Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Sweet Typing Thrill]

I admit that I'm not a fan of text games, but this was quite fun. I really did have no idea what was going on. You create such a great atmosphere. It's hard to say anything about the details. It has exactly what it needs. The music is great.

It was easy to get past the first one. I just put down "I Understand". It says so on the medal. It doesn't do that for the second part. For people who are into text games, play this.

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thank you, Ericho!
Yeah, I get that text-based games are not for everybody, but I'm glad that you enjoyed this game regardless :)
I am a huge fan of games with just the right atmosphere, so I try to achieve something to that effect as well. After all, composing music is the main thing I do :)

Yeah, the first part is mostly there in order for the player to get used to the mechanics. After that, the difficulty has an immediate increase :)

Thanks for encouraging others to try out the game :3

[Ancient Orb]

Well, this is rather strange. The medals simply aren't working. I'm sure they'll show up eventually. I was confused as to how easy this was. Well, more how short it was. I still found this to be a unique game.

The music is so suiting. I like the graphics, how strange they are. It's nice to have a quaint little game. I had some good mobility. It is nice for something short.

[Kermit Kombat]

I really don't think the animation holds up. I mean, this goes on too long. I don't think this is really a game. There's more animation than interaction in this. Kermit's voice is pretty spot on. I don't remember seeing the cat.

Well, I didn't go through every choice. This was kind of bland. It was pretty unique back then. I guess this series got better. I thought Kermit was going to win at first.

[Gun Down the Gungan]

It seems pretty obvious to make a game where you kill Jar-Jar Binks. This was back when "The Phantom Menace" was still the newest "Star Wars" movie. The animation was pretty good. I just wish it had more. It should have had more locations. I don't see how Jar-Jar keeps dying.

I mean, does he keep coming back to life? I liked that Geedo joke. Well, that was oddly enough, a joke from Jar-Jar. Well, the game itself is funny. I am annoyed when people keep complaining about him, because that becomes annoying in itself.

[Van Helsing vs Skeletons 2]

I found this to be a lot of fun. The seventh level is where I really lose it. It still has very impressive graphics. I love the music! It took me awhile to understand the rocket launcher. It explodes whenever it hits the mouse icon.

It's a very stylistic game. It's nice to see Van Helsing like this. It just has a lot of spirit put into it. I liked how there were different kinds of skeletons. I thought you just had to aim for the unprotected part of those helmeted ones.

[Pigtraptions]

I can see why this is the lowest ranked submission on this ludum dare. It's mostly because I don't know how to play it! I've tried pressing all keys and nothing works. There are no instructions in the author comments. From what I've seen on the menu, it looks fine. I just have to go neutral on this.

The sounds I did hear aren't bad. It's just weird how few of the submissions have scores at all. This doesn't have a low score at all, of course. I'm glad that it works for a few people. At least it looks unique.

HawkSandwich responds:

Hey, I appreciate your in depth review :D
First off, there's a "How to Play" menu right in the main menu, but I suppose it didn't stick out enough, as a few people have had trouble with the controls in the past.
As for "ranking", the last Ludum Dare didn't have an official ranking system like all ones previous to it, due to PoV not being able to run Ludum Dare this time around. Instead, we're just using Feedback Friends.
And lastly, thanks for the comment on the art syle :D

[Resident Evil Ebola]

I didn't know this would be an RPG. I am not a fan of those. I still liked this game. Damn, you got a lot of voice actors. Even DoctorStrongBad was a beta tester! The sprite work is amazing.

I just wish there weren't so many cutscenes. I know to expect that in an RPG. I was just hoping for a straight shooter. It's still great to look at. The order the story is told is weird, but it's still enjoyable.

MetaMike responds:

Well if you ever return to play it again rest easy knowing you can skip nearly all of them. Also that's one of the things I'm pretty happy about when it comes to part 2, now that the main characters and main plot is established I can get right into the action with part 2, it definitely won't be as cutscene heavy.

[Steam Heart]

This is the highest ranked submission for Ludum Dare 36 and it's not very hard to see why! I just loved every minute of this. There was always some great action going on. I played it until I beat it. You got used to the game pretty quickly. The graphics were wonderful.

I understand why everyone loves this. This should win an award! The sound effects are great. I love how you don't immediately die when you fall into the lava. That's a great touch!

[Every Man's Refund]

This was better than I thought. I guess it's mostly because the secret medals were quite easy to get. You just play the game normally. I know I've played something like this before. It could just be deja vu. The graphics are pretty good.

It is hard to really advance. Well, I got some stuff anyways! It could probably use more detail. I guess I'd have to comprehend it more. I still recommend it.

Skudge responds:

Thank you! I definitely could have polished it a bit more and added some actual tutorial stuff but I wanted to be done before the end of the month. Glad you like it!