Reviews List - Delicious Fruit

PlutoTheThing
For: I wanna eXceed

It's not too common that you see an avoidance that both has such a clear idea of what it wants to be, but also executes that idea so beautifully that there's hardly anything to complain about, but here we are. Exceed is a masterfully crafted game, for a debut it's obviously very impressive but at the same time Tetra had experience from IWM going into this, and it definitely translated to this game. The attacks are amazing, so many of them are real head scratchers making you wonder how to handle them, but slowly you understand their nuances and get a good idea for how to manage them, this gameplay loop throughout gives the game some incredible depth as there is always room to improve even on attacks you are good at. This is not just some gimmick-reading fest though, these intricate attacks are interwoven with fundamental barrage skill which is required to overcome some of the trickiest attacks in the fight, especially at the end where the complexity goes down but the reading barrier goes way up. The game never feels stale, it never gets boring, you are always engaged with the fight, and it's basically 100% skill based. If I looked really hard, I could probably find something about this game to nitpick, but ultimately I play avoidances because I think they are cool and fun, and this game fulfills both of these criteria.

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Rating: 10.0 100 Difficulty: 95 95

Nov 18, 2024

WALLASAMI
For: Boshy Remastered

Peak game, would recommnend.

Tagged as: Boshy Peak

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Rating: 8.0 80 Difficulty: 40 40

Nov 18, 2024

TheChiekurs
For: I Wanna be Christmas for Poi (2023 secret santa)

Tagged as: Avoidance

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Rating: N/A Difficulty: N/A

Nov 18, 2024

xva
For: I wanna find a Needle in a Haystack

honestly? I really like this game, even though I should have no right to. with all the bad things I had to say about CN1 and how much I didn't enjoy it, you'd expect me to hate this game. it really shouldn't be any fun considering the entire game is just a bunch of buffed CN1 floors. however, there exist a ton of things that make this game quite special. for instance, I'll begin with a blanket statement: there's a lot of charm this game has, mostly in the way it buffs these screens. pretty much every single save in the entire game gives you that feeling of "holy shit that was close thank god I made it" that you'd only get in the late floors of CN1. despite the twists being quite subtle and/or only noticeable if you've played or beaten CN1, they still work extremely well and play as well as the original does at its peak. it perfectly revitalizes all 25 screens, making them feel fresh and new, even though they realistically shouldn't feel that way

this game was sort of like a walk down memory lane, remembering the floors of CN1 as I played through it. I'm typing this as if I beat CN1 years ago, but no, my clear of CN1 wasn't even a year ago. the fact this game can evoke this feeling is pretty much entirely thanks to the notoriety and fame that is attributed to Crimson Needle 1. it was a very memorable and unique game for its time, and I'm sure you know still is to this day. it's been remixed, remade, reimagined and rebuilt a million times before, each time in a way ever so slightly different from the last. this game was one of the first, if not *the* first remake of CN1. in a way that makes it quite special, as it likely started this trend of some sort - of remaking CN1 (or making CN1-like things) in unofficial and different ways. for the historical factor alone, this game should be remembered for years to come, as the first of many to come

highly recommended, it might not be for everyone but I'd recommend playing and clearing it just to say you did

Tagged as: Needle Gimmick x_Floor CrimsonNeedle-Like

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Rating: 8.2 82 Difficulty: 78 78

Nov 18, 2024

tailandiets85
For: I wanna be the AutumnWater spike

GOOD

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Rating: 6.5 65 Difficulty: 28 28

Nov 17, 2024

Mercury
For: I Wannya Play with Water and Spikes