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shign
For: Alphazetica
For: Alphazetica
Quite insane game, it starts as jtool needle and gradually turn very gimmicky. The concept of the game is that rooms aren't marked with a number like all the x-floors game but by a letter. Most of the work was made by chatran, egg, pat and skull, the others have only one screen in the game but all the rooms are wonderful even if a few have some hard spots, I really loved what the game has to offer. It's also visually super polished, I can only recommend it to everyone who's good enough to play it.
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Rating: 10.0 100
Difficulty: 67 67
Aug 26, 2020
PerliousFalcon
For: I wanna try a Collab 2
For: I wanna try a Collab 2
So as promised, my review. Note: this is based on all Main stage clear. This is not including Mr Bones Wild Ride (even though I'm almost dome with it), nor the Extra stages.
I REALLY was not expecting to like this at all, nor getting close to being a favorite (not one but got somewhere close. Especially if some of the stages were stand alone.), and this is coming from some one who HATED the first game.
Everything beyond this point can be treated as a spoiler, as I'll take a look at some particular stages to make a point or comment on what I like about it.
So when I first started the game, I had a sense of pessimism that came from my poor experience with the first game. It might be just me, but the first had way too much memes to be enjoyable for me (Memes in general are a bad idea since they don't stand the test of time very well.), and like I said for that review, I only got more disgusted as it went on. The first few floors didn't exactly helped either, as I still had that same repulsed view for a while.
But as I got to the Needle Stages of Floor 3, I found my attitude towards this fangame changing in a good way. And this only got better as I progressed more into the game. There were certainly some rough spots in the late game, but that is to be expected for a collab from what I heard. Anyway here are what I think about each category of Stages. Spoilers from now on.
Needle Stages: Aside from two and a few saves that felt out of place, the Needle Stages were overall good for me. The two stages I didn't like, I wasn't really fond of the use of water in the Needle. (First save in one of them felt unimpressive to me.)
Trap Stages: Not much to say about here. I did find some of the traps to be amusing. Block Theater Secret Area music got obnoxious after a while though.
+1 Stages: These are my least favorite type of stage in the game. They just feel repetitive for me.
Gimmick Stages (The Standard stage type): Ranges from very good to kind of frustrating. Picture Perfect Palms is one of my favorites since it was very good use of the photo gimmick for puzzle orientated platforming. Kids vs Squids on the other hand was frustrating and I think that it wasn't used very well.
Boss Stages: Not much to say here again. I think they were some what better than the first's. I didn't like one of the attacks of Weed Killer (Laser eyes) due to that being a instagib.
Avoidance Stages: My favorite type in this game (Especially the music chosen for them). It was a good design choice to provide more than one hit before dying (There are also hitless achievements for those who are up for it.). Moonlight and Date with an AI, and final Boss Avoidance were extra Sourpls for me. AI would be a 10/10 or somewhere close to that if it were it's own standalone game for me. The stages also made Avoidances my new favorite genre too.
Final Stages were a nice way to end the game. Felt satisfying to finally erase Mr. Scribble and watch the credits.
While there are still memes riddled in the game, they don't appear too much and I just find myself more confused than disgusted when ether I encounter them. Note: The more meme heavy stages are in Mr. Bones Wild Ride, which I may add that they are optional (They don't count towards the All Stage Clear Achievement). Though, I still think that they could use less of them.
In the end, I have to say, this game DID flip my expectations on me from my initial pessimism to becoming an excellent experience (It gets bonus points for that and for making Avoidance my new favorite genre). However, I don't consider this to be a favorite because despite the improvements, I still feel like that the problems I had with the first still carried on to the second, the overdoing of memes in particular (although that was toned down) and the sprites and sounds don't fit well with the theme of the stage for me. But based on my experience of the All Stage Clear playthrough, I do recommend this (even if you weren't too big on the original.)
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I REALLY was not expecting to like this at all, nor getting close to being a favorite (not one but got somewhere close. Especially if some of the stages were stand alone.), and this is coming from some one who HATED the first game.
Everything beyond this point can be treated as a spoiler, as I'll take a look at some particular stages to make a point or comment on what I like about it.
So when I first started the game, I had a sense of pessimism that came from my poor experience with the first game. It might be just me, but the first had way too much memes to be enjoyable for me (Memes in general are a bad idea since they don't stand the test of time very well.), and like I said for that review, I only got more disgusted as it went on. The first few floors didn't exactly helped either, as I still had that same repulsed view for a while.
