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[Ed Snowball Adventures]

Expected a bit more, but nonetheless a great game.

I have to start by saying you should improve your preloader. It would be funny if there were a looping zombie or something. Though the rest of the graphics in-game looked pretty good. I loved how the zombies crawled and jumped etc. Though I hoped for more like a game. All you needed to do was go through the cutscenes, with every now and then a very small minigame. The choices you could make in your game were a bit limited too.
Your choice of music was great though, I loved a lot of them, and there was a lot of variation.
There were some funny bits in there too. I loved his cyoot kitteh (Still not as cute as my cats though...), and the ending was just epic. Though the sparta joke wasn't funny anymore

Overall a great game, and I really see you making progression.

DannyDaNinja responds:

Thanks for the great review!

[Insanity Box 2]

Seems like a good game at first...

But once you play the game a few times, you'll notice it has way too many bugs. Really, the first time I played story mode, I really enjoyed the game. It has great graphics, and the variety is awesome. But after a while, I noticed a lot of bugs. Especially in the ''super diram'' game. In that game, you often can't jump to other platforms because you're too far away from them, you push platforms away with your feet, etc. But most importantly, you can't walk to the left. Sometimes, I jump over the finish, and then there is no way you can complete the stage anymore. If I continue walking and jumping to the right, there doesn't spawn another exit, and since I can't walk to the left, I can't finish it anymore. That's really frustrating, mainly because sometimes, when I land on the right edge of the finish pipe, the game doesn't end.

I noticed more bugs, once the whole game crashed. With some games I instantly died (Diram, monkey, reversor, button game), while with some games I can't die. Like the mammoth game, where I spammed the mouse on a single spot, and it said I had unfrozen the whole mammoth. Or the first asteroid game, where every rock just passes me.
There are relevant pictures of the glitches at the bottom of this page: http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1 035978/724

Apart from the glitches, it's a really nice and mostly original game. I really enjoyed some of the games, like the calculator game (I once got 17 as the number I had to make :D), the mammoth game, and the whack-a-teeth game.

Here are some hints for some of the games:

- For the final fantasy like game, press right and then ''a'' to run from the battle with all four of your characters. If christ uses evangelise, you did it wrong.
- For the car race, my best tactic was just to stay at the right of the screen the whole time, it you're lucky you won't crash against any cars.
- For the asteroids 2 game, just hold the right and down key, and you won't be getting hit.

One thing you might want to change is that you can still see the outlines of the space picture if you cross to one direction on the second asteroid game. It's cuite ugly. I hope you can fix some of those bugs.

poxpower responds:

Weird I haven't seen any of those before. I'll look into it.

[Barca Vs Bieber]

Quite a good game, but with some flaws.

I loved the graphics, and the time that has been put in this game, but there are also some things that could've been better.

Let's start with the things I liked: Most importantly, the graphics. They were pretty good. The minigames were very clever too, there was a lot of variety in them. They weren't too hard, and the time needed for the gold medal was good. The little sound in there were pretty good too. And I really liked the tank levels. They were great.
The tank levels had it's negative points too. The first tank sometimes throws it's bombs outside the playing field. I can't run there, so somewhat wierd that I can't run there, but he can just throw his bombs outside of the field. With both tanks, as mentioned earlier, you can just be pushed in a corner, unable to do anything and him taking off about 25 seconds. I didn't like the fact that you had to mash space nearly all the time too. For the running levels it's okay, but in levels like the tank levels, it was very irritating that you have to press space all the time. I think the concept isn't that great too. I've seen enough ''kill bieber'' games for my life. Although the Barcalona element in it makes it somewhat original again. So mixed opinions about that.
Apart from that, it only missed an retry button in the pause menu, so you don't have to quit and watch the intro of each level again.

Ceartainly some things to improve. Good luck!

fortunacus responds:

thanks for the feedback, i just added retry button on pause menu

[BG Bronze Edition I]

You're wrong on one point

I don't think your medals stay zero points because it has some ripped characters, i think they stay 0 points because you use the same shooting minigames over and over again, you use the characters over and over again, and because the graphics are pretty bad. Try to do something different than the same type of game over 10 times. I found it pretty good that you switched to games like bieber metamorph (even if it was voice acting), but now you're doing these button games again. I like that you didn't made any ''jokes'', because they only fail anyway. Try to take less pictures from the internet, like the store and the beach, because the resolution is even worse than your self-made characters. Try to put some effort in good, not self-repeating backgrounds, and it will surely get a higher rating.

What I did like was how long it is. It isn't as short as some other games of these sorts. But because it's so long, maybe you can use continues, so I don't have to start all over again when I lose a battle or something. Because there, you don't have three lives.

