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The Henry Stickmin Collection (2020)

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Completing the Mission is the sixth and final installation in the Stickpage/Newgrounds popular online game series Henry Stickmin created by Marcus "Puffballs United" Bromander. It released with the Henry Stickmin Collection on Steam on August 7th, 2020.

Henry Stickmin is a series of action/comedy/parody movie-games, created by PuffballsUnited. In these games player can choose the events and endings, because games function by point-and-click format.

The story follows a thief Henry Stickmin who gets in trouble by trying to steal things, escaping from various prisons and working with the military.

The titular character is Henry Stickmin, a silent protagonist who starts his journey by breaking into a bank, which leads him into a series of never ending troubles. Characters in the series are stick figures, which means they have minimal body design and black lines instead of clothes, but distinct facial design with long linear eyes that are unique to PuffballsUnited's style.

The Henry universe is a copy of real world but better fitting with stick figures. Evidence for this is city of Stickholm that appears in the series, which is a pun of capital of Sweden, Stockholm.

The zeroth and prototype game for the series was Crossing the Pit, a game published by PuffballsUnited in 2007. It featured a simple stick character (possibly Henry) trying to cross a pit and all options result in a failure (falling into the pit).

After this, PuffballsUnited released the first game in Henry Stickmin series, Breaking the Bank. The concept was almost similar to Crossing the Pit. The only option that doesn't result in a fail was the option Disguise. However, The game ends with Henry arrested, The game was significantly shorter than newer Henry games, although it had new artstyle and character design unlike Crossing the Pit.

A direct sequel for this was Escaping the Prison released in 2010, that was significantly longer, and had 3 endings. Then a sequel to that was Stealing the Diamond, released a year later, then Infiltrating the Airship in 2013.

In 2015 Fleeing the Complex was released, with 5 endings and 60 unique fails.

In 2020, remastered versions of the first five games, not counting Crossing the Pit, had came out in a final game called, The Henry Stickmin Collection. The finale, Completing the Mission, consisted of 16 different endings and 164 fails; marking the definitive end of the Henry Stickmin series. PuffballsUnited had announced that he would be starting work on Among Us 2 for InnerSloth after the release of the Collection.

The Henry Stickmin series is one of the most popular on Newgrounds, and has come to be known as a classic. Every single installment has been listed on the site's front page shortly after release, and, from Prison onward, have consistently made #1 on the Weekly Users' Choice at the time of release. Prison and Complex were named first on Daily Features on the day of release, while Diamond and Airship were named 2nd and 4th for Daily Features. Prison is so far the most-played game in the series, with 2.8 million views on Newgrounds, while Complex is the second-highest rated game on the site. All installments released on Newgrounds (minus Bank) make the top twelve of the highest-rated games on the site.

The series has also become a popular magnet for content creators on YouTube. Markiplier's playthrough of Complex has become his fifth overall most-viewed video on his channel, with 49 million views. Jackscepticeye, PopularMMOs, and DanTDM's videos on the Henry Stickmin series have also amassed millions of views.

For The Henry Stickmin Collection, Steam users have given the assemblage package "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews, with a 99% rating based on 4,600+ reviews. Reviewers have praised the Collection for its humor, animation, production value, and storylines, but some have noted the frequency of crashes.

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