jonthomson's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[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 Looks OK and has some nice quiet music, but adding the points total wasn't a great idea - they'll be out of date by tomorrow.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.

[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.

[Spike Trouble]

Cool game again

Another good game - it's like Asteroids only with a bit of originality and some thought required. Some retro-rockets would have been a nice addition, but it's just a thought. Graphics were good and the sound suited the game.

Goatchrist responds:

Thanks, I searched long for a fitting sound :)

[Classic Video Poker]

Best video poker I've played

I'd say this is the best video poker game I've played on Newgrounds - it looks nice and has very good sounds. You might want to tweak it a bit though - you do need a 10K button, and you want to alter the payouts so it doesn't pay on any pair, just jacks or higher. As it is you're going to make money on average even before you draw. That 10K button is the biggie though - once I hit a full house and got my cash into seven figures, I thought "there's no way I'm pressing 1K hundreds of times to make my bet". Alright but slightly flawed.

XSDSX responds:

I added a 10k button AND a 100k button.

Hope that helps you out. Glad you enjoyed the game.

[shoot out III]

Another poor point and click shooter

Not terrible but it's been done before so many times, this sort of things needs to look spectacular just to be average. Which this isn't - seemed buggy, poor stick graphics, a case of play once then move on.

MaJiNrObSaMa responds:

i no its been doen b4 but its my first game ever submited so give me a break. and i am planing on making a much better shoot out game in the futur seeing as my skills have increased.

[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 ;)

[Dr.MaD - SDT1]

OK stick tutorial

It's not bad - shows you how to draw a stick and gives a few hints (like on expressions) that I haven't seen before. Shame it doesn't go into more detail and show you how to animate them or something.

MAGmcp responds:

well as im sure ive mentioned somewhere befor (i did, didnt i ?), thats gonna be in one of the following Dr.MaD episodes - animating sticks..... there will also be other styles of sticks, how to make stick skating movies, making REAL skating movies (im workin on one of these at the moment) and many other tutorials :)

[Ghost Motel 6]

Better than the last one

Another good Ghost Motel episode - lots of things to see and do, very interactive and with some nice background music. Graphics were similar to usual, nothing special but looking alright. This time, there's perhaps a bit too much to make a note of and the end goal is unclear, but it's fun to play the game and explore the various features. Nice job again.

Violet-AIM responds:

Thanks for the review jonthomson. I tried to make this one very interactive and let the viewers figure their way out. I wanted it to be a little harder since the previous one (# 5) seemed too easy.

[Shoot The Cans]

Basic but not bad

There's no real challenge to it - it's just a case of trying to beat your best time. But it's fun for a few goes, and it all seems to work correctly. Not bad for a first proper AS movie.

Slightly-Crazy-Dude responds:

Thanks for sparing the time to review this. It was my first and probably last attempt at scripting. I thought i would give you one of the responses you like so much to add to your 1600 or so reviews so far :)

[My first game...]

Didn't have a point

Didn't understand what the real point of that was. Clearly you have to try and shoot the things, but there's no way to lose and it just doesn't seem to work. It's not fun and has little point to it, no objective. Poor stuff.

gltovar responds:

of course not! its my first game = P of course i could have submitted hello world...