Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Fog Fall 3]

A pretty nice game

I like this game because you have no idea what is going to happen next in the series. I guess I'm even worse at point 'n click games than I thought. I couldn't even get past the first screen and the inside of the car! I thought it was funny how he mentioned he did have enough gas to get there, but he was stopped anyway. The animation was really good in this. Apart from the fact that the colors vibrate so well, the lines are so well detailed.

It goes out of its way to create a really creepy atmosphere. There isn't any creepy music or anything, just the natural sounds you would expect. While not the most original of ideas, it is still executed well. People who are far better at point 'n click adventure than me should have a lot of fun with this. Thank you for such fine detail.

[Defend your Random Turret]

Mixed emotions again

This was a polarizing game to play for myself. One one hand, the graphics and everything was drawn in good detail. The part where this lost points was how it didn't have much to offer in terms of gameplay. I don't know, I just found it weird how I literally pointed to the enemies and shot them. I didn't even know what I was shooting at. Yes, it's a game and I shouldn't over-examine it, but it just seemed a bit too silly.

The music might also use some work. It seems like you definitley have potential for a better game, you just need to work on the gameplay. Maybe there could be a better use of perspective with the enemies. It certainly has its creative side. At least it was pretty concise with how you were able to pinpoint your targets.

[Stealing the Diamond]

Clever yarn

Dude, I can't believe I somehow missed this when I was going through the daily stuff. This is a sweet game and it's great to see you working again. The best part about it was probably that it was not too long, so it didn't get frustrating. All the graphics/animation are presented in a nice way too. It's fun to see how much personality you can put into stick figures. This even managed to have a style as original as your previous game.

While there could have been some more jokes, it was still a good play. I also have to give you credit for having a wide variety of ways to do things. Sometimes you clicked on things, other times you used the keyboard. It was great just to see how you could even die or lose. While not the best in terms of animation, still tons of fun.

PuffballsUnited responds:

Working again? I've been working on this since October :p I had more jokes in the game but I cut them because it was getting too big.

[July 4th Soundboard]

Nice little tribute

It's great that people are making tributes to the holidays. It really shows how cool it is when you manage to set off every single sound at the same time. A lot of these are pretty lengthy, and I'm glad they're all in one place. For something pretty simplistic, you have a ton of credits for songs. The only downsides are that it should probably be more detailed and have an actual background. The sound is perfect, the visuals are just not.

Of course, what else could I expect from a soundboard? You have done this country a favor with such a nice tribute. You know people will want to get that easy medal to help people. Everything is just so amazingly elaborate with the massive selection of songs. Some of the really longer songs could be flash submissions in themselves!

[Scope Assault]

Most viewed?

It's too bad this is your most viewed submission, because it's not one of your best. It's great that you guys go on to make much better stuff! It was actually your games at first that made me aware of you, not your movies. Anyway, the background and everything is actually pretty well done. The main problem is that the guy doesn't shoot back at you and there's not much of a challenge. Well, it can be pretty hard to find him, but that also gets a bit annoying.

I find it amazing how easy it is to take down Snake! This could have used a lot more things like music. The graphics with the sniper thing are actually the best use of animation in the whole thing. It looks like this was never made into a full game, or at least not one submitted to your website. It's always nice to acknowledge when you've made something not good.

[Pothead Zombies]

Those potheads

That was a great game because it just had so many things going on! The hardest enemy was by far the weird clown car, which you had to shoot too many times to hit. The thing I found annoying was how you and your partner could not have the same kind of weapon. It would have made everything so much easier! At least there's another guy who's there to help you. The graphics in this are really good, especially with how the characters are designed.

It seems like a reminder to us all how great the program of Flash can be! Every enemy was full of energy and moved all the time when it was shot. It's probably the first game I've ever played where I've had to kill people high. They sure look like zombies to me. All of the enemies are even different colors, how good this was!

leonardozimbres responds:

Hehe, thanks.
Im taking note on the weapons usage for a future version of the game.

[Happy Bees]

They are happy and so am I!

This was a very interesting game to play because it allowed you to have so much fun with it. The best levels are the ones where the bees multiple and you basically let the game play itself. I do wish that there could have been more variety. It's still interesting, because everything's presented in a very adorable manner. I love the cute little da-da sound you make when the bee touches the flower. You have to work hard to get all the points, though.

Sometimes I was unsure of how many I had to get in order to pass the level. At first I thought you had to pop every flower, but that did not seem to be the case later on. It's a pity this was not released in Spring. Of course, I suppose bees are fairly happy during the summer too. It was great how you ommitted the outlines in favor of really lush color.

[Lil' Jose's Build-a-Bot]

Decent for what it is

This was an interesting game to play because it took awhile to understand what was going on. As you didn't have any setup for what the robots looked like, you just had to go with similar colors. I thought it was funny how the purple robot I assembled was actually by accident. I had all pieces except for the head. The one that I picked didn't even look like a head at all. You really have to experiment with this game and see how accurate you are with the green lights.

It was funny to have a pokeball be one of the things that gave out robot parts. Yeah, it is similar to the stuff MindChamber has worked on. The music is pretty nice and it's great that you have such good mobility over your character and where you can go. It's the kind of thing you can spend hours with collecting medals. Lil Jose looks so stupid and eager.

DieterTheuns responds:

Lol, thanks a lot, Ericho, glad you liked it :)

[Robotic Heart]

Not that good

At first I was disappointed because I thought it was going to be too easy. Now I realize that it actually is a lot harder than it looks. It doesn't help that the graphics are cheesy, but that was probably the whole point of this. Well, this is my first review for Robot Day 2011. I suggest that next time you put in a lot more detail into the characters and don't make it so easy to die. Those purple things reminded me of the "Shadow The Hedgehog" video game.

The music wasn't half bad, but did get a bit irritating. It's also annoying with how the background in each area is basically the same. At least you provided checkpoints and the first couple parts of it are easy enough. The robot's design itself isn't half bad. Just also try to make the robot smaller, so it doesn't clutter up the whole screen.

EventHorizon responds:

Thanks for your review and for your advice, you're right about some of the flaws of the game so I will try to improve.

[Aliens Attack RPG Action]

Kryponite?

I'm not a fan of RPG's, so I am glad that this turned out to be more of an action game. The best part was probably you could just roam everywhere and shoot at your enemies. The only problem is that it did get a bit redundant doing that over and over. Another flaw was how you could have made it so that the gun didn't have to be clicked so many times and you could just continually push it. I was amazed at how fast I ran out of ammunition.

The graphics, are, for the most part, really good. It's also good how fast paced everything is. It's also nice how there are different monsters for every level. There must have been some glitch, because I couldn't advance to the second level the first time I played this game. You could have also had a better name. The bosses aren't bad either.