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Mrzwanzig
For: I wanna be the Metamorphosis
For: I wanna be the Metamorphosis
Lengthy and challenging trap adventure game. The traps in this game are generally simple, but cleverly placed and often adding to the platforming in interesting ways. The standout area is of course the one with the iconic penalty room, which seems like something that should be horribly annoying but somehow manages to be hilarious.
I generally enjoyed the bosses (including Lakitu, which seems to be the one everyone despises for some reason), with the exception of the first boss which you can only damage on one attack and the incredibly generic Miku fight. The final boss is quite the gauntlet, but an enjoyable one overall.
If you have any tolerance for trap games at all, Metamorphosis is probably worth your time.
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I generally enjoyed the bosses (including Lakitu, which seems to be the one everyone despises for some reason), with the exception of the first boss which you can only damage on one attack and the incredibly generic Miku fight. The final boss is quite the gauntlet, but an enjoyable one overall.
If you have any tolerance for trap games at all, Metamorphosis is probably worth your time.
Rating: 8.5 85
Difficulty: 65 65
Dec 13, 2019
Riot3_1_2_1 [Creator]
For: I wanna be the Failure girl beta01
For: I wanna be the Failure girl beta01
Miku gets stuck because the algorithm is not finished
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Rating: N/A
Difficulty: N/A
Dec 13, 2019
Fro27y
For: I Wanna be the BHG (共同開発)
For: I Wanna be the BHG (共同開発)
I had fun playing this.
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Rating: 7.8 78
Difficulty: N/A
Dec 13, 2019
Wolsk
For: I wanna see the Moon At Night
For: I wanna see the Moon At Night
Some of the needle is okay, but it has several required cancels and 1-frames which wouldn't be so bad if cancelling and 1-frames weren't broken which forces you to cactus. There were a few especially gross saves that make this a chore to play. The first jump on the last screen is especially terrible and took me far longer than anything else did (cactus cancel, frame perfect 2-frame, 1-frame stutter, and then some stuff after). EDIT: Turns out you can do that jump with a 2-frame, 2-frame, 1-frame stutter; or keep a different align from the start of the save and just hold right through with two 2-frames. Those strats are definitely better than what I did but still kinda gross.
Do not recommend!
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Do not recommend!
Rating: 1.4 14
Difficulty: 80 80
Dec 13, 2019
Avgustine
For: I wanna be the Equivocal
For: I wanna be the Equivocal
Some ok needle i guess
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 6.7 67
Difficulty: 73 73
Dec 13, 2019
Kiyoshi
For: Jingle Jam
For: Jingle Jam
I participated in this collab, plus got to play at least a majority of the stages in the game before release, so my ratings might not be fully accurate.
Also at the time I'm writing this, only 10 stages are available, so only those will be rated. Gonna update this every time a new stage is available.
Just for fun too, I'll give each stage both a normal rating, and one based on how much Christmas spirit it has.
Mr. Butterfingers & Aolan - Really fun needle-ish stage! Uses a lot of auto-jump fields, which I'm always a sucker for. The Stage ends with a classic simple Aolan boss, which can give some nasty RNG if you mash, so well, don't mash lol.
Rating: 6.5/10
Christmas Spirit: 2/5
Patrickgh3 - Absolutely adorable snow globe themed avoidance with a wonderful serene atmosphere. There are two difficulty options, normal and advanced. I believe the only difference between the two is that advanced is denser. Either way the stage is really easy, and I kinda wish there was an even harder mode. Also warning, the autosaves in this stage don't work in version 1.0, so you will need to download 1.1 to fix that.
Rating: 9/10
Christmas Spirit: 5/5
EchoMask - Bit on the longer side, at least compared to most of the stages. Gave me heavy Sephalos vibes with how cycle focused the platforming is. There's an avoidance at the end, but its easy, and you got an extra hit to work with. I also love the Meet Santa easter egg, laughed really hard at that Don't really have much to say other then that, its very solid, very enjoyable and very Christmas-y! Echo even did the kid sprite used for the rest of the game.
Rating: 8.5/10
Christmas Spirit: 4/5
KittyGame - Pretty fun short stage where you gotta deliver a present to the top of a mountain. Stage itself is definitely on the needle side of things, which I don't mind personally. Also a big fan of the rotating spikes and presents, found those really funny. Minor issues come with how some areas feel a bit unfinished or unpolished. Like how your inventory just disappears on one screen, or that the whole delivery mission seems to be forgotten about when you get to the boss, but those aren't too big of a deal.
