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theTics
For: I wanna clear the needle template
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For: I wanna clear the needle template
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Rating: 3.6 36
Difficulty: 67 67
Mar 26, 2023
lamron
For: I Wanna Be The Kazakhstan 2: The Box
For: I Wanna Be The Kazakhstan 2: The Box
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Mar 26, 2023
CanusAntonius
For: I Wanna Explore The Rectilinear Fields
For: I Wanna Explore The Rectilinear Fields
Rectilinear Fields is a pretty decent gimmick needle game that has a lot of interesting ideas, but also some pretty atrocious balancing bad enough to make me quit for the time being.
There are 4 stages, and each features its own special gimmick theme. The first relates to Pastel spikes, particularly one that bounces you upward as you shoot it. The second uses a new type of jump refresher that returns both your single and double jump back. The third uses fields that act as platforms but disappear after a single use. Finally, the last is a stage that focuses on low gravity and is where I stopped playing. These stages have a lot of unique movements to them, heightened by the fact the gimmicks are mostly simple to learn.
The biggest problem of this game is that it felt like nobody could agree on what difficulty it should be. The first stage seems way too hard compared to the second and third one, and some saves are such huge outliers that they took me longer than the second stage did altogether. Some of them also play pretty damn terrible, such as the third stage screen where everything is laid out like a grid. The final stage is another huge imbalance especially, with the shot-limiting screen being much easier than the next one where I quit due to how long it was taking. The lack of saves in some places was often the issue for this imbalance, it's always sad to see this when it can be fixed so easily. This really just needs an extra level of playtesting and polish cause as it stands it wasn't exactly enjoyable to play cause of these issues.
Overall, not sure I can actually recommend this because of the problems present. When some saves are taking longer than an entire stage there is definitely an issue.
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There are 4 stages, and each features its own special gimmick theme. The first relates to Pastel spikes, particularly one that bounces you upward as you shoot it. The second uses a new type of jump refresher that returns both your single and double jump back. The third uses fields that act as platforms but disappear after a single use. Finally, the last is a stage that focuses on low gravity and is where I stopped playing. These stages have a lot of unique movements to them, heightened by the fact the gimmicks are mostly simple to learn.
The biggest problem of this game is that it felt like nobody could agree on what difficulty it should be. The first stage seems way too hard compared to the second and third one, and some saves are such huge outliers that they took me longer than the second stage did altogether. Some of them also play pretty damn terrible, such as the third stage screen where everything is laid out like a grid. The final stage is another huge imbalance especially, with the shot-limiting screen being much easier than the next one where I quit due to how long it was taking. The lack of saves in some places was often the issue for this imbalance, it's always sad to see this when it can be fixed so easily. This really just needs an extra level of playtesting and polish cause as it stands it wasn't exactly enjoyable to play cause of these issues.
Overall, not sure I can actually recommend this because of the problems present. When some saves are taking longer than an entire stage there is definitely an issue.
Rating: 6.5 65
Difficulty: 70 70
Mar 26, 2023
Jopagu
For: I wanna play a heartfelt melody
For: I wanna play a heartfelt melody
Heartfelt Melody was a pleasant little surprise to me. Most of it is not fantastic, with pretty generic platforming for this kind of game, but there are a few spots that make it really stick out. First is the picross boss. If you like puzzles, the game might be worth playing just for this. It manages to feel hectic without actually being too hard on the dodging side, letting the picross shine. The second standout is the horror themed area, which does a good job of creating a suspenseful and legitimately creepy atmosphere, something not accomplished by most similar ventures in fangames. The game also features a Mario RPG themed stage, which is pretty forgettable but has a neat boss (although it does have some ear-splitting sound effects that make me question the dev's sanity) There's also a final stage that doesn't have anything going for it, making me wish the game ended on the horror stage. The final boss is alright, but pretty uninspired.
Overall, this is a weird case where most of the game is nothing special (although not necessarily bad), but a couple of things are so phenomenal that I absolutely would recommend the game.
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Overall, this is a weird case where most of the game is nothing special (although not necessarily bad), but a couple of things are so phenomenal that I absolutely would recommend the game.
Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 35 35
Mar 26, 2023
Jopagu
For: I wanna be the IWD spike
For: I wanna be the IWD spike
Fun little game where you play as a spike, and try to avoid killing kids. The game is focused around puzzle-platforming, taking advantage of kids that automatically jump or shoot to create some clever segments where you must figure out the correct way to press buttons without killing a kid. The game is really fun up until the final boss, which is just slow and annoying, without anything interesting going for it. Ultimately, this game is an easy recommendation up to the boss, which you'd probably be better off skipping.
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Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: 30 30
Mar 26, 2023