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cLOUDDEAD
For: I Wanna Pamper that Amber Glamour
For: I Wanna Pamper that Amber Glamour
While Fine-House felt like a shining example of how to make incredible, interesting needle at a beginner's difficulty level, this game feels like it's lacking a lot of the core components of what made Fine-House so wonderful. All of the gimmicks are gone- there's a handful of moving objects and the last stage has some triggers but its all stock engine stuff. Which is fine, the needle design here is generally pretty good (there are a handful of jumps I think are way too awkward for a game of this difficulty caliber, but otherwise nothing to complain about), but the needle is definitely lacking in identity. Obviously the game is a tribute to Wolfie's style (and Vandal especially), but I think what made Fine-House so great were the use of set-pieces and memorable gameplay ideas, rather than just a straight shot of over-smoothed needle jumps; it's the vodka of needle games.
My favorite save by no coincidence is the one with a big wheel of cherries inside of cube of water that you have to navigate around, and I wished there were more saves like that one. There's 4 stages in the game, but really only one of them makes use of it's theme. The first stage is vanilla needle, so sure, we'll give that one a pass. The second stage seems to be themed around water, although as I write this I struggle to remember any water jumps, just a couple places that had water for pathing. The third stage was themed around... cluttered spike formations? Most of this stage plays the same as stage 1 but with outline spikes forming fancy shapes and some circle killers to make the layouts of the screens look very hectic, but there's no real gameplay theme here. Funnily enough, this is the stage that actually has the water/wheel save mentioned earlier. The final stage is a trigger needle, and is probably the best overall stage. The boss at the end is fun, not really much to say about it.
I know it probably sounds like I'm complaining a lot in this review, but its a short <10 minute game without a ton to talk about, and I'm just going off the things that stuck out to me; it's still a very good game and one of the elusive few truly good beginner needle games.
TL;DR the game is great, but doesn't live up to the expectations set by Fine-House and Heavenly Host
[2] Likes
My favorite save by no coincidence is the one with a big wheel of cherries inside of cube of water that you have to navigate around, and I wished there were more saves like that one. There's 4 stages in the game, but really only one of them makes use of it's theme. The first stage is vanilla needle, so sure, we'll give that one a pass. The second stage seems to be themed around water, although as I write this I struggle to remember any water jumps, just a couple places that had water for pathing. The third stage was themed around... cluttered spike formations? Most of this stage plays the same as stage 1 but with outline spikes forming fancy shapes and some circle killers to make the layouts of the screens look very hectic, but there's no real gameplay theme here. Funnily enough, this is the stage that actually has the water/wheel save mentioned earlier. The final stage is a trigger needle, and is probably the best overall stage. The boss at the end is fun, not really much to say about it.
I know it probably sounds like I'm complaining a lot in this review, but its a short <10 minute game without a ton to talk about, and I'm just going off the things that stuck out to me; it's still a very good game and one of the elusive few truly good beginner needle games.
TL;DR the game is great, but doesn't live up to the expectations set by Fine-House and Heavenly Host
Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 40 40
Dec 5, 2023
cLOUDDEAD
For: I wanna traverse the precipice
For: I wanna traverse the precipice
the future is now, old man
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Rating: 9.9 99
Difficulty: 75 75
Aug 15, 2023
cLOUDDEAD
For: Vibe Excerpts: Too Much Trouble
For: Vibe Excerpts: Too Much Trouble
perfectly designed boss that consistents of several unique mechanics that all interact in interesting ways forcing you to approach the boss with an analytical mindset and forces you to think on your feet and stay mentally engaged with whats happening. Becomes incredibly consistent when you develop a strategy to approach its different phases and learn how to manage everything that you need to keep track of. requires more mental multitasking than raw avoidance skill.
My favorite fangame boss of all time
My favorite fangame boss of all time
Tagged as: Boss
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Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 65 65
Jun 10, 2023
cLOUDDEAD
For: banana pudding 3
For: banana pudding 3
engine makes 2 button on same frame very inconsistent. my consistency on 2 buttons on same frame went from 99.5+% to under 50%. very annoying for how often you need it to make jumps consistent.
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Rating: 3.5 35
Difficulty: 65 65
May 14, 2023
cLOUDDEAD
For: Firdos
For: Firdos
not recommended unless you really enjoy this kind of 32px "ftfa-like" needle, and are fine with the occasional
(very minor spoiler)multi-screen save
real spoilers below
so from what I can tell the game has multiple routes through it, and i managed to skip a few areas on the route I took, which thankfully included a stage that seems to be more "ftfa-like" needle but with oldschool ice block physics. I think i may have missed some areas entirely, since I didn't check every path, and most of the areas i found were very clearly meant to be entered from multiple areas since i often found screens that I physically couldn't backtrack through, and there was a song I heard that was not listed in the readme's ost. there's a few areas that deviate a bit from the norm, with some water3 and vines and jump refreshers and what not, but it more or less all plays like clunky precise 32px needle.
