Score: 9

"Takes a little getting use to."

submission: Da Pink Knight

date: November 2, 2009

~ Animation ~

The entire game ran quite smoothly and all animations were done rather well. The game always lagged no matter what computer I was on, but it actually made it quite easy as I had more time to react to things. Maybe that's why I had such an easy time with this game as it was quite easy in my opinion.

~ Graphics ~

Yep, that sure looks like Mindchamber's artwork here. Drawings were really good all around. Great color use and very good details all around in the entire game.

~ Medals ~

TKO - Quite easy to do as long as you know how to dizzy the boss.

JUICEYKISSES - Another easy game. A medal that can make you replay the game if you didn't do it the first time.

ONEBIGCLUSTERFART - Another medal that is very easy to get.

YOUWIN - I won my first time so I found the game to be very easy along with this medal. :P

CUTTINOUTSWEETS - A good medal to strive for and quite easy as long as you keep your character moving and you play smart.

DREIDELPOWER - This medal took me for every, but when I figured out that I needed to make him dizzy first it was quite easy.

MARYPOPPINZ - I could actually never get this medal. I just got it by accident once when I one the game. A rather random glitch, but one that I appreciated.

PLAYWITHMYBALLS - This is a medal that I think you could have made harder. Make it somewhere around 10 and I think it would be more fun to obtain.

TILT - Is this game possible not to get? I've gotten it every time I played the game.

TIMEATTACKS - One of the hardest medals, but one that is fun to strive for.

~ Content ~

I really enjoyed this game, but I think that you could really improve on it. You had one main battle, but I could see this as a RPG style game where you can actually level up your character with different strengths and techniques. You could really make it in depth with many battles and situations and I think this game would be one of the best on the site.

~ Audio ~

Good music and sound effects all around. There really isn't any other way to improve this part of the game in itself.

~ Overall ~

My personal opinion is that you should have made the game much longer if at all possible by adding several battles and even a leveling system that is more detailed where you can choose where your points go.

I also thought the game was TOO EASY. I know it must be hard to get reviews from people who complain that the game is too hard, but these people are just terrible at games because to be completely honest this is one of the easiest medal games on newgrounds in my opinion. All you have to do is be able to use your eyes and push a couple of buttons. There are times that I don't even get hit playing this game.

Good game all around, but I do think that there is slight room for improvement.

Score: 8

"Hm, I almost always give 10's to medal games."

submission: The Gun Game

date: November 2, 2009

~ Animation ~

The game was very smooth all around. I don't see anything that you could really improve on. The game did tend to lag a lot though if you played for too long and it seems that a lot of people were having that same problem when I checked the thread on the BBS with the medals.

~ Graphics ~

Again, there probably aren't too many things that you could do to improve this section of the game either. The fact that you had several different backgrounds to choose from and on top of that you even had different hands to choose from made this game have a bit of variety and allowed people to choose whatever they wanted.

~ Medals ~

Midnight Skully - A decent medal as you give a pretty good description in the title itself, but you don't give us any details so you have to spend a little bit of time figuring it out for yourself.

Reloader - This one you were just going to end up getting if you played enough. Not challenging and not really fun to get, but just your generic beginner medal.

Juggler - I found this one to be very confusing at first as I didn't understand what it meant. A better description of this in the game would be better.

Campaigner - I thought that these were way too easy. Not only would I add more, but I think I would increase the difficulty of them as well.

Gun Addict - I got this one naturally while playing. A pretty good medal all around though.

Target Hater - Why only 500? Why not pick a number that would make someone play more then the regular game?

Expert - One of the best medals of the game. Fun to get all around.

Ultimate Gun Gamer - Another good medal. I tend to really enjoy medals where you have to complete all in game achievements as they do add some replay value.

~ Replay Value ~

Let's see here. I thought that the medals that you have made it so you had to play the game a lot for a short amount of time, but after you got all the medals and the achievements then there wasn't any reason to play the game anymore.

I think that you should have had a section that opened up an entire new campaign or even better another difficulty to the campaign mode. My reasoning behind getting this would be because you get all these gun upgrades after you get all the medals basically and that will make it so people have no reason to come back, but if you add more to the game after that then you will get much more replay value all around.

~ Audio ~

The gun shots sounded great, but I found the lack of music took a little bit away from the game. Some nice ambient music, which you would have to make sure not to turn it up too loud to interfere with the gun shots, would sounds pretty good in this game.

I also think that you could use some voices in it. A male voice with a count down before you start and a fail/reward voice of some sort would really add some value to this game all around.

~ Other ~

This really wasn't a glitch so I didn't call it one, but there was something that I noticed that was more annoying then anything else. Where you had the ammo total and other letters on the screen during gameplay it wasn't layered quite correctly. The bullets or blocks could actually end up covering the letters (especially the ammo) if you ended up getting them over that far.

