Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Blackbeard's Island]

Nice and simple

This was a really fun game because it was just so simple to get ahead in it! There still managed to be a lot of twists and turns that went along the way. I noticed there was this coin in the foreground. I could not tell if it was something I was supposed to shoot at, or if it was signifying that I had done something. In case anyone wants to know, it's the former. I love the little clanky sounds the cannonballs make when they go away. Kind of makes you wonder where you get colored cannonballs from anyway?

Another cool thing was how you heard more funny sounds when the game was over. There were these little +100 words that popped up to show what you had earned. It's a very straightforward game and it's hard not to love. There are still many things you put in, like how some of the cannonballs have powerups, but only for a brief time. Be sure to get those when you first see them.

[infect. evolve. repeat. 2]

Nice game

I am glad I was able to understand this game a lot more than the previous one. While I have yet to review it, I have in fact played it (and shall review it eventually). The best thing about this was how you could keep on replicating over and over. It had a simple layout to it. I do not know much about biology, so if everything here is completely wrong, I would not even notice it. The hardest part about it was definitley when I had to get rid of those white blood cells.

It was hard for me to even figure out how, as the ones I did get were pretty much by accident. The choice of music was nice as it gives a good creepy atmosphere. It would have been cool if the two viruses would have joined forces or something! While not the most detailed, the graphics are actually good. As it takes place in the bloodstream, it makes sense it moves fluidly.

[Raider: Episode 2]

Congrats for Daily 5th, I guess

I was kind of confused by this game at first. I thought it was going to be a game where you controlled a spaceship given the opening cut scene but it was quite different. I probably would have liked it more if it was a game like that, but this was still good. The really cool thing was how good the graphics were. It had a wonderful feeling of classic pixellated games. Parts of it were hard, especially the part in the tutorial where you used the Shift+A combination.

I did not understand how that even made a difference! Luckily, I could just start all over. It was nice with how you allowed the player to try again after falling on the ground. Granted, you still lost health by being exposed to the spikes, but there's been worse. You REALLY have to work with jumps on this as without them you're dead. Not the most elaborate, but still well detailed.

[Tetris Labs]

Really neat game!

This was good fun to play because it was such an original concept! I must not have been paying attention to the title, because I was a bit surprised by the Tetris blocks. I knew that music was familiar. This was an amazing game because you really created the level yourself and it sure is more of a puzzle game than an action game. It was amazing how there was so much space in every level for you to go around and explore. The main character himself is really well done as he moves around well.

It's just so random, with having to collect a flower in a metal room for whatever reason! It was just fun to plop around after thinking of how to solve each level. I guess you could have made it a bit smaller, but it still has a good amount of detail. It certainly lives up to what you say in the author comments. I like how petite everything is.

[Crash the Robot]

Some robot

On the first level, it was hard for me to understand how I even succeeded at crashing the robot. It just killed itself after I hit the green button. Oh well, at least I managed to get as far as the third level. This was a really weird game because there were just so many things going on in each level and it took real thought to figure out what to do. There's a magnet, bomb, a circular saw, a piece of metal and I have no idea how it works! This is certainly one of the most complicated puzzle games I have ever played.

I am not that good at it, but I do have to recommend it for how elaborate it is. It reminds me of the classic Rube Goldberg devices. The graphics are pretty stndard, especially with how the robot works. This is just such an incomprehensible game you really have to learn to get used to it. Above all else, it is a great way of showing your creativity.

[Rock Paper Scissor MDT]

Can't hate it

I am unfamiliar with your other projects, so I can not judge this on how good it is on relation to them. It was weird to have no sound, and that is really something that you should try to avoid. Even if the music can come off as annoying, you can always have a button that mutes it. That being said, I still did not find this to be that terrible. The coolest thing about it was the interesting designs. It makes you realize that rock, paper, scissors, can be a popular game.

We even have a Pico version of that game that's truly popular! It was interesting to see the weird variety of characters used! The designs in this were good, but it does feel fairly lazy when it appears to be just still images after each other. You could use stop-motion to depict what the characters are doing. Well, it was fairly good in detail at least.

Madeinpda responds:

Your suggestions should made the game an overall +1 or +2 improvement but I would have worked twice the time ... this game doesn't worth it.

But thanks for your tips :-)

[Isora 2]

How complicated!

It was cool to play this game because there was so much going for it as a puzzle game. I can't believe that the winner of Daily 2nd place has less than 5,000 views! Anyway, this was great to play because it was quite difficult but had a very simplistic design. I also loved the choices of music. They sent out a real sense of wonder and adventure and you rarely see (hear?) that in a puzzle game. I am also fairly good, brisking through the first three levels.

It was great to see how each new level became more detailed and complicated. It just goes to show that you do not need elaborate effects to make something cool. It could have had more detail, but it did really not need it. At least you managed to get some recognition for it. It's hard in how you have to start back to exactly where you started.

[Dead Frontier Night Three]

Best yet!

It's amazing to see how every one of these games gets better as it goes along. This one boasts of the best graphics in the entire series. Everything just seems so animated in this. Even the white arrow pointing you to the helicopter seems so three-dimensional and like a character in itself. It was also great to have some backup because it even makes more sense with more people shooting. I love how the enemies in this one just really plop over and fall on their backs.

They seem to be easier to kill and it has a lot more of a story so it's more comprehensible. You really took every flaw there was about this series and corrected it! Considering the first parts were already great, that's very impressive! You can never go wrong by combining defense games and shooters. Zombie stuff forever, my man!

[Achilles]

Fairly fun

When I heard the word "Achilles" I think mostly of Achilles Heel. I am glad this was not a game based entirely on his weakness. The best part was how you could simply go and attack your enemies over and over with seemingly no end in sight. The part I did not like was how it was repetitive as it went on. Normally, I do not care about that, but the graphics could have also been more detailed. What does matter is that it's still fairly addictive and fun to play. I do wish the enemies were easier to kill.

What is good is that you give the players a really wide space to go around. Do not get yourself cornered in this game. Make sure you make good use of jumping and annihilate your enemies as quickly as possible. They can really build up on each other if you try killing many in a slower way. The best way is easily the spear to the head.

[Operation L.O.A.D]

How strange

This was quite a unique game to play in that I had little idea how long it went. Everytime I went past a level, it said I had failed it even though I saw the missile leave the screen. I tried to follow it and now I know what I have to do, sorry. Boy, I feel like an idiot for not reading the instructions better. Anyway, this game is a lot harder than it seems at first. You have to follow the missile and use up a lot of your own fuel for it.

The coolest part was probably how well the robot worked. It was great with how the enemies were all defeated in one blast. While I am pretty bad at this, at least I managed to get a single medal (making the enemies shoot each other). The music was also good and had a good futuristic and technological feel to it. It is definitley going to take practice.