Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Must Escape: Burger Joint]

Not bad

I guess the only reason I liked this as much as I did is because it was easy. I am generally no good at point 'n click adventure games and this was no different. Yeah, I used to work in a couple of burger joints too. In case anyone's wondering, here's as far as I got. Go to the restroom and click on the lower doors to get the cleaner. Go the left and look under the white things for a red sticker that has the number "3" on it.

Go to the door to the right of the counter. Look under the gray cupboards to find a sticker with the number "5" on it. Go to the right and then grab the towel on the board. Go back to the grill place and put the cleaner on the grill and then the towel over it. There's another sticker that has the final number for the combination for the briefcase.

[Kingdom Rush]

Good submission

As with all defense games, the good parts outweighed the bad. What I found was the weirdest was how you were not able to speed it up and it took too long. That's still pretty minor, because for the most part this was good. I really like how there are so many of these little goblin dudes just hopping around everywhere. I think the cannon blasts sound like farts when they land. This is fairly enjoyable, but not one of the best.

The most admirable part is probably how well everything is detailed. You get some very good clear colors in this. I also wish that you didn't automatically pause it when you got to another page. It's just that it takes awhile to get going. At least it does manage to do fairly well when it gets off its feet and trust me, it does.

Ironhidegames responds:

Hi Ericho, You can disable autopause from the options menu :D
Thanks for the review!

[Beach Resort]

Above average!

I have played a lot of games similar to this made by you guys but I think this is one of the best. It helps that there is so much going on. I guess it can get complicated, but at least you manage to make a good amount of money with everything you have here. Then again, it's not real money, like the fake dollar bills I got for Christmas. This is also nice because the music is quite appropriate and I don't see that often in games like this.

I did find it weird you submitted a game about the beach in January. Well, maybe it takes place in the hottest parts of the world. I had no idea I was going to have to do things like stop sharks and save people from drowning. That makes it a fairly fun, challenging game. It's nice to see you guys back on this website making good stuff.

[Zombies In Your Backyard]

Those zombies

This wasn't that good to me, but it was pretty fun to see how it went on after only ten days. I would recommend this game because it has some interesting medals to get. Then again, I didn't seem to even get any of the medals as I was playing this. For whatever the glitch, this was still a nice game. I liked how you had a lot of good mobility. What I didn't like is that it was practically impossible to jump over any of the zombies without getting hurt.

Well, I guess it's better at being hard that way. The music was pretty good too. It could have been more detailed, as I am reminded of those bunny invasion games where there's a lot more going on. Then again, maybe it's better that way because it isn't so complicated. Gee, is it the second day of 2012 already, seems too soon.

[Hallow's Scars]

Could use improvement

Happy New Year's or well, Halloween in this case I guess. I think the weakest part about this was that there weren't any sound effects when enemies were being struck. It was weird how there was sound with you swinging the weapons. The best part is probably the animaiton. While it may seem a little dated, it's still a pretty nicely set of drawings. The music isn't bad either. It's just that it seemed like it was the same thing over and over with you pressing the space button.

I just ask for games that have more dimension to them. The way the character moved around wasn't bad, but it just never seemed to go anywhere. It has a pretty cool name to its credit. I just wish that you could have more gameplay in terms of going to different locations. Maybe you could make another game where you went to different parts of a detailed room.

[Trackmaster]

Not great

I guess I might have not liked this as much as some people because of how hard it was. At first I was thinking I couldn't lose. I didn't die when I went out of the original circle and I am certainly glad about that. I did manage to notice that it is a hard game to play as you slowly lose your health (if that's even what it is). What's also nice is how you consistently keep such a simple style. I thought those background monsters were going to attack me.

It's the kind of game you really have to be ready to move with. I would recommend this to people who are really fast with the mouse or cursor. It's not very well detailed, but it doesn't really need to be. It's interesting how a game that looks so simple could be so utterly complicated. I'm certainly not the trackmaster.

[Bill the Demon]

Nice for what it is

I think the best thing about this was probably how well you could move around. It was nice how you appeared to be relatively small and had tons of wide open space. What was also sweet was how you were able to so easily destroy things. I knew this was going to be hard. I think you have to scream at just the right time if you want to jump extra high. I'll probably never understand it myself, but it's something fairly interesting. The sprite work is actually fairly well done.

While I'm not a big fan of this kind of animation, it's still good. You really don't see many using this style anymore. I like how this monstrous demon has a name like Bill. He's really not wimpy at all, but then again, I didn't get that far in the game, so maybe he gets weaker later on. It's a pretty good little time waster and I appreciated it.

[Postman David]

The postman!

I thought this was quite enjoyable because of how fun it was. Now, I will admit that the graphics didn't look too sharp in this. Then again, that could have been the point. It's really refreshing to play a game that uses such traditional artwork. While it is fairly dated, it's still nice to look at. I appreciate all the effort put into making this fun little game, although I'm not sure if the main person was supposed to be David Hasselhoff or not.

This website is known for making silly non sequitor stuff and this fit the bill pretty well. I like how you actually do have pretty good shading effects. I like how the shadows are cast. It's stuff like this that makes you dream of what it would be like to be an actual mod. I'm not much of an authority figure, so I probably wouldn't do well anyway.

JeffersonTD responds:

Thanks for the nice review! I'm glad you found the game fun!

That's also a very valid point that the main character could be anyone else as well. The reason for having David as the main character is actually the fact that this started as a small and silly inside joke, and there was a certain history with David there.

[Bunny Invasion 2]

The works shows

I wish I could find a way to put this to the Easter collection, but this is already in a collection. How do you get in more than one collection? Anyway, this was a great game because it has all the things that made the other games so good. Good, old fashioned killing. It was great to play a game that knew how to pace itself. You really took your time with all the killing of these bunnies. Wait, this wasn't an Easter thing, but it sure seemed like one.

I loved how ridiculous these characters look. It seems like they have already been turned into zombies. The sounds are nice and they all know how to sync very well with the movements. It's worth it to get to kill so many bunnies over and over. I like how they gradually get weaker in appearance as you shoot each one.

[Uncharted: The Flash]

Naughty Dog?

It seemed like this game was taking too long to load. I should have realized that it wasn't going to be what I expected. Unless there was some glitch my computer experienced, this seemed to have no gameplay except for waiting for the loading screen. I was expecting an experience by Crash Bandicoot given that you mentioned Naughty Dog. I guess the music wasn't that bad, but it was just so lacking in every other category I could think of. It just went to that troll face at the end.

I guess this wasn't meant to be taken seriously, so I won't do that. I don't even recall the original game this was based on. The name does sound familiar. The text that is used isn't that bad, if that's even supposed to be a compliment at all. I guess it might be fine for a quick laugh, but if you're expecting something more serious, don't check into this.

Lare responds:

Hmm... People seem to think this review is useless...