Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Versus Umbra]

It gets better

What I found to be coolest about this was how well it was in terms of pacing. Everything just goes so wonderfully together when you're firing at everybody. It was great how you really had an oppurtunity to dodge the bullets. The guys with the rapid fire machine guns were the worst. It's nice to review something by you as it seems like it's been awhile. I hope you had a merry Christmas even though this had nothing to do with the holiday.

I couldn't understand the title, but the game was so fun I simply didn't care at all. It's also nice how you had such a good variety of music being played and stuff. It's nice to see me going out and making carnage in this weird world. I do wish that the enemies had some better designs to them. It just seemed like the same thing over and over.

Arkuni responds:

It's always nice to see reoccuring reviewers :)
Yeah, more enemies would have been optimal but I had to cut some corners to get it out in a timely fashion.

[The Holy Bictionary Rev.]

Now that's something!

Well, it doesn't have that much going on, but it certainly doesn't need to! This is a great submission mostly because you can get anything you want! I find it hard to believe there are even enough medals listed for what you can get. This is something you should play if only because you'll get some great medals with it. Maybe someday I'll get every single one. Thank you, for making such a well working non sequitor movie that's so well.

It seems like you just opened up a dictionary and got every "B" word you can find. Well, you probably only went for the more well known ones. The voice is pretty nice in this too. This is something really unique because of how ridiculous it is. I can just go on for all eternity pressing these buttons and having medals pop up over and over!

BanglaBoy96 responds:

Thanks man! :) It did take A LOT of time and effort to put together (especially the typing and voices)
Thanks I love reading your reviews :)

[Clicking Game 2]

Seems impossible

I'm not a fan of this game, mostly because it seems impossible to complete. By that I mean, I am trying to touch the man without touching the cage and it can't be done. The graphics themselves aren't that much either. There needs to be a stronger emphasis on shading and stuff like that. What's weird is how I tried to get in through the speech balloon but it didn't work. Even though I couldn't see it, when I got to the part where the cage was, I still lost!

The best thing is probably how you have such nice music. It helps that Queen is my all time favorite band. It gets annoying when you keep hearing that farting sound over and over when you lose. If anyone else is able to figure this out, then I give that person sincere credit as I can not do it. It is truly a hard puzzle game.

synapses responds:

I'm not pro at making flash. this is one of my first games. and btw, there is a way to finish the first round

[Touch The Core2]

Hard to like that much

I guess I can't say it's that bad because I seem to know so little about it. I got the first level done pretty easily. All I had to do was simply take my mouse cursor to where the dot was and wait for everything else to stop moving. The second level is freaking murder for me. I tried touching the key, but I died. In fact, I tried touching everything on the entire screen and I kept dying. I don't think it's possible to progress without touching at least one thing.

I guess I will give you guys credit for having a decent layout. Everything is presented in a fairly clear cut manner. There have been literally thousands of games I have played here so I wouldn't know what the original was like. It was pretty cool to have such a wide variety of music. It seemed more of a puzzle game than anything else.

fortunacus responds:

thanks ericho for the comment, I update the level order then,please check it up again

[Imperfect Balance 3]

Quite fun!

It's hard to play something you made that wasn't in the "Drop Dead" series. It's great that you have such cool transition effects when everything drops down. The best part is probably how they disappear so wonderfully whenever they hit the ground. It's nice to see how there are so many different ways of using these blocks. I have yet to come across a level I find to be particularly hard. I think the best strategy is to use the heaviest ones at first.

The ones with different shapes are a bit hard to work with. The music is also great and sets off a really nice notion of being in a bizarre world. The background plays that up well too. It's nice how everything is just so good looking even if the game is a bit mundane. The sound the music makes makes it seem like a laser is being pointed or something.

ttursas responds:

Thanks! Yeah, it seems that Drop Deads are our most popular games on the Flash platform, but on the iOS side Perfect Balance takes the lead. Anyway Drop Dead 4 might be our next Flash game or then we might do another one before DD4.

[Idle Not]

Needs more detail

I guess this perhaps wasn't intended to be that good looking, but this game should have more detail. It just seemed like everything was presented in far too much of an ordinary manner. The text and everything else seems so bland. I will give this credit for at least having an original concept. I was surprised at how easy it was to die when all I did was move around. I suggest you simply keep pressing the arrows to get a pattern.

The music was alright. It seemed like it didn't fit the tone very well with how it was peaceful and this was a game about the Devil. The lines are straight, but it doesn't leave much to go on. I keep winning that same medal when I lose on the first level. It always pays to have a game where you can get a medal that easily.

FlyingColours responds:

Thanks for the review! Now that you mention it, the song does seem to be a bad fit for the theme. Next time, I'll be sure to pick a more suitable piece! I'll try to make the graphics better next time, with pictures from the Internet which are not copyrighted. The game I'm working on will be much easier to win.

[PewDiePie Space Invaders]

Hi, it's me

I can't really recommend this because I didn't find anything that noteworthy about it. Don't get me wrong, it did have some good ideas and the effects were pretty elaborate. The models used were pretty original too. What I didn't like was how it was basically just the same game over and over. The music was at least decent. I also appreciate this background that shows off all these wondering stars across the galaxy.

What I found weird was that I would have liked it if the enemies fought back. That's why the classic Asteroids game was so good. It provided more of a challenge but also support with the things that blocked the enemies. This probably needed better gameplay. I will admit that you got the designs down pretty well.

Kwing responds:

Thanks for the review. I'll admit the enemies probably should have fought back, but they were also big enough and started low enough down that the player would have gotten very little warning if they had.

[Escape This House]

Great place

I got a little stuck on some parts, because it was hard to tell where I was supposed to go. I assumed it was just clicking, but I didn't read the instructions well. Some of the arrows pointing offscreen were a bit hard to find. I do like the music in this because it knows how to set up tension. It's interesting to see this really cool environment. There's a sort of easter egg on the window. If you click on it, you see a shark.

I guess it must be the land shark from "Saturday Night Live". What was also good was that there were so many colors in this. It was hard for me to get far here, as most point 'n click adventure games are for me. You just needed something more unique to make this better. Everything is still nicely detailed and good to look at.

DoomedChi responds:

Thank you for taking the time to reviewing in detail my game.

[Pilo]

This was alright

I was thinking this was going to be a game created for the NG Game Jam, but I was wrong. It was interesting to see a game that was fairly unique. I guess I'm not that good at it, because I had trouble with it. I wasn't sure if the black box on Level 2 was hurting me, because there were times when I died when I touched it. The music was alright. I guess my biggest disappointment was that there wasn't any background in this. It just looks too bland.

What I did like was how it had that happy smiling face the whole time. It's fun just to see that guy in action. Is "Pilo" supposed to be the name of the main character or something? It's a fairly nonsensical game and not one of the best or worst that I've played here. There just could have been more detail overall in it.

norfor22 responds:

Very well, i will pay more attention to it next time, i totally agree with you :)
Thanks :P