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Reviews for "Futility"

Futile... or Fruitful?

This is a game that just wants to make you feel like you'll never beat it, it wants you to put you in despair and make you want to come back for more until you beat it or even give up. Even the first level I had so much trouble in that it actually got aggravating, I could only reach up to Insanely Hard. While I blame it on mostly the controls which is probably the worst thing about this game. Other than that, the graphics; the level design; the music; the sound effects, are all outstanding. In fact, dieing is like the main part this game, and it can get repetitive, but it saves itself; (hardly) mainly cause of the platform changes every time you die. I also found myself occasionally jumping all the way down skipping the entire level to the boss stage... As it is one of the hardest flash games I have ever played, you'll soon get better and better at succeeding and failing. Not perfect, but it is time-consuming enjoyment. A test of skill and will.

Pros: Outstanding presentation
Top notch graphics and sound
Boss stages are insane
Platform changes after death
Power-ups (Notably SHOOP DA WHOOP)
Enemy designs

Cons: Controls are horrible and can make the game more frustrating
Platforms are a little repetitive
Aiming issues

Fast.

Fun, fast paced game. The boss battles were a bit too easy for the rest of the game, but it was a blast throughout.

Meh...

It was okay, but the controls were a bit iffy...

Just...

Just amazing. Even on the easiest level I had a hard time beating it. Shit was flying everywhere and I just kept dying and dying. The next one was even harder, but I beat it in 3 tries. Average was a hard story. I coudn't evenn beat it. It was so hard I just got to the end wasting as many lives as possible just to be able to beat the boss. Damn falling clouds.

By my first death I found out that the levels were randomly placed. Or maybe they weren't. Either way the layought was different the second death than the first and so on. Music was a plus for the boss fights. The second level fight's music at first was so amazing. I forgot what it was, but heard it a long time ago and knew it was epic.

In conclusion, this game is pretty good. The name suits it well. "Futility". Yes it is futile to beat the game because what happens. Maybe there's a congradulations screen and that's it. Like AVGN fans would recall, there's a game that's so hard to beat or so annoying, but once you beat it there's not much of a reward. Those are shitty games, but this one hardly qualifies as shitty.

It's a golden turd with jewels.

Ausom

very hard