I was hoping by the fact that the game seemed very secretive, insisting you play as blind as possible, and being compiled with YYC to prevent easily decompiling it that there would be more here. I was hoping for something that would be hiding beneath the facade of a 32px needle game, hiding just out of sight of those who might give the game a cursory glance and move on without playing, but as far as I can tell there is nothing of the sort. I will commend the idea of making a needle game like that that has multiple paths to the end, rather than making a hub and forcing you to do everything like a checklist, and its fun seeing how some of the paths connect, but the experience ultimately fell flat for me.
Besides not really liking this style of needle at all anymore, the game seems a bit poorly put together at times. invisible blocks are placed over screen borders you arent meant to cross, but sometimes they arent, leaving you to fall in the infinite void without dying forever, visuals will sometimes make obscure the needle (particularly bad in the area with a sewerslvt song), blocks are randomly rendered above or below the player inconsistently, and occasionally blocks wont have collision. The visuals also strangely range from "really bad" to "alright, but also has a fancy shader". The aforementioned sewerslvt area has it the worst, its a static, noisy, bright image of a cyberpunk city with neon signs everywhere with a foreground of pure black spikes/blocks/everything, which looks pretty bad beyond making it hard to see whats happening. Some of the nicer looking areas include shaders or particles, although they dont look particularly great imo.
There is one thing I noticed which I thought was interesting, as I was finishing an area (dont remember which), I heard a the default yoyoyo item pickup sound, so I thought maybe I needed to collect a bunch of invisible items, but I never heard the sound again. I only mention this here in case someone more dedicated than I am might be able to find something further hidden in this game, although currently I doubt whether there is more to find, as even by the time I've reached the clear screen, there's been nothing else indicating that this game isn't just what it seems on the surface
before I close out this review, I do want to reiterate that I do appreciate the conceptual format of this game. I think this creator can go on to make some really incredible things, however the low production value coupled with unappealing needle design made this a real turnoff for me
[3] Likes
(very minor spoiler)multi-screen save
real spoilers below
so from what I can tell the game has multiple routes through it, and i managed to skip a few areas on the route I took, which thankfully included a stage that seems to be more "ftfa-like" needle but with oldschool ice block physics. I think i may have missed some areas entirely, since I didn't check every path, and most of the areas i found were very clearly meant to be entered from multiple areas since i often found screens that I physically couldn't backtrack through, and there was a song I heard that was not listed in the readme's ost. there's a few areas that deviate a bit from the norm, with some water3 and vines and jump refreshers and what not, but it more or less all plays like clunky precise 32px needle.
I was hoping by the fact that the game seemed very secretive, insisting you play as blind as possible, and being compiled with YYC to prevent easily decompiling it that there would be more here. I was hoping for something that would be hiding beneath the facade of a 32px needle game, hiding just out of sight of those who might give the game a cursory glance and move on without playing, but as far as I can tell there is nothing of the sort. I will commend the idea of making a needle game like that that has multiple paths to the end, rather than making a hub and forcing you to do everything like a checklist, and its fun seeing how some of the paths connect, but the experience ultimately fell flat for me.
Besides not really liking this style of needle at all anymore, the game seems a bit poorly put together at times. invisible blocks are placed over screen borders you arent meant to cross, but sometimes they arent, leaving you to fall in the infinite void without dying forever, visuals will sometimes make obscure the needle (particularly bad in the area with a sewerslvt song), blocks are randomly rendered above or below the player inconsistently, and occasionally blocks wont have collision. The visuals also strangely range from "really bad" to "alright, but also has a fancy shader". The aforementioned sewerslvt area has it the worst, its a static, noisy, bright image of a cyberpunk city with neon signs everywhere with a foreground of pure black spikes/blocks/everything, which looks pretty bad beyond making it hard to see whats happening. Some of the nicer looking areas include shaders or particles, although they dont look particularly great imo.
There is one thing I noticed which I thought was interesting, as I was finishing an area (dont remember which), I heard a the default yoyoyo item pickup sound, so I thought maybe I needed to collect a bunch of invisible items, but I never heard the sound again. I only mention this here in case someone more dedicated than I am might be able to find something further hidden in this game, although currently I doubt whether there is more to find, as even by the time I've reached the clear screen, there's been nothing else indicating that this game isn't just what it seems on the surface
before I close out this review, I do want to reiterate that I do appreciate the conceptual format of this game. I think this creator can go on to make some really incredible things, however the low production value coupled with unappealing needle design made this a real turnoff for me
Rating: N/A
Difficulty: 87 87
May 6, 2023
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