Score: 8

"Had all the fun of TD... but Flash!"

submission: Flashcraft - TD

date: May 15, 2006

TD has always been a favourite at LANs, so when I saw this on the front page, I had to try it. Well, I loved it. Just like a classic game of WC3 Tower Defence, I could've played for hours... homework permitting >:(

The graphics... well, they did the job. Nothing too flashy, but good to look at, nonetheless. Very clean, true WC3. Nice job.

Style... it's TD! Given that it's my second favourite form of Warcraft (make an Enfo's Team Survival one, and you'll replace God ;) how could you not expect a high score? I didn't like the small lag that came when I built heaps of towers, but oh well. It's a flash game... I'll live with it. Well done.

Sound... True Warcraft... the sounds and music were perfect. No complaints, but I've been playing lots of WC3 lately, so I'm kinda sick of the music. Hence the one point deduction. Hope you don't mind ;)

Violence... I killed things. There was blood. Oh well. I'm not too traumatized. I think.

Interactivity... what I didn't like was the ability to only build 16 towers. But this is a flash game, so I guess I don't mind. Lots of interactivity, lots of upgrading. Some hotkeys would've made my day though.

Humor... fun, fun fun!

Overall... 8. This will never replace true WC3 TD for me, but it's a great flash substitute, and an excellent timewaster for when I just can't be fucked finding Frozen Throne on my desktop. Very nice job... no major complaints except the lack of hotkeys and few towers. But apart from these small things, it was great. Very well done, keep it up!

8/10

Score: 8

"Made my day a lot brighter!"

submission: Yet Another Day

date: October 2, 2005

I really liked this movie. I love your style of drawing, the music you used, and some parts really did make me laugh out aloud.

Graphics: Very nice. I'm a big fan of the anime style, so you definitely get bias points for that ;) Well done!

Style: It was well animated, although it seemed a bit fast paced for me. As said above, the anime style is always good in my books, so that makes up for anything bad (was there?) there may bave been.

Sound: I think I'll take your advice and go out and buy the CD. I loved the song that you used in the main movie, and the song in the credits was pretty cool, too. Very good!

Violence: She jumped on the poor guy! :'(

Interactivity: Don't expect a high score just because I liked the movie :P

Humor: A couple of parts really did make me laugh out aloud. The "UR MOM >:(" and "COLD owned" parts in particular. The whole movie had a very positive feel to it, which I absolutely loved. However it wasn't funny enough to get a really high score.

Overall... I really enjoyed watching this movie. You had it all... except maybe interactivity, violence and length. But who cares? It was well animated, stylish, sounded good and had a couple of major LOL points for me ^_^ I'm hoping to see more!

8.5/10 (VERY GOOD!)

Score: 3

"Not worth a full review."

submission: Zombie Grounds II

date: September 18, 2005

I was looking forward to playing this game, until I found that I couldn't click on anything, just like the last guy said. I would fix that and re-submit.

Score: 7

"Well... it's a sprite movie."

submission: :

date: August 28, 2005

I'm not to big on sprite movies, especially unfinished ones. This was good, but would have been a lot better if completed.

Graphics: Sprites. I liked the background in the Sonic part, and the sprites seemed above average quality. However, the graphics were unoriginal in the sense that they were just sprites.

Style: Extra point because I liked the Sonic background. You should probably add some effects somewhere along the line, too.

Sound: I don't listen to System of a Down much, but I liked the song. It definitely set the feel of the movie, very fast and intense. It was also quite clear.

Violence: Well... Samus got jumped on.

Interactivity: "PLAY".

Humor: None. I can't see how you could put any in, either, sorry.

Overall, this needs completion. As stated above, I'm not a fan of sprite movies, but there are a lot of people who are. Add some effects and possibly some sound other than music. Other than that, smooth animation, cool music and nice background. Pretty good.

7.5/10 (PRETTY GOOD!)

Score: 5

"You know what? I actually like this."

submission: Make your own link

date: August 9, 2005

Now, I'll tell you this to start off, it needs a lot of work. I'll try to tell you as much as I can in this review. It has a lot of potential, but it needs a lot more options, and a lot better graphics, for two things.

Graphics: Meh. I have definitely seen better. I liked them, but his arms and legs were a bit strangely-formed, and he looked like he was wearing a miniskirt instead of a tunic. Take some drawing tutorials, then I would suggest re-doing this. I did, however, like the eyes and mouths for some reason. In short, needs improvement, has potential.

Style: It's basically a dressup game. Nothing really special about this. I didn't like Link's breathing animation for this, his chest rose and fell way too quickly and way too high. Fix that. If you'd used gradients to color him, it would've really helped boost your mark for this.