Rating: 7.5/10
Christmas Spirit: 3/5
AlejoFangamer - The Stage has a lot of production value, but I really wasn't a fan of the gimmicks or design itself. Main issue was how unlike the rest of the stages, your gun can shoot in any direction, but its aimed using your mouse, so if you gotta change angle around halfway into a save, then when you die you will have to shift it again which gets annoying. There are also some invisible stars that suddenly appear and target you, which are both really annoying, and easily forgettable. I Feel like simply changing the gun to use the arrow keys to shoot up and down would improve it a lot, since I don't think you need to shoot it diagonally at all anywhere.
Rating: 7/10
Christmas Spirit: 2/5
Lovey - Though not the flashiest stage, this is still one my favorites of the bunch. Using a workshop/factory aesthetic, and some gimmicks I'm surprised aren't done more often, it really stands out (at least to me anyway). The boss at the end is a really sweet target shooting boss, where the targets spin, move, and bait you out. Its hella fun. Only minor issues I could bring up is the sudden use of a hard to see vine, which I've seen confuse a lot of people, and the last screen being a tad lengthy. Either way, Lovey's stage is just... Lovely (heh)
Rating: 8.5/10
Christmas Spirit: 3/10
Haegoe - Classic corridor-y Haegoe design. The lift and ice spring gimmicks are really cool, but the stage itself is criminally short, only being 3 screens before a boss. I'd love to see them expanded on in the future. The boss itself is pretty decent, though I feel like it really needs some sound effects. Couple attacks just need that extra omph to them. Overall its pretty good, not the best, but definitely not bad.
Rating: 7/10
Christmas Spirit: 2/5
Pieceofcheese87 - Pretty nice stage with a cool gimmick. When you are in the air you can spawn a present that acts like a platform under you when you press down and shoot. Platforming makes really good use of the gimmick with both sections where you only got a few presents, and another one where you got infinite. Don't really have much to say other then I really think dropping a present should just be remapped to shooting, as you don't really need the gun anywhere else in the stage. I expect pressing down, right/left, and shooting at the same time can be an issue with controller players. Still though, fun stage. Also about the boss, God fucking damn it Piece lol
Rating: 8/10
Christmas Spirit: 4/5
Desticler - Neat little stage where you gotta do a scavenger hunt to find 7 buttons hidden in a cave to open a present in the center of it. There's a short intro area if you happen to go left at the entrance of the cave, not sure if its skipped on purpose or what but its there. Back to the main stage though, while I really like the idea, and one or two of the buttons are pretty clever with how you get them, the general production value and stage design is just kinda not good. It reminds me a lot of that the phase every maker goes through where they want to make interesting needle, but aren't familiar with designing enough to do anything great. Stage still ain't bad, but it definitely feels very amateurish.
Rating: 6/10
Christmas Spirit: 1/5
Chrisay - Just an amazing stage. With how long it is, plus the production value, I'm really impressed with the fact this was done in only 2 months! The Stage itself is one giant world, where you gotta find 15 out of 20 presents hidden around. Unique to this stage is the ability to slide on slopes akin to Super Mario World. Using this ability you can jump huge gaps with great speed, its just really fun to use! Don't really have any major issues with the stage, maybe a save or two were a bit precise, but they weren't pace-ruiners or anything. Really excited to see what Chrisay makes next, as the stuff they've posted of the game they're working looks insanely cool!
Rating: 9.5/10
Christmas Spirit: 5/5
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Also at the time I'm writing this, only 10 stages are available, so only those will be rated. Gonna update this every time a new stage is available.
Just for fun too, I'll give each stage both a normal rating, and one based on how much Christmas spirit it has.
Mr. Butterfingers & Aolan - Really fun needle-ish stage! Uses a lot of auto-jump fields, which I'm always a sucker for. The Stage ends with a classic simple Aolan boss, which can give some nasty RNG if you mash, so well, don't mash lol.
Rating: 6.5/10
Christmas Spirit: 2/5
Patrickgh3 - Absolutely adorable snow globe themed avoidance with a wonderful serene atmosphere. There are two difficulty options, normal and advanced. I believe the only difference between the two is that advanced is denser. Either way the stage is really easy, and I kinda wish there was an even harder mode. Also warning, the autosaves in this stage don't work in version 1.0, so you will need to download 1.1 to fix that.
Rating: 9/10
Christmas Spirit: 5/5
EchoMask - Bit on the longer side, at least compared to most of the stages. Gave me heavy Sephalos vibes with how cycle focused the platforming is. There's an avoidance at the end, but its easy, and you got an extra hit to work with. I also love the Meet Santa easter egg, laughed really hard at that Don't really have much to say other then that, its very solid, very enjoyable and very Christmas-y! Echo even did the kid sprite used for the rest of the game.
