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[The Great War: WWI]

Very interesting game

What I thought was really cool about this game is that it had such a strange scenario put onto it. Some of the machines looked like they were horse drawn and the others were more modern. I guess I'm not that good at it, as I did not even realize that there were more enemies on the other side of the screen! The best effect is probably how you can focus on shooting one enemy. You do have to be quick as these guys eventually come after you. It takes much strategy to get past even the first level.

I really liked the graphics and thought it was as good as most of the really good stuff you have made. It is interesting when a game requires a lot of strategy even though it has a simple outlook. Even then, it manages to look nice all around. I guess it would be too whiney to suggest the gameplay be a bit easier. At least some people are acknowledging the importance of World War I.

[Particles]

It gets better

I thought this was a good game because you were drawn in to play it longer. Now, there is really not much detail with just a blank background so I did not like that part. I do not know why, but I still enjoyed it even though there was little detail all throughout. I thought maybe I was going to learn something about particles, but I guess I didn't. Well, maybe I was supposed to recognize their patterns or something. What's interesting about a game like this is that you can choose to either go all around or stay in one place until a ball gets near.

The best way for me to play it was to move away from the balls. The good part is that some of the times they pump into each other so they lump together and there is a wider area to avoid them. The sound effects were nearly spot-on with a game of pool. This was a fun little game to play it was just not elaborate. That can of course work because you avoid superfluous stuff.

[Xtreme Cliff Diving]

Brilliant!

This was tons of great fun to play and I am very surprised that it has a fairly low rating. I mean, anything Luis works on should be something good! What is really cool is that you manage to justify all of the goofy stuff that was going on. If you were diving off a cliff, why would you want to be collecting money anyway? Of course, to pay for your funeral! I do not know what all those landmines (or rather, uh, sky mines) were doing there, but it was hilarious to see them being held up by balloons.

What I did not notice at first was that you can move around below, but you are still brought up. It was nice how you did not die when you hit the skymines (that is copyrighted!). I was almost thinking you were supposed to collect them too. The graphics were great, especially with how the coins were given dimension. Not much for location, but still a great game.

[Boxhead :The Rooms]

Jon Bambo?

This game is simply fantastic as is nearly every game in this wonderful series. This is really the kind of game where you can just go out and kill zombies for an infinite amount of time. I do like the other versions better as you have more space, but this was still great. The coolest part is the animation. While the zombies themselves do not have many defining characteristics, I love how you drew them with colors and shadow effects. It really gives you the feeling you wanted to make this as cool looking as possible.

I only now figured out that the main character's name is a pun on Rambo. Every sound effect is extremely realistic and the weapons are as well. I think my favorite thing to do is block the entrances with a bunch of barrels and then blow everyone up at once. Trust me, that can really help you in holding off zombies. The action that you create yourself is always so slick.

[Armor Mayhem]

Easy to die

This game really has some good graphics and thank you again for having some medals that are really easy to get. Of course, with so many of them, you were bound to get some by accident. Anyway, this was a good game because it requires real strategy. The cutscene is a bit too long, but I can always skip it. The best thing is that the graphics are good and you get a really clear look at exactly who you are trying to kill. You can even do nothing and let the other members kill the team.

It was awesome with how there were so many weapons and each of them were unique. You can have so much fun shooting you forgot about your own health bar. I suggest you go into this slowly and make sure the enemy can not damage you. The environment is great too, with being able to go around inside the ship like that. Perhaps not the most creative, but still a lot of fun to play.

[Riddles of Renaissance]

Fairly hard

It would be kind of inconsiderate of me to just go out and tell all of the answers to the ones I got. I will say that I was lucky enough to get a secret medal on my first try! At first, I thought this was going to be something where I had to type in the answers. It was a little hard to tell at first, but that hand icon did make it easy to understand. If nothing else, it was great to see all of these authentic replications of art pieces. Looking at paintings has always been a pastime of mine, especially considering that few modern people seem to make paintings.

I managed to get all of them without any hints until finding one that did not give me a hint. The music/sounds were really good and it was great how clicking the wrong thing wasn't such a big penalty. It was also great to include the names and years of each painting. I am not sure if these painters intended them to have meanings, but whatever. While it did not have much action, definitley a classy game.

mrty responds:

Well, it didn't mean to have action.

Thanks for the detailed review, glad you liked it.

[Mystical Battle]

A decent game

The only reason I did not enjoy this more was that I was just not good at it. The best part was the graphics which were just great. All of the characters just seemed to move around so fluidly and when you do that with zombies it can be hard. Again, there is not much advice I can give out other than click everything as soon as possible. It was weird to be able to see the enemies being able to respawn. I guess that was good at giving you a heads up on the next attack.

It's a little repetitive, but it still manages to be fun. This is mostly because I am a really big fan of the zombie genre. In fact, I even started watching the show "The Walking Dead" last night (full episodes at least). The name is kind of strange, as zombies did not really come off as mystical to me. It did have more of a theme like that when you brought in cards at the beginning.

[Avoid the Ball]

Hey, not bad

This was pretty fun to play because it was extremely simple and reveled in its simplicity. The best thing was how the balls seemed to just merge with each other. That made it easier to avoid them. It was far from perfect as it did come off as being a little too simple and could have used some more detail. Putting in a blank background is almost never a good idea. The thing I found also annoying was how that music seem to just continuously loop when it was just the same beat.

You could improve by putting more detail and selecting longer loops of music to use. Of course, you can just turn it off as I now realized so it's not so bad. It is still fun as the game itself is quite fast paced for looking so simple. Most of the time I just go in the same direction but that does eventually fail me. You could also use some work with lines as the blue design does not look impressive.

[Cosmo Pilot]

Needs more pizazz

This does do a good game of what it is supposed to do in terms of a game. The main problem is that there is really not that much detail put into it. I have played far worse games, but there is just so much room for improvement here. For one thing, you really should have some music or at least some sound effects. The cosmo pilot looked Asian to me. It got pretty repetitive as you just shot asteroids over and over.

In fact, every level seems to look the same. You could really mix it up by having a different background or having some different platforms to go onto. It is almost too easy as the fuel many times seems to just fall near the rocketship. The graphics are good, but you need to show off your creative side more. Variety always works in anything.

[Age of Defense 3]

Not one of the better ones

I was really hoping this would be a game where I was going to throw rocks and stuff at people. While I prefer those kinds of games better, this was still fun to play. It is harder than you think because you might mistakenly believe there is only one of a certain kind of enemy! Not much to give on tips, seeing as how you basically just send more the moment you can. I can not understand how you even advance to the next level. Nonetheless, I am good at this game so I can not help but enjoy it.

I suggest that next time you work on a game more like what I described before. It is just strange to see the same enemies being presented in a different kind of game. Then again, tons of popular franchises have made out of the ordinary settings for games. There could have been some better music. It is still nice how everything was presented in a clear and comprehensible way.