dw817's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Robots Attack]

* Good game ..

But a little hard.
Man for love of auto-fire !
Would be better to hold down mouse-button or "A" to auto-fire so you can concentrate more on your movements avoiding enemy fire.

Otherwise solid good game with nice power-ups.

David

[Flipz]

Not good ..

I've seen too many games like this.
Just flip the lines, if they intersect, flip till it matches the same color, then clear them both. Too predictable, no real difficulty involved.

If you're interested in flipping games like this, look at Yoshi's Cookie. They SCROLL the blocks which is definitely more challenging and interesting.

Much prefer your Reaction & Cells II.

David

[A Chain Reaction Game]

* Hey ! ..

This is really an interesting game.
Made a score of 525.

The secret ?
Aim for the cen+ter !

This game idea is so uniquely original don't be surprised if it gets "borrowed" by another game-maker, and not just FLASH. :)

David

[Combat Instinct 2]

* Excellent *

I'm going to tell you right now, your LOGO for McFretN in the 2nd Combat Instinct rocks, I mean it is TONS better than the way you present it in the 3rd. Youre 2nd LOGO for McFretN has much more character, has a definite flavor to it, very unique, makes you hungry for more. Music too.

Naturally your LOGO for Combat Instinct is better in the 3rd. :)

You are right on the cutting edge of excellence.
keep up the great work.

David

[Combat Instinct]

* OUTSTANDING ! *

9 for audio because it was a bit loud on the voice-over.

Standing on my feet very loud applause !
DAMN I hope you nail a job with Squaresoft in the future for your above-board and excellent game preparation, planning, design, play, artwork, and presentation ! :)

Yes, I haven't played your other CI yet.
Just count on a ALL MY 5 R to each version.
You earned it. Damn I hope you get a good job with your supernatural Flash skills and I hope I live to see you reach your pinnacle in your career as a game designer and writer !

HUZZZAH !!

David

[FreeFall]

* Good - however .. *

Upon getting hit the last time, the player (alien?) should fall as a burning screaming (audio!) fireball to the landscape (maybe with hair on fire?).

better than 50% of time, you could throw out a parachute to save the hapless skydiver.

You won't need to render additional artwork for the landscape, just zoom up on the landscape and fade to black when impact is suggested.

Only if you're devious, should you have occur 1% of time or so a really unpleasant screaming and CRUNCHING sound at the end. :)

Hope This Helps !

David

[Cosmic Warriors]

* Pretty good .. *

For one player, you really should use the true arrow keys and SPACEBAR or something like is used for game emulators like "D" to fire.

Don't tell me it can't be done.
I've written FLASH that can detect the true arrow keys being pressed.

David

[Bandit Kings]

* Good but .. *

As suggested earlier by "formerphilly", make it one-player.

Also, suggestion, once you lift an item, if you are facing your castle and hit "sword" then it tosses it into that castle.

You can also accidentally toss money in the WRONG castle if you are facing your opponent's.

The toss is full, no matter how far you are from the entrance of either castle so you don't have to pick it up twice.

The dragging the money to your castle is terribly slow.

The game would be more frenzied, fun, and challenging if gold was flying in all directions based upon the bandits tossing them into their castles ..

Further suggests if you don't already have it,
have GOD intervene if one player is gaining too much gold too quickly who BLASTS that player for being such a smart-ass. :)

Hope This Helps !

David

[12 holes of Xmas]

Not good ..

I've seen this Flash many places and several people have claimed to write it since.

Put your name directly in the opening credits and maybe we'll believe you.

David

[The Boss]

Joe Cartoon

Exceptional animation, humor, and original artwork. Very few of your Flash are for the squeemish though. You might mention that in future descripts.

Otherwise nice job, and BIG points on originality for your Joe Cartoon universe. :)

GERBILS UNITE !

David