painisenjoyment's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Codebreaker]

fairly cool

the good:
nice gameplay style
requires some brains to play

the bad:
not much on graphics
the sound effects were REALLY annoying after a few tries. i turned my speakers off and kept playing.

simple, yet fun and innovative. it'd be an awesome minigame for a larger scale game. but by itself, it just doesn't cut it.

[Speedy Squares]

i refuse to play

please fix your damn hit areas for your buttons.

they should not be based on the exactly letter hits, but a rectangle or circle in the buttons' area.

jipjip responds:

that's a bit stubborn, but thx for the tip anyway..

[Zorro Tank]

very nice

i thought this was pretty damn close to perfect. nice scripting, nice physics, and nice gameplay. the graphics were good, and the weapon powerups were cool too.

some more powerups (maybe defensive powerups) would make it a bit better as well. i'm not saying it was too hard (i beat it first try fairly easily), i just think that addition would add another good point to the game.

a few different weapon powerups would be cool too.

[Virtual Newgrounds]

eh...

newgrounds isn't QUITE like that, but i can see what you mean, you know, very often shit does happen (i.e. clocks... DAMN CLOCKS!!!)

anyway, it'd make more sense to submit this on another site who's viewers may be rivals of newgrounds. because NG has a fanbase here, most of whom probably won't respond well to negative views on a site that they like.

all in all, not bad though

[Unusual Side Scroller]

not too bad...

the hitTests seemed odd to me. like the enemies weren't quite hitting me, yet they were blowing up and i was taking damage. you might want to re-do that one.

other than that i found it quite entertaining.

[Diver Duck!]

not too bad

pretty nice concept. a bit plain, and not much on replay value though. if you want to improve on it, i'd say to make some kind of incentive for collecting money (like to buy junk to build something? i dunno)

good graphics, nice scripting, and an altogether okay game.

[Norton Anti-Virus Game]

not a BAD idea...

it could've been done better. this is the EXACT same thing as every single other flash game made with the same retarded engine.

remake the engine, so that the enemies actually shoot the bullets. randomly spawning bullets make no sense whatsoever.

good concept though, and kind of funny.

[3D Frogger]

it could have been better

it wasn't bad gameplay-wise. in fact, the scripting and handling of the frog were very nice. the only thing it's lacking is good solid graphics to go along with the gameplay.

the graphics are a bit odd. i don't know how to describe it exactly, but the graphics are weird looking. the main problem is the frog. to me, from some angles, he looks like a beetle. and i didn't know frogs had pointed asses like that either...

anyway, it's good shit.

[New Downloadable Suicide]

makes me wanna go kill MYSELF! and just for fun!

this was put together very well. i like how some are simple, and other make you go "whoa! what a crafty mo-fo"

the art was good. animations were nicely put together, and very smooth.

[Cave Problems]

definately needs some work...

when the platforms move, the guy doesn't exactly follow them. what's the point in a moving platform if you have to jump repeatedly to stay on? and your movement (jumping and falling specifically) was too slow