super fun bosses, like the Celeste wizard and the Destination fight.
I know I spent more time talking about the negatives than the positives, but I truly think this is an amazing game, I just don't have much to say other than "that stuff is good"! I would absolutely recommend this to experienced adventure fans looking for their next epic game.
One final note, I do think the average difficulty here is much too low. Maybe I'm just washed, but the final boss got quite tricky. I think this is vastly more difficult than anything I have rated at a 50, so keep that in mind if you're a player worried about difficulty!
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The variety is really to this game's favor, as there are admittedly parts that don't work well. The biggest sticking points for me are the pokemon boss, a tedious fight with lots of learny stuff deep into the fight, and the final phase of the final boss, which was just a very weak fight that felt like it too often punished you for attacking. This in particular was a lame way to end the game, since the first two parts of the fight are top notch. Another complaint is that a lot of stuff in the Hollow knight area feels out of place. It felt like the dev didn't put in the same level of care when importing assets as they did in the other stages.
Downers aside, most of this game is simply incredible. There are a lot of super fun references and gimmicks, notably the Celeste stage and the sky stage, and tons of super fun bosses, like the Celeste wizard and the Destination fight.
I know I spent more time talking about the negatives than the positives, but I truly think this is an amazing game, I just don't have much to say other than "that stuff is good"! I would absolutely recommend this to experienced adventure fans looking for their next epic game.
One final note, I do think the average difficulty here is much too low. Maybe I'm just washed, but the final boss got quite tricky. I think this is vastly more difficult than anything I have rated at a 50, so keep that in mind if you're a player worried about difficulty!
Rating: 8.8 88
Difficulty: 60 60
Jan 17, 2024
PlutoTheThing
For: Tactical Nimbus Symphony
For: Tactical Nimbus Symphony
Amazing adventure game, as always this maker delivers fantastic gimmicks and traps which make his games really stand out. The game is quite short but doesn't waste a single second, basically every save has something neat about it. The bosses are quite good too, in particular the final boss is great, it's a fight with 3 HP so it's quite a bit more intense than the nothings, but nothing too overwhelming. Highly recommend people give this one a shot.
[1] Like
Rating: 9.3 93
Difficulty: 35 35
Jan 17, 2024
Jopagu
For: I Wanna Pamper that Amber Glamour
For: I Wanna Pamper that Amber Glamour
A cute little beginner needle game inspired by Vandal. Despite the inspiration, the needle looks quite different, with a really unique cramped style. The game manages to showcase several needle styles in a short runtime, with some cool stuff like circle needle. The final area becomes trigger needle, which is the highlight of the game, with some really fun movements induced by the moving obstacles.
Overall, this game is fairly unmemorable, and yet it makes me really excited for Graffiti. The main reason for this is that I'm excited to see this style pushed more with more cycles and gimmicks, as the trigger stage was by far the most interesting part of this. The vanilla needle was good but forgettable, which is unfortunate considering it's most of this game.
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Overall, this game is fairly unmemorable, and yet it makes me really excited for Graffiti. The main reason for this is that I'm excited to see this style pushed more with more cycles and gimmicks, as the trigger stage was by far the most interesting part of this. The vanilla needle was good but forgettable, which is unfortunate considering it's most of this game.
Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: 45 45
Jan 17, 2024
Smalism
For: Jason's Journey
For: Jason's Journey
This is a really fun game, it is very doable but doesnt feel to easy. The gimmicks are unique and creative. And the two bosses combined with gimmicks feels creative. Although the second boss felt a lot harder than the rest. It was a good end to Jason's Journey.
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Rating: 9.0 90
Difficulty: 55 55
Jan 17, 2024
bereavement
For: I wanna Experience the Lack of Colours
For: I wanna Experience the Lack of Colours
Nothing exciting to say about the needle design, just weird save balance.
However, I think the character skin and the light trail behind him get in the way of reading where you are, especially on drops. Wouldn't recommend.
However, I think the character skin and the light trail behind him get in the way of reading where you are, especially on drops. Wouldn't recommend.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 4.8 48
Difficulty: 45 45
Jan 17, 2024
bereavement
For: I wanna be the lump of coal
For: I wanna be the lump of coal
Generic needle, busted difficulty balance.
After the short avoidance stage (if you can call it that), the warp teleports you to the end of the next screen, which was kinda weird.
Wouldn't recommend.
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After the short avoidance stage (if you can call it that), the warp teleports you to the end of the next screen, which was kinda weird.
Wouldn't recommend.
Rating: 4.0 40
Difficulty: 45 45
Jan 17, 2024
Rainydays
For: I wanna gain the ability
For: I wanna gain the ability
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
bereavement
For: I wanna see the Sky 2
For: I wanna see the Sky 2
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 5.5 55
Difficulty: 50 50
Jan 17, 2024