Chris-Aldin's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Letters Game Final]

cool.

This was good, and definitely fun to play once through. Its a simple idea and isnt the most original thing ever but you had some elements in this that still made it fun.

The graphics were simple, but they definitely did the job. The bacrkound was cool, and i like the bubbles around the letters. Nothing very complex in the graphics....
The style was good, you took a game and kind of made it your own by adding some different visuals and the power ups of course. The feel was a little hidden, because of the type of game this is.
I think the sound could have been better, i think you only had 3 sound effects in this, and i know there could have been more, and perhaps some music, this definitely would have increased the amusement factor of this.

Overall it was good, fun to play and deserves the score it has, and congrats on that. A little more effort could go a long way, keep up the good work. Im gonna have to give a 4/5 because 3.5/5 rounds up.

k3k5 responds:

There are four soundeffects!
The button sound in the menu, the explosion, the sound if you type the right letter and the shield.
But you are right, there are not many sounds. maybe i'll search for a background music.
Thanks for the review.

[Ninja Attack - part 1]

It was good. Nothing more, nothing less.

The game was good, dont get me wrong. There were a few things that could use some improvement. I will tell you everything in my review.

The graphics did the job but there was nothing special to them. The colours were good and the level design was good. There wasnt much animation, but the animation that you did have was not bad. You kind of had an animating style going but it never really "showed" itself. Graphics were simply good overall.

Your style was good, but not great. There was nothing really unique about it. The "ONE" level you had was good, but there was only one and it made the game get boring after a short time. It was like an arcade game, but with a single level. The training level, was a pointless addition, as it was the exact same as the other level but easier. You could have made this much more fun to play if you had more levels.

The sound was also not bad. Kind of plain throughout the game, but there was some which is more than i can say for many flash. Audio quality was good i guess.

Overall it was good but has alot of room for improvement. Nice work!!! 3/5

[Hangman+++]

That was good!

I saw it was just a hangman game and i became a little skeptical about it being good. But this was definitely well done, and very fun to play. I congradulate you on brining a classic game back to life.I will say everything else i liked in my review.

The graphics were good. They definitely did the job, though they were pretty simple. Perhaps some colour would be useful next time. But the animation in there was smooth, and some parts were funny. I liked that little stick man, he made this more fun to play. The text was good, but maybe use a more original text next time. Overall the graphics were good and they did the job.
The style was sweet, as i said brining a classic game back to life. You also put your own personal spin on it by adding the two new modes, Russian Roulette and Shuffle Word. The Russian Roulette was particularily fun because the amount of wrong letters allowed changed everytime, and it was sort of suspenseful because of this. The only thing wrong here is the lack of an distinct animating style, which just comes with time.
Sound also did the job, just like the visuals. The sound effects throughout added something to the game and made it more enjoyable in the end. The audio quality was pretty good from what i heard.
Nice interactivity but since it is hangman you couldnt really work in too much. The new modes helped out with this, and thats why you got a 7 there.
There was also a small humour element in this too. No laugh out loud parts but some made me smile, such as after you win the russian roulette the stick dude throws down the guns and he gets shot anyways. LOL

Overall this was well done, i always enjoy playing classics. Keep up the good work! 4/5

k3k5 responds:

Thanks for this detailed review!

[Midnight-Strike]

One of the best!

This is without a doubt one of the better games i have played on Newgrounds. There were many great things about this game, and maybe a couple areas for improvement as well. I will tell you everything in my review.

The graphics were good but the character design kind of carried the graphics all the way through. The animation was very good, the colours were great and the character design just dominated the visuals. It seemed you spent a long time on making the enemies, and the main character look amazing. And that really paid off because they really do look great! The animation was very smooth and nothing looked out of place or choppy. The one problem with the graphics is the backrounds..there werent any but a shade of one colour. I guess i can understand why there werent any, usually the reason would be file size but yours is only 775kb. I think you got lazy on the backrounds. But anyways graphics rocked overall.

Great style too, your animating style helps out both graphics and overall style. Very good animating style, other than the backrounds. Everything was polished and refined and the characters were very detailed. You did have a story line, which is more than you can say for most games on this site. The feel to the game was pretty cool, kind of like "It all lies on me" type of thing, sort of stealthy as well. Very good work on the style aspect.

The sound was pretty good , though nothing really shocked me at how good it was. Thats very difficult to do and it seems you focused on gameplay anyways so its easily excuseable. I liked how you took time to find quite a few sound effects. The song was pretty good and i think it created that stealthy mood i talked about. The audio quality was good, sound was great!

I liked the violence you had in this. Not disgusting but enough to satisfy any craving you may have. Thats all you can really ask for in violence.

