Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chain Reaction Tutorial]

A good game

I kept thinking that this was going to be an actual tutorial about how to make a game like this in Flash Player. I mean, that was the title, but this was interesting to play at least. It has been awhile since I have played a game like this, so it is good to be back. You were definitley right on how Level 7 was the hardest one (or at least the hardest so far). My biggest complaint is that the graphics are a little simplistic. It is still a creative game and gives you a lot of freedom to make strategy and combos.

kegogrog responds:

Wow, thank you. I thought this game was already buried somewhere deep under newgrounds' floor tiles. You may enjoy FLU!!2, same concept, better graphics.
Anyway, thanks for your review and the tutorial is on my blog.

[Pixel Basher]

FLAWLESS!

This is easily one of the best games that I have ever played! I simply love all of the powerups and how they all have such unique characteristics to them, especially with how you can divide them up into four balls! There are small balls and giant balls flying everywhere exploding everything in sight! It is perhaps the most epic javanoid like game that I have ever played! The graphics are superb, and everything is done in an extremely original manner! I loved every second of playing this!

KingDotCom responds:

Thank you for the great review! We're very happy that you enjoyed the game.

[A Christmas Story SB]

Nice that you respond

"A Christmas Story" is also one of my favorite movies as well. I used to go on to soundboards all the time, but I do not really do that much more, as people do not make them anymore. That being said, I am very glad you went along and made this. It obviously has everything that you could want in a "A Christmas Story" soundboard. It is interesting to just put all of the sounds on and one time and find out which takes the longest to hear. The soundboards and the sounds in this themselves give you nostalgia.

Frenzy responds:

Thanks man! It is one of the greatest movies of all time, particularly to watch around Christmas time.

~ Z

[Operation:Onslaught]

Quite an onslaught

This was an underappreciate game I played and a very unique one. At first, I thought it was just going to be like this other game that had medals, but it was quite different. While the graphics were not flawless, it was still really fun to play. I do not quite understand how to get the upgrades, but that is my fault. It is embarassing how I was killed with that one boss not even by the boss himself, but by the little spiders it sent out. It is a pretty interesting environment and it is always fun to shoot guys up.

ZT responds:

Oh, man! Got snuffed by the spiders, huh? Don't be embarrassed, they can be tricky ;)

Upgrades are handled in the Shop, which is located in the Main Menu to the right of the Campaign button. Hope you can find it!

Thanks for playing, glad you liked it!
-ZT

[Escaping the Prison]

Great game!

This was a very enjoyable thing to play and to watch as well. I was disappointed it was a little short, but with all the different ways you can do things, makes it last longer. I am glad to be introduced to a new author and a new style of things to make. The animation was great in this and the gameplay reminded me of the "Johnny Rocketfingers" series. This, however, worked really hard to make an original style. The voices are also done quite well and it was also pretty unpredictable.

PuffballsUnited responds:

Yeah, it's short if you only play through one ending, but if you go for all three endings, and all the FAILs, the movie is almost 9 minutes long!

[Zombies in the Shadow]

Another great zombie game!

What is so impressive is that people never fail to entertain me with zombie games. Sure, I realize now that is pretty much the same thing in every single game. However, the idea is that you are not changing a good idea, which this definitley is. The zombies and the graphics are all used quite well. It seemed like it was taking forever to just kill all the zombies on a single level, which is probably the point of the game. At least you are able to get upgrades in a fairly easy way.

Xplored responds:

yes, we preferred to let you focus on action, while giving upgrades in an easy way.
For the curious players: each weapon upgrade increases damage, rate of fire, magazine capacity and reloading time (in a different measure weapon by weapon).

[No Turning Back]

Pretty good game

I admit that the graphics in this were pretty simplistic looking. Of course, seeing as how it had such an upbeat tune, I could not help but think that that was part of the appeal of the game. I am not able to advance very far, due to some glitch where I keep jumping up and down. When I do that, I hit the red square which kills me simply be touching it. This game does seem to have some appeal, due to the fact that it has a really cute premise. It has most of the things you would want in a game like this, and the music is pretty nice.

candyapplezero responds:

I'm glad u like the music.

[Safe cracker]

Needs some work

My biggest gripe with this game is that the numbers and words are simply cut off and I am not able to read them. It is also the kind of game that really needs some music. It should not be that hard to find given as how the game is pretty simple. I have played games like this and I was never a fan of them unless I knew how to win. I suggest you make the instructions a bit more clear as it was hard for me to make out what the objects shown in the game were. It was at least not terrible.

kcnh responds:

Thank you for your review, this was the first game I released. I had forgotten to include the font, because of this Flash uses the default font which makes the texts unreadable at times.

[Notepad Drawing Collab 2008]

Great work

I am going to act silly again and say that a big factor in how awesome this was, was how easy it was to get the medals. It's probably the only one where I did not have to look for a walkthrough to get everything. I figured out to just click anything along the way. As for the collab itself, it's a great piece of work as it does showcase some of Newgrounds' best work. Everything is covered here from things like Godzilla to knife fights and generic people. While there is not much going on, it's like going through the Art Portal without having to click so many different things.

JKAmovies responds:

Thanks ^^

[Ghostscape 2 - The Cabin]

Very cool

I think this probably has the best graphics of any point and click adventure that I have ever played! While I loved traditional animation, it is exciting to see more games have CGI-like effects. The music was also really creepy and fit the mood well. I doubt I will ever give a 10 to any point 'n click adventure, simply because there has never been one that I can get through on my own. Of course, it was really nice to include the walkthrough. You do know how to set the mood well.

Psionic3D responds:

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the atmosphere!!