Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Amulet]

I am sorry, but this was just something that took too long for me. The wizarding school is something that could have been taught easily in a simple tutorial. It just takes too long for me to really work up to anything. I am not very interested in advancing. I will say that the graphics are actually good in this. Everything seems to move quickly.

The problem is that the gameplay is kind of bland. I imagine I would have to just keep on playing until it gets more interesting. I'm quite surprised you're taught how to move. If you didn't know that, how could you get to school? At least the classes are short.

[Arcane Castle]

I have to admit that it did get me motivated to play it. This was a fairly good game. What I like the most about it is how funky the music is. It really gives you the sense of being in a fast paced game, which you of course are. It was nice to have those explosions. I don't seem to do well with ducking.

I now realize the bar is the health one. I thought it was maybe telling me how far I had gotten. I don't know if this game ever ends. You need to remember to always jump over everything. I don't know how much power you can get with your explosions and how long.

[Deadeye]

I thought that this was mostly as good as it should be. What I didn't understand was how it was a bit too simple. It mostly helps that I'm good at this. It had been forever since I'd played it and I was doing well at Veteran. It's nice to have different difficulties. The pacing is also rather well done.

For some reason, I just like the sound effects in this, particularly when you hit your target. It gives off the notion of authenticness. You probably could have had more of a background with this. As the game goes, it doesn't need to be too detailed. It's just fun.

[Max Mesiria Chp1 RPG]

I am not a fan of RPG's, but I still didn't think this was that good. My biggest frustation was probably how it got a bit too repetitive. You at least managed to get some fairly good artwork in. It played like a typical RPG, so it wasn't that hard to understand. I've just probably played so many of them I'm getting used to them. There could be more of a variety of enemies.

I do like how quaint the music is. The protagonist looks like a pretty decent fellow. He seems to be shorter when he walks on land. It must have something to do with the perspective. It's not great, but playable.

[Springbot 2]

Well, I couldn't have much fun with this, mostly because I didn't know how to play it at first. I managed to get a better understanding, but it still wasn't that rewarding. I just don't think it's that much fun when everything's so ambiguous. I do like the sounds of this. In fact, I think this game could have worked better as a music one! The drawings could have been better.

I guess it was fairly unique. I didn't like how it took so long to take out an enemy. I don't have much means of defense. You should have equipped me with lasers or something. It's an interesting experience, but not really worth my time.

[Flash Racer]

I found this to be a nice game. I think you could have put sound effects from when the cars hit each other. They could have also been used on the gun. I am not good at these kinds of games, mostly because I have a hard time telling up from down when you go around the racetrack. The music is also quite nice. I just think this is done in good spirits.

It managed to be fairly realistic as well. There weren't a lot of cartoony things going on. Your drawings of the humans could be better. It's nice to have everything simple enough to understand easily. I'm not into racing games normally, but this was nice.

[Turret Defense]

I was pretty impressed by this game. My main complaint was that it probably could have used better graphics. I do have to appreciate how you have so many different good songs. Everything is clear cut, easy to understand. You could use sound effects, though. You would be surprised at how much you can get addicted to it.

I liked the way the enemies exploded. You had a nice amount of time to prepare for each wave. I like how the guns just randomly go around when there's no enemies. It's nice when the game just plays itself. All in all, quite enjoyable.

[Last Legacy]

I know you guys made the Mario Sunshine series. Dang, I still can not beat that thing! Anyway, it was interesting how this had a lot of the similar themes like the platforms. The one thing that did make this annoying was having to create all those blocks. I forgot about my health completely the first time I played. You do get used to it.

The respawning enemies are freaking annoying. At least it was satisfying to kill them. I couldn't even find the other two golden squares in the first level. It was cool how the enemies just flopped around everywhere as you were killing them. It's quite an enjoyable game.

[Evil Forest]

I really liked this game. I can recognize the graphics from your previous games. I do think the title could have been better. I was thinking the resolution was too high, but it was apparently already set at the lowest it looked like. I don't undestand that teleporting thing. I think it just takes you everywhere.

I like how straightforward the game is. You mostly just hack your way through numerous enemies. They're pretty unique and have different attack styles. I like the red thing that gets you out of the level. This was fun and creative.

SeethingSwarm responds:

Glad you like the game! The teleport block takes you to a random location in the room. It's just there to make things interesting and change things up a bit, I think I could have perhaps found a better use for it though. The quality is set to low, because the game tends to lag a lot on most computers. It runs fine on mine, but I've heard a lot of complaints about it, so I just set the quality to low for everyone. I had a lot of trouble with optimization... wish my coding skills were better, or that I had an aweosme coder to do all that stuff for me :P ...anyway, thanks a lot for the review and the nice score! :)

[GLADIATOR:Castle Wars]

I didn't know what to expect of this. I think the best part was how the gameplay was layed out. You could really go anywhere you wanted with this. It could have had better animation, but still enjoyable. I really liked the music and sound effects. I just think it got a bit too repetitive.

You went to the same guy for every battle. The yellow guys reminded me of the alien from "Alien Hominid". What's that thing's name anyway? I am surprised there was not a Skip option at first, but it came up eventually. Seems like you would have one on a cutscene instead of a tutorial.