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JJelly
For: I Wanna Be The Boshy Remake
For: I Wanna Be The Boshy Remake
the movie the game
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Rating: N/A
Difficulty: N/A
Jul 8, 2025
PerliousFalcon
For: Crimson Needle 2
For: Crimson Needle 2
The Second installment in the Crimson Needle series and one can see why this is likely the least memorable of them all. There is CN 1 which is in Kale's words "The most influential needle game" as it's his debut fangame and redefined what a 100 Floor game is after many being like the CTB trilogy prior. CN 3 was the gimmick revolution in where not only he has a much better grasp on Needle Design, he was more experimental gimmicks wise beyond the traditional Jtool gimmicks. And finally, CN 2.5 stands as the magnum opus that I don't believe I need to elaborate on why. Then we have CN 2.
CN 2 isn't necessarily a bad game. In fact it's solid vanilla Needle overall (aside from the final four which I'll talk about later). The problem is that at least to me, it doesn't strike out as being memorable and I do admit that me playing this on and off since 2017 did make it feel that way for the early game at least.
It was good for the most part until I reached the final four floors and these are the lowest point of the game, especially at Floor 98. To start off, 97-99 represents the extra nasty hard Needle stage and it delivers. A step up even compared to the earlier floors of the 90s. I did not enjoy them personally and Floor 98 was the worst offender as it had a move around plane 2/3rds of the way in on a single save screen that was unforgiving and left me burnt out for a while too. 99 gets a dishonorable mention too with having the hardest jump being towards the end.
Then we have the big Floor 100. I wanted to give it a fair chance after my poor experience with the past stage but it became such a slog to grind through 3 screens in one go. All those late deaths were so demoralizing as I was not good at long Needle saves like that. And don't get me started how stressful it was when I was reaching the final screen and had 10 deaths by the end. It didn't help that the Nikaple Engine bug made it feel worse knowing that I was having slight input lag that I can tell how slightly heavier the difference is compared to even Jtool practice.
Thankfully, despite that low point, the final boss made for an excellent conclusion and brought the game to end on a better note. I was told/heard it was going to be a hard boss, as in comparable to other FSR Legend Tier bosses and honestly, it's not that tough. Main gimmick of the boss is that you have to develop and refine a strategy in how you'll manage the gods. Once you find your method, it isn't too bad. For comparison, boss took me 2-3 hours whilst Floor 100 took over 7 hours. Nevertheless, still a nice cooldown and end to the years on and off grind.
I do recommend this game if you're looking for a classic Jtool/Vanilla Needle experience but once you reach the final 4, think about if you want to continue to the end or not depending on how you feel about them and if you want to commit.
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CN 2 isn't necessarily a bad game. In fact it's solid vanilla Needle overall (aside from the final four which I'll talk about later). The problem is that at least to me, it doesn't strike out as being memorable and I do admit that me playing this on and off since 2017 did make it feel that way for the early game at least.
It was good for the most part until I reached the final four floors and these are the lowest point of the game, especially at Floor 98. To start off, 97-99 represents the extra nasty hard Needle stage and it delivers. A step up even compared to the earlier floors of the 90s. I did not enjoy them personally and Floor 98 was the worst offender as it had a move around plane 2/3rds of the way in on a single save screen that was unforgiving and left me burnt out for a while too. 99 gets a dishonorable mention too with having the hardest jump being towards the end.
Then we have the big Floor 100. I wanted to give it a fair chance after my poor experience with the past stage but it became such a slog to grind through 3 screens in one go. All those late deaths were so demoralizing as I was not good at long Needle saves like that. And don't get me started how stressful it was when I was reaching the final screen and had 10 deaths by the end. It didn't help that the Nikaple Engine bug made it feel worse knowing that I was having slight input lag that I can tell how slightly heavier the difference is compared to even Jtool practice.
Thankfully, despite that low point, the final boss made for an excellent conclusion and brought the game to end on a better note. I was told/heard it was going to be a hard boss, as in comparable to other FSR Legend Tier bosses and honestly, it's not that tough. Main gimmick of the boss is that you have to develop and refine a strategy in how you'll manage the gods. Once you find your method, it isn't too bad. For comparison, boss took me 2-3 hours whilst Floor 100 took over 7 hours. Nevertheless, still a nice cooldown and end to the years on and off grind.
I do recommend this game if you're looking for a classic Jtool/Vanilla Needle experience but once you reach the final 4, think about if you want to continue to the end or not depending on how you feel about them and if you want to commit.
Rating: 6.8 68
Difficulty: 86 86
Jul 8, 2025
LastTISisLife
For: I wanna to feel calm
For: I wanna to feel calm
Based on 100 % clear. Hard needle that tends to be somewhat of FTFA-like. Easy versions (right warps) of stages were best part of the game, then regular versions (left warps) of stages were okay, but heavily disbalanced. And extra screens kinda sucks ass, last save of EX1 was especially bad and hardest thing in the game, even tho EX2 is up there
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Rating: 5.0 50
Difficulty: 83 83
Jul 8, 2025
gourdladle
For: I wanna weave an Incomplete Story
For: I wanna weave an Incomplete Story
good game as the creators' very first single avoidance, but still can be polished to a better level
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Rating: 7.1 71
Difficulty: 55 55
Jul 8, 2025
Mercury
For: I wanna be the Sensei
For: I wanna be the Sensei
Tagged as: Ahofchiks
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Rating: N/A
Difficulty: 100 100
Jul 8, 2025
Lake
For: Untitled
For: Untitled
Great gimmick needle game. The gameplay is fun and flows really nicely. The only real complaint I have is that the second stage is harder than anything else in the game imo but overall would highly recommend.
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Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 78 78
Jul 8, 2025
LastTISisLife
For: I Wanna be the L2S
For: I Wanna be the L2S
Really fun short precision needle. It's not mind-breaking, but still every save has something interesting going on, which i totally appreciated
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Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: 61 61
Jul 8, 2025
Riot3_1_2_1
For: I wanna avoid the miku
For: I wanna avoid the miku
rating based on bow mode, but without hits
for other people the avoidance can seem a bit boring and confusing, but personally, as a "old-fashion" fan it was a good surpise
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for other people the avoidance can seem a bit boring and confusing, but personally, as a "old-fashion" fan it was a good surpise
Rating: 7.2 72
Difficulty: 45 45
Jul 8, 2025
GaspacoZanis
For: I Wanna be the Chair
For: I Wanna be the Chair
Seems like a game made by someone who is outside the community or something like that. The game itself does not have much: just 3 saves, where the 2nd one has 4 gate jumps and 2 semi-gates or whatever it is called, and the last save having several killer blocks.
Title screen, itch.io page and the final screen has several puns regarding the game or chairs. I am honestly baffled if author made this as a small joke, as a test or whatever were the intentions.
Like the content and the author comments just do not correspond to each other.
I will give extra point for effort in jokes, but really: what is going on here?
Would not recommend.
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Title screen, itch.io page and the final screen has several puns regarding the game or chairs. I am honestly baffled if author made this as a small joke, as a test or whatever were the intentions.
Like the content and the author comments just do not correspond to each other.
I will give extra point for effort in jokes, but really: what is going on here?
Would not recommend.
Rating: 0.2 2
Difficulty: 20 20
Jul 8, 2025