Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[cover lionel messi ball]

Cactus?

I was about to thank you for having you for having the highest medal be the easiest to get. Then I realized you have two 100 point medals. Let me say I like this new way of having medals show up in the games here. What was the coolest thing about this was how well you drew everything. It isn't that well detailed, but it isn't bad. It's funny to have the logo of the cactus Digimon (don't know his name) on one of the medals.

This game is a lot harder than you would think. It's mostly because each specific cactus piece can hurt you and one hit ends the level. I guess it would be too easy to have health or anything like that. The music is also very tender sounding. It's not well detailed, but it's a fairly nice game to play if you have some free time.

[Lightning Fish]

Quite fun!

I guess the main reason I enjoyed this was because there were a lot of medals. I also appreciated how the music was so nice. I wasn't sure that touching the other fish was going to cause you to die, but it was pretty evident it would. Another cool thing was how you were able to electricute the other fish. You have to get better, because with every bubble you get another dang fish pops up. My only complaint is that the fish here don't seem to be well designed.

Some of them look ugly. Then again, seeing as how they're fish that can hurt you, I guess it makes sense. The sound effects are good, especially the nice bubbling noises. I like how you have a lot of room to go out and explore (before the other fish come up, obviously). It's a fairly simple game, but a pleasurable one.

ZEGMAN responds:

Good points! And thanks for the review :)

[Flying Sprite Test]

Okay for what it is

This is really not the kind of website where you should submit tests. There are just so many complete things out there, it seems like a bit of a waste. I will admit that this actually does look really good! I hope you make this into a full fledged game, because I can seriously see potential for this. I am sorry that I know barely anything about Flash Player myself, much less how to make good effects. I guess MLP is so mainstream you don't need to mention it in the title.

The music is also very nice. It truly gives off a nice sense of wonder and being in Ponyville. The pony itself looks like a rather good prototype and I can see you making a lot of stuff with it. The funny thing is that these characters have never appeared in an official game using sprites so people have to come up with new designs. I admire that.

[S.O.P.A. got fingered]

That's cool

Well, I can't tell anyone how I got the secret medals, but you can figure it out. This is one of the few times I have heard a reference to "Freddy Got Fingered". As it's been considered to be so terrible, I'm surprised someone referenced it. What's also cool is how good the music is. Now, there really isn't any game in itself to play, so I didn't like it that much. I still can in no way dislike because you are sincerely trying to send a good message.

I managed to shoot everything on screen and nothing happened. I guess it's supposed to be like that, because I already got every medal. Thank you for getting your voice out. It was also great to list all of these users who have gotten their voices out against SOPA. If we unite and support each other, we can't lose!

[Congress Chainsaw Masacre]

A different kind of game

The weirdest part about this was how it sent a peaceful message. I was expecting an option where you could kill Dumbledore at the end. It's so great to know there are people like you making awareness of this. I guess killing everyone will probably only cause more trouble. In fact, I imagine it's something you could also go to jail for, which is generally frowned upon in society. At least I got to use a chainsaw!

There's not much else to this, but of course, there wasn't supposed to be. I appreciated you wanting to go out and send a message like this. I like the music at the end. The graphics, what little there are, are actually pretty good. I assumed there'd at least be a few Congressman smart enough not to vote in fear of being killed.

[Dangerous Treasures]

First review for a game with medals?

You'd think more people would flock to this, but I kind of doubt it because this game is so freaking hard! Everything was just perfect on the first four levels. The fifth level, however, was simply unbeatable! I tried as hard as I could to get a strategy and nothing seemed to work at all! There must be something that I'm missing on that level. At least some people have found a way to get past it and stuff.

Now for the positives, the graphics are actually pretty nicely done. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to move all the tiles on the fifth level but I could. Granted, as you might assume, that didn't do anything to help me. The music is decent and sends off a good sense of being in an Indiana Jones like world. The appearance of the character certainly does.

[angry blue jack]

Should have a higher score

It's nice that you managed to create something so authentic to the original "Angry Birds" game. We should have a category listing all tributes to that game here. What I found to also be cool was how good the graphics were. I have played games like this before, but this seemed to have the best gameplay. It's also nice that you included the sound effects and music as well. It does get pretty difficult as it goes on.

At least you were kind enough to give us a medal for every level we completed. It's stuff like that that gives you the sense of having a lot of time to do something. I also liked how it didn't go to the next level right away. I'm guessing all catapult games are going to be compared to "Angry Birds", nowadays. I doubt it was the first of its kind.

[Scarlet Stranger]

Great game!

It takes awhile to get used to the jumping automatically, but it's well worth it. I didn't like it how you had to figure out how to use the Z and X letters to fight at first. Still, I'm being nitpicky. The graphics in this are great and it's nice to see some familiar faces both in game and the creators. The sound effects are really good and give you a sense of being on a great adventure. It paces itself very well, too.

It's most satisfying how those pigs and things die with one hit. I'm surprised this doesn't have a higher score, given how popular you guys are. I thought the cutscenes at the beginning were pretty nice too. The music is also great for setting a medieval atmosphere. It's a game where you can really go out and explore a new world.

[Musaic Box]

Very unique game

I'm going to admit that I couldn't really understand how to play this game, but it's still a very cool thing to play. It's mostly because you really did go out of your way to make this different than other games. The coolest thing was probably how good the graphics are. There wasn't that much movement, but it simply looked great overall. Music is something people seem to take for granted. While not the best rythum game, definitley worth playing.

It was weird to see a puzzle game combined with a rythum game or whatever they are called. It's also great to see how organized everything looks. The instructions do seem to go on a bit too long. Well, you can skip it pretty fast by just clicking on everything. I appreciate you working on something that seems to be really cultured.

[The Floorsland 4]

Has its good and bad points

I think the weakest thing about this is how the graphics are not that good. I have played games like this and not really been interested because it was too bland. Now, this does have some good color effects, but that's really it. I wish you would have put more detail into the drawings so the finished product would look better. I don't really understand how it was supposed to be that appealing. I guess it was a good idea to have so many medals.

That music is a bit too overused on this site, I think. It just seems like there wasn't anything that original. It was just some blue block guy jumping around. I admit that the game wasn't too frustrating or anything, but you need a lot more to be appealing. The backgrounds should especially have more detail and there should be more emphasis on shading.

telinc1 responds:

1) I know this. That's why in my upcoming game, some of the graphics will be made in Photoshop. Thank you for telling me that!

2) I also know about the music. From now on, I use video game songs.