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Wolfiexe
For: I wanna be the Overlord
For: I wanna be the Overlord
Overlord is quite simply an amazing fangame. It boasts a sizeable explorable world in true metroidvania fashion, full with a wide range of differently themed areas, bosses and gimmicks, all of which felt designed in a very enjoyable way without ever getting too difficult or relying on precise platforming.
Exploring the world was great fun with my only real complaint towards it being I wish there was some form of speed mechanic such as a dash or a slide. This was moreso towards the start, but there'd be a fair few long stretches where I'd be walking without much interaction from any enemies or hazards, and it'd be nice to speed up these segments a little or just give me something to do when I'm backtracking through areas to look for secrets or extra stuff.
The bosses all felt extremely varied and fun to play, alongside some very sensible telegraphing of attacks. Even towards the end where the difficulty had started to take a step-up, I still felt like everything was reasonable and designed with care. Some enemy patterns got a pretty frustrating in the final couple stages, and one particular segment in the ice area felt overkill at times, but these were minor hiccups in what otherwise felt like a really solid difficulty curve.
Overlord does feature a secret in each stage which combine to give an extra boss and reward. I initially didn't plan on going for these but upon stumbling upon a couple of secrets, I ended up committing to them and had a great time. They all are themed around more retro games and have a more classic fangame feel to theme. My highlight of each was the elaborate trap Mattin placed in each one, which never failed to crack a smile.
Definitely one of my favourite adventure fangames. Even despite some small gripes such as a few slow and empty segments or some overly tricky patches, it's all around a fantastic production and a very impressive piece of work. Awesome stuff.
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Exploring the world was great fun with my only real complaint towards it being I wish there was some form of speed mechanic such as a dash or a slide. This was moreso towards the start, but there'd be a fair few long stretches where I'd be walking without much interaction from any enemies or hazards, and it'd be nice to speed up these segments a little or just give me something to do when I'm backtracking through areas to look for secrets or extra stuff.
The bosses all felt extremely varied and fun to play, alongside some very sensible telegraphing of attacks. Even towards the end where the difficulty had started to take a step-up, I still felt like everything was reasonable and designed with care. Some enemy patterns got a pretty frustrating in the final couple stages, and one particular segment in the ice area felt overkill at times, but these were minor hiccups in what otherwise felt like a really solid difficulty curve.
Overlord does feature a secret in each stage which combine to give an extra boss and reward. I initially didn't plan on going for these but upon stumbling upon a couple of secrets, I ended up committing to them and had a great time. They all are themed around more retro games and have a more classic fangame feel to theme. My highlight of each was the elaborate trap Mattin placed in each one, which never failed to crack a smile.
Definitely one of my favourite adventure fangames. Even despite some small gripes such as a few slow and empty segments or some overly tricky patches, it's all around a fantastic production and a very impressive piece of work. Awesome stuff.
Rating: 9.8 98
Difficulty: 55 55
Mar 24, 2017
JapaneseToilet
For: I wanna be the night needle
For: I wanna be the night needle
Just right.
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Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 60 60
Mar 24, 2017
DestructorTheDestroyer
For: I wanna be ice fan
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For: I wanna be ice fan
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Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 80 80
Mar 24, 2017
Golden_Truth
For: I wanna be the Overlord
For: I wanna be the Overlord
Not many creators are willing to go through the effort of creating a fully fledged metroidvania-style fangame, and among those, hardly any are successful in what they set out to do. I wanna be the Overlord is one of these few successes, creating a multi-stage game world that has branching paths, secrets, puzzles, diverse enemies, intricate bosses, and a variety of stage themes/gimmicks. The difficulty is curve is well done, with the platforming never reaching that frustratingly difficult level (though some secret areas may be difficult for new players, and there were 2 "enemy only" screens which were awful). Although the bosses are generally harder than most of the platforming and have some attacks that can easily screw you over from RNG, this doesn't reach extreme levels and with the level up system even newer players to the fangame genre can probably finish if they grind out some levels. However, these bosses don't really feel progressively more difficult due to the branching nature of the game, and sometimes later bosses can even feel easier than early bosses because you have more damaging tools at your disposal.
My main complaints when I first started (lack of attack range, not being able to teleport to hub at will) ended up being resolved via hidden items/rewards. That said there are still some minor issues that I had with the game, less having to do with the game world itself and more having to do with the lack of polish on the metroidvania elements. First off it isn't very clear what certain items do, they have no in-game description and most just end up taking an inventory slot and are used once and never again (does the secret bosses' reward give you more souls? Why would people want this when it's probably the last thing people do in the game?). Finding certain items can prove to be very difficult, so perhaps more "hint npcs" would be helpful to point you in the right direction (ie. a cryptoria npc hinting at needing the nattgard torch would be useful). Likewise, the customization of weapons is fairly lacking. You can find guns which only provide a base damage upgrade (so if you find worse guns there is no real point in using them) and the only variety in the actual shooting you do involves the few rings in the game (and there is an obvious optimal ring which makes all the others obsolete). Similarly, leveling up just increases attack power by 1 which is pretty boring, though I don't really know how to solve this since something like a "guts" mechanic would be worse. The biggest disappointment was probably the ending, as after having a seemingly story-driven opening at the beginning of the game you beat the final boss, credits role, and that's it. Some sort of cutscene at the end resolving the story itself would go a long way in making the ending seem complete.
Although there were some minor elements that could have been done better, overall this is one of the few "must play" fangames and is recommended for players of all skill ranges.
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My main complaints when I first started (lack of attack range, not being able to teleport to hub at will) ended up being resolved via hidden items/rewards. That said there are still some minor issues that I had with the game, less having to do with the game world itself and more having to do with the lack of polish on the metroidvania elements. First off it isn't very clear what certain items do, they have no in-game description and most just end up taking an inventory slot and are used once and never again (does the secret bosses' reward give you more souls? Why would people want this when it's probably the last thing people do in the game?). Finding certain items can prove to be very difficult, so perhaps more "hint npcs" would be helpful to point you in the right direction (ie. a cryptoria npc hinting at needing the nattgard torch would be useful). Likewise, the customization of weapons is fairly lacking. You can find guns which only provide a base damage upgrade (so if you find worse guns there is no real point in using them) and the only variety in the actual shooting you do involves the few rings in the game (and there is an obvious optimal ring which makes all the others obsolete). Similarly, leveling up just increases attack power by 1 which is pretty boring, though I don't really know how to solve this since something like a "guts" mechanic would be worse. The biggest disappointment was probably the ending, as after having a seemingly story-driven opening at the beginning of the game you beat the final boss, credits role, and that's it. Some sort of cutscene at the end resolving the story itself would go a long way in making the ending seem complete.
Although there were some minor elements that could have been done better, overall this is one of the few "must play" fangames and is recommended for players of all skill ranges.
Rating: 9.8 98
Difficulty: 50 50
Mar 24, 2017
MikuAiwana
For: Narsarsuaq
For: Narsarsuaq
Relatively fun game, nothing crazy difficult. None of the saves took me a very long time, but it was quite enjoyable to play.
Would recommend.
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Would recommend.
Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 40 40
Mar 24, 2017
letzplaygameplay
For: I wanna colorize the needle
For: I wanna colorize the needle
Another great needle game from Thenader. A couple of screens were really annoying, but most of the game was very fun.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 7.9 79
Difficulty: 57 57
Mar 23, 2017
DestructorTheDestroyer
For: I wanna φ
For: I wanna φ
The last jump is cancer as hell.
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Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 80 80
Mar 23, 2017