Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Raze 2]

I'm surprised I looked past this one. It's one of the highest rated games I have not played before! It's not very hard to see why. It's really cool to see all this stuff going on at once. I like it how I seem to always be able to come back. Of course, that also meant it was easy for me to die.

It takes awhile to get the hang of. The graphics are quite good. The sounds are also really cool and it's a pretty clear cut game where you just have to shoot everything but your partner when it gets going. There's a lot going on with all the upgrades. A bit too complicated to skim past.

[Super Drift 3D]

I'm generally not a fan of driving games, but this was freaking cool! I think the best thing about it is how good the graphics are. I thought I was going to have to do at least three laps in the first round. Then again, I was on the "Easy" mode. It really does remind me of those Gran Turismo games you see in arcades. Dang, I need to go to those more often.

The sounds are pretty authentic too. This is one of the best games I've played that won an Underdog Of The Year award. The 3D certainly stands out. You could have had a better way of telling how the other car(s) were behind you. That may have just been in easy mode.

[Real Pool 3D]

I was never a fan of playing pool in real life. I guess this owes to the fact I don't seem to enjoy playing it in a game either. The graphics are fairly good. It just doesn't seem to add anything that unique to the pool game. The title suggests it wasn't supposed to. I do think this is the first time in awhile where I played against the computer.

I'm not a fan of these kinds of games because I'm no good at it. I know there must be ways of studying the angles, but it never works out for me. The sounds seem to sync up well. You might want to add some music. If you're a big pool fan, this shoudl work for you.

[Great Mahjong]

I generally find Mahjong to be too difficult, but I managed to get further than usual in this. It seems to have everything you would want in a game based on Mahjong. The only thing I didn't understand was how some of the game was played. It was weird to see different levels. It's hard to use depth perception with a game like this. Good thing I have two eyes.

The music was pretty good and I liked the Oriental theme. That obviously fits all the Chinese letters being introduced. Maybe they were some other language like Japanese? Anyway, it's hard to ask for improvement because any Mahjong fan should enjoy this. It just takes too long for me.

[Magnetism 2]

I can see why this won Daily Feature. It's interesting to use a force of nature in a game. Some of the levels were pretty complicated and it took real thought to beat them. I was thinking you may have been supposed to be attracted to the red things at first. The red cup was always your destination. It helps the music is so good.

I recognize it from one of Armegalo's games. There's a nice feeling of machinery and technology everywhere. The feature where you left a trail was really cool. It truly taught you how to learn from your mistakes. You get lots of oppurtunites so it isn't too stressful.

[Armada Assault 1]

I have played many space shooting games, but this was so awesome I had to check it out. I think the main reason it's so awesome is because of how simple it is. You are on this interesting area and background where you blow up enemies over and over. I also like how you have so many lives. Some of the sounds are goofy, but fine. I'm speaking of when the boss fires at you.

The controls are really easy to understand. You get an interesting variety of enemies that are coming after you. I don't even know if you can kill those metal UFOs. I swear I didn't get more than 5 points at once from those coins. I thought they were energy blasts you were supposed to avoid at first!

josh-tamugaia responds:

This game was when I was still quite green as a game developer. But I'm glad you like it.

[Eraticator]

The artwork in this reminded me of the stuff by Jhonen Vasquez. I guess just anyhing connected to scary black and white stuff reminds me of him. I thought the sound effects were really cool too. It was nice to have a new kind of technique for every level. The title's kind of cute too. I think it's nicely paced too.

While not that special, it's definitley something to recommend. There is just some nice sincerity to it. It's simple, but not boring. You have to learn to read the instructions as fast as possible. I knew I could get more points by getting it done faster, duh.

[Planet Mayhem]

I think this is a pretty good game. I couldn't help but be reminded of where the monsters came from. It had to have been from this commercial where they were talking about how to teach kids to speak French. I don't know if that was intentional, maybe that design was used before. I was quite interested with how I got 0 points on the first and third try. On the second, I got 1800!

It's a pretty weird game in that sense. I will admit that the graphics could be a lot better. You need to work with shading. I still recommend it, as it's a pretty creative game. You really don't know what's going to show up next, because it's hard to tell what the theme is. Just dumpster stuff, I guess.

[Wink: the Game]

I think this is quite nice. It's authentic to the style of the cartoons you guys worked on. It's just great to see something so authentic being put to life in a game. I do have one problem. I don't seem to know how to attack well. I'm thinking I just need to use the "A" button, but it never really works. Everything is so adorable in this.

I love the little sounds that are everywhere. It's just nice to have a very lighthearted game. Whichever one of you guys is the narrator is doing a fantastic job. It reminds me of JAZZA. Was that him?