Score: 5

"Just meh"

submission: Pick And Dodge

date: 16 hours ago

This is okay, nothing really new or exciting to make me play again. The concept and gameplay is too overused. I didn't like the music because it's not my taste and graphics are okay. Make it so that the gems won't appear as often because that takes away some of the challenge. Add some more balls or obstacles to add some challenge too.

Score: 8

"It just keeps coming..."

submission: sni[p]r

date: 17 hours ago

I have to say, this was impressive and addicting while it lasted. Graphics are decent, and the music could be better, but I did like the gameplay.
The concept isn't anything new, a defense shooting game: not very memorable. The execution was decent with the upgrades and the tanks though.
What I didn't like is that this was repetitive: after getting all the upgrades, it's not that fun anymore. Also, I didn't like that, a wave of tanks and people would come at you unexpectedly. This resulted in too much clicking and my arm and hand now hurts :(

Score: 4

"Mediocre"

submission: Movie Quiz: Cars

date: November 25, 2009

This was an okay quiz, nothing new or old. Graphics are great but could improve. Nice job on using music from the Cars soundtrack but it got repetitive and annoying at best.
Quiz questions were surprisingly hard, you would have to be a good fan to know these kinds of things. I've watched the movie twice, and got a nice 9 out of 15. It would help if you provided the right answers to the questions we got wrong. Some trivia would help or some type of prize to go along with the quiz.

Score: 8

"Easy time-waster"

submission: Hotel Management

date: November 25, 2009

This is okay for something of its genre, this is pretty fun to play and easy to beat. Graphics are pretty good, and how the hotel was designed. The upgrades were a plus and it was great to see the money rack up.
There are many problems though: first, the upgrade system although great, should include more because afterwards when you unlock everything, the game becomes boring.
Also, a few levels after you unlock everything, the game becomes a frantic clickfest, which was when the game became challenging and got more interesting. I would like for some more challenges next time.
Music was repetitive, there should be more variety.
Gameplay could also use more challenging by introducing more things. For example, some time-management games utilize a combo system in which you rack up more points by doing the same action in a row. The game was also easy because you get tipped for EVERYTHING.
Keep things interesting, the main problem is lack of upgrades, but you could have us be able to change the hotel appearance, to spruce things up a bit. Add some more actions such as hiring more employees, or more actions with the restaurant and gym. This makes things more challenging and fun, with more upgrades to boot.
There is also an occasional glitch I had a problem with: the guest will usually have an action, but disappear suddenly without allowing you complete it. Then, the guest will request to leave.

Score: 5

"Has good points, but..."

submission: -PURSUIT-

date: November 23, 2009

At first glance I thought this would be a good game due to the quality it presented. However, as I got later, I found otherwise.
First off, the gameplay. It was simple to do, just use your mouse, and I'm a sucker for point-and-click games. The challenges were disappointing though, as they were too random and didn't use too much common sense. Really? the fishing rod out of a banana, rope, glue, and a knife? Why not just use the damn knife. I had to use a walkthrough for half the game. The challenges didn't make much sense as well, as to how Diana knew what items to get out of her apartment (I guess I need my teddy bear for this ONE moment). The lack of realism in the challenges killed the game.
It's always nice to have voice-acting, but it's also good to have quality. The voices were over-the-top, and incredibly cheesy. I cringed during the Mickey death scene. Plot was okay but unoriginal, woman detective goes to find out crime boss to avenge her lover.
This could use work, I suggest for better challenges next time.

Score: 3

"Pico + Halloween = Should be fun"

submission: Escape Pico's Mansion

date: November 1, 2009

I thought this would be a fun game, but I was wrong. This offered no real strategy and storyline.
Pixel graphics were ok, the characters resembled their counterparts pretty good, but the setting/items weren't that good (example: it was very hard to find the whip because it didn't look like one and it blended in with the background).
Gameplay should improve, all you had to do was retrieve items to their respective characters. Wasn't hard at all and it was very boring to play.
I would say the only highlight was the Newgrounds references, but that shouldn't hold up the game alone: add some better gameplay.

Score: 6

"Didn't like it that much"

submission: Refund

date: November 1, 2009

This could really be better, I liked the concept of an evil demon in a pumpkin, which should be expanded more though.
Graphics and animation were really good, I liked the art style and how clean it was.
Sound clips could have a better quality and be synched more.
I felt like the flash was too rushed: the ending scene was too fast. You could have added some foreshadowing into the fact that the monster was inside, and the "fight" scene with the demon was too confusing because it was too fast-paced..
The main problem with this was the voice-acting. It's good that you added some, but it was unenthusiastic and wasn't in character: for example, the old man. The constant badmouthing was way overused and annoying. I would have liked to see some more animation because most of the movie was just seeing black cards.
Punchline was mildly funny, again I liked the concept of a demon in the pumpkin thing and I think you should have made this flash based on that, instead of just leading up to the punchline.

Score: 10

"Didn't expect that"

submission: You Only Live Once

date: November 1, 2009

At first I thought this would be a typical flash following the Mario type gameplay- but I was wrong. Graphics are excellent, as well as story (but..how did a guy LIKE THAT have a girlfriend?) Music was great, sounded like something from Final Fantasy.
What I liked is how the game ending molds to how and where you die: the grave is placed next to the certain points where you die, and the speech is different. (played the game on two separate computers)
I really liked the coding that made it so it was hard to play the game again, but not IMPOSSIBLE as some of the comments on Newgrounds claim.
Really good and funny work, one of the few games to make me laugh and constantly hit the refresh button.

Score: 9

"Very FUN game"

submission: SkyFyre

date: November 1, 2009

Amazing side-scrolling game that the addictiveness of bought, console games.
Pixel graphics are awesome, character designs and settings are amazing. I have to applaud you for the bosses design, as well as the ones for the dragons.
The battle music is really good, fit the game well and was original. However, I would have liked a larger variety, like individual boss music and some for the cutscenes.
Now about the cutscenes: it was good, as it managed to portray the story through just a few pictures. However, I would have liked music, and perhaps some text to better persuade the nice story.
On to gameplay: it's amazing. It's simple enough to master, but hard to beat: for example the large amount of bullets spewing everywhere from the bosses. But thank god for unlimited lives. After a couple of games and mastery of 2 classes, I now found it very easy to dodge the bullets.
There's a formula to beating the game: just replay the last level a couple of times and just level up and get money to buy good stuff. It is kind of repetitive.
Classes and badge systems were a plus, but there's always room for more. The easiest for me to beat the game with was the Paladin, at a cool level 13. However, my favorite to play with would be the Hunter: best turrets + double damage = win.

Score: 6

"There is such a thing as TOO INTENSE"

submission: Armor Trigger 3

date: October 18, 2009

I liked the Armor Trigger saga especially the storyline between Bobby/Missy/Nerdy/ and Footsy. However, this addition is failing to live up to the expectations, especially after the awesome predecessor, Armor Trigger 2.
Okay, one of the charms of the games is the intensity and the random minigames. However, there are two minigames that I have a huge problem with: the seasons and the chickens. The season thing is way too hard to get right because the scene stuff are not really straightforward. The chicken thing is TOO INTENSE. It was too hard to click Footsy AT THE RIGHT TIME with Missy and get the eggs in the pan. Needless to say, I failed both missions. However I did like too minigames; the one where you have to shoot Missy out of the hole and the tomato shooting one. You've got a pretty creative mind to make these kinds of unique minigames.
Part of the charm of this was the storyline between the characters' romances and mysteries. However, you've completely destroyed this with a meaningless plot.
I was disappointed, but it was still considered to be a good game.