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[YATDG5]

Okay, I've Had Enough

Go ahead and read my review from your 3rd one, I'm not about to say all of that again. (If you're too lazy to click the links, just replace the number in your URL with 486179, my review can be found there.) In addition, I'd like to add that even worse than taking someone else's copy/paste script, you're now spamming the Portal! You've created 4 of these already when you should be updating the old one. Should I commend you for changing numbers in a copy/paste script? Of course not! You've added music that's not yours, graphics that aren't yours, and script that's not yours. The buttons look decent, but even if you did those (which I somewhat doubt) it's still not enough to turn this Flash around! You've even copied the Newgrounds preloader! All of the categories reviewers are supposed to judge Flashes on (Graphics, Sound, Violence, Humor, Style, Interactivity) are either "borrowed" (Graphics, Sound, Interactivity) or simply not present at all (Violence, Humor, Style). You've shamelessly copied work other people have done and you've heavily marred the Portal at the same time. Please learn how to create decent Flashes yourself or at least delete all of these unworthy sequels and keep the latest updated version, which I find a lenient suggestion on my part. And the reason the game still has so many bugs is because you don't know the script yourself. If nothing else, even a crappy stick animation, a squiggle animation, or a maze game is still better than something that you didn't even create, let alone understand.

PowerfrogProductions responds:

First of all, the graphics are mine. nothing to be proud of, but they are. The NG preloader was designed for developers to use. and as for the scripting, i've added quite a lot to it, i also followed the tutorial fully instead of using an open source straight away, i have permission from the music author, WoodenToaster. And for the "uploading a new one instead of editing the first", I'm sorry, i didn't know that was possible on newgrounds, I'll delete the older versions and do that from now on. Although i respect your comments and "reviews" on my game, i think your a little harsh, yes, i used a tutorial, a lot of people do. But i've already done a lot to make it my own, and I'm still going to do more to it, I'm not going to give up because you don't like it. I look forward to your review on my next game, buh-bye.

[YATDG3]

Sucky!

It's the exact same as the last one! Aside from the menu, it still has the same 'borrowed' graphics, the same source code, the same path as the copy-paste tutorial you used, and the same crappy style! Furthermore, the linkage is faulty so the towers don't disappear if you exit out of a game! This not only proves your personal inferiority, but is annoying and unoriginal! The crappy music is even worse! I can't offer constructive criticism because you haven't contributed anything into this Flash! Learn the program the hard way and get good at something. Even on your news post you're asking someone to do graphics for your game in which you're just using some copy/paste tutorial to 'program' it. Stop it with this and make something good, script kiddie.

[Cursor Fx]

Whoa

Great graphics, great sound, good originality in turning it into a game, very nice gameplay. The only thing that you could have added would be a little number thing to keep track of your score.

[Yet Another Tower Defense]

639k

I am very suspicious. The graphics are basic and stolen from the walkthrough. There's no sound. There's no humor or violence. The style is nonexistent; it's been done way too many times, and better. The gameplay is old, a little static and annoying, and overall not very good. All in all, this is terrible. Additionally, all three of your submissions so far have been things that look like they've been taken from copy-paste walkthroughs. This seems like proof, as you haven't even taken the graphics yourself. Seeing as even if you did make this, it's a bad game, I'm going to have to give you a 2. Criticism? If you aren't already, learn the right (and hard) way, understand the script and regurgitate something that's a bit more original.

[The Worlds Hardest Game 2]

Okay

I'll give you an extra star because of the extra level design and extra features (like the mute button), but it's still the same unoriginal game. A hard game challenges a player's mind -and- physical reflexes... If you've had the presence of mind to acknowledge that, this game would have been much better. I guess it's a decent game, but again, I really didn't enjoy it. If you want more specific details, check out my review for the first one. It's basically the same game anyway.

[The World's Hardest Game]

Bleh

I don't feel like going into that much depth, so I'll do a simple categorized review:
Graphics: 2/10 Very bad, very simple. The only thing I didn't mind about them was that they were concise and didn't leave any crap dangling around.
Sounds: 6/10 It was decent, both music and sound effects, but the dying sound got way too old after a while. Perhaps you could have made it play a random dying sound or something. The finishing ding was nice, though.
Violence/Humor: 0/0 Not part of the game, won't effect overall score.
Style: 0/10 There was none. The graphics sucked, there was no plot, and the self-conscious nature of the words between the levels were just terrible.
Gameplay: 8/10 There was nothing wrong with it, and the difficulty did make it pretty fun... But it was unoriginal, stupid, got old after a while, and definitely could have used some spice. Perhaps timers, switches, enemies with AI, water, traps, etc. Need I go on?
Overall: 5/10, not too great. The gameplay and sound were satisfactory, but the other elements simply brought this Flash crashing down. You definitely could have made things better, but between the smug nature of the comments and the (sometimes) annoyingly hard (as opposed to fun hard) gameplay, I really didn't enjoy it. Friends are always showing it to me, and every time they do I want to strangle them.

[Portal Defenders]

Very Nice

Great anti-spam concept, very fun gameplay, like Castle Crashing the Beard but better! Very nice!!

[Catacombs]

Sweet!

Very nice, except for two things. 1) The axe is frickin' impossible to aim. 2) If you half enter a room and then go back, you're still in darkness, and if you keep walking you fly through the wall until you're in the lit room.

[Neverending Light]

Awesome

Didn't know this was on Newgrounds, let alone the fact that it's now in the Top 50! Graphics were incredible, I have no idea how you did them. Though perhaps Ned's graphics could have been a bit better. The sounds were great, too, but during the battle sequence, they could get a little repetitive and somewhat suggestive (O_O). There was a great context for both the humor and violence that all wrapped up the story very well. Very stylish, like all of your games. The only problem was it was a bit short, and each sequence (ex. find Annabel, find the cable, rescue Annabel, etc.) was a little too long. The proportions seemed kind of off all in all. And for those of you who just can't get all of the sprite droppings, here:

Congratulations on collecting all 49 Sprite Droppings! Even though they're poo, they don't smell bad at all! (Maybe a little...)
The second Neverending Light takes in the outskirts of "Within City," the city where above the Cablad Caverns. D (the guy you play as in this game) runs out of luck, so you take on the role of Anabel who is trying to save him. Anabel gets a gun, and head out to find a doctor admidst an invasion of creatures and darkness. Her quest to save D takes and unexpected turn, though, when she starts having visions.
Meanwhile, Ned's kind enact their plan to eat everyone on the surface of the earth. Yum!

[GemCraft]

Awesome

It's a Tower Defense-style game, but you can combine the 'turrets'? That rocks! There's so much I want to say about this game, but this has just left me speechless.