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[cantankerousTANK]

Cracking game

Excellent fun - hugely violent with good sounds, plays well although the controls aren't the best, looks fantastic and is incredibly stylish. The only thing I'd say is each stage drags on a bit without a great deal of obvious things to do, apart from obviously to destroy the red stuff. One to play a few times, definitely.

[Bomb Droid]

Decent concept, but flawed

It plays like Bomberman should play, and it's always fun (albeit 1-player Bomberman can never live up to the legendary multi player modes). I just found it a bit dull - the lack of power ups makes it very difficult to kill the enemies, and the levels were too large. Above average but disappointing.

[Chainsaw the Children]

So much fun!

Can't believe I never got round to playing this one before, it really is great fun! It's a simple concept, but the simple ones are always the best, synj's art looks great and the gameplay's tight. The only small problem I have is the sound - the good background music should have been a little louder in comparison to the chainsaw, and there was sound in the preloader which I don't like that. Other than that, it's pretty well flawless.

[The Muffin Dress-Up]

Decent dress-up

Not a bad dress-up at all - the inclusion of a tutorial is worthwhile, and makes the movie worth viewing in itself. The actual dress up has plenty of features and some good music (which ideally should be on initially and have the option to mute, rather than the other way round - unless I did something wrong), I'd rate higher but I don't really like dressups, and dressing up muffins appeals less. Think of the six as a good review!

BananaBreadMuffin responds:

Yeah, im aware that the lack of naked women makes a dress-up seem dull, and muffins aren't really your regular subject, but im really quite engrossed with the muffin clan now (its kinda taking over my life :D), and I cant animate, so I made this. In the update I am changing the music to on, then mute, you didnt do anything wrong. Thanks for the informative review!

[Mani Golf]

Great stuff!

It's golf, but not in a way it's been done before like Mini Putt - this is indeed original and fun to play. Seems slick, although by hitting the ball at the far wall very hard on the last it went through and crashed the game. A decent challenge, although my first complete round was par. Will be great fun with more holes and with multiple players could provide hours of fun. And you've got Tom's seal of approval as well. What more could you want?

[Squirrel Shootout]

Decent shooting fun

Not a bad game - I suck at it pretty badly but it's still fun to play. Looks nice, has decent music, didn't notice any bugs. Better than average.

Goatchrist responds:

Thanks jon, review apprechiated as always :)

[Lobster Quest (Demo)]

Refreshing different game

Great fun, excellent job with this - it was fairly easy to beat once I worked out what I was doing wrong when dodging the turtle, but it's still very good. I'd guess I've not seen everything in the game on just one play, and I hope a final version comes soon. This looks very promising.

[Driver (test]

Rather pointless

This little test is pretty pointless really - there's only one screen to drive around in, and most of that is white and has no detail. The car's coding seems alright, but you probably know that by now. Nothing worth playing here.

[Stick Stress Relief]

Better than the other one

Good improvements - the sticks are larger and I like the way you can shoot some in the arm first before killing them. Music is alright, a useful addition, and having a preloader makes it better. Decent.

[Stick Stress Relief(demo)]

Average

Not bad, but once you realise that a lot of the sticks have exactly the same death animation, it gets a bit dull - animation isn't bad at all, the gunshot sound is OK but the movie needed some music really. Fun for a couple of minutes.