jonthomson's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Uniwar LC]

Great shooter

Wow, that was very good. Rather reminiscent of Starfox. Great graphics, cool music and extremely frantic action, I did find myself clicking off screen a few times though! The boss fight was good. I suspect a lot of people will find this quite tricky - I'd more or less got the hang of it but still just died as the boss was about to die. Still, it's great fun and a good flash work.

[Alien Lander add-on]

Nice job

Christ, that's a bit hard, isn't it? I got past the first screen, but then I got killed going for the fuel on the second screen, and that was on about my third attempt. Anyways, it's a good lander game, worth playing and if you have the patience, it's got a lot of replay value.

Goatchrist responds:

Thanks :) No , it's not too hard, it's challenging :) just try ;)

[Divine Intervention pt. 1]

Incredible shooter

As far as side scrolling shooters go, this is one of the very best. Challenging, loads of weapons and enemies, good controls, nice sound effects and graphics. It's almost perfect.

[Squigly Fish Racer v1.0]

Whoa! This is great

Surprisingly good and addictive - I didn't want to quit until I'd beaten the computer. Very simple, but bags of fun. Loved the old school sound effects. The simplest games are always the best. Nice work.

[BLOX]

Why not include some more free levels?

It's a decent puzzle game, at least it was when I played it years ago originally and not as a flash remake. Hence I could get through all the levels very easily, the last level being the only one that offered some challenge. It would have been better to have included more levels to be honest. Fun to play but once every level has been beaten, you're not going to want to come back.

[Bombjack Remake]

Decent remake

Never played the original although I do remember it. It'll be a lot better with more levels and a harder challenge, but right now it's effectively a very good demo. I'd say it's coming along great, expand the game ideally. You can't beat well made old school remakes.

[African Detroit Cop]

Cool interactive game

This was a lot of fun to play - it's great when you get the hobo to dance and the choices are all pretty funny. There seemed to be a couple of minor glitches but they didn't detract from the entertainment. Good stuff.

[Fly into the Trade Center]

Hmm...

I dunno, I found this funny. Not sure why to be honest. Not great, but it's amusing, and the music was good.

[Pencak Silat 1.2]

Good fighting game

This is fairly enjoyable, and has some good features - the sound effects are fairly realistic and the graphics are good, especially the fighting animations. I just found the gameplay a bit simplistic, there didn't seem to be much to it over and above mashing space fairly quickly. Fun stuff but it's just lacking something which would make it really great.

[Pong-FX]

Boring

Wow, this has exactly the same ball motion as a Breakout game I played on NG the other day, except that at least had blocks to break like in Breakout. This doesn't, it's just a case of how long you can go without dying. As such, it's incredibly dull and pointless. Compare this with **ice bouncer** which is just the same, only with one bonus feature - fun.