jonthomson's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ameriman-Shooter]

That was pretty weak

This is a pretty poor effort, by all accounts. Not worthy of being blammed, but it's nothing that hasn't been done much better before. A bit more work and you might have a pretty good game.

Red-Faction responds:

Thanx, Keeping in mind it is the FIRST game I've ever made on my COMPLETE own...

[Haste Racer 1.0]

Nice little game

This goes to show that not all small file size movies are rubbish. This was pretty fun to play. It could have been better if you had to shoot things, for example, but it's not bad. Music was a bit annoying but at least there was a turn-off option.

[ultimate high speed racin]

Fairly poor, but just about passable

The first thing that struck me about this game was the awful collision detection. Sort that out and you might have something half decent. Graphics were passable but nothing spectacular.

[Create-A-Ride]

An interesting but different game

Just had a quick play with this - it's a nice game. Not the sort of thing that I'd usually look at though. I did like the soundtrack a lot.

[NG Card Game]

It's something different i suppose

It's nice and simple. Good for a short laugh and it kills a few minutes. Don't know what else to say really.

[Defend Your Castle !]

A very in-depth game for a small file

I like this game - it's easy enough to get into, but gets more complex as you carry on. However, after so long it does get rather repetitive, which isn't helped by a fairly slow difficulty curve in the early levels. I wasn't sure why I was losing units, or why my archers were all going to the same tower (maybe I didn't get far enough into the game, only up to level 9 before I got bored). It's not bad, but there's certainly a lot of scope for improvement.

[Bakerman Bob]

Simple, but effective

The small file size disguises what is, in fact, a pretty tidy, fun game. No nonsense graphics and a progressively increasing challenge. It's a shame that you can't move in all 8 column directions rather than just four (or operate a up = forward, left/right = turn system) though which would have made the game better. Still, I liked it. Nice job.

[TERRAIN: Chapter 1]

That's a pretty sweet movie

Didn't have a huge amount of time to play it, but what I could, I really liked. Some nice shooting action, the tunnel bit got a bit boring however. Nice sounds you've used. I await the second episode!

[Time Crisis]

That's not too bad

It's a nice idea - it's not anything I haven't seen before, but I quite liked it. It could be better - for example there could be different types of targets and such, but for less than 100K this is a pretty good effort.

[blueclue's clue]

This seems pretty lame right now

Maybe it's showing it's age, but the game seems rather poor. It's OK but it's nothing I haven't seen before.