jonthomson's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Orbit]

Interesting little game

Just the sort of thing that Newgrounds needs - a small original game that's addictive enough yet simple to play. A nice difficulty curve, and it's put together well.

[12 holes of Xmas]

Good golf game

Not bad mini-putt style game, it's pretty standard but well made with a couple of interesting holes. The sound is marked low because Christmas music annoys me, apart from that this is good but not spectacular.

[Super Mario Revived]

Front page? Give me a break.

I have no idea why this game is on the front page. Sound in the preloader is never a good start, but the actual game is pretty poor as well. The collision detection in some places is horrendous, and everything is incredibly slow, to the point in some places that it's unplayable. The sounds aren't great either - there's frequently multiple things playing at once for no good reason. It's not awful but it's overrated, even at 3.10.

Sinterkaas responds:

I know this is overrated, but I don't mind it being on the FP, at least you write a normal review instead of some people who just give a 0 for all, and go OMG YUO SUXOR.
Believe me, the next part will be a lot better.

[Mr Flacit's Word Search]

Interesting little game

Not bad - concept is simple and it's good for killing a few minutes. It'd help if the layout wasn't completely random, there's frequently occasions where you've got about two vowels to choose from and not much else, and an "end round" button would be nice for when you're stuck as the rounds are a bit long.

[Beat up Backstreet Boys!]

More classic NG stuff

Good to see the old assassin movies finally being entered into the Portal. A quick bit of fun.

[Britney Spears Truck Jump]

Nice stuff

I remember this kind of thing from the old days... looks dated today but it's still fun for a quick laugh.

[Assassinate Tom Fulp]

Quality classic entry

Excellent stuff. Looks a bit dated but it's fun for a quick laugh and works well. Nice.

[Newgrounds SIM v 1.2]

Godlike

An instant Newgrounds classic. Superb. Nothing else to say really, play the game now everyone.

[Mario Bros 2]

OK, but too short

Not a bad single level, but that's all it is, a single level. The graphics are untidy in places and the sound is pretty poor. OK, but not something I'd play more than once.

[Quintessential]

Solid short game

Really simple to play, decent original concept. Not one of my favourites, but worth looking at, with some useful replay value.