AloneInTheDark's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Stande: Battle Mode]

Great job!

Good job, sketch. (And the other guy too ofcourse!)

So this was the platform game u told me about on AIM. Well it indeed turned out very nicely.

A very important aspect of a game is that it plays smooth and fast. And this is certainly the case in this game... The character reacted accordingly to the buttons i pressed and the bullets, knive and explosions were all in sync with the enemyanimation.

The entire concept is much fun and the shooting around and throwing grenades is really amusing. The knive could have worked out a bit more detailed though. Cause when i stab someone i want to see the blood coming down in gallons!

I missed a couple of things though that prevented me from giving this a 9 or 10. First of all i would have liked to see some more soundeffects. Maybe some loud screams of the enemies suffering in pain when they get hit! (hey im evil). The music also became a little bit annoying after like 2 minutes.

The next thing is that its a pity there is only 1 background! Although it was really worked out well and the different enemies were very cool, the game would have been so much more addicting if there were a couple of more backgrounds!

But the good aspects far outweigh the bad ones and im looking forwards to your next project! Take care...

AloneInTheDark

SketchMichaels responds:

YOu make some very valid points. Thanks for taking the time to pick it apart, glad you enjoyed it. You can thank Nero for the excellent control response... made that stuff nice and slick.

p.s. you can turn off the music if it's a real pain :)

p.p.s. Thanks for the review

[Raiden IIS - Part B]

wtf?

Is there standard an 'unlimited life' system in this game or something? Cause i think i died a trillion times the 10 minutes i played your game.

I like the concept of the coloured square powerups that become more powerful while collecting. I have never played 'raiden' before so i cant really compare this between the original.

What also was extremely annoying were the overpowered levelbosses. Not only did they shoot 1000 pixels per second in every direction, also if u have a good poweruped ship and encounter a boss, he will probably destroy you in a couple of seconds. Then u respawn again, but only with the standard level 1 gay weapon. At that point it basically is a matter of flying directly into the boss while keeping the shift button pressed...

Try to balance the game a little bit more. But i saw in your profile that you are only 13 years old. And although this game needs working it still is a very good job for a kid ur age. Im sure that when u are a little bit older and keep on doing flash u will make some real masterpieces in the future. Take care!

Go0gley responds:

I was thinking of making a credit system but I wasn't in the mood with making a "game over" page. If you found this game bearable, I think you might enjoy the real game. If you like, you could get it free at http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=3013 at the bottom of the page where it says "where to get it." Once you downloaded it and unzipped it, you could play it instantly. Sorry about the overpowered bosses (I expect you were using the purple weapon, because they get killed within 10 seconds if you use the blue one), I'll try to lower down their HP a little. I'll be 14 in August 18, I'm glad you found it okay anyway. :)

[PSSST]

Ignorant newgrounds users....

Just go to an empty room with the spray can and push it in to drop the spray, geex lol. Anyway nice game, gets boring a little bit too fast. The music, graphics and style were great though! Take care

[Stock to Street: RSX]

Lacking in many areas

What is it with men and cars? Im a guy too but i dont give a flying fuck about cars. But neway, although the car looked really good, it was obviously traced. The interface was a little bit too big and ugly and there werent many things to change. At least put more than 1 car in it! What i did like were the morphing effects though u used in some areas. Sound was average and became a bit annoying after a while. Meh, maybe im just not a carfreak.

[Inverse Shoot'em up]

aw man

Hehe, nice and original. How do u come up with stuff i like this? It seems like a normal everyday spaceshooter at first, but the concept is pretty 'weeblish'. I was almost laughing playing this weirdass game. Only 2 bad there are only 2 levels. And i made a mistake to play the game at easy first, because after i completed it with ease, i didnt really wanted to do it again on hard. On the technical aspect the game is very good, nice graphics, no bugs and smooth animation. But wouldnt it be nice to have a levelboss or something, u can control? Neway, it's good to see that you have your heart at the right place with the charity at the end. Shows that u do care and there is more to u than very funny weirdass flashes. Keep up the good work and take care!

[DTunnel 3D]

geez

I found the game extremely hard. So hard that it even became frustrating. I didnt even wanted to play anymore cause i feared i was going to wreck my keyboard! Pretty nice graphics though

[NB! Game Anthology]

good job

Pretty well designed. The games all looked top-notch. I especially liked the helicopter game with the double dragon music. Really stylish. Playing the game was fun for a while, only they all lasted a little bit too short. But still, nice piece of actionscripting though... And that from the guy who learned me how to do a replay button. lolz. U probably dont remember anymore but i asked u how to do a replay button a while ago and then used the code u gave in my first movie short skirt/long jacket and again in my second one, out of control. Tanx again man.

Norwegian-Blue responds:

A master never forgets his aprentice....or...wait..i did.....good to know i helped....just ask if ya need more help!


Thanks for the review!

[Plumber 2]

Bwahaha!!

I found the game damn easy! I completed all the levels except 4 and 24 within 30 seconds. I used to play this game alot when i was young only then it was called 'pipelines'. Or was it 'pipedream'.... I cant remember anymore. I used to play it with my dad, man those were fun times.

[The Dead Case]

o wow

What a beauty u have here. All ur hard work paid off , this is a very cool and complete game. The visual style is simply awesome and very original too. Nice and creepy backgrounds, a cool character and a sweet & handy interface. The music fits perfectly with this game. Kinda mysterious but not too scary. Damn i love everything about this. The only pain in the ass where the arrows to move to the next screen. Although it looked stylish with the arrows popping up slowly and fading away, it wasnt really handy. I would have liked it better when they were just static things so u could easily click from screen to screen. But meh, i think i would have lost some of the beauty of the background artwork this way, so no biggie. Maybe a deep voice actor for the main character (xombie style) would have made it even more superb. But hey these are things u can work on in the sequal. Cause u are going to make it, like it or not, lol. Or otherwise make other original and cool adventures like this! U are teh rox!1

Retshark responds:

Originally I wanted all the ghosts to speak, not have so much text based stuff. But the sheer size of the file alone made that hard-- and they say so MUCH, it'd be a giant file, really.

[The Tower Of Math]

really funny

Many people consider this as 'work' but for nerds like me and you this is actually fun. No seriously, i love maths and doing this was really entertaining. 2 bad all the equations went the same way :'( sniff... And 2 bad this was 2 easy, although for the younger ones this may prove quite challenging. Add some difficult levels that create more complex equations at higher levels. The style and music of the game were all ok but not the best. Take care