Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[MADNESS : Family Duels]

I did not like this. I think the main flaw was that it just seemed to get hard too fast. It was very pretty entertaining to be able to kill the first guy so easily, but not so much the next one. It was kind of funny how you depicted the bullets as flashing lights. At least the gameplay was pretty easy to understand. It is still nice to go back to some 2012 Madness stuff.

Granted, there wasn't a lot this year, but still nice to know it's at least still popular. The graphics did seem to do a fairly good job of imitating the original cartoons. The music wasn't that bad either. It's just that it seems to get too repetitive with how I keep on being defeated on the second level. At least you made something easy.

[Rob's Cabin Quest]

I thought this was fairly playable. I did not like it as much to really enjoy it, because the artwork wasn't that good. Then again, it was only made in 48 hours. I actually was a tad motivated to beat this thing. My other problem is that the gameplay is fairly difficult, especially with how you have to use the arrow keys to attack. It would make more sense if it was just a single key.

The music is actually pretty good. It took me awhile before I got to understand the Halloween aspect as I didn't know what it was about. I should have known that a lot earlier. The soundtrack was pretty good. I wish there were some ways to get health.

[Emils Epacse Demo]

I was really turned off by how there was no sound in this. I will admit that the graphics are fairly decent. Another problem I have is that it's a bit hard to get used to. It seemed like you were looking for something that was big and this did fit the bill. You have to pay attention to absolutely everything going on here. I can actually see this becoming better.

I should judge it fairly as it is a demo. Then again, demos are kind of frowned upon on this website. It had a pretty funny title too. You might want to put in a couple of enemies, but then again, it is pretty hard on its own. I like how the liquids move.

jozzarozzer responds:

Yeah the sound and music is something i will be working on closer to the end of development and there are a couple of enemies in the fourth level (the first grass level)

[Faces of 2012]

Dude, it was fricking unbelievable how hard this game is! I got the first one which was just Pico, down very easily. Apart from that, this game was Hell! It is kind of interesting to see a game with medals that doesn't have to do with Halloween or horror or anything like that. I thought I knew my characters! I guess this at least makes me feel better about getting better grades on actual quizzes and tests.

Well, some of them are easier, so I'll give you credit for that. The drawings in this are really well done. I didn't know Lilg was so good at drawing other characters. I like the music and know that I have heard it before. It's just one screen, but it's still a well detailed game!

[Cabin Within Wood]

This was a pretty weak game. It was strange how your game got the image preview for NG Game Jam 8 when it's the lowest rated. It's not so much that the graphics are that bad, it's just that there isn't much detail. You seem to need to know more about lines and how to put variety in your creations. The music isn't that bad, I guess. It doesn't help that I'm not a fan of point and click adventure games.

I couldn't see how this could be appealing to people who are fans of those kinds of games. I clicked through everything and nothing seemed to work. I can understand how this was made in six hours. It's not that appropriate for the jam, but it did get in the collection. There should be more detail and gameplay.

maxman43 responds:

I know plenty about lines. For example, the shortest distance between two points is a line. Geometry is fun stuff.

[Shadow Tag]

I was impressed at how complicated this turned out to be. It was weird, because I thought it would just be one level where you tried to get the keys, but I knew that would be too easy. I had no idea there were actually enemies coming after you! This is probably my favorite of all the games here, because it has the best artwork. There's a reason JAZZA is one of my favorite artists. I have him favorited, but this didn't show up on latest from my favorites.

I guess that only works if the person you've favorited got the top billing. I take it he's worked with Moonkey and zeedox before. It was interesting to not know what kind of enemy you had. I think this is the first time I noticed the Halloween 2012 collection too. It truly changed after the first level.

[SoulCrusher Cabin]

I don't want to spoil anything, but I will say that it seemed like it was a tad too easy to get one secret medal. I was surprised I managed to get that far with the fifty point medal. It seems like this didn't even have that much to do with a cabin in the woods. BTW, that's one of my favorite movies of this year. It was pretty much killer when the giant foot came. Was that a Monty Python reference?

Anyway, when I used my strongest attack, it did pretty much nothing against the foot. Maybe I just aimed it poorly? The graphics weren't that good, but still nice. I was amazed at how I was able to get into this game so much. I just couldn't stop attacking the enemies, which is the only way to win in fact.

thinking-man responds:

It's not about that movie, tom specifically said not to make it about the movie. Also the secret medals are just the boss medals, I just didn't want to show who the bosses were before you got there.

[Transylvania Girls]

I have to admit that I am not a fan of RPGs. I guess I didn't care much for this one because it didn't hold my interest for a very long time. At least there's an easy medal for resting. I do appreciate the Halloween theme. When I first saw this, I thought it was related to the movie "Hotel Transylvania", but it turns out it wasn't. It's a pretty strange premise for a game.

I guess it's somewhat original for what it is. This just comes off as a bit too boring to me. You really do have to make specific decisions in order to advance. The music isn't bad, though. I like how the game automatically pauses.

[Jacksmith]

I admit that I wasn't really expecting much out of this game. It just seemed to be some weird one where you made swords. A game where you actually got to use a sword would seem to be a lot better. I was very pleasantly surprised to find out how fun this was! I was afraid at first, that I wouldn't be able to make a sword out of a good material, as all I had was copper. I guess that couldn't be helped!

I'm no medieval historian, but that does in fact seem like how swords are made. With all the guns nowadays, they're of not much use. It's really great to see all these cool graphics. There isn't that much action, but it's still fun to look at. It even moves at a good pace.