jonthomson's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[UFA]

Great idea Tom!

Fantastic idea to submit UFA to the Portal. Many of us do remember it from the first time around. Seems a bit easier than back in the day, but still a great laugh. Nice.

[501 Darts]

Nice darts game

Good little game, simple to play with the incentive of trying to beat your best score. Original, tight with few flaws. A two player mode would have been a good addition, and making it so you have to double out, but for less than 30K you can't argue. Worth playing a couple of times.

Fluffy-monkey responds:

i posted on this so everyone could see i thank you for your kind words i will not be makeing an advance of this game with other stuff liek two palyer sorry but please keep a look out for future games

[Megaman vs Ghosts&Goblins]

More Megaman crossover genius

I remember the Megaman - Metroid crossover and it's still one of my favourite Newgrounds submissions - this is of a similar standard, great fun to play although it was a bit on the easy side and the boss fight was a walk in the park. Excellent stuff!

[Mankind's Asskicking]

Funny stuff

Pretty funny game. Nice range of weapons and moves, lots of variation and it's good fun to play. Could have done with the extra time powerup appearing more frequently. Good for a laugh, definitely.

[old skool soccer game]

Godlike stuff. Sheer class

Loved this. It's pretty difficult to play but a fairly accurate free-kick simulator, and the 1930's styling was superb. A must play game.

[ROFLattack!]

ROFL! This is godlike!

Best. Thing. Ever. That's a brilliant comedy Heli Attack parody, I love it. The music's great, gunning down lollerskaters is so much fun. Straight into my favourites!

[Mice 2 - Game]

Decent game

Not a bad concept, I just didn't like the controls very much. I found it difficult to control the ball very well. Worth playing a few times, definitely, but not one of my favourite games. The sounds can get a bit annoying as well.

[Survival TV]

Very good Smash TV remake

Excellent job, first good remake of Smash TV that I've seen here. Just a couple of flaws - there's no random power-ups, and if you've played the original Smash TV, you'll know that power-ups are needed, and the firing rate is way too slow. It's very difficult to stay alive when you're only able to fire about three rounds a second. Fun to play, and the mouse aiming works very well, but ultimately frustrating. Needed to have more enemies than just grunts though.

[Gorlog 2002]

Decent shooter

Not bad, fairly difficult but I was able to get up to the third level fairly easily. Your ship just seems hopelessly underequipped throughout, making things frustrating, although the end of level bosses were very easy. Worth playing, nice soundtrack and a good variety of enemies. A little lacklustre perhaps.

[Free Mars]

Fine side scrolling shooting action

Nice job, a cool arcade-style old school shooter which is a lot of fun to play. Non stop action, nice graphical style and awesome explosions. Fairly tough as well, I got up to the third big boss but was pretty much dead by then. Just a couple of drawbacks - you might want to incorporate a key change function - sometimes it's not possible to move diagonally and shoot at the same time, particularly up and left, and the lack of power-ups or a continue function is a glaring omission. Other than that, it's well worth a look.