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[RaidenX]

Standard shooter?

I've been voting on this game daily for weeks, so I thought it time to add a review.

It's fantastic. The pure scale of the enemies, the speed of play, the amazing effects + so much more.

But...I still class this game as a Standard Shooter. You have a ship, you shoot stuff, collect power ups. Although every aspect of the game is created perfectly with loads of effort, there's still nothing here that strikes me as original.

So is it deserved of 1st place? Maybe. It's got all the instant enjoyment factor to get a top score. I just feel that no.1 should be something really special, and this doesn't blow me away.

Go0gley responds:

The main reason I think why the score is high is because there are three difficulty levels, plenty of length to the game, and the save feature, so addicted players come back often and perhaps give me another 4 or 5. :) Next time I'll add a high-scoring system to hook back even more players, but meanwhile, thanks for reviewing!

[Whack the computer]

pretty simple

I'd be lying if I said that wasn't just a bit fun. I bet loads of people feel like trashing their PC sometimes.

But there wasn't really much point here, there was no game element as it was impossible to lose. It's good that you added comments for humour value, and they were pretty funny. Maybe you could add more methods of destruction?

Also you should improve the SFX, they were OK here, but some really destructive sounds could make a big difference.

[Fireball Launcher]

Needs more

The physics here are excellent, and so are the 3d graphics. It can be fun for a couple of minutes but then gets very boring, its not hard to shoot at full power and 45 degrees.

This game really needs a lot more added to it, maybe some kind of targets to hit? It'd be great if you could angle your shot left and right, I imagine that would be very hard to make though.

VENGEANCE-GGG responds:

The physics aren't that great. They're exactly the same as the ones I used for the arc of the arrows in Invasion 4: The Last Crusade (Namzorg of Stick Slaughter made that script for me) - all I did was change the x value to a z value and adapt the values being passed to it for the new engine.

I guess I could add targets, or hoops to shoot it through... but this was just a little experiment, not a full game (as you've probably guessed). I used one of the 3D tutorials from Kirupa.com, and the script I used is very flexible - adding left and right shot angles would be extremely simple. The script would be almost exactly the same as the one used for angling the shot's arc, with just a couple of variable names swapped over.

[HUNGA Basic Needs]

Perfect

Really great game, you must have put a lot of effort into this and it shows. Toilet humour is always guarenteed to please, but this also had a fun little game on top of it.

Graphics were as good as they get. Hard to impress with this kind of puzzler, but the 3d animations managed it. Sound was fitting.

When I started playing the game I expected to get bored after a minute or so but it got pretty addicting, I like the way new features appear. Like the dead ends for example, they really put a knife in my thought that I was good. With a few power-ups and bonuses thrown in for good measure, this was a perfect game. Can't suggest a single improvement.

[Orbit]

enjoyable game

That was a really fun game with some great physics. I reached level 11, then couldn't get any further. Suggestions:

-Better planet graphics, craters and stuff
-More variation, maybe some moving obstacles
-Something to do whilst the comet flies, a slight nudge ability for example
-Few faint stars in the background
-Cookie saving system, so players can come back and play from where they left off.

It's a fun little time waster, perfect NG material. Keep up the good work.

Eminent responds:

So many great suggestions! I played around with better graphics, but I though it looked nice with a consistent theme.

There is a save game option in the menu (which I admit is a little difficult to find). Look at the bottom right.

Thanks to everyone for the great reviews so far!

[Angel dress up (2)]

Too buggy

-Much got cut off the edge of the screen such as the music controls
-Play button didn't work properly
-Dull background
-Some clothes didn't fit

Graphically it was pretty good and the clothes selection was decent. Adding backgrounds would be the best thing you could do to this. Also, compress the sound better, this dl didn't need to be so huge

Definitely one of the better dress-ups, but for such a dull and common concept it really needs something extra to stand out from the crowd.

Shadow-Kaznama responds:

Ok ...

[Don't Touch The Walls]

Nice idea...

...but you could just hold down the left mouse button and be immune to the walls. Oh dear.

Fix that major bug, add more levels, throw in some cool effects & sound, could be good :)

Explizit responds:

really, bugger.. i mean bug yer ill fix it ;)

[Fun With A Ball!!]

Fun to play but...

It was mildly entertaining but I didn't think it was brilliant. The graphics were pretty poor to be honest, I couldn't tell what anything was, the background was just a bmp.

It could be really good, just improve the graphics and add some effects (especially when you get hit).

And no offence but if I here any more Green Day I'm gonna go kill something. Theyre a good band, but please give a choice!

[Short Racing Game]

Shows promise

This needs *a lot* of work but I liked what was here. The colour selector is good, and the graphics were simple but clean and colourful. It controlled quite well. Here are some suggestions:

-More customization other than colour
-In-game SFX
-About 5 courses, and they should be separate (ie you shouldn't have to play them all until you return to the control panel)
-More interest to the courses- trees and the like.
-Also add obstacles such as oil spillages.
-Winning a course should earn you points for upgrading the car. If I made this I'd have it so each course has bronze/silver/gold times to beat. At first you can only just get the bronzes, but after building up you can get the golds, and when you vget all the golds you get a congratulations screen.
-Better turning at 0...first time I played I put it all on acceleration and had to restart because I could hardly turn at all.

Well that's all I've got, hope you can use some of those. Good luck for future efforts :)

Kyle-McHatton responds:

Ma favourite review so far thanks for the great ideas... i think it will be a while before i finish the next version but it currently has a choice of 3 cars, more colours and tracks... so when i am down i will post it

[Dayl vs. Jayku 0.5]

More of a movie...

I rated that as a movie..hence I rated it high. The graphics were excellent, some good effects and decent sound.

As a game it sucked though. You need way more moves, an AI controlled enemy... just for starters...seriously, that was pathetic. As a game. It was a good submission.

Dayl responds:

thanx for the encouragement >=(
im working on turning it into more of a game.