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voraciousreader
For: A SUPERPLANET CALLED KG
For: A SUPERPLANET CALLED KG
Difficulty and rating based on v1.00 any% clear, no extras or achievement hunting.
The Superplanet anthology consists of 5 shortventures: Monmouth has Frozen Over, Cape May, Till the Cows Come Home, PB Sessions, Mansion of the Mind. I'll rate each separately and aggregate the score. By the way
no I'm not using the secret words to prove I read the readme. Of course I did, I chose my username for a reason ;p
Spoilers below, caveat lector.
Monmouth: My favorite of the lot. Great atmosphere, visuals and music are a great fit (I still wish the snow was less opaque and the cave was less dark though). The gameplay is carefully designed around the gimmicks and it shows; the effort made turns a gimmick like strong winds, which could have been hell to suffer through, into very fun platforming sections. I also really love the final boss, really cool art and it's so fun to beat!
9.2 rating, 56 difficulty.
Cape May: It's got a lot of variety, from basketballs to needle and mini-avoidances, and though some parts landed worse than others, I enjoyed it overall. The first part is pretty chill, basketball is a fun diversion, then the stormy part ramps up the difficulty by a lot (arguably the hardest platforming in the whole anthology), especially the very last save which thankfully I cheesed; it's a cool save, but the second half is brutal. The claws felt a bit clunky at first, but I got used to them eventually. The ship was pretty fun; the mini avoidances are well sprinkled between the needle, and despite the zoomed-in view, an effort was clearly made to avoid unfair blind drops and screen transition rugpulls.
Rating: 8.6 Difficulty: 58
Till The Cows Come Home: Probably my least favorite gimmicks of the whole lot, but still a decent game. It might be a me problem, I'm definitely spoiled by zero-momentum fangame physics, but getting pulled bythe ziplines' momentum felt somewhat annoying (although once again the careful design around them makes it much more bearable). The paint-gun gimmick is nice, but some saves felt a bit too long, especially the ones involving riding a moving block. The ending is also a bit (???)
Rating: 8.2 Difficulty: 52
PB Sessions: Definitely captures the spirit of PB, very fun gameplay in both halves (same comments about the ziplines in Cows Come Home apply to the bubbles in the first half...). I feel the boss could've been buffed a fair amount without hurting the game as a whole, but I'm not complaining. I don't quite get the forced corner in the end though.
Rating: 9 Difficulty: 50
Mansion of the Mind: A nice puzzly game, with fun cycles and some item hunting. The atmosphere is well done (I wish the wood spikes had a bit more contrast with the background), and the couple times I got stuck were frankly on me, not on the puzzling or item hunting being obtuse or unclear. Ending was a bit of a jebait (-_-)
Rating: 9 Difficulty: 45
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The Superplanet anthology consists of 5 shortventures: Monmouth has Frozen Over, Cape May, Till the Cows Come Home, PB Sessions, Mansion of the Mind. I'll rate each separately and aggregate the score. By the way
no I'm not using the secret words to prove I read the readme. Of course I did, I chose my username for a reason ;p
Spoilers below, caveat lector.
Monmouth: My favorite of the lot. Great atmosphere, visuals and music are a great fit (I still wish the snow was less opaque and the cave was less dark though). The gameplay is carefully designed around the gimmicks and it shows; the effort made turns a gimmick like strong winds, which could have been hell to suffer through, into very fun platforming sections. I also really love the final boss, really cool art and it's so fun to beat!
9.2 rating, 56 difficulty.
Cape May: It's got a lot of variety, from basketballs to needle and mini-avoidances, and though some parts landed worse than others, I enjoyed it overall. The first part is pretty chill, basketball is a fun diversion, then the stormy part ramps up the difficulty by a lot (arguably the hardest platforming in the whole anthology), especially the very last save which thankfully I cheesed; it's a cool save, but the second half is brutal. The claws felt a bit clunky at first, but I got used to them eventually. The ship was pretty fun; the mini avoidances are well sprinkled between the needle, and despite the zoomed-in view, an effort was clearly made to avoid unfair blind drops and screen transition rugpulls.