~ Random Tip For Players ~

If you play this game on a laptop then hook up an external mouse and click both mouse buttons to shoot most hand guns and several other guns. This will shoot two bullets at once and will really help you if you need a certain amount of shots or any other achievements where you have to shoot and you don't want to sit around for a long time.

~ Overall ~

The game itself is pretty fun, but only for a short amount of time. I think that I gave a few good tips to make a better version if you were to ever do a sequel to this submission and some ways to really add some replay value to the game to keep people coming back even if it's just another couple hours worth of gameplay.

Score: 10

"Very nice game!"

submission: Glass Fish Rhythm

date: October 22, 2009

~ Animation ~

All of the animation was very smooth. Barely did the game ever lag for me, but when it did there were a few parts where it really did me in and I ran into something. :P

~ Graphics ~

I liked the sprite/8-Bit type of feel that you get from the graphics. Everything was drawn out very well and I don't have any complaints about anything with the art work.

~ Content ~

I might break this subject down into a couple of different parts so it doesn't get too cluttered. My overall view on the game that it was hard at first, but once you got into it the game was really easy. It kept me coming back and once you get the rhythm down (hmm, I wonder why it's called that?) the game is really easy and enjoyable.

The idea for the game is really original. It's not only your classic avoid things while the screen moves game, but it actually has a deep story behind it. I suggest that everyone watch the scenes and not skip them to understand the game that you are playing! Not only that though, you have finally explained the reason why you die when you hit something. In most games you just hit the wall and you die for no reason, but obviously there is a reason in this game as you are made of glass.

The medals give it a really nice feel and keep you coming back to play the game again. The really fun medal was the one that you got for gathering all of the in game achievements! Those are the best kind by far. If you were to double the amount of achievements then you could of added even more fun to this game for people like me. :)

There is a small glitch where if you pause the game during the last boss fight then his fire balls will go right through you and continue off of the screen. It can really help when the fire balls are being shot a bunch at a time or from the top of the screen down, but you might want to fix it so people can't take the easy way out in the end. :(

I think you set the game up (if you were to make a sequel) very well for the story. You could also set it up with a money system where you place things of value in dangerous spots in the game. If they collect these things then between levels they can buy upgrades such as more lives, faster movement, a gun that you can take enemies out with, etc..

~ Audio ~

The audio really adds a lot to this game. Some games use the audio well, but the way you synced up the animation on the screen with the sounds of the music was amazing! It really made the game fun and helped during gameplay as it gave you some tips and clues. Sound effects were also good.

~ Overall ~

One of my favorite medal games. A little challenging at first, but after you get the hang of it then it's quite fun. I think you set it up for a sequel if you wanted to and you could really add a lot of new features to a sequel submission such as this.

Score: 10

"Smell of a nast spam series"

submission: Bahamut's NG Log Bytesize

date: October 17, 2009

This could have been a nasty series that went the way of the Hitler flashes. I can just see it now... a 60 episode series where each level comes out and beats up Bahamut or even just random users getting beat up by their level icons. D: Oh the horror of it all.

I remember watching the NG Log video once before and I don't happen to remember this submission at all. Oh well, it was a little while ago and I don't have a great memory. A good addition to it though and this was a very good short flash submission.

Score: 10

"Holy crap... I almost forgot..."

submission: Bahamut

date: October 17, 2009

That darkenssdweller was a user on this website. It's been an extremely long time since I've seen him do anything on newgrounds. *Ahem*

Corky52 wuz here

Now that the teasing is over... A very interesting flash submission man. I actually watched it twice for fun. Once upside down like you had it and then once straight up by using the ctrl+alt+down arrow thingy.

Let me just say that Afro looks terrible without anything covering his head. I almost cried in fear of the site. Please don't ever do that again. :( Even though it had a random title, it was a good idea for a flash submission and you did a good job at making it all around.

Score: 7

"Nasty animation/graphics"

submission: Snakes on a STFU

date: October 17, 2009

Okay, maybe not the animation so much as the over exaggerated mouth movement kind of adds to the humor here. I wouldn't mind seeing some variety though like the person moving other body parts such as his arms/legs/eyes/etc...

I never actually saw the movie and I don't plan on it. I also won't join the internet fad as I don't think I've ever joined a internet fad in my life. But I think you portrayed the view of those that are like me and think it's rather annoying when people do stupid stuff like this.

The voice wasn't terrible in this situation, but probably still would have been a bit better if you would have used a real nerdy type of voice. While on the subject of nerds you should have drawn the character much better and made him really nerdy looking as well. Glasses (no offense), acne, nasally voice, etc...

Score: 10

"Ah, back to the Bahamut."

submission: 50

date: October 17, 2009

I have some free time while I'm sick so I guess I'll stop by and review some of your movies for old time sake. It's good to be back to the simple animation, random yet predictable plots, repetitiveness, and some low quality voice acting mixed with some good voice acting.

I think the last submission of yours that I reviewed was my ever so favorite 33 1/3 flash so I guess I've missed a lot of submissions in between.

