Score: 8

"SO much potential...but only fun for about 15 min"

submission: Bubble Tanks

date: March 25, 2007

Geometry wars + flow...great idea! The controls were slick as hell, and from my experience with playing flash games that is something not easily mastered and not often seen. The physics felt fluid and added a great dynamic to the game. The combat reminded me of Subspace a little, but not quite so difficult. The upgrades were cool, the variety in enemies wasn't bad, and the controls were perfect.

So why didn't you do more with it??? The game ends up being a simple, repetitive click-fest with NO fear of losing. No fear of losing equals no real intensity for a game like this...I ended up just running into everything awhile clicking as fast as possible and didn't come close to dying. I saw all of these cool looking boss-type enemies with cool homing missiles and firing patterns, but i didn't have to worry in the slightest.

In short, HARDER NEXT TIME! You have a GREAT physics/movement engine that's easy to learn but would take time to master. Good job though =)

Score: 9

"Sweet Song and Top-Notch Animation"

submission: Akira the Don - Hypocrite

date: March 22, 2007

Excellent job all around! I've watched this over a dozen times and will likely watch it at least a dozen more. The song itself is catchy, witty, and pretty damn funny. I will say the sound production was a LITTLE weak. Where's the interscope funding (or maybe they did ATD like they do dredg...)???

Anywho, not too important. The weaknesses in sound production are more than made up for by the song itself, and the animation that goes with it. Reminded me a bit of the stars wars gangsta rap production. Not so much in the style of drawing, but in the fact there is lots of camera movement and animation that's all blended in VERY well. Not too distracting, but enough to make the entire video feel fluid and entertaining.

Great job!

Score: 9

"hahaha funny as shit"

submission: Say Something!

date: March 29, 2006

great idea, im almost surprised no one has done something like this yet. i think you have done a pretty good job of speaking for everyone who visits any site that includes those obnoxious ads for useless shit. great job with the song and graphics - very creative!

Score: 7

"not terrible, but very boring..."

submission: Murloc RPG

date: March 24, 2006

this game was obviously put together well. the item system was very smooth and felt natural. the graphics, though 99% unoriginal, was at least very well implemented. the array of skills and items was also a very nice to see - this did feel a good deal like WoW in simplified flash form.

however, mechanically speaking, WoW is a little boring. what makes it fun is the vastness and rich environments found in the game, as well as social interaction and combining a bunch of skills in the heat of the battle. it's just..not possible to really capture that in flash. i never came close to losing a battle...and they took FOREVER. i just did the same attack every single time, and it always worked. once you figure out the most efficient way of doing damage there's no reason to ever do anythign else...ALL of the enemies (aside from the boss) just attacked every round anyway. the gameplay involved nothing more than deciding what talents to get (while there were a few it was pretty obvious that the critical one was the best, or at least good enough to carry me through the whole game) and clicking the critical ability then attack EVERY SINGLE ROUND in combat until my magic ran out. i admit i kept playing to see what was coming next, but i woudln't have been able to do so if i had not been talking on aim or listening to music. this game simply fails in innovative or entertaining gameplay.

Score: 10

"absolutely amazing"

submission: Fancy Pants Adventures

date: March 18, 2006

im not tryign to be melodramatic here - but this is an achievement in flash games. it pushes barriers both technically and stylistically for all flash games so far. it actually captures the FEEL of a real, well-designed platformer! the gameplay was a wonderful mix of various platformer elements (running up curved walls was fun as hell). everything felt natural and smooth; the design was perfect.

please please finish this game!

one bug i noted, though other ppl may have mentioned it, is that if you jump off of the first gun-rat-thing you can fly through the wall and fall off the stage. minor problem, just didn't seem like there was a barrier up high on that wall.

Score: 3

"what the hell did i just watch?"

submission: Stop Sign and Soy Sauce

date: March 9, 2006

there are so many things wrong with this...primarily the fact that it wasn't funny. how does crap like this get on the front page? it's just terribly voice-acted, poorly executed recycled jokes. do everyone a favor - don't try to make humorous flashes anymore unless you clearly state that it's for 5 year olds. i'd really like to not waste time watching stuff like this.