Sound: A few small Zelda sound effects. You should probably put some music selection into the next one, with Zelda theme songs and stuff. Nothing special thus far.

Violence: Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Link have swords and shields? At least put those in the next one. Otherwise, DID NOT HAPPEN.

Interactivity: Well, it's a dressup game, so you get neutral for interactivity. You could've put a lot more in here, really, like music selection, background selection etc. Fix that.

Humor: Nope.

Overall, you get 5.5. This has a lot of potential, and I would like to see it protected. Otherwise, it's nothing special in terms of art, sound, style or interactivity. But keep working on it, and if you make another one and need a character model, try e-mailling or AIMing (preferably e-mail) me, and I'll see what I can do.
In all, a reasonably good game that would benifit from some improvement. Hope this review helps.

5.5/10 (DECENT!)

Score: 8

"Been looking forward to this since the trailer!"

submission: Transitions Episode 1

date: August 8, 2005

This is one of the best flashes I've seen lately. I thought the trailer was excellent, so naturally I was looking forward to the full movie. I wasn't disappointed with any aspect of this movie, except maybe length, but we can't have everything...

Graphics: I love this style. A few little thinks stood out to me, like the use of anime-styled people in some parts of this, such as the Twi'lek hooker scene. The effects were well done, and I loved the smoothnes of the animation. Be very proud of yourself.

Style: You get extra points for things like the lightsaber effects and the smoothness of the animation and special effects. Although a few more ships in the opening battle wouldn't have hurt, though (what's that doing in "style"?).

Sound: Star Wars music is always great ^_^ The voices were cool, the sound effects were very good, so overall, very nice! One thing I feel could be improved is the fuzziness of some of the voices, like in the start, and when Darth Vader starts talking. But still very good.

Violence: I'm watching the fight scene as I write this. It just occured to me how nicely animated that part was. A little lightsaber dismsmberment here and there wouldn't have hurt though. I liked the use of "Ace of Spades" for the "main fight", it just seems proper, somehow. I liked the movements of the jedi and the clone troopers. Hoping for some lightsaber duels in the next one!

Interactivity: It's a movie. M-O-V-I-E. Not a game.

Humor: I liked some of the little details you put into this, such as Mace's *bling*bling* to name one. The Darth Vader custom shop scene was good, too. I thought this was one of the funnier Star Wars movies I've seen, so yeah. The Twi'lek hooker scene was really cool, too. Very good job!

Overall, you get 9. It had it all... graphics, sound, violence, humor and style. I left interactivity out for obvious reasons :p
In fact, the only thing dragging this down was the length, and once the series is complete, that won't even be a problem anymore.

Looking forward to the next installment!

9/10 (EXCELLENT)

Score: 4

"Wow... just... wow."

submission: Space Shooter (Kb game)

date: July 23, 2005

Ok... this'll be a relatively short review, but I would just like to congratulate you on the excellent coding in this game. I don't think there are many people here who could do something like this with just actionscript. Once again, congratulations.

Graphics: I didn't like them, but considering you did the whole thing in actionscript, all is forgiven. Maybe you should make a "proper" space shooter next, with updated graphics, more attacks, etc. Other than that, nice work (for AS).

Style: You get the extra point for the scrolling stars in the background. They added a lot of depth to the game. Other than that, needs a lot of improvement.

Sound: Nonexistant.

Violence: Ahh.... you shoot some boxes. Next time, either try to code some AI to fight back, or just draw some enemies. Don't just limit yourself to actionscript.

Interactivity: Well, I had a couple of problems with this. For one, the speed. The ship moved and fired way too slowly, and the boxes moved too quickly. If you actually draw it next time, please fix these.
Other than that, excellent.

Humor: Did not happen.

Overall, you get a 4.5. It's not worthy of anything higher due to the fact that it had no sound and very basic graphics, although it deserves recognition because it was made simply with actionscript, and has a 2k filesize. I hope to see this improved on, with better graphics, sound and more features. Keep it up.

4.5/10 (ALRIGHT!)

Score: 7

"Not the most graphically impressive, but good."

submission: ONE GUN

date: July 22, 2005

This is definitely not the best thing I've ever seen here, but the pacing and incredible action sequences make up for it.

Graphics: Well, I didn't like a lot of the drawings, especially the people. For example, the guy at the start of Act II in the yellow shirt. His face was just plain strange. On the plus side, I loved the main character's face. Good, but not the best.

Style: You get the extra point over graphicss because of the 3D cars. They added a lot extra to the movie; the car chase was an amazing sequence.
Other than that, see "Graphics."

Sound: The music fit in almost perfectly. The gun sound effects were clean, and I particularly liked the slow-motion scream-thing at the end of Act III. Nice.

