Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[TRON:Lightcycle Challenge]

Should please any fan

I am not a big fan of the "Tron" series and I saw the recent movie and thought it was alright. That did make me familiar with this kind of game so I knew what to expect. At first I thought you could only move on the lines, but I was just not paying attention. This is a game where you equally study your opponent and yourself. It's hard to get wrapped up in both as focusing on one distracts you. My gosh, the arcade game shown in this looked absolutely fantastic!

What was kind of disappointing was how the game itself was not like this. I seriously would have been satisfied if the intro was the only part of the submission. The sounds and effects seem pretty authentic. I like the floating quarter that you put into the floating coin slot. This game has a lot of good style to it. The best music was when you died.

[Hunters - Stage 5]

Quite good

The gameplay is as good as ever, but I still think you guys should work on graphics. I guess it's not a big deal because the game is still really on, but it could be an improvement. The best part was how this kept the same coolness of the other levels. It's weird to have different games released that are entire levels! Given the vastness of these things, it is of course understandable. The sound effects were pretty authentic and I loved the wide variety of music you used.

Rina-chan is as good as ever and the other voice cast did a good job too. I like how the instructions on jumping higher appear in the game. For those of you who do not know what I am talking about, you have to jump and then jump towards a wall for a superjump. Everything is done in a fairly clear format. The story is alright too.

[Temple of Death]

Now that's hard

The weirdest thing about this was that it was so hard to get a single medal! Even when I had every single weapon available, I was still not out of the temple! Of course, I have to give this game credit because it really is a truly well done game, especially with the graphics. Everything just moves around in such a realistic way. Well, as realistic as zombies could be anyway. I thought the crocodile guy was a boss, but there are actually more than one of them at the same time! It was constant action.

The aerial shot was a little strange at times, but I got used to it. It was difficult to determine whether you were in a position whether you could advance or not. It's still great to play especially with all the guns and ammo lying around. It might be the first shooting game where all the zombies only had the upper halves of their bodies. The music was great as well and fit the style.

[Elephant Quest]

Too addictive!

Dude, this game was simply flat-out fantastic! It may in fact be the best game that jmtb02 has ever worked on! It also just goes to show that Jimp always has the best artistic design. It was hard to get some of those dang flying birds. If they worked you into a corner, you were pretty much doomed as they gathered together. This had some truly amazing graphics and it was better than any of the James The X Zebra series made by The-Super-Flash-Bros.

It's amazing how massive of a story you can make using simple elephants. It was also really sweet how the enemies' health just jumped out onto the screen. As you went by, there were so many of these cool effects going on everywhere. I am glad to play this great game and you deserve your Daily Feature. I thought there were different levels but it appeared to be just one massive level! The colors were great as well.

[Drop!]

Very nice little game

This game was fun to play because you manage to have a lot going on in it. The coolest part was probably the colors. It was a great representation of a truly futuristic world where everything was in the sky. I was only able to get my full speed when getting those pill powerups. The weirdest thing was probably the multi-armed robots that randomly appeared on the skyscrapers. For the record, they took off quite a bit of health from you. Avoid those the most importantly.

The controls were really easy to understand but still made for a complicated game. It's weird because these buildings are really just floating in mid air. I also loved the music which gives the game a good sense of zaniness. It looks like the character is wearing some form of strange helmet. At least some medals were easy.

[K.O.L.M.I.A.M.]

Weird but great!

This was an extremely innovative game because it just had so much going on! The graphics were downright fantastic and I wish I knew how you were able to make it like that. Sheesh, the effect of the screen jumping around seems to still be taking effect as I write this review! I also like the music and how it's as zany as the game is! The only problem I have is that I can simply not get pasted Level 5 and I have no idea what I am doing wrong. At least you were nice enough to give us a medal after completing each level.

It's amazing just to watch this little guy jump around and interact in his environment. I thought it unlikely he would gain a new skill in every level. It was good how there were different powers to gain in most of the levels as well. It's an amazing world you have created for yourself. It's the kind that makes the player want to advance.

[Stay Dead]

Take the advice

You really have to take the advice and go on the Low Quality setting. When I tried on "High" I could barely even tell what I was supposed to be looking at! This was still a fun game because it had a lot of interesting character designs. Some color effects seem off, but what I liked was how everything just seemed so original! The designs of the monsters are good even if the graphics are not the best. My biggest suggestion is that you give a wider range to fight.

Speaking of the range, it is cool how you can shoot some enemies before they come into your range. The sound effects are quite effective. For something about zombies, this actually wasn't as good as I thought it would be. I guess I am just so used to killing zombies it doesn't come off as frightening. Good overall.

[Bullet Overflow]

It is fast paced

While not the best of all the shooting games out there, this was still pretty fun. The best thing about it was how simple it was and how you just had to do more killing to go on. I was certain that headshots got a more assured victory but in some levels it seems like that was not helping much. I think it took four shots to gun down some of these guys. They must be wearing bullet-proof vests. The thing I really like is how all the bullets you fire actually make holes in glass when you shoot it.

It doesn't really mean much for the gameplay, but shows there was a lot of effort put into it. The graphics were decent, even if they were not the most flashy. Ditto the music. I am starting to get used to genres having three things listed in their description, even if they are not that different. There could have also been more detail in the enemies.