Score: 6

"almost fun..."

submission: Ball OF Madness

date: March 7, 2006

first off - it's a little annoying playing through part of the game again just because you want someone to go to your site to play it. not a big deal really, but it seems very pointless.

the game had a lot of ups and downs. i was really happy with what i saw on the first level, and initially the physics seemed pretty promising. the graphics were nice enough (although the ball reflection isn't quite done right, it's reflecting the same colored image on both colored tiles) and the level design looked like it could have some cool twists to it. however, as soon as i got to the second level and went off a thin ramp i realized something was horrible wrong. even if i went to the top of a ramp going perfectly straight at a very slow speed, i would wind up going in a different direction by the time i hit the bottom. this is NOT GOOD. in fact it completely ruins the game. you simply CANNOT have illogical/faulty physics in a game that is 100% dependant on good physics. i had NO interest in getting past the 4th level because i didn't feel like learning how to adjust to your makeshift ramps.

PLEASE fix this up and re-release it - this is a GREAT idea and layout for a game. just fix up the ball physics and controls a little (the deacceleration was also frustratingly slow), and you will have a great game on your hands.

Score: 4

"didn't find this funny at all..."

submission: Magnificent Chubbalope #1

date: February 27, 2006

the animations were colorful, cartoony, and smooth. you definately have your own style which is great to see on newgrounds. the voice for the main guy was solid, but the chubbalub or whatever sounded pretty bad. the quality seemed worse, and the voice/voice acting didn't fit at all. that probably didn't help with the fact that the cartoon had no actual jokes in it. the only things that were supposed to be funny were a. thing throws rock at guy and he doesn't know where's throwing them from even though it's obvious, and b. chubbalub insists he's not who is actually is. you can't have good situational humor without really good voice actors - and even then you really need to come up with some SLIGHTLY more creative situations. this is a storyboard a 3rd grader could come up with. i know it's not some full length cartoon, but this is pointless. the effort put into the idea/script is a joke compared to the work put into the art and animation.

Score: 5

"this would be great if it were funny"

submission: Decline of Video Gaming 3

date: February 10, 2006

all the animations and graphics were really well done. a big improvement over the last decline. the half-assed storyline with the family guy flashbacks does actually work well for a basis for a funny animation.

unfortunetly, this isn't funny. i cannot understand how this is in the top 50. i didn't laugh one single time. i like video games, i like random humor...this isn't funny! im guessing not many people will agree with me, but im not sure why. maybe it's because i don't play video games all the time like i used to? i don't know. i found everything in this RIDICOUSLY predictable. haha samus is gonna lose her powerups because she does everygame it's FUNNYCUZIT'STRUE! not always - not if you don't tell it right.

this might be funny for 14 year olds whose lives revolve ENTIRELY around video games and are dumb enough to not see any of this coming, but this was a complete waste of my time.

Score: 6

"good start, too many inconsistencies"

submission: Sprawl Metropolis (Old)

date: February 10, 2006

the story was adequate enough to support some good fight scenes (whcih is all you need for this). it was a bit bland and unoriginal, but not annoyingly so.

the graphics were quite nice for the most part. the character animations and the demon fighting the main guy in the town certainly worked well. however, the strange use of some textures (one big example being the stone passageway) did NOT work well. it just looked awkward with the otherwise cartoony graphics.also, the design of the town itself was very strange. a bunch of 3-window-long towers with absolutely nothing inside? it looked more like some ancient monument - which is what i originally thought it was supposed to be.

the worst part about this was the sound. the sound effects were questionably chosen and not mixed in well. the brake-screeching was annoying and didn't fit, as did other sound effects in the fight scene. the dialog was EXTREMELY bland and predictable, which ultimately makes the characters bland and uninteresting. the voice acting for the main character was good, but was very lacking with the demon and the ?girl? who was introduced later.

the action sequence was definately the highlight of this animation. perk up the graphics and do a big rehaul on dialog (maybe even find a friend who's a good writer, good dialog isn't easy to write). cleaning up the differetn aspects of this could really make for an inspiring series. also - i loved the style and design of the demon .