JoelSem's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Gobots]

It was okay, I'm on day 21 now, and it takes roughly 30 minutes per day due to the memory leaks that are piling up.

I'd highly suggest putting another 30 hours into this, re-releasing it, and you could have a front page hit. This game works well, just needs more polish/depth.

[Gone to the dogs]

Ehh

Just cheat and you win. Spiked collar, Jetpack and boots, bet 5000 on yourself, it'll pay for the fines you get.

[Tactical Assassin 2]

Amazing.

I've been waiting so long for the sequel, and you did not dissapoint.
I only wish it was longer, with more difficult scenarios.

[Treasure Seas Inc]

...

Simply amazing.
I only wish there was more.

[The Legend of Newgrounds]

Very solid, but that doesn't mean it's great.

Well, this game was well thought out, and it's very apparent that alot of time went into this game. It's a great pico day submission, but I think that's the only title it can get. The lack of any real progression in this game makes it seem kinda pointless to play, minus being able to see who's launching this attack of evil flashes, and searching for the easter eggs. If there was more of a point to killing the waves upon waves of bad flashes, like a simple experience system, it'd probably be more rewarding, and worthwhile to play. Now, don't get me wrong, I can only code things as simple as pong games, but I'm thinking adding experience, and some simple damage/defence modifiers in the form of level up points would be a great step in an RPG. Maybe for your next project, you could even experiment with money, different looks for your character, possibly armor, ranged attacks, etc.

That aside, the combat in this game, unfortunately enough, was just too simple. Boss fights were annoying, fighting bad .swf's over and over was less than entertaining too. I don't really have any suggestions as to how to improve it, for part of the beauty of this game is it's simplicity, but it's not a simplicity that I want to spend 40 minutes playing, without any really worthwhile progression. Yeah, there's NG user ranks, but I think it'd be more rewarding if this was attained through experience, or something along those lines.

I dunno, those are just my two cents. I gave it a 4/5, 7/10. The game was well made, just alot missing. Just trying to suggest things to make it more appealing =).

[The Puzzle Game]

Awesome game.

Very smooth, amazing audio, my record's 39 seconds on hard ;D. 7th guess.

[Coil]

Please note:

For some people, clicking "Play This Game!" will launch the game, but not have the game pass the loading screen. Play the game in Pop-Up mode to ensure that it works.

On a lighter note, the game was amazing.

[The Unfair Platformer]

Absolutely Awesome.

I hated this game to the bottom of my gut, so in retrospect, I loved it. This game made me hate it so much, that I was forced to beat it. It did an amazing job of being the most... well, unfair game I've ever played. I was expecting at the very end, somehow, to be killed. A bit dissapointed there.

Good job, though.

[Headfirst To Hell]

Wasn't that hard.

Just takes some skill to beat =). Practice if you can't beat every song the first time through, and obey your ears more than your eyes for this one. Good luck, and a very well done game =).

[Pandemic: EoM]

This is not a challenge.

This game is fine, being completely based on chance. It's more difficult to wipe everyone out than the original Pandemic, but it's very much so possible to beat this.

A challenge is getting above 600 points, my record so far being 539. If your stratagy isn't working, adopt a new one and try, and remember to use Modify.

Good luck, and good game.