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[Geek Fighter]

This turned out to be pretty enjoyable even by the standards of it being an older game. I liked how you had a lot of mobility in this. What I didn't like is that you basically only had a few moves to work with. I like the notion of geeks getting back at bullies. I just thought it could have had more going on it. I just realize I use that a lot in my reviews.

I can see why this became so popular. The sounds are pretty nice. You do have to keep up pretty well in this game, because it's fast paced. There probably could have been some more music. There's a good sense of dimension.

[Invaders 2002]

I have to give this game credit because it really did seem to imitate the style of the original "Space Invaders" game. I guess that was also kind of why I didn't like it that much. I agree, there could have been some shields. It's still nice to see some really good use of coloring effects. The graphics were quite impressive and unique.

If only you were invulnerable for a little bit after reforming. I guess most shooting games don't have that anyway. The sound effects were really good too and synched up quite well. There should be an Invader 2013. With modern flash, you could take this further.

[Field Goal Challenge]

I didn't like this game because I didn't understand it. I basically just clicked with the mouse over and over. I must just be really bad at this, because I don't even have a guy come and kick the ball half the time. The designs and the colors were actually really good. Even the menu was done really nice. I just wish I could say the same for the gameplay.

The music and sound effects were okay. I guess I'm just not much of a fan of sports games to begin with. I still appreciate you trying to reach out to the people who are fans of those kinds of games. It should appeal to them. You just need to have more going on.

[The Wire]

I just didn't think this was very unique or anything. I guess I appreciate how it had a simple premise and it wasn't too hard to understand. Of course, we can't always simplify everything. It just needs to have more going on. This is just the same thing over and over. You did not even have a background or any music. It also probably just came off as too easy to me.

At this point, I've played so many games, you tend to expect more difficult stuff. It's funny how this has the same name as a popular HBO show. Yeah, this did come after it. Squirrels are funny, but this one really wasn't. I can tell it's an old work.

[Planetcide: Genesis]

It's great to see how this holds up after all these years. I was thinking the effects would be pretty bad, but everything flowed together great! I loved how you could just go across a massive landscape and fire at everything in sight. It didn't have much in terms of plot, but it was still very nice. I like how the controls are so easy to understand. It works well as a simple game.

It makes you realize that we haven't advanced well with 3D graphics. It realy does give you a good sense of depth. I guess unlike movies, we won't eventually make CGI movies and games. The music is also very stylistic and gives a good sense of adventure. It's fairly unique for its genre.

[AP Playlist Maker]

I don't know that much about how to work with audio submissions. Then again, that might just be because my only audio submission was universally hated. I was very glad that there were a ton of songs that were already available on the game. My only complaint is that the details in the game itself were not that good. I know that doesn't mean much in a music thing like this, but it just struck me as off.

I have certainly reviewed a lot of songs. I'm not going to say this has the most music pieces for an NG submission. I've reviewed so many there was probably one that used more, like the Punk-O-Matic games. It's kind of complicated, but any music fan should like this. I am a music fan of course.

Kwing responds:

The metal playlist was only an example. Obviously you can add whichever tracks you like.

[Made in Mafia]

I thought this was a pretty-good game. It reminded me of "The Godfather". Of course, that's probably because that's the most well known Mafia movie ever made. I was a bit confused by all of the labels. It seemed too much for a game that wasn't that complicated. I still enjoyed it, particuarly when I got to use the bombs.

You would be surprised at how you have to time everything perfectly with those. The graphics are fairly decent. It was funny to see some cars besides gangster ones to shoot at. It looked like there was a race car on my back at one point! This was decently creative.

[Super Color Belt]

I thought this was a fairly unique game and it came off as quite fun to me. I thought it was so cool how I was able to get some of the combinations right. It wasn't that difficult if you put your mind to it. I think the music was also fairly nice. It wasn't well detailed, but still something worth checking out. It probably helps that it's an original idea.

You might even say that it's a rythum game. I had fun listening to the funky music as it moved along. In fact, I'm pretty sure it is a rythum game. I can't seem to find the difference between Reflex mode and Classic mode. Probably all the better, the former is most likely more difficult.

[Dot-Matrix Shooter 2]

I was pretty surprised at how good at this I managed to be. I think the main reason I liked it is because the medals were just worth so much! Yeah, that's shallow, but come on, lots of people are like that. I thought the graphics were really unique. I had no idea you could even jump until an enemy came from the side. It helps that everything is clear to understand.

I like the funny sound the tank makes whenever it hits something. It gives off a good sense of cartoonish behavior. It's nice to see contrasting styles like that. Even the backgrounds aren't bad, either. The clouds look like little platforms in the sky.

meinlogin responds:

Haha, thanks:). I also thought that words 'Brutal' and 'Difficult' are too strong for these achievements, but as I have only 6 of them in the game, had to split all the points:).