Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[NG Flagging Guide 2]

What a nice guide

Now, I myself have been around here a long time so I am familiar with most of this stuff. Of course, this was intended to be for people who had just come onto the website. It is always good to be helping people like that. I even think this is the first time I knew what that yellow "X" at the side of the review meant! I don't think I've even noticed it before! Of course, even though I am a prolific reviewer, I actually don't rate other reviews often.

Yeah, it seems kind of inconsiderate now that I mention it. The music used in this was pretty nice as well. When I saw the first screen, it reminded me of my favorite submission of all time, "The Scale Of The Universe". While you are not one of my favorite people here, you have still made something nice. Even I managed to learn something from it.

Little-Rena responds:

Thanks.

[Fish Need Water]

Decent little game

I can not say this game is really that good or bad because I was not able to understand it. Everything was fine on the first level. On the second level, however, I was not sure how I was supposed to play. I did not see the little brown ball that I was supposed to attach the red line to. In fact, I didn't see anything that I could attach the red line too. At least the graphics are nice, particularly with how the fish is animated.

I guess the music was also pretty pleasant, particulary how it was just that bubbly sound. It got a bit annoying, but still there have been a lot worse. The green fish itself has such a goofy appearance it contrasts well with the rest of the game. At least this managed to get a really high score. Anything with this many levels is something you spent a lot of time on.

[I Have 1 Day]

Very interesting

I guess I am starting to be more of a fan of point and click adventures given as how people keep making good ones! The coolest thing about this was that it was probably easy for me to understand. You get a game over if you try to go through the gate your first day, so don't make that mistake. First, examine the chamber pot which has water in it. Grab the mop and put it in the water. Touch the lower part of the brick wall and you'll be able to loosen it.

Then apply the wet mop to the dirt to loosen it where it will take 1 hour for you to go through. Pick up the scarecrow and the planting field to get an onion. That was as far as I got and I am not sure how to replay the game. The intro was cool and it makes you realize how lucky we are to have free games online. I liked how organized everything here was too.

[Friday: The Game]

So nice

I'm generally not a fan of these kinds of games, but this is an exception. It is possibly because her video has been seen so many times and yet everyone hates it! It's almost sad to realize people are like that. I thought the medals were only colors to make fun of how bland and uncreative Rebecca is. Here are the ways to get the medals I got.

BURN BABY BURN! - Go to the bathroom (by pressing Bathroom) and then type Shower. I have no idea why a shower would bring out fire, but it works to kill her.

OH POOP - Go the bathroom and type Poop.

OH POOP II - Go to the bathroom and press Toilet.

thinking-man responds:

Yes, let's go with that...

[GHOST TANK]

Quite difficult

The graphics were really good in this but the main fault was that it really was pretty hard. I guess I should have tried going to Ghost Mode more. I really like the idea of a tank being destroyed and then coming back to destroy again! The music was pretty hardcore if a tiny bit irritating. The coolest thing was how big those missiles that I launched were! I was hoping they would cause more damage as they seemed as big as my tank itself!

The hardest thing was not hitting enemy fire. There's also a time limit to this game so don't think you can just bide your time. I prefer you get rid of the limit, but maybe I am just not that good at this game. The helicopters were the coolest enemies because they were so unpredictable with how they moved. Overall, it's a good game.

[Vector Wars]

It got addictive!

It takes awhile to warm up to you, but it really starts going great when you get into it. My favorite enemies would probably be the red guys who show their yellow stuff everywhere. There was really a good variety of enemies in this and you had no idea what was going to show up next. It got monotonous with too many of one kind, but still great. I was afraid you would only get one life but no, you are allowed to start when you died the first couple of times. The music was really sweet as well and had a great feeling of action to it.

My best advice is to keep clicking for more shooting. In fact, games are so complicated nowadays you pretty much always have to do that. It was cool when you got to get two blasters but you can not take the upgrades with you when you die. Those blue lined things looked like dolphins swimming towards you. It was cool to see your, uh, "experience" go up as you played.

[Upgrade Complete 2]

Now that's odd

This is one of the most complicated games I have ever come across! I kept thinking it would be like "Achievement Unlocked" where you just got upgrades and stuff like crazy. It was actually harder than I thought, because you had to earn most of these. It was interesting to see so many things arising like a game with dozens of medals would give you. I guess I am going to have to get more if I want sound and to hear Egoraptor's voice! It's a very surreal game.

Because of all the medals, it's the kind of game you can spend all day on. The coolest thing is how each of them are worth 5 pts so none of them seem harder than others. It was hard to understand where to go to get more money. You have to play that strange game which I am sure will get better with more upgrades. These are things to take note of when I buy my own laptop.

[Psychosomnium]

It's quite a strange game

The game itself is done pretty well, seeing as how the graphics and everything else really fit together well. The weird thing was that it was one of the most incomprehensible games I have ever played! It was like I was here trying to go somehwere but I can not advance. Then I suddenly control the guy on the other side and he dies easily too? And I thought "Inception" was a strange study of dreams. Still, these are dreams so they do not have to make sense.

Most of the stuff is good like the music and the sound effects. It's just interesting to wonder how you can possibly beat this game. I tried pressing "X" when confronted with a problem and it did not seem to work. As a person who loves surrealism, I simply have to give you credit for using that well here. Their heads looks like boxes.

[Hop And Pop]

Pretty good game

I like this game and not just because it was Easter-themed and I don't see a lot of those lately. It was interesting to just have this giant mass of eggs floating in the air! It's pretty crazy but it's fun because it gives you a lot of freedom to work with it. It seems like it would be too easy if you simply did it alone and could move, it would be too easy. It was a nice idea to have that other bunny. The only problems I have are that the music is a little bit annoying and so are the sound effects. It gets a bit repetitive, but still fun.

You really have to learn to manuever because you don't know what is going to come up next. Unpredictableness always makes for a challenging game. It was cool how most of the eggs had different designs. Anyone who's a fan of whose kinds of games (I don't know the name) should enjoy this. I like the CGI smiley face logo.

[Retro Resources]

A bit interesting

This was a pretty interesting game and it seemed to just be weak on the notion of being that enjoyable. I could not understand why I was not able to pick up everything in one run. Of course, the rules are the rules and this was at least something that was original. The music was fairly good and seemed to fit the technological setting. I also noticed that the map showed the arcade logo even though it was not on the actual screen. At least it makes things look organized.

The best way to avoid the turrets at first is to approach the stuff when they are offscreen. From my playing experience, they do not attack when they are not on screen. It's not that creative, but it is also pretty hard to find anything particularly bad about it. This game was fairly good overall. The gameplay does need improvement.

mjkgames responds:

Thanks for the detailed review. To your question about why you were not able to pick up all resources in one go - the vehicle has limited space which can be upgraded to allow larger cargo (but that obviously costs money, so you need to think what is efficient and what is not).