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tuhkakuppi
For: I wanna defeat the Discord Makers
For: I wanna defeat the Discord Makers
Overall a pretty decent needle game. Most of the areas are enjoyable, and just a few ones are too hard and/or stupid.
The game's own difficulty rating system is completely inaccurate. Sure, it kind of manages to bunch together and separate the easy and hard areas but the actual rankings are horrible for a couple of them.
Will try rating them in the difficulty order I found them to be in, and in version 1.02.
Zechul: The easiest and one of the most fun areas of the game. Mostly straight up needle with some vines and the occasional fake block and triggers.
Whiteshadow: Used to be completely free in previous versions, got a major buff in 1.02. Regular needle that isn't very hard, might be a bit precise at times.
Haegoe: Alright area consisting mostly of regular stuff, but has some saves with a bunch of triggers.
OyO: Pretty decent and nice water area. Has some saves that are a bit harder.
17Years: First screen has some kinda challenging needle, but isn't too hard. After that there's a secret 5-style save that might cause some trouble without an extra shift bind. Not too bad.
Shinobu: Rukito area-style trigger needle. First two screens are nice, third one however has the hardest stuff at the end which might be troublesome.
PDPlayer: Fluctuating quality and difficulty standard needle. Didn't really like it, isn't really bad either, just average.
Biogom: Nice vine/gravity flipping needle. Figuring out the way might be confusing at times but it's fun to play.
Stonk: Alright needle with platforms and vines. First save of final screen was dumb but it's ok otherwise.
Medley: Vine/platform needle with various styles. First screen has just free setup-kind of saves but the second one is a hard single-save screen with some difficult jumps far into it. Final screen is nice again and decently hard.
Influcca: Pretty heavy on low jumping. Especially screen 2 is very problematic because of the ending.
Rkdehdtls: 5 screens each using different jtool skins and styles for their platforming. Final save is a hard one with lots of frameperfect stuff in it. Kind of average.
Noah: 5 screens of many different styles of needle. Two screens are fun short/hard save kind of platforming. Then the last screen is a long, huge consistency test trigger save.
PowerNao: L-screen that pretty consistently gets harder every save. Some spots are a bit unclear because it's hard to know what is a flat spike and what is a block. Save 4 is nerfed in the newest version 1.04 for some reason, but it's still a hard area.
Master: Regular single-save screens. Second screen is hard and surprisingly fun. The last screen is pretty hard and not the greatest, having the difficult parts at the end, especially the moving apple drop.
Kamilia: Responsible for nearly half of my total playtime (mostly because I kept playing when I was tired, and for the whole night). Has very long trigger-chasing consistency check saves with also precise jumps and segments dropped in far into them. The portal at the end of last save can also fuck you up. I doubt it's intended that you can fail the save because of it, the portal just wants you to be in normal gravity when entering but if you have a perfectly unlucky vstring you don't enter and fall down instead.
The easier and good areas are a fun thing to play.
The game has a great sense of diversity and still a great overall unity, which was enjoyable.
Also, music choices are great.
[9] Likes
The game's own difficulty rating system is completely inaccurate. Sure, it kind of manages to bunch together and separate the easy and hard areas but the actual rankings are horrible for a couple of them.
Will try rating them in the difficulty order I found them to be in, and in version 1.02.
Zechul: The easiest and one of the most fun areas of the game. Mostly straight up needle with some vines and the occasional fake block and triggers.
Whiteshadow: Used to be completely free in previous versions, got a major buff in 1.02. Regular needle that isn't very hard, might be a bit precise at times.
Haegoe: Alright area consisting mostly of regular stuff, but has some saves with a bunch of triggers.
OyO: Pretty decent and nice water area. Has some saves that are a bit harder.
17Years: First screen has some kinda challenging needle, but isn't too hard. After that there's a secret 5-style save that might cause some trouble without an extra shift bind. Not too bad.
Shinobu: Rukito area-style trigger needle. First two screens are nice, third one however has the hardest stuff at the end which might be troublesome.