Come up with some clever ideas for puzzles by yourself, and until then, continue voice acting.

BanglaBoy96 responds:

1st of all, Using the same characters over and over again isn't exactly bad if I made all of them, I'm always making new characters and The reason I used them is because this story is based on all of them planning revenge on the gamer.
As for the beach picture, I took that in Bangladesh so It's not stolen.

Thanks for the complimenting on the voice acting, But I'm going to continue making games because it's a fun hobby and I enjoy it, Thanks for the review

[Orange Banana Rescue]

Gaah

It has quite good, or at least acceptable graphics, but that's not why I give this such a low score. It's for two things. The first one is the ''O P X'' controls. It wasn't confusing for me, but it didn't add anything for me. One level with these controls is okay, but 4 levels? That just makes it irritating.

The second one, and the most important one, is the falling through platforms. If you started the level over again, it wasn't so irritating. But when you fall through platforms on, lets say, the end of the seventh level when you play the game for the second time, (Yes, you have to play the game twice to get the medal.) it's not fun when you fall through a platform, and don't die, and so fall endlessly into a pit. If you added a ''restart level'' button, this problem will be solved. But until then, I have no intentions to start this game again.

VioletVulpine responds:

The controls was part of the handicap.
Thx for review

[Harvey Brawl]

Quite easy once you know the routine

Run towards the enemy, press ''S'', and you perform a jump attack that the opponent can't block, even when he attacks you. When he is stunned for a while, run to the other side and repeat. With this tactic, you can beat skill level 10 guys without losing HP. Don't use your special attack, and really dont try a close fight for a while.

Though it's really easy, i think it deserves a score above the 3.40. It has good and funny graphics, and works fine for me. Although the ''100p'' cheat doesn't work. (Or does it say anything else after the 100p, that I can't read?)

Kwing responds:

With every game there are usually exploits... Even console games. Perhaps I could have used some system for style points... But if you'd used the entire abundance of still and moving attacks, I think you'd have enjoyed it more. Exploitation may be efficient but it's not very fun.

Grr, no spoilers. But... *Rolls eyes* the cheat is l00p, with an L.

[FTHW - London]

Good Where's waldo variation

I liked the special powers idea, but onfortunately, they don't help much. I can't seem to find one ''fire woman'' in the first level, and that makes it impossible to play the rest of the game. A ''final hint'' option would be nice, in which you pay one quarter of your time to find a hero. Is she in a corner or at the edge where you can't click her or something?

Also, at first I thought ''FTHW'' meant Fuck The (w)Hole World, but that's probably just me.

Nedrago responds:

Thanks for the tips,
I like the idea of having a final Hint option. I will add it to the next game.

The best thing to do is to play the first time and search the difficult ones with the specials, and play a second time knowing where the difficult are without using the specials, that will give you enough time to finish it.

[Charlie Sheen - Winning]

I loved it

I found it very enjoyable, although the ''crash into 10 concrete walls'' medal doesn't seem to work. It doesn't have to be in one game right, then it would be nearly impossible.
The graphics are really great, and the gameplay isn't boring. But a ''pause game'' button and a ''go to main menu'' button would be nice.
Overall a great game!

poxpower responds:

Yeah it has to be in one game

[Flowerman]

Too easy

I had no fun at all playing this. With every boss I only lost one or two leaves (Including leopard man), except for the pumpkin guy, where I lost almost all my leaves and lives. It isn't balanced.
Another thing is the graphics. Just say you aren't going to improve the graphics, doesn't mean we can't judge you on it. Stop making excuses and put some time in a game. Also, the controls are buggy. Sometimes you can't jump on the upwards moving platforms when they reach the top, but most importantly, you need to walk on platforms that move sidewards, or else you fall off.
Sometimes you can't see what's under you (like before you battle strawberry men), or next to you. You could make a ''scroll screen'' button. Like, for example, WASD.

Overall therre are just too many bugs for me to enjoy it.

VioletVulpine responds:

The next one will kick ass

[Vector Rush]

Wow

Really, wow. I really like it. It's really simple, and really addictive too. I don't see any negative points, apart form that my eyes hurt after playing it for a while.
I just got all three medals, and I think you should put more medals in it. Like: 500.000 points, stack 7 shields, stay at the bottom for 20 seconds, and survive 10 seconds without moving. I would get hooked longer if you do that.
Also, since the highscores don't work yet, I'll post my score here: 429,460

Vibe13 responds:

those are some fine medal ideas - I only did a few 'cuz I was having a hard time thinking up ideas, so I'll keep those in mind for a future version.

Also, thats a pretty good score, I'd have a hard time getting that much myself.