jonthomson's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sno' Problem]

Very good seasonal game

Nice game - looks and sounds great, fun to play, the only problem I have with it is that it's pretty hard to hit the targets - frequently I'm throwing snowballs too hard or too softly. With a better control system this would be even better.

[A Timely Death Execution]

Distinctly average

This isn't anything that hasn't been done before - it's just a short version of Stick Figure Penalty without any of the features that make SFP really good. The sticks don't look very good, the sound effects are OK, and there's not enough deaths. I didn't like the "back to options" button - it left me right over one of the deaths I'd already done a few times, it's somewhat of a design flaw. Not bad, but this has been done so much better elsewhere.

[Simone2K3]

Middle of the road

Seems to work OK, the sounds aren't bad and it looks alright. The game's just too simple and boring to play for more than a couple of minutes. It's unoriginal as well. Nice effort but not one of my favourites.

[Simeone Squash]

Average short game

Not bad for a quick laugh - it just got a bit boring quite quickly. There needed to be better graphics, the white background was bland, and some music would have made this seem a lot better. Fairly original but dull.

[Apples]

Decent game

It's fun to play - looks nice with adequate sounds, simple gameplay which quickly gets fairly difficult, although I wouldn't want to play it over and over. For a quick laugh to kill five minutes it's great.

[Elf Shoot 2003]

Nice seasonal shooter

It's pretty good - looks very nice, has some good music and is fun to play. There's a few problems though - after the first level, the "pull" doesn't result in an elf being launched the first time, and the music on/off button gets in the way sometimes, it would have been better to have assign a key to turn it off. It could be made to look clearer when you've actually hit the elf as well. None of these take away from the fun though - nice work.

[Binary Translator 1.0]

OK, why?

It's a fully functional binary to decimal converter, the only thing I have to say is why have this on Newgrounds? Seems a bit pointless and out of place, you could have at least had it convert the other way as well, or included hex to make it a bit more interesting.

[Vanguard Mercenary]

Decent game, but a few flaws

This is a very good shooter - I just have a few minor problems. The ship is too unresponsive - it takes too long to fire and aim your weapons, and the manoeuverability is poor. It's also not the easiest of games to get the hang of - the controls aren't natural but I couldn't see an easier way to set them up. It might have been better if you had an "aim up/down" rather than rotating option, whereby the weapon aims at an angle 45 degrees different to normal, like Super Metroid on the SNES for example. If those gripes are ignored, it's a great shooter - it looks and sounds brilliant and there's lots of different weapons to play with and enemies to kill. If only the game was more intuitive, it would be an all-time classic.

[Samurai Ball]

Buggy

The game seems way too buggy and random to be much fun to play - it's hard to tell where the range of your weapon starts and finish, and the controls aren't great either. A good effort, but it's not much fun to play.

[Delouse Saddam: Mini Game]

Nice little game

Not bad - fairly original, quite difficult and pokes fun at Saddam quite well. If anything I'd say it's too difficult - it's hard to hit the lice and they don't stop around for long. Good for a laugh and a few plays.

Ranxx responds:

You hit it on the head. It's not worth making more levels. It's only good for a minute. But a laugh and a few plays is more than enough for me.. Thanks.