Jannata's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ultimate Robotnik Duels]

Waiting for your next game!

This is a well-made game if you ask me. I really took notice that you use the arrow keys to navigate through the UI. This is a great plus factor since it will leave the player’s burden of switching hands off the mouse and keyboard. As a matter of fact, since the game only uses four-direction and one action key, I might suggest that you could add a mouse-control feature (e.g. the character follows the mouse pointer and left-click as action button).

Now for the categories.

Graphic is 8. You used some of 16-bit games sprites, which are already good, and you combine them in a decent not-too-goofy design.

Style is 8 as well. Great game overall. Just for future recommendation, maybe you could add dynamic camera zoom, like the ones in most SNK fighting games, where the camera zooms to the action when the players are close to each other.

Sound is 7. You use memorable stage themes and a remixed version of the boss theme for the title if I’m not mistaken. Good choice of music although some of the sound loops are not continuous (e.g. the emerald hill stage).

Violence is 5. Well, you don’t expect much violence here, do you? It’s good enough.

Interactivity is 9. Great UI design, great controls, like the extras, which leads to a great game. 9 means near perfect although I like to see you go beyond my expectation on your next game.

Humor is 7. I like Sonic characters, especially the ones on 16-bit platforms. Nevertheless, I chose Mario as my favorite for this game haha.

Overall is 8. Great game! Your work is highly noticed. Keep it up.

To be honest, I didn’t take much time playing this game completely. I only had a minute or two to get straight into the game. However, that first impression really urges me to write this review, hope it helps you to improve more on your next game.

Suggestions:
- Add mouse controls
- Add dynamic zoom
- Fix the sound-loops
- Add winning pose for the characters, it adds the fun 

Well that’s all from me.

Best regards,
Jannata

Digimaks responds:

OOH! Lots of Thanks for a Kick As$ review!
Mouse control- hmmm, don't know. mabe . mabe would put in the options as a control prefference-
KEYBOARD/mouse.

The Dynamic Zoom might be great, but in this game it will be very distracting , and will lag down all the good FPS speed. Also- If I would zoom- sprites will start to shatter into pixels- note I am using Pixel art - not vector-drawn. I seen people overscale sprites, and that looks horrible.
regarding Sound Loops- - Emerald Hill music has an "entrance" and then play the loop. Unfortunately it could be looped only on Genesis (in a MIDI format). In my case I am runing MP3compressed tracks, and some are impossible to loop perfectly, especially with script.

Winning poses- SURE! I realy feel- it should be there, because it will make characters look more like they alive.

Once again- Thanks for a good, long review! :)

[Overrun]

Nice Game

You know, any good game might caught my attention. But it has to be a unique one that motivates me to write a review. Overall it's a nice game! Well-made graphics and interactivity. Here's my wishlist:
1. I wish I could use a sniper scope to shoot distant enemies
2. I wish the turret movement has "zings & clinks" machine sounds
3. I wish the turret/camera moves more smoothly, sorta like eases when stop turning

Oh and I note the knee-deep in the dead lvl 1 music.

Denvish responds:

Good suggestions, I will think about implementing them if I create a MkII. Thanks for taking the time to review.

[BlEED I]

Congratulations

Well done for Bleed, it really captured the feel of Blood and Blood 2: 2nd Cut if I'm not mistaken. Just keep up the good work and pat yourself on the back, you earn it.

Nebula-Entertainment responds:

thanks for the review. IM STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WTF BLOOD IS. lol I NEVER PLAYED IT OR HEARD OF IT. I really want to see why everyone thinks it has some relation to that... thanks though

[Mortal Kombat II engine]

nice try

I could sense your effort on doing this. If you got an idea, a concept, and a spare time, learn more so you could create better games.

cakemeat responds:

hmm,. honestly though...... this took me 3 hours to get to where i wanted it. and as for concepts..... bah

[optical illusions 2002]

Not bad

I hope you're not one of them who send those pesky chain e-mails of optical illusions, because I've received EXACTLY the same e-mail (more than once) containing the same images with the one you showed on the slide show. The good thing here is in some of the illusions have interactive "before" and "after" slides like the horizontal bars and the circles. Actually I acknowledge your creative mind to put them in flash, but my next question is, should it be in the games section? Well it's ok if you said 'yes', I'm just asking ;).

Swaheely responds:

i brother got the email that you are problebly talking about so i told him to send me them then i put them in a flash movie and by the way its in the game/interactive because my movie is a bit interactive

[Better Drawing in Flash]

You brought ideas!

Good idea! Where's the 'previous page' button? Good Idea, I really mean it.

capn-g responds:

Thank you. And since you were so nice, I've now added a "previous" button.

[FBMG 1]

Haw haw haw haw

I like senseless joke

Scrogginaut responds:

thank u