jonthomson's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Teh UFO]

Good simple game

Easy and fun to play - a basic idea, but it's difficult to win and fairly taxing. Sounds are OK, maybe could have used a few more, something like a subtle background track, and the graphics are functional and clear. Better than average, with scope for improvement as well.

[The Dancing pig]

Why bother making this?

I really don't see the point of this - it's a badly drawn pig "dancing" in different ways to some average music. When I say dancing, it looks more like having a seizure or something. Boring, not funny, not my cup of tea. Maybe if it looked better, had more choices of "dancing" and music I'd be less harsh. As it is, I just think it's poor.

[BM - Snake]

Please stop making Snake clones!

There's enough poor Snake games on Newgrounds as it is without creating an incredibly slow, boring version with no sound and no challenge. The only good spot is the background which is passable.

[Galactic Space Invaders]

Might have been original years ago

Every arcade game from the early 80's and backwards has been done to death on Newgrounds - including Space Invaders. Looks nicer than most but it's unoriginal, and I never really liked Space Invaders anyway. A faithful clone, but a bit pointless.

[Rufus Dress-UP]

Hugely unoriginal

Seriously, there's already way too many boring dress up games on Newgrounds, this just adds to it. There's a fair collection of items to play with and the music is alright, but it's ultimately pointless.

[Pong'it]

Make it more interesting!

It's a solid game, except that the angle the ball takes off the side wall is completely unnatural... however that's the only real way to score a point - after playing for about 10 minutes with the score at 1-1 I just got bored of it. You either need to make the computer's AI a little less perfect or make your paddle less controllable - with the mouse, you can position the bat wherever you want in a split-second. I liked the perspective view of the court though, looked very nice. Decent but ultimately boring. 2-players would be nice!

[Lander II - Lunar Rescue]

Great lander game

I've always been a big fan of lander games, it's a shame that most of them here are simply copies of each other - this one is a lot different and much better - there's objectives, multiple levels, things to collect, it's a proper game as opposed to a demonstration of a lander engine. Great fun, difficult, quality old school gaming.

[Pop Them!]

Bubble wrap

Wow, it's a sheet of bubble wrap. Pop stuff with the mouse, fun for about 10 seconds. Cannot hope to match the real thing. Average but dull.

[Thincat's SpaceMutantGame]

Not terrible

A pretty poor game - the absence of sound is a big one, and the gameplay is dull. Works OK though, the graphics are average, seems to be fairly bug free. Just not enough challenge or things of interest to be worth playing.

[NG Experience]

Unoriginal

You say this was inspired by NG ranks? Clearly you didn't also see thisisasignin's clock mafia ep. 2 then, which does pretty much the same as your movie. This is OK, but it's been done before. Looks OK and has some nice quiet music, but adding the points total wasn't a great idea - they'll be out of date by tomorrow. A good idea and may be useful, but it's unoriginal.

Faithhammer responds:

It could very well be, but It was a good learning peice. I will update this one regularly with the adjusted points.