So decent submission all around. A pretty good plot running together with the 33 and 1/3 flash submission even though the ending was a bit repetitive. Are you planning on returning to the same strategy for number 100 or are you planning on making something full blown for that?

Score: 1

"Needs a lot of work to be good."

submission: Aqua man episode 5

date: October 17, 2009

~ Animation ~

This was one of the biggest things that needed to be improved in this flash submission. A lot of part didn't contain much of any animation at all and the animation that you had was crude and rough for most of the time.

Not all of it was completely terrible though and you did show a few spots of promise, but you get the all around impression that the submission itself was rushed a lot, which really shows in the animation.

For the parts that were animated well I would take tips from those spots. Remember what you did and what made those spots smooth/look good and copy that. You can do it if you put the complete effort into the entire submission.

~ Graphics ~

I can almost say the same thing that I said in the animations part of my review. Some parts looked "alright", but for the most part this wasn't very easy on the eyes at all. I would work on individual character designs and master each individual character. When and only when each character started looking much better I wouldn't think about making another submission.

Something else that really would help improve the submission would be something along the lines of detail in the background. Again, this comes down to practicing your drawing and taking the time in making each scene look good. A well detailed background can do a lot for a submission.

~ Content ~

I haven't watched any of the other episodes, but I think I can kind of see where this series is going. Kind of generic and nothing that somebody is going to be very interested in following, but at least your going somewhere with the submission at hand.

A more organized menu would really help this submission. With links going back to all of the other movies in the series and also a nice little information section where people can read what has happened up to this point.

Not only the organized menu though, but also they way that the text is lined up. It looks like you just threw some text on there randomly, which is exactly what you did. More organized, lined up, professional looking text will improve this submission greatly.

~ Audio ~

The quality of the voice was terrible. There was a lot of static, which means you need a better mic or different voice actors for your series. The clicking sound on the beginning and end of each voice could probably be gotten rid of with a simple program like audacity, which is free to download so search it and have it become one of your tools.

Not only was the voice quality bad, but the voice itself wasn't good. I'm assuming you did the voice acting and not to be mean, but your not very good at it. I would suggest finding someone else to voice act for you.

The music and sound effects were done very well though and probably the only good part of the submission at all. Even the worst submissions have something good about them in there I guess. :P

~ Overall ~

It really needs a lot of work in almost every category. The animation needs to be much smoother, the drawings need to be done much better, there needs to be more detail in the characters and the backgrounds, and you need to find a good voice actor with a good mic.

I hope that my review helped and gave you some details on how to improve your submission. Keep striving to get better and good luck on future projects.

Score: 7

"~ Review Request Club ~"

submission: APA TU?! (what is that?!)

date: October 17, 2009

~ Animation ~

First off I felt that your cameraman could have been a bit steadier with the camera. :P I also think that you did a great job with the smoothness of the animation, especially with how jittery the camera was. I would think that it would be a bit easier to animate with a stationary camera, so congrats on doing the good work with a bit of a harder environment.

~ Graphics ~

You had some pretty good video quality. I know that flash can take down the video quality quite fast, but you also had a big file size for such a small movie. (I know how it can be though as I have many flash/videos on newgrounds that are actually above 10MB and some are even up to 18 and 19 MB)

The drawing of the little guy was done quite well. Good color, good drawing, good design, and even though a bit simple, it was still quite effective.

~ Content ~

I guess the real downfall was the lack of content in the submission. This would be cool if you could take some video and even add a story line to the submission or at least some sort of plot.

You could have even done something very simple such as have the little guy fall on someone that was walking below and to have that person react so it gives the illusion that he is actually there even more.

~ Audio ~

Thank you very much for the subtitles as I couldn't understand a word that was being said. Sound quality was rather good though, but again quality wouldn't have mattered if it wasn't for the subtitles in this case.

~ Overall ~

Looks like you succeeded in the experiment so why not try and make something out of it now?

~ Review Request Club ~

Score: 9

"~ Review Request Club ~"

submission: Ruptured

date: October 13, 2009

Yes we know you didn't request your submission, but someone else recommended your submission for review and since we have the right to review whoever we want I guess your going to have to deal with it. :P

~ Animation/Graphics ~

(I've started to separate my animation/graphics section, but there wasn't much to critique separately so I put them together for this review)

The animation was pretty smooth for the most part. There really isn't much to comment on it really other then giving it praise. The graphics were very interesting and it's awesome that you have a original style that others don't use.

~ Content ~

Even though it was pretty short it told a pretty cool story, which went along with the audio that you used. Pretty intense and fast paced as well. I could see these characters being used in some mafia related series or flash submission. Maybe even a game of some sort.

~ Audio ~

I loved how the audio and the song went together quite well. I think the only problem, if you can even call it a problem, was that the voices were a tad bit hard to hear throughout the submission for me for some reason.

~ Overall ~

A pretty good submission. I wouldn't mind seeing these characters used in some sort of series and wouldn't have minded seeing a longer submission. You have a great style!

~ Review Request Club ~