Rating: 8.5/10
Christmas Spirit: 4/5
KittyGame - Pretty fun short stage where you gotta deliver a present to the top of a mountain. Stage itself is definitely on the needle side of things, which I don't mind personally. Also a big fan of the rotating spikes and presents, found those really funny. Minor issues come with how some areas feel a bit unfinished or unpolished. Like how your inventory just disappears on one screen, or that the whole delivery mission seems to be forgotten about when you get to the boss, but those aren't too big of a deal.
Rating: 7.5/10
Christmas Spirit: 3/5
AlejoFangamer - The Stage has a lot of production value, but I really wasn't a fan of the gimmicks or design itself. Main issue was how unlike the rest of the stages, your gun can shoot in any direction, but its aimed using your mouse, so if you gotta change angle around halfway into a save, then when you die you will have to shift it again which gets annoying. There are also some invisible stars that suddenly appear and target you, which are both really annoying, and easily forgettable. I Feel like simply changing the gun to use the arrow keys to shoot up and down would improve it a lot, since I don't think you need to shoot it diagonally at all anywhere.
Rating: 7/10
Christmas Spirit: 2/5
Lovey - Though not the flashiest stage, this is still one my favorites of the bunch. Using a workshop/factory aesthetic, and some gimmicks I'm surprised aren't done more often, it really stands out (at least to me anyway). The boss at the end is a really sweet target shooting boss, where the targets spin, move, and bait you out. Its hella fun. Only minor issues I could bring up is the sudden use of a hard to see vine, which I've seen confuse a lot of people, and the last screen being a tad lengthy. Either way, Lovey's stage is just... Lovely (heh)
Rating: 8.5/10
Christmas Spirit: 3/10
Haegoe - Classic corridor-y Haegoe design. The lift and ice spring gimmicks are really cool, but the stage itself is criminally short, only being 3 screens before a boss. I'd love to see them expanded on in the future. The boss itself is pretty decent, though I feel like it really needs some sound effects. Couple attacks just need that extra omph to them. Overall its pretty good, not the best, but definitely not bad.
Rating: 7/10
Christmas Spirit: 2/5
Pieceofcheese87 - Pretty nice stage with a cool gimmick. When you are in the air you can spawn a present that acts like a platform under you when you press down and shoot. Platforming makes really good use of the gimmick with both sections where you only got a few presents, and another one where you got infinite. Don't really have much to say other then I really think dropping a present should just be remapped to shooting, as you don't really need the gun anywhere else in the stage. I expect pressing down, right/left, and shooting at the same time can be an issue with controller players. Still though, fun stage. Also about the boss, God fucking damn it Piece lol
Rating: 8/10
Christmas Spirit: 4/5
Desticler - Neat little stage where you gotta do a scavenger hunt to find 7 buttons hidden in a cave to open a present in the center of it. There's a short intro area if you happen to go left at the entrance of the cave, not sure if its skipped on purpose or what but its there. Back to the main stage though, while I really like the idea, and one or two of the buttons are pretty clever with how you get them, the general production value and stage design is just kinda not good. It reminds me a lot of that the phase every maker goes through where they want to make interesting needle, but aren't familiar with designing enough to do anything great. Stage still ain't bad, but it definitely feels very amateurish.
Rating: 6/10
Christmas Spirit: 1/5
Chrisay - Just an amazing stage. With how long it is, plus the production value, I'm really impressed with the fact this was done in only 2 months! The Stage itself is one giant world, where you gotta find 15 out of 20 presents hidden around. Unique to this stage is the ability to slide on slopes akin to Super Mario World. Using this ability you can jump huge gaps with great speed, its just really fun to use! Don't really have any major issues with the stage, maybe a save or two were a bit precise, but they weren't pace-ruiners or anything. Really excited to see what Chrisay makes next, as the stuff they've posted of the game they're working looks insanely cool!
Rating: 9.5/10
Christmas Spirit: 5/5
Rating: 8.5 85
Difficulty: N/A
Dec 13, 2019
Nick24
For: I Wanna Eclipse
For: I Wanna Eclipse
Christmas Deliveries was better
Tagged as: Adventure
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Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 50 50
Dec 13, 2019
Jdx83
For: I wanna One Screen(?) Needle Garbage
For: I wanna One Screen(?) Needle Garbage
Rating includes the secret area.
After getting to the clear screen if you go right you can find a portal to this area. It's basically 2 sample screens from the yuutu engine buffed.
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After getting to the clear screen if you go right you can find a portal to this area. It's basically 2 sample screens from the yuutu engine buffed.
Rating: 1.6 16
Difficulty: 57 57
Dec 13, 2019