Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Summertime in Wintertime Collab]

Wow, another huge art collab! It's nice to see so many people coming together! I appreciate all the effort put into this. I admit that some of them seemed kind of redundant. For the most part, they were unique. It was kind of odd.

Seems like you'd just have a Summertime Collab. I live in Florida. It's still kind of cold here. There's a lot of places closer to the Southern Hemisphere anyway.

Lizguy74 responds:

I’m in Florida now too!

[PLOMO]

Yeah, this was kind of strange. I mean, I tried pressing A, but nothing happened. At least the first guy just died on his own. This still had some great animation. I was truly impressed at how well done it was. It just didn't amount to much.

The music was fairly fitting. I rarely see Western stuff here. I guess this is why. Does POLMO stand for something? I couldn't get the meaning.

TheGorondorf responds:

Thanks for the feedback and the kind words! PLOMO just means "LEAD" in Spanish, just thought it had a nice ring for a game about Western duels

[N Step Steve: Part 1]

Sorry, but I didn't care much for this. I would have to get more into it to really enjoy it. The worst part was how I couldn't really go back. I wanted to start back at the beginning of the level. The design is too simplistic. I thought the dots added up.

Instead, they just went back to what they were originally. I don't think it's possible to advance after getting stuck somewhere. I will admit the concept is fairly original. You probably need to draw the cats cuter. They actually kind of looked more like pigs to me!

EPGstudios responds:

Thanks for the constructive feedback!

A) I will admit that having to redo parts of levels you've already beaten is annoying, and I tried to make part 2 better in that regard. B) If you're stuck, you can undo, restart the level, or teleport somewhere else. C) The art is kind of weird, though I think it's also endearing in a way. (Obviously, I'm biased.)

[Driftmania]

I guess I'm just not a fan of racing games. It was kind of hard to navigate. I still did like the graphics. It was interesting with how customizable they were. The title's pretty nice though. It's just nowhere near as good as some of your other submissions.

I just wanted it to be like a game where you drove on a highway. I guess this is what racing is for. It's not that appealing as a Newgrounds game. Everyone else seems to love it. I say that too often.

Frenchie14 responds:

Fair review! This game won't be for everyone

[Valentine's Day Art Collab '24]

Holy crap! This has 144 contributors to it! This beats "NG's 20th Anniversary Collab" which had 121 contributors! I had no idea that this would be Valentine's Day cards. I mean, I guess it makes perfect sense. We have relatively few Valentine's Day submissions at all!

I'm so glad to see all these great characters gathered together! I mean, they're not on screen at the same time, but still. It was just incredible to see these wonderful bits of sincerity. There's nothing cynical or anything about them, which is rare for a big submission here! Happy Valentine's Day now and forever! THIS WILL WIN DAILY FEATURE!

M-kirbs responds:

Oh god, it beats the 20th anniversary collab? That's a new record set, WOOOOOO!

[Jeri Tower!]

Wow, that was a really fun game! It's quite addictive too. I was wondering why there was that toilet in the first level. The game said I could destroy one. I'm glad I got to one eventually. The enemies and dangers were nicely designed.

It's hard to do that with pixels. You really made it work. I liked the transition to a platformer. Platformers are my favorite games. I didn't realize you could stomp on enemies in that form at first. It makes sense.

succojones responds:

Thank you for your kind words :)

[Death To The Humans!]

Well, what can I say? This has got to be the most frustrating game I've played in a long time. I really had no idea how to get to 5 million. I managed to get most of the medals. I could play this game forever and never beat it. It certainly escalated.

Just seeing these ships fly around over and over was quite hypnotizing. I just HAVE to recommend this for people because it's so addictive! It's repetitive as Hell, but man, do you just want to beat this game. It's nice to see an inverted game. I think I got ten million kills.

blit-blat responds:

Make sure you upgrade your mothership damage as soon as you can. You don't need a full fleet straight away, especially of the more expensive ships, you're better off saving up for damage upgrades than replacing all ships straight away. It's about balance between DPS and saving up. Keep at it, I'm sure you can do it with a little experimentation!

[Dino Time]

Yeah, I have to say that I didn't care for this. Its main fault is that it's too difficult. I mean, it has very loose controls. It would have made more sense to just have him move normally. It probably would have been just as hard to get all the medals. I liked hearing Luigi's yell.

This guy just flew around everywhere. It just didn't add up to much. I was kind of motivated. I mean, you had to work really hard just to get even the minimum score! Sorry, it just isn't for me.

NickSenny responds:

Dino is proud of you, but he wishes you’d return from the grocery store w the milk you promised

[NG BBS Awards 2023]

I have to admit that I didn't think this was great. It was still sweet to see what everyone voted on. The worst poster was everyone?! Dang, I'm glad I didn't post at all this year! I just stopped doing that. Everyone mocked me for being religious.

Anyway, this had some slick animation. I was confused as to why only three books were clickable, at least that I could find. It was still nice to get all those medals, as always. That's a lot of clickable stuff for medals. It's always great to see Tom Fulp's name on something.

Little-Radiodemon responds:

I don't think you would have even been in the running for Worst Poster to be honest, although, technically we all won it!

I did intend to add more books, but being ill really screwed me over in doing this to how I wanted to.

[Atomic: REDUX]

Well, that was a lot of fun. I had no idea I'd be able to get so far in the game. It was really getting all the stars that made it hard. I'm glad it doesn't just stop like normal after a bunch of levels. Still, it was a little simplistic. That didn't make it any less easy, though.

The music was very stylistic. They looked like pieces of bubble gum! It makes sense that those would expand. Chain reaction games should be more common. This wasn't great, but pretty fun.

blit-blat responds:

Glad you found it fun! <3 And yeah, I'm really happy with how the audio fits the design of the game, there's so many good track in the audio portal it's unreal!