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Hi, I'm Jopagu. She/They pronouns please :)
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Jopagu
For: Stars
For: Stars
Cute little needle game, fun thing to turn your mind off to. I like the different styles explored.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: 30 30
Jan 31, 2024
Jopagu
For: I Wanna Kill the Kermit 3
For: I Wanna Kill the Kermit 3
Yet another phenomenal game by Wonderful. If you've played her other offerings, you probably know what to expect! That is to say, super fun needle, creative bosses, and phenomenal incorporation of "real music". Compared to Kermit 2, this doesn't evolve too much in terms of abstract design principles, however the quality feels like night and day (which is saying a lot cause Kermit 2 is already a very good game)!
The game, like it's predecessor, goes through 3 hubs, each with a variety of stages. The stages typically incorporate some small gimmicks, although sometimes it's just vanilla needle with some cycles or triggers. One of the standouts in the gimmick department is a very interesting stage in hub 1, where you have a limited amount of jump time. This stage is super interesting to figure out. The final stage has an interesting gimmick where blocks can only be used once, creating some super cool pathing and unique movements.
The bosses are a major highlight, although one that's much easier than the platforming. I do wish they were a bit harder, especially the final boss, as it had such creative attacks I wish it lasted longer. Wonderful makes really cool bosses that really break the mold a lot of the time.
I could gush on and on about the other stages I loved, and the bits I thought were a little weaker, but I ultimately think others have already said everything much better than I can. Go read Marc's review to see how this game elevates itself to "art" status. This is a beautiful game that has a lot of stuff that I didn't even touch on here.
Seriously, play this if you're at the right level.
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The game, like it's predecessor, goes through 3 hubs, each with a variety of stages. The stages typically incorporate some small gimmicks, although sometimes it's just vanilla needle with some cycles or triggers. One of the standouts in the gimmick department is a very interesting stage in hub 1, where you have a limited amount of jump time. This stage is super interesting to figure out. The final stage has an interesting gimmick where blocks can only be used once, creating some super cool pathing and unique movements.
The bosses are a major highlight, although one that's much easier than the platforming. I do wish they were a bit harder, especially the final boss, as it had such creative attacks I wish it lasted longer. Wonderful makes really cool bosses that really break the mold a lot of the time.
I could gush on and on about the other stages I loved, and the bits I thought were a little weaker, but I ultimately think others have already said everything much better than I can. Go read Marc's review to see how this game elevates itself to "art" status. This is a beautiful game that has a lot of stuff that I didn't even touch on here.
Seriously, play this if you're at the right level.
Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 78 78
Jan 31, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna be the Fangame!
For: I wanna be the Fangame!
So, I've made the decision not to give this game a rating. This is because it feels unfair to Fangame, considering its historical context. This game is super important to fangame history, and shaped the games that came after is significantly. Thus, it would feel wrong to me to rate it with expectations built upon games that iterated on its design.
However, I ultimately cannot recommend that anyone play this game, except to experience a piece of fangame history. By modern standards almost everything is quite unpleasant. The physics feel bad, with a low double jump (and almost unconscionable water physics). The traps are generic at best (which is something I really can't blame the game for, since it started these trends). The gimmicks are really buggy, notably the portal stage.
By far the worst offender is that so much of the game is just designed around wasting people's time. While IWBTG is a rage game, it felt like one where the player was in on the joke. Yeah it was unfair, but it was funny! Fangame on the other hand feels truly designed to just make the player regret playing it. Stuff like the snake section, the appearing blocks section (which feels less reactable than the one in Guy), the Cacodemon boss, and more all exemplify a style of design where the player just has to wait for a long time, doing rote movements, before dying to something new, and then repeating until they've memorized the entire section. The most vile save in this regard is the final one, which begins with a long, nothing screen involving a bad cycle, and lots of standing still. This is then followed by a slow, learny autoscroller that is basically guaranteed to kill you with every new obstacle.
Overall, this is a game that aged extremely poorly. This is quite a shame, as I felt that Guy aged really well. Unfortunately, I can't say I enjoyed almost any of my time in Fangame. While it is extremely interesting as a historical artifact, this interest can probably be satisfied by watching a playthrough, rather than subjecting yourself to it.