Rating: 8.6 Difficulty: 58
Till The Cows Come Home: Probably my least favorite gimmicks of the whole lot, but still a decent game. It might be a me problem, I'm definitely spoiled by zero-momentum fangame physics, but getting pulled bythe ziplines' momentum felt somewhat annoying (although once again the careful design around them makes it much more bearable). The paint-gun gimmick is nice, but some saves felt a bit too long, especially the ones involving riding a moving block. The ending is also a bit (???)
Rating: 8.2 Difficulty: 52
PB Sessions: Definitely captures the spirit of PB, very fun gameplay in both halves (same comments about the ziplines in Cows Come Home apply to the bubbles in the first half...). I feel the boss could've been buffed a fair amount without hurting the game as a whole, but I'm not complaining. I don't quite get the forced corner in the end though.
Rating: 9 Difficulty: 50
Mansion of the Mind: A nice puzzly game, with fun cycles and some item hunting. The atmosphere is well done (I wish the wood spikes had a bit more contrast with the background), and the couple times I got stuck were frankly on me, not on the puzzling or item hunting being obtuse or unclear. Ending was a bit of a jebait (-_-)
Rating: 9 Difficulty: 45
Rating: 9.0 90
Difficulty: 58 58
Jul 12, 2023
very_cool
For: I Wanna Duloxetine
For: I Wanna Duloxetine
probably one of my favorite needle games besides the very mainline ones
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Rating: 9.0 90
Difficulty: 60 60
Jul 12, 2023
Riot3_1_2_1
For: i wanna be the hard v1.8
For: i wanna be the hard v1.8
trash
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Rating: 0.0 0
Difficulty: 35 35
Jul 12, 2023
Renko97
For: I Wanna Be The God Of Lard
For: I Wanna Be The God Of Lard
Maybe I can make better games in the future, but now I'm satisfied.
New Link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11gupxRknLb9XjUcdzXRzDHM8PPqXDtFs/view?usp=drive_link
New Link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11gupxRknLb9XjUcdzXRzDHM8PPqXDtFs/view?usp=drive_link
Tagged as: Needle
one_screen
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Rating: N/A
Difficulty: 65 65
Jul 12, 2023
DerpyHoovesIWBTG
For: I wanna thank Shadowlink57
For: I wanna thank Shadowlink57
Rating based on the normal platforming. Extra consists of the entirety of CN1 speedrun version which I also painfully wanted to beat. I rate extra an 3 and 80 difficulty.
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Rating: 7.2 72
Difficulty: 48 48
Jul 12, 2023
LastTISisLife
For: VOX Diamond
For: VOX Diamond
This avoidance is very huge mixed bag in funny and atrocious ways. Attacks can destroy you if they want so much, that you like just need to relax and accept it. It doesn't mean tho this avoidance is not skill-based, if you not prepared for fast reading and micro-movement control this will be true hell. But if you can adapt to as many situations as you can, this will be... okayish. Braindeadly dumb mostly, sometimes rage-inducing maybe, but actually not that bad overall. I can't really recommend this, for me shiniest thing overall was music, lol. But i definitely had some enjoyment at the end
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Rating: 5.4 54
Difficulty: 90 90
Jul 12, 2023
TheRealDarkDeathz0
For: I wanna be the WATER DROP
For: I wanna be the WATER DROP
GAME LINK: https://www.mediafire.com/file/dk7w9b12lvkd7q5/I+wanna+be+the+WATER+DROP.exe/file
Version 1.1. Updated, now it is much easier and with some changed parts, so the current screenshots are not used to capture what the game is currently. You still have the stuttering problem, I'm so sorry about that, although there comes a point where it doesn't feel so annoying anymore. Use the shot save trick to make it easier in the most difficult moments. The only thing that could be considered difficult in itself could be the chain cancel at the end, with 7 consecutive spikes. Enjoy it!
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Version 1.1. Updated, now it is much easier and with some changed parts, so the current screenshots are not used to capture what the game is currently. You still have the stuttering problem, I'm so sorry about that, although there comes a point where it doesn't feel so annoying anymore. Use the shot save trick to make it easier in the most difficult moments. The only thing that could be considered difficult in itself could be the chain cancel at the end, with 7 consecutive spikes. Enjoy it!
Rating: 1.0 10
Difficulty: 85 85
Jul 12, 2023