Score: 7

"Duuude Hard"

submission: Stamper's Quest For Fags

date: April 29, 2009

This game is way too hard! The graphics are nice, ditto the sound and animation, but the hitTest is totally messed up! Even if I clear the cacti it still says I've lost health!

Score: 7

"Cute Movie"

submission: The Red Ball

date: April 26, 2009

Not exactly my style though. The music was mediocre, and a bit repetitive, which was rather ironic considering the subject matter. The animation was amateur, the ball moved jerkily and the drawings should have been smoother (Modify>Shape>Smooth). Although it was kind of cool watching all the different people and stuff, it got a bit boring after a while. The animation itself was rather monotonous and practically bored a hole in my head. The theme was good, but the execution was poor.

Score: 9

"Luck-Based, but Good"

submission: Pico Blast

date: April 26, 2009

Instead of the Graphics/Sound/Violence/Humor/Style/I nteractivity scale, I'm going to rate each phase of the bosses. We know the drill; the engine is the same for all of the games, even if the gameplay isn't, the graphics are done by Luis, so they're just great anyway, the animation likewise. We know BoMToons' reputation. So let's cut the crap and review the gameplay:

BOMBS: This is the first, and easiest stage. It's kind of weird having a non-boss battle sequence when the rest of the game is, though. It's somewhat out of context. Additionally, it's very much luck-based, like some kind of die roll when you start the game. On one occasion, I got a spreader, bombs, another spreader, and an extra life before I even faced the boss. On another occasion, I got nothing.

ARMS: The way the arms act independently can be kind of annoying. It's nearly impossible to act preemptively before an attack can hit you, such as double laser lacerations, or a laser ball with the rocket lasers. It's kind of luck-based just like the roll. Especially with the bombs that pop out. I got missiles and a spreader just after entering the battle, and as a result I won the whole game without losing one life. Again, very luck based.

UFO: Thankfully, this is a bit more of a skill challenge, as the UFO follows a bit more of a distinct pattern. Run between the lasers, dodge the beams, shoot the minions, etc. However, it annoyed me that the best way to avoid the lasers was to spam Down + S, not because it was too easy, but because it was such an unnatural notion for such a physics-based game. It was also annoying that the gun knocked the minions back so much; you couldn't tell if you had gotten them all or if one of them was gonna flank you from behind.

SQUID: This was really fun, as it's a falling sequence. There's a cool avoiding sequence, and it's a welcome change. Unfortunately, I was a bit irked that when the squid summoned rockets, if you were in the wrong place, you got zapped instantly. Once again it was kind of luck-based. I'm not saying skill isn't involved, but I'm saying that luck does warp the gameplay much more than it should.

BRAIN: The most damaging yet weakest phase of the boss battle. It's kind of neat to compensate offense for defense when you have a time limit. Although it was kind of annoying getting constantly zapped with little to no patterns, it was a little fun.

OVERALL: On a normal game, I could get to the brain battle, but the game is so luck based that when I got triple missiles, I was able to beat the brain in 30 seconds. I'm not complaining that I won, but I am a bit upset that your games are not only ridiculously similar, but also have so much luck. I'm sure this review has gotten redundant, but nonetheless I find it important to state the facts. Still, a good game, but 1 point off because of balance issues.

Score: 4

"Under Par"

submission: The Enrichment Center

date: April 26, 2009

Some simple repetitive graphics mixed with some really juvenile GLaDOS voice (not your fault I guess), and the gameplay is repetitive and requires nothing more than spastic clicking to explore the areas. Click the keycard, try the locked doors, click all of the cracks, try all of the windows. I've only seen one ending, but I don't see what's so great about it.

Score: 10

"Holy Crap!"

submission: Red Moon

date: April 24, 2009

Well let me start off by saying this is one of the best games I've ever played. Aside from a couple tweaks that I'll mention later, this actually is the best game I've played.

Graphics: Outstanding silhouettes, intricate backgrounds, very cool effects. It even looks like you used the API to draw random slash marks, although I'm not positive.

Sound: Some of the best audio I've ever heard. The music sounds like a cross between techno, metal, and Indian music. All very good quality, and with good context.

Violence: Not that much blood, but it was pretty cool and stylish. Although one part near the end nearly got me, with the arsenal in the pit.

Humor: None.

Style: Although the plotline was a little cliche, it was a bit cool that you play the antagonist's apprentice. Not only that, but the context of everything; animation, art, sound and all; was probably some of the best I've ever seen.

Interactivity: A cool real-time battle, with escalating difficulty. Cool terrain, neat balance boards and falling platforms, cool dynamic environment, and a shifting V-Cam to top it off. The wall-jumping was cool, and there are multiple styles of gameplay, such as going through it thoroughly to get Killer 80, Art Collector, Orb Hunter, and Sound Guru, and going through the game on a lighter, quicker method, so as to get Long Live the King and Red Moon Deity. Although I haven't finished the game yet, nor have I gotten all of the orbs, this will definitely have me coming back for more!

THINGS TO IMPROVE ON: These aren't really hard things to fix. On some of the pillars that you wall jumped off of, only part of the pillar was an interactive piece of wall. However, the piece that wasn't had a bad contrast with the actual wall part, which could get annoying and difficult to navigate around. The game lagged a bit, the attacking animations could have had smoother follow through to make the game run a bit faster. Even on Low quality it lagged for me. It was kind of hard to perch precariously on some of the small ledges, being frustrating-hard rather than fun-hard. It was a little sad not being able to do combos, as it was more of a masher, even though you could use the down-attack. And lastly, I was really irked that the Z key was the attack when there weren't even different attack buttons. I would have much preferred the A key or the Spacebar. The boss was hard, but rightfully so, so I can't really criticize that.

Score: 10

"Awesome!!"

submission: Grow A Pair.

date: April 22, 2009

It's absolutely hilarious, especially because of the David Hasselhoff picture. A couple subtitles were really quick and I couldn't catch them, though. Other than that, good art style, good animation, if simple, a fun little loop!

Score: 10

"Love the Brass!"

submission: kenya

date: April 22, 2009

Cute animals. Simple art mixed with well placed tweens form a catchy song loop, and a funny animation.

Score: 10

"Awesome"

submission: Sonny 2

date: April 21, 2009

Graphics: A stunning depiction of 'simple realism' if you could call it that. Great coloring and shading, although perhaps the characters could have used some lighting. Smooth animation, if a little simple. Very realistic proportions.
Sound: Sonny has a great accent, and all the music has great quality. Additionally, its exclusive-ness to the Sonny series is worth several bonus points.
Violence: Not much blood, but cool attack animations and effects.
Humor: Some of the psychopaths at the beginning of the game have some funny things to say. And of course the surprise about the tape. Some great one-liners.
Style: Great art style, great storyline, great descriptions of things, everything is laid out and presented very well.
Interactivity: Very nice! Extremely strategic, fun difficulty, nice interface. An instant classic.

Score: 10

"Nostalgia"

submission: Ode to ye B

date: April 21, 2009

This came to Newgrounds before I joined. However, looking at the submissions from then and now, I'd have to say this is probably one of the better pieces of spam I've seen. It's funny and random, and although there's a comment pertaining to homosexuality, it's not overly offensive to anybody. I really wish more spam could be like this.

Score: 10

"Hmmm"

submission: McFlabby

date: April 19, 2009

Well, the animation is smooth, and simple as the graphics are, they're actually good. It's a fun thing overall, but I'd have to say that it should be longer, have more complexity, and maybe have a few more jokes. It's overall lacking, but what's there is fine.