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EternallyEve
For: I wanna kill the Guy
For: I wanna kill the Guy
An absolutely quintessential fan game and a game I would recommend as the immediate first fan game to play following the original IWBTG. It's a shame it was never finished but even just being unfinished its quite long and at times pretty challenging.
Highlights include the Ukigumo opening, the great music choices, the unique gimmicks in platforming, enemies and puzzles alike - and who could forget what probably brought a lot of us here DJ SRAY, the kickass optional boss combining Space Channel 5 with Cave Story in a rhythm boss so iconic it would end up getting a revival with the Friday Night Funkin' mod "Funk the Guy" . Beyond that famous fight, there's equally as fun and frustrating fights against the likes of Pac-Man, Exor a Piranha Plant and of course Boshy . Though unfortunately, the final boss Geezer while pretty cool, does lead to a bit of a deflating ending due to the game remaining unfinished.
Despite all of that, this is forever going to remain part of the fan game Hall of Fame. It's more than earned it's rating over the years, and if you haven't already played it - do so!
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Highlights include the Ukigumo opening, the great music choices, the unique gimmicks in platforming, enemies and puzzles alike - and who could forget what probably brought a lot of us here DJ SRAY, the kickass optional boss combining Space Channel 5 with Cave Story in a rhythm boss so iconic it would end up getting a revival with the Friday Night Funkin' mod "Funk the Guy" . Beyond that famous fight, there's equally as fun and frustrating fights against the likes of Pac-Man, Exor a Piranha Plant and of course Boshy . Though unfortunately, the final boss Geezer while pretty cool, does lead to a bit of a deflating ending due to the game remaining unfinished.
Despite all of that, this is forever going to remain part of the fan game Hall of Fame. It's more than earned it's rating over the years, and if you haven't already played it - do so!
Rating: 9.0 90
Difficulty: 54 54
Aug 27, 2023
nami
For: I wanna break the five wanna 3 HK
For: I wanna break the five wanna 3 HK
Hardest thing you do in this game is wait through the credits
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Rating: 3.0 30
Difficulty: 5 5
Aug 27, 2023
Kilgour22
For: I wanna Bestow the Great Hugs
For: I wanna Bestow the Great Hugs
Hard jump-refresher needle with a Phineas and Ferb theme.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: N/A
Difficulty: N/A
Aug 27, 2023
LastTISisLife
For: I Wanna Different Journey
For: I Wanna Different Journey
Starts as precision, becomes more about consistency, with some cool jumps and pathing all around. Also maker provides some tips on screens, which is always appreciated
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Rating: 8.7 87
Difficulty: 68 68
Aug 27, 2023
Mercury
For: I wanna get high
For: I wanna get high
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 3.5 35
Difficulty: 65 65
Aug 27, 2023
shign
For: Free Mind
For: Free Mind
Good vanilla needle on the easier side, kind felt inspired by ebb style. I found the last stage to be a tad too precise at times, but overall a good and chill experience.
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Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 45 45
Aug 27, 2023
128Up
For: Rainbow Needle
For: Rainbow Needle
Mostly nothing needle with a scrolling background that can make it hard to see occasionally. The platform ride is the hardest part by a long shot, containing three gates that must be done at different levels of leniency (the last one I ended up doing as a drop half-diamond, rather than time a 2-frame).
Also, giving your own games a quality rating is sketchy practice.
Also, giving your own games a quality rating is sketchy practice.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 1.0 10
Difficulty: 53 53
Aug 27, 2023
Sheldons_Pet_Rock
For: I Wanna End the Blood Festival
For: I Wanna End the Blood Festival
The difficulty rating is mostly for the Miku avoidance, for which I spent about half of my total playtime.
This game offers six short trap stages, each with mild gimmicks and a short boss fight, and at the end of the main game, there is a final Miku avoidance. There are also secret keys for you to collect, where collecting all of them grants you access to the game's extra content.
General thoughts (spoilers ahead):
I honestly thought most of the traps in the game were funny or otherwise entertaining. They are designed such that you must jump in a slightly different way than you initially expect, and there is enough diversity to keep these from getting too repetitive. However, during the extra stage, I noticed more of a shift toward traps that completely change the route you must take through a room, and these were generally not as interesting to me.
As for the avoidances, I personally liked the level of difficulty for most of the fights, but there were a few instances of poor design choice. For the butterfly/flower lady, I found the blue and purple bullets to be incredibly hard to see, which was more so an issue during the significantly harder buffed boss rush. The game also does a poor job explaining to the player which bullets can be shot to make them disappear, which bullets block your shots, and even the fact that you can shoot the spikes in one of the stages to turn them into blocks. As for that particular stage, the gimmick is inconsistent on whether your bullet actually hits the spike or just passes straight through. And finally, while I recognize that this game is relatively old as of the time of writing this, the game features restarting music and has a tendency to lag in some areas.
For the Miku avoidance, the fight is divided roughly into one minute of easy pattern, then one minute of insane RNG, followed by another minute of simple (but choke-able) pattern. While I did have fun playing the difficult middle section, the easy pattern at the start made the whole experience take far longer than necessary and inspired a consistent sense of boredom. Finally, while I enjoyed the final extra boss as a whole, the star attack has an unnatural tendency to wall you.
Other than these sour moments, I found much of the game to be quite fun. Most of the traps, gimmicks, and boss attacks are designed in an interesting fashion, and the bosses were challenging enough that I felt satisfied after beating each one. The traps, though not overly extravagant, are both diverse and nicely spaced. Miku is the only part of this game that I would consider genuinely awful.
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This game offers six short trap stages, each with mild gimmicks and a short boss fight, and at the end of the main game, there is a final Miku avoidance. There are also secret keys for you to collect, where collecting all of them grants you access to the game's extra content.
General thoughts (spoilers ahead):
I honestly thought most of the traps in the game were funny or otherwise entertaining. They are designed such that you must jump in a slightly different way than you initially expect, and there is enough diversity to keep these from getting too repetitive. However, during the extra stage, I noticed more of a shift toward traps that completely change the route you must take through a room, and these were generally not as interesting to me.
As for the avoidances, I personally liked the level of difficulty for most of the fights, but there were a few instances of poor design choice. For the butterfly/flower lady, I found the blue and purple bullets to be incredibly hard to see, which was more so an issue during the significantly harder buffed boss rush. The game also does a poor job explaining to the player which bullets can be shot to make them disappear, which bullets block your shots, and even the fact that you can shoot the spikes in one of the stages to turn them into blocks. As for that particular stage, the gimmick is inconsistent on whether your bullet actually hits the spike or just passes straight through. And finally, while I recognize that this game is relatively old as of the time of writing this, the game features restarting music and has a tendency to lag in some areas.
For the Miku avoidance, the fight is divided roughly into one minute of easy pattern, then one minute of insane RNG, followed by another minute of simple (but choke-able) pattern. While I did have fun playing the difficult middle section, the easy pattern at the start made the whole experience take far longer than necessary and inspired a consistent sense of boredom. Finally, while I enjoyed the final extra boss as a whole, the star attack has an unnatural tendency to wall you.
Other than these sour moments, I found much of the game to be quite fun. Most of the traps, gimmicks, and boss attacks are designed in an interesting fashion, and the bosses were challenging enough that I felt satisfied after beating each one. The traps, though not overly extravagant, are both diverse and nicely spaced. Miku is the only part of this game that I would consider genuinely awful.
Rating: 5.9 59
Difficulty: 70 70
Aug 27, 2023