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However, I ultimately cannot recommend that anyone play this game, except to experience a piece of fangame history. By modern standards almost everything is quite unpleasant. The physics feel bad, with a low double jump (and almost unconscionable water physics). The traps are generic at best (which is something I really can't blame the game for, since it started these trends). The gimmicks are really buggy, notably the portal stage.
By far the worst offender is that so much of the game is just designed around wasting people's time. While IWBTG is a rage game, it felt like one where the player was in on the joke. Yeah it was unfair, but it was funny! Fangame on the other hand feels truly designed to just make the player regret playing it. Stuff like the snake section, the appearing blocks section (which feels less reactable than the one in Guy), the Cacodemon boss, and more all exemplify a style of design where the player just has to wait for a long time, doing rote movements, before dying to something new, and then repeating until they've memorized the entire section. The most vile save in this regard is the final one, which begins with a long, nothing screen involving a bad cycle, and lots of standing still. This is then followed by a slow, learny autoscroller that is basically guaranteed to kill you with every new obstacle.
Overall, this is a game that aged extremely poorly. This is quite a shame, as I felt that Guy aged really well. Unfortunately, I can't say I enjoyed almost any of my time in Fangame. While it is extremely interesting as a historical artifact, this interest can probably be satisfied by watching a playthrough, rather than subjecting yourself to it.
Rating: N/A
Difficulty: 45 45
Jan 30, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna make the Novelty Ⅱ
For: I wanna make the Novelty Ⅱ
Novelty 2 is a pretty decent needleventure game, with some cool gimmicks and pretty good platforming. Of course, it's worth noting that all the gimmicks are repeats from the first game, making this nothing unique. Regardless, stuff like the light/dark stage and the screen wrap stage are still pretty fun, making good use of their gimmicks. Unfortunately, the needle winds up being pretty basic, so this never goes past "decent".
The real sticking point of this game are the bosses, which I found to almost all be pretty abysmal. Thankfully they're not too hard, but they still manage to be quite annoying. Highlights are the first boss and the autorun boss, which are super annoying and boring fights.
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The real sticking point of this game are the bosses, which I found to almost all be pretty abysmal. Thankfully they're not too hard, but they still manage to be quite annoying. Highlights are the first boss and the autorun boss, which are super annoying and boring fights.
Rating: 7.0 70
Difficulty: 48 48
Jan 22, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna be a Big Shot
For: I wanna be a Big Shot
I really should have listened to myself when I thought about playing this like a year ago! It's an awesome game, really showing Erik's level design chops. The platforming is fantastically done, with a wide variety of obstacles, and a gimmick heavy stage at the end that is frankly immaculate.
The game is really good at making fun long saves, while remaining at an accessible difficulty. The usage of big rooms is really well done, and each save has a good flow and is well balanced. The variety of enemies and obstacles are all used well, each feeling like it gets its time in the limelight.
The bosses are yet another highlight. They mix simple attacks with awesome arena changes to create really memorable fights. All the ways the arenas change or move are super cool, and something that made the bosses feel so much more unique.
Overall, phenomenal adventure game, an easy recommendation for all adventure fans. For those who are also into gimmick needle, this is a must play for the moon stage alone.
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The game is really good at making fun long saves, while remaining at an accessible difficulty. The usage of big rooms is really well done, and each save has a good flow and is well balanced. The variety of enemies and obstacles are all used well, each feeling like it gets its time in the limelight.
The bosses are yet another highlight. They mix simple attacks with awesome arena changes to create really memorable fights. All the ways the arenas change or move are super cool, and something that made the bosses feel so much more unique.
Overall, phenomenal adventure game, an easy recommendation for all adventure fans. For those who are also into gimmick needle, this is a must play for the moon stage alone.
Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 57 57
Jan 22, 2024
3 Games
| Game | Difficulty | Average Rating | # of Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Wanna Free the Fortress | 59.0 | 8.3 | 10 |
| The "Needle" | 53.0 | 6.8 | 16 |
| I Wanna [Expunged] the [Expunged] | 19.3 | 8.9 | 7 |
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