Kwing's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Da Pink Knight]

FAIL

Graphics are good, so is the sound. That's about it. I'm going to be critical and list all of the things that are wrong with this game:
- You move very slowly. Not only does it lag, but the player is just scripted to move very slowly.
- The game has a simple strategy at the beginning; move up and down to avoid the big smasher. The thing is, if he even starts charging up that attack, it almost always hits. Even if you manage to get in there and flank him a couple times, he just counterattacks and blasts you anyway!
- The medals don't work. I was cheated out of a MARYPOPPINZ.
- Later in the game, if you get knocked down, he just uses his saw attack on you. You can dodge it sometimes, but sometimes it's impossible.
- Every time you get dizzy, the boss starts repairing itself and you get an icon of someone pushing a button. It doesn't tell you which button, and although generic button mashing seems to work, I've accidentally restarted the game about 3 times because of it.
- You can lose health without your shield running out.
- It's ridiculous to have a shield feature when you can't even block any of the attacks (save the cannon).

Overall, this is an extremely infuriating game, and there's nothing redeeming about it.

Readers, try jumping and attacking him. It's the only way to get a lot of damage, even though he'll just counterattack as soon as you land.

[Stamper's Quest For Fags]

Duuude Hard

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!

[Pico Blast]

Luck-Based, but Good

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.

[The Enrichment Center]

Under Par

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.

[Red Moon]

Holy Crap!

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.

[Sonny 2]

Awesome

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.

[Newgrounds Pass 3]

Fun

Although it's a little weird with it having medals, as you can just look up a walkthrough. Still, very fun, cute how there's lots of minigames, etc. Also, level 27 is glitched. I've completed it like 3 or 4 times, and I haven't gotten the medal. Even so, fun.

[newgrounds FAQ/help]

Obsolete

The graphics are basic and simple Newgroundish stuff, the information is obvious, basic, and easily attainable, and there's even a typo in there. Some of the information is just stubs, some are just ridiculously bland. I don't see what's so special about it. Include more info, maybe a background animation, then you'll start to get somewhere.

[super sweatshop mastar]

Under Par

The shoe graphic is quite neat, but other than that, it sucks. The only sounds are the obnoxious white noise and the just as obnoxious 8-bit jingle. The gameplay is boring and annoying, consisting of randomly spawning birds, planes, and helicopters. On several occasions I have been cornered in such that it was impossible not to lose a life. Only two keys are used to play, and it is just as much as a game of luck as it is skill. Grossly overrated for the simple reason that the game has medals.