Haggard's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[=Core=]

Hmmm

Hm, I'm not sure if this game is to be taken seriously or not. I think I don't want to take it seriously but see it more like a parody of some medal games on newgrounds.

Yes, I can see that this game was inspired by OCD+ (which I thought was a pretty good game, as it infuriated some of the "medal whores" on NG, which was funny to look at) but I don't think this game here offers the same quality as OCD+.

However, I still like the presentation of this game. The music you chose for the game selection screen is very relaxing and fits quite well there. I also like the idea of hiding codes throughout the games which I later need to reach "the core" (whatever that may be).
But I don't have an OCD or at least none that would drive me into completing this game, so... I won't complete it. ^^

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[NG Portal Radio v2 01]

Still a nice gadget

Nice to see an updated version of the NG Portal Radio. It's still a nice gadget and I can see some improvements here and there. But there's still a lot of stuff that could be added (but I guess most of the "really cool" stuff would be impossible to add).
I made some suggestions on the previous versions, so I won't make any new suggestions here (I'm just pointing out that Fro expressed some very good ideas in his review).

However, what I didn't like was the font, for example on the authors bios. It just seems to be a bit "blurred" or too bold. Whatever it is, it's pretty hard to read, so it would be great if the font could be changed to something that is better to read. ^^

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MCarsten responds:

Thaks for like my gadget and for the font added suggestion! Yeah to be seriously, I prefer to change the font!

Thanks for review! =)
See you around.

[Newgrounds Portal Radio]

Interesting program

This is a very interesting program. There's still a lot of room for improvement, but the basics are already there. The random button is a very nice implementation. It's nice to just press it and listen to what ever comes up.

It would be nice if you could implement some more things, but I don't know if it is possible to do so. My suggestions:
- Being able to insert a minimum length of a song, so that spammy submissions that are only a few seconds long wouldn't be selected if you press the random button.
- It would also be nice if now only the ID of the song but also the name would be shown in this program.

While I think those two aren't that hard to implement this suggestion could be prove to be impossible to implement:
- Selecting different genres and the random songs would be from the selected genres.

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MCarsten responds:

Guten tag Haggard, I will be replying to your review by the topics:

"This is a very interesting program. There's still a lot of room for improvement, but the basics are already there. The random button is a very nice implementation. It's nice to just press it and listen to what ever comes up."

Nice yu liked the gadget. Yeah, is interesting see what songs comes up when you press to randomize.

"It would be nice if you could implement some more things, but I don't know if it is possible to do so. My suggestions:
- Being able to insert a minimum length of a song, so that spammy submissions that are only a few seconds long wouldn't be selected if you press the random button.
- It would also be nice if now only the ID of the song but also the name would be shown in this program."

For the spammy submissions lenght, I think it wouldn't be necessary, may have some loops that are cool to keep listening them, version 2 that is going to be released soon presents a loop function, so is better to listen to loops :)!

For show the name or genre, it is technically impossible (as you thought), they are registered on a different server which I can't get from, I could use string commands to get them but I think it would be necessary or AS3 or HTML.

"While I think those two aren't that hard to implement this suggestion could be prove to be impossible to implement:
- Selecting different genres and the random songs would be from the selected genres."

This is possible to perform but I think only with HTML too, PoderOdunk on Newgrounds Chat managed to do this but he describes on the author's comments a lot from HTML to do that gadget.

Thanks for the nice review! See you around!

[Rune Hunt]

Good game

I have to be honest here, I didn't play this game for too long. But don't get me wrong, it's not because I think it's a bad game. I just don't have the time to play it all the way through. I still think I played it long enough to give you a short review.

Graphics:
I'm a huge fan of retro games (especially retro RPGs) so I really like those 8bit-like graphics. I also like the colours you chose, they fit very well together and you also managed to create a very dense feeling in the caves.
I also liked the "line of sight" effect. This amplifies the atmosphere you managed to create with the colouring. Parts hidden behind a wall stay hidden until I walk around this wall. This keeps the tension on a very high level.

Controls:
Nice and easy, but I had some issues with the controls while playing. Maybe it's because I'm on Ubuntu right now, but anyway: When I continued walking in one direction for some time, the character seemed to be "stuck" and moved very slowly, twitching around like mad. This even happened when I sure didn't hit any obstacles and in all directions I walked.
Sometimes it happened on the very first step, sometimes I was able to walk for quite some time until this bug happened to me. And this bug is the second reason I didn't play this game for too long.
But apart from that the controls seem to work fine.

Music:
Well, I didn't manage to get out of the cave yet, but the music I could hear there was pretty good and fitted nicely to the whole "dungeon theme".

Overall:
I think this game has potential. I like Coop's suggestion to try and add medals to it. This would give the game much more exposure and I think this game deserves to get it.

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[JUMP IT!]

Simple game

A very simple and not too challenging game. Also it's not very motivating to only press one button and to see the guy jumping all the time.

Okay, you said it was only a test to see if you could create such a game. Well, it seems you can do it, so I guess you should take it a few steps further now and create a game that is more complex than this one, heh.
I liked how you prevented cheating here. "Down and Up" doesn't work and just holding the Up button doesn't work as well.

What I didn't like was the graphics. The rope does look a bit strange. Why does it have such a weird shape?
The rest of the graphics are way too simple as well.

So, in conclusion you have a small game where you could test your skills with action script. My advice is - like I said - take it a few steps further now and create more complex games.

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up-a-notch responds:

thanks, the rope is just a shape tween!

[Judas bread attack!]

Too fast

Well, the concept is interesting and the introduction to the game spoken by Fro is a good idea as well.
I like how the points are explained before the game starts.

The only problem with this game is, that it is too fast to play it. Jesus is gone in a fraction of a second so it is nearly impossible to hit him. The only way to hit him is by sheer luck.

So yeah, planning and concept is good, but the excecution of this idea is flawed. :P

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MonoFlauta responds:

hahah welll... the idea at least was good :P

[Escaper]

Nice

A very short, yet entertaining escaping game. I loved the animation style you used and the three different endings where pretty good as well. Even though I didn't get why the condom and the light bulp would cause instant death... ah well, it's just a game. ^^

I liked that you could also just use common sense to get out of the toilet after you found the cell phone. No need at all to get the piece of toilet paper and call the number on that one. Because what is it you usually do when you are in danger and have a cell phone? Right, just call the cops. ;)

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