jonthomson's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bouncer Ball]

Fun for a while, then gets dull

This game is certainly original, full marks for that, but it gets boring and repetitive quite quickly. Looks to be coded well, graphics are functional and the music is nice. Better than a lot of things, that's for sure.

[uncle sam fights back!]

Quick game, borderline tasteless

Not a great day to upload this, but this is a good simple game, easy to play and beat. Could have done with being harder initially and have the game progress more quickly, and the end point of each level was abrupt. Work at this and it can be made a lot better.

[Pocket Soccer]

OK if hard to play football game

I got a lead about this game when someone pointed out that someone else stole it - anyway, since reviewing the ripoff version, I've got the hang of the controls a bit more, and it's a bit easier to play but it's still counter-intuitive. It's well programmed and fun for a while, but I wouldn't play it very often.

[The Soccer Game]

Very confusing to play

It would have helped a lot if you had explained exactly how to play - I spent the first couple of minutes randomly clicking and wondering what was going on. Then I got the hang of it and still couldn't play properly. It's a good piece of programming but it's not fun to play as the controls are very counter-intuitive.

[Drive And Kill Beta 1.0]

OK quick game

Fun to play, but unoriginal. Alright in most respects, except the steering is the wrong way round when reversing. Not a bad start, but could be made better.

[The Final Shot]

Unoriginal, buggy shooter

Very similar to many other FPS games that there are on NG, except there appears to be a lot of bugs with it - I got up to about the third screen and I just couldn't shoot the opponent. At least there's some decent sounds and the enemies shoot back. Could be better.

[Let It Out]

Average soundboard

A rather sweary soundboard, with twelve words to choose from. If I hadn't seen it done much, much better (which you allude to yourself in fairness), I'd say it was pretty good. Fun for a short laugh in any case.

[Pinball King]

Decent pinball game

This is an OK pinball game (I don't think I've seen pinball before on NG), and the table has realistic physics and plays fairly true. But the ball ran too slowly, and the graphics were unclear in places, especially near the flippers. A good game anyway. The table could have used a few more features to make the game better.

[Five Finger Pellet]

Good for a laugh

This is cool - don't stab yourself, get the vein bonus, listen to the Prodigy. Excellent quick game, good fun, nicely drawn with good effects. Sweet!