Violence: Oh yeah. The action scenes were the movie's saving grace. So what if the gore was unrealistic? It wasn't meant to be. I personally don't give a shit about the realism of the violence. The truth is, this movie is a hell of a lot of fun to watch, realistic or not. And the car chase rocked the house. Plain and simple. Be proud of yourself. Extra points for the head exploding >:)

Interactivity: A play button AND a scene selection! Other than that, nothing special.

Humor: None whatsoever, but amazingly entertaining, which is why you get the 2. Nice job on the violence.

Overall, you get a 7.5. I understand that this is an old movie that you decided to finish (?), and it was lots of fun to watch, but personally, I prefer XIN. And needless to say, Act III was the best part of this.
It'd still be great if you made this into an actual series, each movie being a seperate "mission". That'd be great.
Aside from my complaints, I thought this was very nice.

7.5/10 (PRETTY GOOD!)

Score: 6

"Bad looking, nice sounding. Needs a lot of work."

submission: Ohne Dich

date: July 18, 2005

The only reason I ended up on this movie was because the title was "Ohne Dich". And we all know how much I love Rammstein...
I feel it could have been improved in a lot of ways, some fairly major, which I will point out.

Graphics: Oh come on. It wouldn't have killed you to put a bit more detail into these, would it? That style is very, VERY overused, although not in this kind of movie. Personally (even though I can't animate it), I would have gone for a darker look throughout the whole thing, maybe just keeping it to shades of grey. It may have fit better with the whole theme of "misery" (only word I can think of, ok?) than Mr. Potato Head killing himself. Just a thought.

Style: Honestly, I hate the look of this. For one thing, the horrible looking characters. And, another, the awful walking animation at the start. No offence, but I thought that people actually had two legs...
And, as said above, I feel that the graphics were too bright and "cartoonish" for the theme of the movie. If, as I understand, it is about depression, it shouldn't really be that colourful. I think "noir" is the term.

Sound: I love the sound of Till Lindemann's voice. And Rammstein in general. I can't understand German, but I know what the chorus means, and it seemed to fit well. As I said before (just to rub it in), if you'd given it more realistic graphics and made the theme darker, you would have got a better sound mark, as well as overall. Despite my prejudices, you still get a low score as it didn't fit the graphics.

Violence: Mr. Potato Head killed himself. HardXcorE. Seriously, this would've been a lot better if the characters actually looked like real people. CHANGE THAT. Please.

Interactivity: I wasn't expecting any. As usual...

Humor: This is the one place you (and I) can be thankful for a low score. You obviously meant this to be emotional, and I can't say that it wasn't. But, I'm sorry, coloured blobs just do not cut it when it comes to representing emotion.
That being said, it is definitely not the worst thing I've ever seen.

Overall, you get a six. Now, assuming that this is your first flash, I have to congratulate you (hell, if only I was this good when I started animating...), but for me, it just wasn't good enough.
Take into consideration everything I have said here, and I don't care how long it takes you to make, but change the characters, colors and add some camera angles. I know it may be asking a bit much, but I'll guarentee that it'll be recieved a lot better than this. And from what I can tell, this was recieved fairly well...

Just consider my advice, devote some time to it, and good luck!

6/10 (GOOD)

Score: 5

"A short stick movie... but a decent one."

submission: My BattleField: Shorty

date: July 17, 2005

Stick figures. I personally don't like them, but if they're presented like this, I'll make an exception. It was, unfortunately, too short to really stand out above the regular NG stick movie. You should improve that.

Graphics: Stick figures, however well animated, are never going to be recieved well on Newgrounds. The graphics in this were, overall good, but the stick figures prevent you from gaining a higher score. Perhaps you should try tracing over the stick figures in future.

Style: See above. Stick men are not the best form of animation ever, and never wil be. However, the animation was smooth, so that was good. And I really liked the (actionscripted?) snow that was falling throughout the movie.

Sound: CS sound effects. Nothing special, but at least they fit in with the movie. Once again, nothing special.

Violence: Pretty smooth, and if I'm not much mistaken you were attempting a bullet time/slow-mo effect. It looked like that, in any case. Nothing special...

Interactivity: I'm sure everyone who reads my reviews knows what I'm going to say in advance.

Humor: None to speak of.

Overall, you get a 5. It was a well-animated movie, but the stick figures and length let it down considerably. In future, perhaps trace over the sticks, add some music, make it longer and perhaps, make it a SWAT type scenario. Otherwise, it was good. Looking forward to seeing more.

BTW: You've inspired me to make my own CS/SWAT flash. Thanks!

5/10 (DECENT)