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ninefourone
For: I Wanna Be The Guy Remastered
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For: I Wanna Be The Guy Remastered
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Rating: 9.0 90
Difficulty: 39 39
Feb 1, 2022
Cthaere
For: I wanna be the heretic
For: I wanna be the heretic
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Short, relatively hard needle game, with typically 2 saves per screen. The needle style has mostly good movements at its core (with a sprinkling of uninteresting and awkward ones thrown in every once in a while) however the high level of precision means these movements become uncomfortable in practice. Due to this, parts of it have been unenjoyable, especially when some jumps feel like a luck grind. While the difficulty balance between different saves was mostly fine, difficulty balance between individual jumps within a save is often questionable, leading to a somewhat frustrating playing experience.
On the atmospheric front, it feels like there was genuine effort put in, but the end result feels half assed. The choices made for visuals are good and cohesive, however the problem is the choices that weren't made. Not only is there no additional element of production value beyond simple sprite/background swaps, but also saves, platforms, the kid/bow, and the death effect are all the default, which hurt the immersion especially on the first area. Song choices feel like they're a bit off from the visuals, trying to convey similar themes and feelings but ending up with minor but noticeable dissonance.
Overall wouldn't recommend unless you're already a high level needle player with decent tolerance for precision.
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Short, relatively hard needle game, with typically 2 saves per screen. The needle style has mostly good movements at its core (with a sprinkling of uninteresting and awkward ones thrown in every once in a while) however the high level of precision means these movements become uncomfortable in practice. Due to this, parts of it have been unenjoyable, especially when some jumps feel like a luck grind. While the difficulty balance between different saves was mostly fine, difficulty balance between individual jumps within a save is often questionable, leading to a somewhat frustrating playing experience.
On the atmospheric front, it feels like there was genuine effort put in, but the end result feels half assed. The choices made for visuals are good and cohesive, however the problem is the choices that weren't made. Not only is there no additional element of production value beyond simple sprite/background swaps, but also saves, platforms, the kid/bow, and the death effect are all the default, which hurt the immersion especially on the first area. Song choices feel like they're a bit off from the visuals, trying to convey similar themes and feelings but ending up with minor but noticeable dissonance.
Overall wouldn't recommend unless you're already a high level needle player with decent tolerance for precision.
Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 77 77
Jan 31, 2022
CanusAntonius
For: I wanna be Minimal
For: I wanna be Minimal
A pretty enjoyable game that mixes in some needle, a short avoidance, and a final boss with all three elements. I like the visual aesthetic, it hones in the title but still has more appeal than most games do. The bosses are also pretty fun, I like how the avoidance makes you move block to block, and I enjoy the final boss having multiple segments (with checkpoints!).
I do think though it suffers from the same thing that Meltdown does when it comes to the needle, it looks interesting, but it's really just diagonals and gates and half diamonds all over the place.
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I do think though it suffers from the same thing that Meltdown does when it comes to the needle, it looks interesting, but it's really just diagonals and gates and half diamonds all over the place.
Rating: 7.8 78
Difficulty: 49 49
Jan 31, 2022
Nearigami
For: I Wanna Be The Needlecaster
For: I Wanna Be The Needlecaster
Needlecaster is a gimmick needle game made by Verve in about 24 hours for the first I Wanna Game Jam. It features a gimmick where pressing the shoot button will prompt you to cast a spell. Inputting 3 directions will cause the player to cast spells that help them get through the game. The further you go, the more spells you unlock,
At the start this gimmick is very fun, but it quickly becomes a sort of situation where there are too many spells to keep track of. There are multiple solutions to solving some screens, but some of those solutions are much harder to execute than others. While each screen did something unique, by the end it became too much for me to handle and I unfortunately got upset at something I otherwise would recommend wholeheartedly. Too many cooks in the kitchen with this gimmick.
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At the start this gimmick is very fun, but it quickly becomes a sort of situation where there are too many spells to keep track of. There are multiple solutions to solving some screens, but some of those solutions are much harder to execute than others. While each screen did something unique, by the end it became too much for me to handle and I unfortunately got upset at something I otherwise would recommend wholeheartedly. Too many cooks in the kitchen with this gimmick.
Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 50 50
Jan 31, 2022