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PlutoTheThing
For: Cope Needle
For: Cope Needle
Quite a high quality game for what it is, there's two nothing saves and then a reaaaally long save which goes across multiple screens, consisting of gimmicks you could find in plain JTool. In spite of that, the use of certain objects in clever ways and creative spike formations makes for a save with it's own unique style, which is always nice to see in needle like this. Everything is consistent as well, which means there's always a sense of progression. My only complaint is the two water towers at the beginning and end, I just found those annoying, but besides that, super cool stuff! Would recommend if you want a challenge that isn't insurmountable if you aren't a needle god.
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Rating: 8.5 85
Difficulty: 86 86
Nov 29, 2023
Renko97
For: I Wanna Needle Gimmicks
For: I Wanna Needle Gimmicks
Really fun adventure game with gimmicks simples and cool visuals.
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Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: 46 46
Nov 29, 2023
Nearigami
For: I wanna Aurum
For: I wanna Aurum
It's a creative take on easier L needle that manages to incorporate gravity flippers to add an element of pathing to the game, which is something I don't see often enough in precision needle, especially on the easier side. The gravity flippers are only extra though. The main game is completely fine as is, but really the reason you would play this is specifically for the extra screen. Enjoyable overall.
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Rating: 7.0 70
Difficulty: 50 50
Nov 29, 2023
Nearigami
For: I wanna P
For: I wanna P
This game has always been a bit of a fun trivia question of sorts. "Hey. Did you know that the first L game isn't actually I Wanna L it's I Wanna P?" Yeah. Honestly there's nothing particularly special about this game, and honestly it's one of the easiest L games as a whole as well as one of the better ones. It doesn't really have any save balancing problems and the jumps themselves are fun if not exactly adventurous or creative by today's standards. I'm glad I got to experience the real first L game.
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Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 50 50
Nov 29, 2023
Nearigami
For: I Wanna EZL
For: I Wanna EZL
It's servicable, but also suffers from a fairly consistent problem within precision needle, that being that save balance is kind of bad. There are a couple saves that are significantly harder than the rest, and a bunch more you can do in just a couple tries. There are some fun bits though so I didn't feel I wasted my time.
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Rating: 5.5 55
Difficulty: 50 50
Nov 29, 2023
Nearigami
For: I Wanna Take the Second L
For: I Wanna Take the Second L
I found this game of the "Take the L" series to be the easiest of the 3. There isn't really anything different to offer in this one compared to the others, so if you liked L and L+ you'll probably enjoy this one equally.
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Rating: 6.5 65
Difficulty: 40 40
Nov 29, 2023
Nearigami
For: I Wanna Take the L+
For: I Wanna Take the L+
Honestly ever so slightly easier than the first Take the L and of the same level of quality. I can understand why someone may find it harder though.
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Rating: 7.0 70
Difficulty: 45 45
Nov 29, 2023
Fruitless
For: I wanna be the KSP
For: I wanna be the KSP
Tagged as: Original
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Rating: N/A
Difficulty: N/A
Nov 29, 2023
bantsmen
For: i wanna start the genshin
For: i wanna start the genshin
Generic adventure with not much going on. Ends with an avoidance plagiarized from "I wanna be the Harmony". I have no problem with other fangames being referenced with proper credit, but trying to pass off someone else's work as your own is kinda messed up. Please do better in the future.
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Rating: 2.0 20
Difficulty: 45 45
Nov 29, 2023
Nearigami
For: I Wanna Take the L
For: I Wanna Take the L
I’ve never been *against* L needle or precision needle as a concept. I think one of the most beautiful aspects of fangames is that people have so many different ideas of what’s fun. Some people enjoy more light-hearted trap games. Some people push their limits with high intensity avoidances and boss fights. Some people enjoy artistic and abstract needle experiences. Some people embrace the brain rot and just play the most inexplicable and nonsense games that you can find. It’s a lot different from say, Mario rom hacks or Celeste mods. Whereas the aforementioned are extremely good, a majority of people end up creating their take on the source material, leading me personally to feel like there is a shallow amount of variety in comparison to fangames. As a result, I believe that the variety in fangames is the main reason I keep coming back to them and is in many ways their biggest strength.
Then there’s precision needle. Precision needle is a niche within a niche within a niche. The amount of people who will be into these games are so small even relative to our already small community. A lot of people write off precision needle entirely as just “cancer” and other diseases that basically are synonyms for dogshit. There *is* an audience for precision needle though. I don’t think it’s the reason people get into fangames, but it is a reason some people still play them, and that’s why I think it’s worth giving a fair shot.
Take The L is the first game listed in Bronze of Precision FSR. For the people that designed precision FSR, they put this game here and as a result, it will end up as a fair amount of people’s first experience with a full precision needle game. Based on that metric, along with the fact that it’s explicitly designed to be a beginner L game, I thought it was good! The game assumes some level of familiarity with needle, which is in my opinion the correct decision, but it basically just asks you to be more precise with your existing knowledge. If you come out of this game and enjoy it, maybe you should give more precision needle a fair shake. You’ll definitely end up learning a lot more about the intricacies of needle, and the real requirements of precision.
Also this game even has the problem of one save on the screen just being inexplicably much harder and worse than the others. Be prepared for that when playing these games too lmao.
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Then there’s precision needle. Precision needle is a niche within a niche within a niche. The amount of people who will be into these games are so small even relative to our already small community. A lot of people write off precision needle entirely as just “cancer” and other diseases that basically are synonyms for dogshit. There *is* an audience for precision needle though. I don’t think it’s the reason people get into fangames, but it is a reason some people still play them, and that’s why I think it’s worth giving a fair shot.
Take The L is the first game listed in Bronze of Precision FSR. For the people that designed precision FSR, they put this game here and as a result, it will end up as a fair amount of people’s first experience with a full precision needle game. Based on that metric, along with the fact that it’s explicitly designed to be a beginner L game, I thought it was good! The game assumes some level of familiarity with needle, which is in my opinion the correct decision, but it basically just asks you to be more precise with your existing knowledge. If you come out of this game and enjoy it, maybe you should give more precision needle a fair shake. You’ll definitely end up learning a lot more about the intricacies of needle, and the real requirements of precision.
Also this game even has the problem of one save on the screen just being inexplicably much harder and worse than the others. Be prepared for that when playing these games too lmao.
Rating: 7.0 70
Difficulty: 45 45
Nov 29, 2023