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phgQED
For: I wanna be the Archfoe
For: I wanna be the Archfoe
Archfoe is one of the first needle games I ever downloaded (because of the cool name). As such, I've not really had a contiguous experience with it—there have been many stops and starts, poking my head in at various points on my needle journey to see if I was ready to give it a proper go.
The three words I would use to describe Archfoe are 'chaotic', 'pointed', and 'boisterous'. While some of the difficulty and jump concepts approach a more traditional L-needle level of challenge, the shape of the map and the implementation of various spike patterns and strange shapes make a given playthru feel less oppressive but still generally a bit treacherous. The game is unapologetic about jumps which benefit from cancels, and you'll also see apples, minispikes, and platforms situated in such a way to obstruct your jump trajectory, rather than aid it. 'Prickly' is another word that comes to mind, but that's a generic synonym for needle at this point. I would think of a longer, slender needle with some barbs and random curled points along it, perhaps.
I think I remember seeing archfoe described as 'Uhuhu but harder and with less production value', and while I can certainly see a bit of merit to that comparison, it doesn't hold up for me due to a lack of playfulness in the former. Uhuhu is all about showing off new ideas and weird shapes, while Archfoe felt a lot more like "I have designed this to punish you". The tileset is indeed grim, and though the song is nice, it can't compete with a giant anime medley for potential banger-ish-ness.
Altogether I think the shortness of this game and the unique/peculiar nature of some of its jumps make it worth a look, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone not interested in the raw fringes of needle subgenres and some painful jumps in general.
The three words I would use to describe Archfoe are 'chaotic', 'pointed', and 'boisterous'. While some of the difficulty and jump concepts approach a more traditional L-needle level of challenge, the shape of the map and the implementation of various spike patterns and strange shapes make a given playthru feel less oppressive but still generally a bit treacherous. The game is unapologetic about jumps which benefit from cancels, and you'll also see apples, minispikes, and platforms situated in such a way to obstruct your jump trajectory, rather than aid it. 'Prickly' is another word that comes to mind, but that's a generic synonym for needle at this point. I would think of a longer, slender needle with some barbs and random curled points along it, perhaps.
I think I remember seeing archfoe described as 'Uhuhu but harder and with less production value', and while I can certainly see a bit of merit to that comparison, it doesn't hold up for me due to a lack of playfulness in the former. Uhuhu is all about showing off new ideas and weird shapes, while Archfoe felt a lot more like "I have designed this to punish you". The tileset is indeed grim, and though the song is nice, it can't compete with a giant anime medley for potential banger-ish-ness.
Altogether I think the shortness of this game and the unique/peculiar nature of some of its jumps make it worth a look, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone not interested in the raw fringes of needle subgenres and some painful jumps in general.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 5.0 50
Difficulty: 62 62
Oct 12, 2022
OnlyBlu
For: I Wanna Graduate From Beginners
For: I Wanna Graduate From Beginners
Really fun for new players.
The avoidance is fun to learn.
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The avoidance is fun to learn.
Rating: 7.8 78
Difficulty: 30 30
Oct 12, 2022
Leslie211
For: I wanna be the color Needle
For: I wanna be the color Needle
Peak Yangshuoen.
I’ve always found it rather amusing with every game yang uploads, he slowly gets better and better. This is proof of that.
The needle isn’t ground breaking, but i did enjoy it for the most part!
I do like the visuals, they’re simple and not too distracting.
can’t wait for yang has in store for us next!! don’t give up yang!!!
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I’ve always found it rather amusing with every game yang uploads, he slowly gets better and better. This is proof of that.
The needle isn’t ground breaking, but i did enjoy it for the most part!
I do like the visuals, they’re simple and not too distracting.
can’t wait for yang has in store for us next!! don’t give up yang!!!
Rating: 6.5 65
Difficulty: 58 58
Oct 12, 2022
RandomChaos_
For: I Wanna Rely The Needle 4.5
For: I Wanna Rely The Needle 4.5
Blocks and spikes.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 5.1 51
Difficulty: 30 30
Oct 12, 2022
OnlyBlu
For: I wanna be the Blue Spike
For: I wanna be the Blue Spike
This game is fairly decent and easy.
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Rating: 5.5 55
Difficulty: 20 20
Oct 12, 2022
RandomChaos_
For: I wanna be the 敵か！味方か！大根マン！
For: I wanna be the 敵か！味方か！大根マン！
Few rough spots like the traps, but overall just about everything I like about fangames.
Also has 2.5D Mario cart, yeah its awesome.
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Also has 2.5D Mario cart, yeah its awesome.
Rating: 8.9 89
Difficulty: 41 41
Oct 12, 2022
BloggerOP
For: I wanna Love Rag
For: I wanna Love Rag
Edit : I beat it because I'm a fucking dumbass. And no. It doesn't change my mind.
No. I don't give up games often, but this was an exception. This is literally one of the worst avoidance I've ever played. Let me briefly explain how this avoidance flows.
some patterns - one praying attack that hits you most of the time - another pattern - an unreadable attack - infinity jump intro patterns - braindead pattern designs, it does not sync properly, and very hard to read especially on diamond part, even the creator said he had a hard time reading it. I just decided to go through the bullets. - bullshit aimed attack, one is easy and the other is literally impossible - patterns - infinity jump mark rng, it's hitbox is so bigger than you think. literally what the fuck. - RNG part, unreadable for me - precise pattern - lucky final tier pink background, every attack there should not be rng, but every attack is.
Then, how do you beat this on easy mode? (I cannot imagine beating this on medium, hard, or lunatic mode, because that would be so horrible, it's just not worth it) Well, you pray to not get hit more than at least twice before the pink background, and then pray again to not die. More simply, pray. I wanted to play games, not pray... Please, giving HPs and dot hitbox does not make the game good, just playtest it, simple as that.
It looks good, but that's it. It fucking sucks. No one should play it.
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No. I don't give up games often, but this was an exception. This is literally one of the worst avoidance I've ever played. Let me briefly explain how this avoidance flows.
some patterns - one praying attack that hits you most of the time - another pattern - an unreadable attack - infinity jump intro patterns - braindead pattern designs, it does not sync properly, and very hard to read especially on diamond part, even the creator said he had a hard time reading it. I just decided to go through the bullets. - bullshit aimed attack, one is easy and the other is literally impossible - patterns - infinity jump mark rng, it's hitbox is so bigger than you think. literally what the fuck. - RNG part, unreadable for me - precise pattern - lucky final tier pink background, every attack there should not be rng, but every attack is.
Then, how do you beat this on easy mode? (I cannot imagine beating this on medium, hard, or lunatic mode, because that would be so horrible, it's just not worth it) Well, you pray to not get hit more than at least twice before the pink background, and then pray again to not die. More simply, pray. I wanted to play games, not pray... Please, giving HPs and dot hitbox does not make the game good, just playtest it, simple as that.
It looks good, but that's it. It fucking sucks. No one should play it.
Rating: 0.7 7
Difficulty: 87 87
Oct 12, 2022