But as I got to the Needle Stages of Floor 3, I found my attitude towards this fangame changing in a good way. And this only got better as I progressed more into the game. There were certainly some rough spots in the late game, but that is to be expected for a collab from what I heard. Anyway here are what I think about each category of Stages. Spoilers from now on.
Needle Stages: Aside from two and a few saves that felt out of place, the Needle Stages were overall good for me. The two stages I didn't like, I wasn't really fond of the use of water in the Needle. (First save in one of them felt unimpressive to me.)
Trap Stages: Not much to say about here. I did find some of the traps to be amusing. Block Theater Secret Area music got obnoxious after a while though.
+1 Stages: These are my least favorite type of stage in the game. They just feel repetitive for me.
Gimmick Stages (The Standard stage type): Ranges from very good to kind of frustrating. Picture Perfect Palms is one of my favorites since it was very good use of the photo gimmick for puzzle orientated platforming. Kids vs Squids on the other hand was frustrating and I think that it wasn't used very well.
Boss Stages: Not much to say here again. I think they were some what better than the first's. I didn't like one of the attacks of Weed Killer (Laser eyes) due to that being a instagib.
Avoidance Stages: My favorite type in this game (Especially the music chosen for them). It was a good design choice to provide more than one hit before dying (There are also hitless achievements for those who are up for it.). Moonlight and Date with an AI, and final Boss Avoidance were extra Sourpls for me. AI would be a 10/10 or somewhere close to that if it were it's own standalone game for me. The stages also made Avoidances my new favorite genre too.
Final Stages were a nice way to end the game. Felt satisfying to finally erase Mr. Scribble and watch the credits.
While there are still memes riddled in the game, they don't appear too much and I just find myself more confused than disgusted when ether I encounter them. Note: The more meme heavy stages are in Mr. Bones Wild Ride, which I may add that they are optional (They don't count towards the All Stage Clear Achievement). Though, I still think that they could use less of them.
In the end, I have to say, this game DID flip my expectations on me from my initial pessimism to becoming an excellent experience (It gets bonus points for that and for making Avoidance my new favorite genre). However, I don't consider this to be a favorite because despite the improvements, I still feel like that the problems I had with the first still carried on to the second, the overdoing of memes in particular (although that was toned down) and the sprites and sounds don't fit well with the theme of the stage for me. But based on my experience of the All Stage Clear playthrough, I do recommend this (even if you weren't too big on the original.)
Rating: 8.2 82
Difficulty: 71 71
Aug 26, 2020
PerliousFalcon
For: I wanna try a Collab
For: I wanna try a Collab
I've only done all Boss clear. The game in general started off okay, but it just got worse with the memes everywhere as you get later into the stages. I didn't find myself liking the memes, but I got progressively more disgusted with them. I tried some of the Needle, and I think that was fine though.
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Rating: 2.0 20
Difficulty: 62 62
Aug 26, 2020
CeleCele
For: Alphazetica
For: Alphazetica
Definitely the best collab i've played yet.
There are many twists on existing gimmicks and some new ones and they're executed great. The only real criticism i have is that the final room just felt like any other and i didn't like the gimmick.
The game is on the more difficult side, but i recommend playing it for sure.
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There are many twists on existing gimmicks and some new ones and they're executed great. The only real criticism i have is that the final room just felt like any other and i didn't like the gimmick.
The game is on the more difficult side, but i recommend playing it for sure.
Rating: 9.9 99
Difficulty: 71 71
Aug 26, 2020
NightShark115
For: I wanna Vertigo
For: I wanna Vertigo
Tagged as: L_Game
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Rating: N/A
Difficulty: N/A
Aug 26, 2020
RandomFangamer
For: I wanna eat the ER
For: I wanna eat the ER
It's a simple avoidance, but a fun one nonetheless. Besides for the cherries that jump up from the bottom of the screen, all of the attacks are enjoyable. Plus, the way the cherries move like the characters in the music video looks cool.
Tagged as: Avoidance
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Rating: 6.3 63
Difficulty: 25 25
Aug 26, 2020
wndfl_heaven
For: I wanna Xuezu Needle
For: I wanna Xuezu Needle
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 2.5 25
Difficulty: N/A
Aug 26, 2020