Interactivity was pretty good as this was a game. The controls were generally good but i have one problem here. I think you should have made shift to shoot, rather than CTRL, because shift is much easier to reach with your fingers. And it was a little time consuming swtiching weapons sometimes. But other than that i had no problems with the controls.

Overall this was great, this deserves the great score it has. Please make more games in the future and leave a RESPONSE if you can! Awesome work!!! 5/5

ArcadeTown responds:

Thanks for the input and thanks everyone else for the great and fair reviews. Overall pretty good summary here. We were did have budget constraints so graphics and sounds weren't as fully there as wanted but definitely put in enough budget to make sure the game play was totally solid and fun. Of course this leaves us room for improvement so hopefully the next version will be even better because we all know a sequel always has to take it up a notch :-)

[End of Nightmares]

This was fun.

I really enjoyed myself while playing this game, and thats what is most important about games. Every element was done very well and i will explain each one in detail in my review.

The graphics were good. The backrounds were very nicely done. The animation was very smooth and it was always clear what was going on. The colours were also pretty cool. The one problem with the graphics are the characters. The drawing of the boy could be more detailed and some of the robots were a bit plain. Either way graphics were very good overall.

The style in this movie was pretty good aswell. There was nothing too original about it, its a side scrolling beat-em-up. There arent really any unqiue game play elements. But side scrollers are always a blast to play. There was nothing much to the animating style except on a couple enemies and the backrounds. You did do a nice job on the controls and a nice job on the amusement part of the game.

Sound was good, but again there were a few problems. Some of the songs created a mood, but one or two of them did not fit in. I thought there was only one song at first and it got repetitive, but then i realized you could change them. All the songs were high quality and so were the sound effects. So good job on sound overall.

I liked the violence in this, nothing guresome and bloody but those things arent always necessary. This allows more ages to play and enjoy this game. There was obviously alot of interactivity as it was a game. The mini game and extras in the menu were cool additions.

Overall you guys both did a goos job and you got talent for making games. Keep making more, you can only get better!!! 4/5

gavD responds:

Thankyou Chris_Aldin, that's a very thorough and well thought out review, and we appreciate it. Props!

With the songs, I'd like to have blended them properly, but couldn't find a satisfactory method in Flash. I think you can fade out loops in software, but I had to draw a line under the project somewhere so I didn't implement it.

Violence wise, yeah I think we pitched it right - psychological rather than visceral

Thanks once again - if you're ever in Cardiff look me up, I'll buy you a pint!

Embeeforme: "I really really appreciate how you paid attention to detail. Not many people do that"

[AirHockey]

A simple game of air hockey indeed.

Good job, it was definitely a fun little game. Every element was pretty good and i got something to say about each one.

To start off graphics were good. They were simple and did the job. The colours were nice and the table looked good aswell. I think you could of done more to what was around the table though. It was just plain blue.Style was awesome! Nothing complicated about this, you can just click on it and start playing. I find the overly complicated internet games a little annoying becuase there are just soo many controls. The options was an effective menu. It provided the trails, different styles to play and difficulty settings. Everything in the options adds to the addicting factor of the game.
Sound was nice, but it seemed it wasnt totally necessary in this. I mean you had sounds but it didnt really make the game more amusing, other than the little tunes after each goal. Audio quality sounded pretty good to me. The interactivity came from actually playing the game and the menus.

Overall it provided some good fun for a short while. Maybe in the future you can make another one but with like tournement mode or something. Anyways keep it up! 4/5

[Project Inthri 2]

Sweet So fun! And challenging!

Awesome work! There was evidently alot of effort put into this.From the graphics through to the gameplay elements, everything was done well.

The graphics were very cool. I truely like your style of animation. A little cartoony(this is a good thing), detailed, and colourful. Great colours in this, it helps with getting immersed in the game. The game ran very smoothly, no bugs or lag throughout. Wicked style man! Once again the animating style rocked, but so did the addictive element. To make a game addictive it must be challenging, a score does help out and there has to be new things introduced as the game progresses. This was challenging, there was a score and new things such as new enemies, and powerups were introduced. Perfect combination for addicitve gameplay. Also it was just an amusing game to play. Sound was great, most of all the audio quality. Very clear and easy to hear everything. Other than that the song was enjoyable,intense and suit the mood very well. The sound effects were cool and they seemed to be well chosen for the game. I know you know where you got violence points from, but not too much becuase there wasnt any blood or brains or guts spilling out of the floor. Just good violence that kids of all ages could enjoy.

