Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pixel Dash 2]

This was an enjoyable little game. I'm glad I learned how to get past the menu. You just had to solve the mini-game on the top. I liked how simplistic it was. I guess it could have been more detailed? It really didn't need to be.

It just wasn't as enjoyable as I thought it might be. I really liked how you didn't automatically lose when you trapped a guy. It was fairly easy. It did manage to escalate quite well. It did indeed utilize pixels well.

blit-blat responds:

Yeah, trapping pixels is actually a necessary tactic for precise and bad pixel modes. Would be a bit harsh if you lost on the other modes for doing so!

And sorry to hear that it wasn’t enjoyable as you thought it might be! Feel free to send me any suggestions as to what would have improved it for you!

[Recontra]

I appreciated the graphics, but it could have been a lot better. The cockroach was pretty annoying. Well, it is indeed pretty annoying. It's indeed authentic to "Contra". I at least think it is. I've never played the actual game.

To play all the games referenced here would take eternity. The first bit was easier than I thought. The final boss? He was the only boss. It needed more variety.

streq responds:

Thank you for the feedback! the "final" has been edited out, I wrote the achievement early on while setting up the page and forgot about it.

I originally had a larger game in mind, but became overwhelmed by it and decided to make it short and replayable via achievements/highscore instead.

The roach is indeed annoying, I was aiming for it to be fast and unpredictable (much like real roaches are lol), but still possible to kill.

Thank you for playing!

[Fruity Tower]

This was fun, but I had no idea it would be this hard! I mean, I took out tons of enemies, but couldn't get any medals. This was still quite colorful. Well, not literally. We're used to a lack of color with "Madness Combat" around here. You'd be surprised how many fruits are mistaken for vegetables.

I heard corn is a fruit! Yeah, it contains seeds. The gameplay is still great. I thought the orange would be a boss. There were instead more than one in the same room.

Prox276 responds:

Haha, thanks! :D
This was an eye-opening experience for me. I never knew eggplants, jalapenos and carrots were considered fruit, but I needed every last one of them to fill out a cast of enemies. xD

[Sadmin Night]

A FNAF game? I thought this was a "Henry Stickmin" game. I guess it was both. I was thinking you could just go out the door. Well, you can't do that in a FNAF game. Point and click adventures were never my thing.

I couldn't even find that many in-jokes. There was the "Among Us" guy. It's too boring to really like. I've never played the FNAF games, but have seen gameplay. It didn't even look like the window panes had glass, no wonder he got in so easily!

Arguswastaken responds:

Haha well I think your goal in this game is to keep sadmin under lock, not really run away from him. There's a bit of lore, but the whole thing is mostly a joke made for the fun of it

[too many olskoo]

Happy April Fool's Day 2023! Also, Happy Clock Day 2023! Are we going to have to do this again in August? Anyway, this wasn't that good. It was just you firing over the same objects over and over. I didn't even know when I was hitting anything.

It kept saying "Nan". Well, that fits both of these holidays. Our background's nice. We have the same things happen over and over. I don't think I could even lose. It's not good for me, so it's definitely spam.

orbitz responds:

happy April fools/clock day to you too!

[Jogo de Tank]

Yeah, this wasn't enjoyable at all. The graphics were too simplistic. I guess it was at least nice to see something a little different. I didn't understand how the enemies were so powerful. I couldn't beat it at all. I couldn't speed up too well either.

I guess I was supposed to collect those logs. It didn't seem to help me. I didn't really care if they weakened me. It wasn't rewarding at all. I can see why this is ranked as the lowest submission for this jam.

TenentHill responds:

the logs make you shoot less fast. killing the moster make you shoot more faster. if more fast you shooting is, more logs you will gonna need to avoid. Use the headphones to predict witch side he will gonna show up. share your high score if u want, because i don't know how to implement HS board in NG.

srr for not explaining nothing

[Lunatic Lane]

That was an enjoyable game. I admit it was weird how you lost when too many cats swarmed you. How could you possibly represent that as being bad? You can never have too many cats. Don't remind me of that "Steven Universe" episode. I didn't even know you could run out of gas.

This was nice and colorful. Boy, was it fast paced! I never thought this would be as fast as NASCAR. Well, NASCAR's predictable anyway. You know, they're making a left turn?

Frosty responds:

the cats eat all your fuel

[Fat Fish Aquarium]

I have to admit that I didn't care for this. I mean, it was just a fish eating and pooping out money. That was it. I did the same thing over and over. I thought there was something more to this game. It was too boring.

I mean, it was at least easy to understand. I still felt like I was missing something. It took too long for something interesting to happen. Orange is my favorite color. That's why I liked goldfish.

Ant responds:

Is a real fish any more exciting? Guess ya don't like fish... but it's fine it's just not ur type of game.

[SQUADADDLE]

I would recommend this, if only because it was a challenge. I was annoyed by how hard it was. I mean, the controls seemed too complicated. I wish it was more straightforward. Then again, I don't want it to be too easy. I didn't even notice the timer at first.

I thought that you were supposed to collect the kiwi. I guess I just ran out of time right as I did. Whatever, this was a bit too complicated. As I've said before, I would have to mess with it to really understand it. It wasn't too rewarding.

kaiakairos responds:

The idea is that the runs are so short, it’s easy to learn from your mistakes and hop into a new one with your newfound knowledge. It's hard as hell, yes, but easy to learn once you give it a few tries. This was intentional design.
I can tell by your score on the scoreboard that you only made it past the tutorial, died immediately, and then didn't even bother trying again. I've seen IGN reviewers try harder than you.

[Merged Gravity DEMO]

I think the rating should be higher. I mean, it's not the best game out there. It's perfectly serviceable. I knew it would get a lot harder later on. I was really stuck when I ran out of charges. I can't play this game forever!

Yes, it was simple but good. The graphics were indeed nice. I'm surprised I got past the first appearance of the spikes. I'm glad there was a full screen option. I even thought the music was pretty good.

ChimeraDev responds:

Thanks for playing! The game is around 40 minutes the first time you play it! Its quite hard but it's fun to try again! Hope to see you finish it eventually! :)