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Jopagu
For: I wanna be the Catharsis
For: I wanna be the Catharsis
Catharsis is a pretty legendary game at this point. It is a progenitor of artistic fangames, while also being pretty influential in terms of pure needle design (a popular gimmick is named after it)! Compared to some modern needle, it could be considered quite rough around the edges, but given its age it holds up surprisingly well. The majority of the game is quite enjoyable, bouncing between more precision focused sections and longer saves. One of the interesting hallmarks of this game is for screens to have several possible paths. It enhances the experience quite a bit, adding some player agency by allowing you to choose what you want to do.
The highlight of the game is definitely the audiovisual experience. It is masterful, evoking emotion, creating vibes, and inspiring deeper thought in away very few fangames have managed even in the many years after Catharsis. The game is haunting and beautiful, and both times I've played it I've been left thinking about it for some time.
Overall, I consider this a must play game. While the gameplay gets a bit unpleasant at times (looking at the infamous platform room), it's still mostly really fun, and the artistic value of the game makes the gameplay take second seat anyways. This is one of the most thought-provoking experiences in fangames, and anyone with artistic inclinations should do themselves a favor and play it.
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The highlight of the game is definitely the audiovisual experience. It is masterful, evoking emotion, creating vibes, and inspiring deeper thought in away very few fangames have managed even in the many years after Catharsis. The game is haunting and beautiful, and both times I've played it I've been left thinking about it for some time.
Overall, I consider this a must play game. While the gameplay gets a bit unpleasant at times (looking at the infamous platform room), it's still mostly really fun, and the artistic value of the game makes the gameplay take second seat anyways. This is one of the most thought-provoking experiences in fangames, and anyone with artistic inclinations should do themselves a favor and play it.
Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 65 65
Apr 18, 2024
Fishuser
For: Deliriant Needle
For: Deliriant Needle
Backgrounds hurt my eyes
Tagged as: Needle
Visual_Challenge
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Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 50 50
Apr 18, 2024
DerpyHoovesIWBTG
For: I wanna be the back!
For: I wanna be the back!
Peak Sudoku-tier platforming that it feels hard to believe that it was not ironic. The main gimmick of this game is that you can only move right, and moving left kills you. What follows is that the maker tried to play as much with this gimmick as possible, but the end result is mediocre platforming with super simplistic visuals and dumb trap ideas such as random spikes that don't actually kill you.
At the start of the game you are presented with four warps which bring you to random parts of the game most likely used for debugging purposes, but if you want a quick clear you can pick the third warp as this is the last room you can access in a normal playthrough as the next warp crashes the game because it sends you to a room that does not exist. The maker says this is a clear.
If you decide to go right this brings you to the actual path the game wants you to take. The saves are long and convoluted, and the game likes to throw a lot of in your face moments right at the end of a save or screen. There are also some bosses, but all of them just use conveyor blocks for moment while shooting random(360) fruit at you. Seija is especially annoying as she shoots aimed fruit at you, and the moment you reverse the gravity she will shoot white fruit towards 0,0 because of Yuuutu coding shenanigans. Her fight also takes the longest as well.
It's far from the worst game I've played, but it does a lot more bad than good. Would mainly recommend if you have an afternoon to waste or if you are in the mood for some oldschool sudoku fun, but I would stay away otherwise.
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At the start of the game you are presented with four warps which bring you to random parts of the game most likely used for debugging purposes, but if you want a quick clear you can pick the third warp as this is the last room you can access in a normal playthrough as the next warp crashes the game because it sends you to a room that does not exist. The maker says this is a clear.
If you decide to go right this brings you to the actual path the game wants you to take. The saves are long and convoluted, and the game likes to throw a lot of in your face moments right at the end of a save or screen. There are also some bosses, but all of them just use conveyor blocks for moment while shooting random(360) fruit at you. Seija is especially annoying as she shoots aimed fruit at you, and the moment you reverse the gravity she will shoot white fruit towards 0,0 because of Yuuutu coding shenanigans. Her fight also takes the longest as well.
It's far from the worst game I've played, but it does a lot more bad than good. Would mainly recommend if you have an afternoon to waste or if you are in the mood for some oldschool sudoku fun, but I would stay away otherwise.
Rating: 2.1 21
Difficulty: 57 57
Apr 18, 2024
Yangzhou
For: Cyber Thunder Cider
For: Cyber Thunder Cider
hope to not get unlucky on first third of the game and rest is free
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Rating: 4.0 40
Difficulty: 75 75
Apr 18, 2024
happy_iw
For: I wanna be the Denparadox
For: I wanna be the Denparadox
Got to the 3rd practice warp. Game looks great, but... I dont think i'll enjoy playing it any further. Every death on rng part feels very annoying and demotivating. Maybe this game is just not my cup of tea.
Tagged as: Avoidance
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Rating: N/A
Difficulty: 93 93
Apr 18, 2024