PDPlayer: Fluctuating quality and difficulty standard needle. Didn't really like it, isn't really bad either, just average.
Biogom: Nice vine/gravity flipping needle. Figuring out the way might be confusing at times but it's fun to play.
Stonk: Alright needle with platforms and vines. First save of final screen was dumb but it's ok otherwise.
Medley: Vine/platform needle with various styles. First screen has just free setup-kind of saves but the second one is a hard single-save screen with some difficult jumps far into it. Final screen is nice again and decently hard.
Influcca: Pretty heavy on low jumping. Especially screen 2 is very problematic because of the ending.
Rkdehdtls: 5 screens each using different jtool skins and styles for their platforming. Final save is a hard one with lots of frameperfect stuff in it. Kind of average.
Noah: 5 screens of many different styles of needle. Two screens are fun short/hard save kind of platforming. Then the last screen is a long, huge consistency test trigger save.
PowerNao: L-screen that pretty consistently gets harder every save. Some spots are a bit unclear because it's hard to know what is a flat spike and what is a block. Save 4 is nerfed in the newest version 1.04 for some reason, but it's still a hard area.
Master: Regular single-save screens. Second screen is hard and surprisingly fun. The last screen is pretty hard and not the greatest, having the difficult parts at the end, especially the moving apple drop.
Kamilia: Responsible for nearly half of my total playtime (mostly because I kept playing when I was tired, and for the whole night). Has very long trigger-chasing consistency check saves with also precise jumps and segments dropped in far into them. The portal at the end of last save can also fuck you up. I doubt it's intended that you can fail the save because of it, the portal just wants you to be in normal gravity when entering but if you have a perfectly unlucky vstring you don't enter and fall down instead.
The easier and good areas are a fun thing to play.
The game has a great sense of diversity and still a great overall unity, which was enjoyable.
Also, music choices are great.
Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 93 93
Apr 8, 2018
TheNewDudos
For: I wanna kogda titkami devki tryasut
For: I wanna kogda titkami devki tryasut
Dont play unless you are russian
[4] Likes
Rating: 10.0 100
Difficulty: 40 40
Apr 8, 2018
jokcho
For: Jason Enjoys The Witch's Dangerous Dandies
[0] Likes
For: Jason Enjoys The Witch's Dangerous Dandies
[0] Likes
Rating: 8.9 89
Difficulty: 55 55
Apr 8, 2018
DestructorTheDestroyer
For: I wanna jump the Rainbow
For: I wanna jump the Rainbow
Rating includes extra.
Tagged as: Needle
[0] Likes
Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 70 70
Apr 8, 2018
Lss40
For: Domu
For: Domu
Amazing visuals, pretty consistent difficulty, unique platforming, clever puzzles. I didn't think I'd love this game as much as I did.
Seeing it have 60 difficulty, I expected a chore, but it never felt like one (well, maybe other than the escape sequence... hardest save imo) and I ended up finishing it in one sitting. Most bosses felt easier than platforming sections, only taking couple tries (other than the final boss), but they are all very well thought-out. I also really appreciated the checkpoints in the final avoidance, placed just before the most difficult parts, which is nice.
I had a blast with this, fully recommended.
[1] Like
Seeing it have 60 difficulty, I expected a chore, but it never felt like one (well, maybe other than the escape sequence... hardest save imo) and I ended up finishing it in one sitting. Most bosses felt easier than platforming sections, only taking couple tries (other than the final boss), but they are all very well thought-out. I also really appreciated the checkpoints in the final avoidance, placed just before the most difficult parts, which is nice.
I had a blast with this, fully recommended.
Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 58 58
Apr 8, 2018
firewater
For: I wanna hold the touhou party!
[0] Likes
For: I wanna hold the touhou party!
[0] Likes
Rating: 4.5 45
Difficulty: 50 50
Apr 8, 2018
konkan
For: I wanna adventure the rinri world
[0] Likes
For: I wanna adventure the rinri world
[0] Likes
Rating: 6.5 65
Difficulty: 45 45
Apr 8, 2018