Kwing's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[PSP Menu Idea]

Neat

Despite the score, it's actually pretty neat. The little characters are cute, and the animation is kind of neat. Although I like the current menu, this would definitely be a neat gizmo. The only problem is as the PSP keeps updating, they might add more things, and if they used this design, the circle could eventually end up being enormous. Still, good effort, cool animation.

Cheeseycom responds:

Yeah good point, I don't think I was really being practical.. this was more of a creative exercise than anything else.
Thanks for the review =]

[Platforming Demo]

Love It!

This is great! The graphics are really, really good, the script is done pretty well, the animation is terrific and stylish, and overall this is the makings of a really good game!

Don't be sad if this gets blammed; if it is, it's because it wasn't enough (which it wasn't, it was just a demo), not because it was bad (which it isn't).

Diin responds:

Thanks for the review. :D

Yeah, I was kind of iffy as to whether or not this was enough. But like I said in the description, I wanted to see what I should add/remove to the engine before I make the actual game.

[StickFight RPG]

SWEET!!

The game itself was very simple, too much so. Just two action options, and you can't lose if you dump all of your points into strength. However, I am impressed by the Save option. I'd really love to know how to use the flush feature in Flash.

Graphics: Very simple and crude. The animation was quite smooth, but it needed more, like a background and some good graphical buttons for style. 6/10

Sound: It was okay, but nothing special. 7/10

Interactivity: As I said, just set your strength as high as it can go and make a few well-timed moves, and you can't lose! Not enough to it, but the save feature and stats are rudimentary for good games; this has serious potential. 9/10

Style: Rather unoriginal and poorly presented. 5/10

Humor: VOID. 0/0

Violence: Although it's a fighting game, it doesn't have enough blood or gore for me to give it a real rating in violence. 7/10.

Overall: Quite a good game, nothing special, but with all things combined, you'll make great things in no time!

Spoofman101 responds:

thanks. I'm already making a new one right now. Better music fighting backgrounds and there is an Upgrade option. I might or might not add things to the battle just because I wanted to keep something kinda classic. But you guys are craving a spell or something so I could make an exception.

[Ultimate Labyrinth 2]

Great!

Perfect: Gameplay, style, presentation, layout.
Could use work: Graphics (just the player, which could have changed colors, etc.), and the fact that many of the levels were reliant on luck.
Otherwise, you have an amazing game right here! PS: This totally lays my ornament game to waste :(

Zoranan responds:

Thanks, Its not as hot as I hoped it would be, but its ok. The only real thing I saw wrong with ur ornament game is that it doesn't have smooth motions. There are tutorials for "Easing motion" or "Easing cursor" you could apply to the moving squares and the ornament. That is how I made the character move smoothly across the board, yet remain grid based.

[Yoshiboshi's Epic Remade]

WHAT?

This is almost a complete copy of the first one! You added nothing except music, which sucked (players can find their own music, at least make a mute button using on(release){;stopAllSound();} on a button!)

The buttons were fixed, but you seemed to have changed nothing. If you want, use the edit button above the Author Comments section if you wish to update a game.

I don't mean to cut my review short, but I've already reviewed the other one. Check out that one for additional details that are true for both of the game versions.

Yoshiboshi3 responds:

Why dont you like the music? Its Pwnage.

[Yoshiboshi3's Epic Quest!]

Horrible!

This is just horrible!

The graphics are bad; you just imported pictures! If you're going to do that, at LEAST trace it (Modify>Bitmap>Trace Bitmap)

The gameplay was awful. It took me a while to figure out that you had to use the arrow keys, and those were pretty pointless, as you just touched something. The baseball bats were avoidable because you could move off of the screen. (Add if(this._x<0){;this._x=0;}; and similar)

The style was bad. You could have done a lot to improve the presentation. The graphics that were hand-drawn sucked. (If you're using Flash 8 or higher, you can select any typed text and go to Properties>Filters>Bevel, Glow, Drop Shadow, etc.) Putting in Moovlin was a huge mistake. That offended me that you would put such a highly hailed pioneer of PSP Flash Gaming into such a primitive, non-PSP-compatible game. You could have waited until you were a better artist to acknowledge him.

Violence was practically nonexistant, even if it was supposed to be.

The only humor was how bad it was. I don't want to offend you, but it seemed almost as if you were trying to make it bad.

Additionally, the action was horrible. The shooting sequences should have included moving targets, etc. (Use button script for Movie Clips containing animations in them, at LEAST.)

Overall, very poor. The background, players, layout, style, graphics, and everything else were pretty bad.

If you seriously want to improve with Flash, you may PM me and I will send you several links to good ActionScript sources and explain what I can for you. (But please try not to persistently nag me about things.)

Hope I helped.
~Kwing

Yoshiboshi3 responds:

Thank you for a constructive review! Check out my updated version.

[Buttons!!!]

Hi Lino!

Pretty fun, but pretty hard (and hard-stupid, not hard-fun) at times. I couldn't get past the bull-riding picture. By the way, how do you disable [TAB]? I have to resort to it just starting over when I script games where [TAB] is a glitch.

Lino responds:

_root._focusrect = false;

Just put that code on the first frame.