Overall awesome game. Definitely one of the best games i have played on Newgrounds, or come to think of it on any website. Keep up the effort and the awesome work!!! 5/5

[Keep on Rollin]

Very very fun.

Nice work on this. This is a very addicting game with some cool twists you dont typically see in a game like this. The graphics were good enough i suppose. Nothing special to them or anything, you could have coloured the backround or something. Anyways the graphics are not really important in a game like this. Style was probably this flash's best element. This includes amusement, addicting factor, and extras. This game was just really fun to play, im sure everyone didnt care about the graphics, they were overcome by the unqique additions. Some of these additions include, the multiple types of traps, the random stick people that you could destroy with the ball, and the stick people that attacked you. Ive seen alot of games like this but the stick people made in basically an all new game crammed with originality. You made this game addicting by adding all these new traps as you went on and the timer also helped. The sound was good enough for me. The song was cool and the sound effects were funny, especially the one of the stick men getting crushed. There was enough violence, and there was also some humour. Obviously there was plenty of interactivity as it was game. It was great how there was nothing complicated with the controls.

Overall, an very fun game to play and to review. I expect to see more good flash from you in the future!!! 4/5

[Brink of Alienation 2]

That was crazy fun man!!!

I loved this game! Definitely one of the funnest internet games i have ever played. Sigh if only it was longer.I really cant wait until the next one. The upgrades and the different kinds of enemies kept the game interestingand kept it addicting until the end. The storyline is getting better with each game.

Graphics were good. But i wasnt amazed by them. The drawings and stuff were pretty good, and more detailed than the first. Backrounds have also been improved over the last game by quite a bit. The only realy problem with the graphics is the animation. During the cut scenes the animation was great. The character and enemy movement could definitely be improved. The running of the main character should be fixed up before any of the other aspects. The graphics do suit the game nicely and thats all you can really ask for.Style was awesome!! I like the whole killing aliens thing, and also the side scrolling madness. Though the idea of the game isnt terribly original you guys made it work very well. Good sound aswell. A few good comments and a few bad ones aswell for sound. First bad ones...the quality wasnt all that high and one song didnt quite suit the style i think the movie had. Good ones....the first song was good, and so were the sound effects. Awesome amount of violence...you kill an alien and you definitely know its dead.

Overall this had some sublte problems...graphics a little and sound.... Those problems are extremely easy to forget after having palyed through this fun as hell game! 5/5

[Magnetism]

Awesome! A very fun game!

Im going to make this a good review as it is my 400th! This game was great, if it took you a long long time to make, it isnt a wonder. Nothing wrong in the gameplay at all. All the settings were awesome, you cant get bored with a game that had so many different methods of playing. Good job on the More Puzzle based setting and Skill based one. Now to break it down:

Graphics- Amazing! I loved the menus looked and also how they were so organized. The actual game graphics were even better. You made them so no one would hate them. They were smooth, very well animated and the backrounds were cool. You got a cool animating style aswell!

Style- Simply Cool! This ties in with your animating style which is...well COOL! LOL!!! Other than that your stlye was different then most of the games ive seen. Originality can go a long way my friend. Your originality could be a big part of why the score is so high. Good job on this aspect.

Sound-It was also pretty cool. The song was pretty fun to listen to, but it would of been awesome if there were more. You had a few sound effects, but in a game like this, only a few are needed anyways. The song fit the overall "cool" feel to this game.

Interactivity-Awesome, as it was a game. But in some games you feel like you're not doing enough. In this game it was the exact opposite. For everything to happen, youd have to press a button of some sort. GAMES NEED INTERACTIVITY!

Violence/Humoor- There wasnt much of either so thats why im combining them into one category. There wasnt violence but in a game such as this, violence isnt necessary. Everyone can play it with no violence and/or other things ;) Humour is not really needed in a game either, so adding some in couldnt hurt. But only if ya want!!!! ::::))))

Extras- All the settings in this game were great. As i said before it keeps a player from getting bored. You succeeded in making a very addictive game.

Overall-It was a blast to play and review. This might be my longest review, its and important one. MY 400TH. I hope you get to read and respond to this. This game deserves its high score and it definitely deserves in dpeth reviews! MAKE MORE! 5/5

Glaiel-Gamer responds:

"if it took you a long long time to make, it isnt a wonder" 8 days, typically 5 hours per day. Since this is such an important review to you, I'll write a long response.

Graphics: Well, swift 3D is my friend. That's my hint.

Sound: Cool Tidbit: The volume of the wood hitting sound changes based on the speed!

Interactivity: Well, I suck at movies, so that's why I make games.

Humor: The only humor I have is in the preloader, I couldn't find a good spot to put it in.

Thanks for the long review. I like long reviews.