FattyWhale's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Maximillian B.]

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^^Good Points^^
From what I can understand, seems like the game is sort of like Lemmings, which is of course a good game to base one off of. The retro style of graphics is cool, but the game needs to be better.

^^Needs Improving^^
The instructions are a little odd. I had to read them twice after playing around to understand what i had to do. Try to add some pictures into that to make things more clear. Also, the game just seems a little too hectic for me. I had no idea how to lead the little electric things into the ending, since it looks like they just move randomly. Some help here?

jdcasten responds:

Thanks for the comments-- I agree the instructions need to be clearer-- I'll try to add pictures. BTW Maximillian B. was originally published in 1987 - Lemmings came out 4 years later in 1991!

[BobHacker]

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^^Good Points^^
This rendition of pac-man was probably above average compared to a lot of others on NG. You had a unique storyline added in and unique characters, as well as new graphics throughout and good music.

^^Needs Improving^^
Still, the flashy graphics don't really make up for the fact that it is just a normal pac-man game with no special game play features to set it apart.

[Minotaur]

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^^Good Points^^
This game was pretty fun and of course pretty nostalgic. Reminds me of some games I used to play on the C64. The graphical style is very reminiscent of this, which I like, and the game play takes some brains to play, which makes it very challenging. Even easy mode isn't so easy to play. The upgrades and items were all cool to add to this. I really liked the game, overall very good effort on this one.

^^Needs Improving^^
Some more instructions would be nice. I would have liked to know what a trap looked like at some point before I actually stepped in one.

[Fish Survival]

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^^Good Points^^
This game was decent. I liked the music, cool song. The sound effects weren't terrible either. Lots of sprites in here, and some of them were animated pretty well.

^^Needs Improving^^
The controls are a little annoying, as you can't go on angles, and you have to come to a complete stop before turning around. I also don't like how the game is set up. The whole survival things of this is not very fun, as I collect all of the coins and moneys and then just swim around for a good thirty seconds.

[Pandemic]

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^^Good Points^^
This seems like a very interesting game, I just wish I knew how the hell to play it. The music was eerie, which set a good mood, and overall good concept for a game.

^^Needs Improving^^
I'm not really impressed by this game. Your instructions cover only the very basics, and I really had no idea what the hell I was doing after reading them and your tip. I found myself just mindlessly clicking the go button and watching people die. I had no problem killing all of the world except for Africa, but alas, playing again would have no purpose, as I have no idea how I did what I did in the first place. Really this game needs a whole lot of rework in instructions and interface.

Blips responds:

Yes you can uncheck old attributes, but they require more points to uncheck. Thanks for the review.

[Duck Luck Character Quiz]

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^^Good Points^^
A pretty good character quiz. I've never watched the movies, but this quiz may actually make me go back and watch the movies. The quiz was well made, good questions and a good explanation when the quiz was over. The graphics were smooth, and I liked the music in this game.

^^Needs Improving^^
Every character quiz or personality quiz has a link to copy that will give you a sig picture or something, this one is missing that. I think it would be a good thing to add.

Review Request Club

[Chuck Norris vs. HELL!]

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^^Good Points^^
Well, I liked the music. It fit the Hell setting of this game. The cast of characters was very interesting.

^^Needs Improving^^
Well, this game has a lot wrong with it. First off, it's way too easy. I found myself taking damage about a minute into the game, but it seemed like I never actually ran out of health, and I eventually just quit the game. There is no score, no levels, making for a very average and boring game. Work on the animations and sound effects too.

[Tutorial Basics Actions]

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^^Good Points^^
It's good how you did a little animation with Flash as the background, which makes things easier to understand.

^^Needs Improving^^
Well, this is a very empty tutorial. You had the bare minimum of making a button. There is a lot more to making a button, like Up, Down, Over, etc. Also, a tutorial on just buttons better have more than just that. This just had some basic script that can already be found in numerous tutorials. I learned nothing from this.

[Chunk Snowball]

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^^Good Points^^
This was kind of fun to play around with. I had no idea what the hell the people were saying, but it was still pretty funny to hear them complaining. The graphics were good, and the game was pretty fun to watch.

^^Needs Improving^^
Doesn't offer much in replay value. Once you hit a few windows the game isn't too interesting. It would be better if you had a bigger variety of clips, maybe from different sources.

[Mr Stunt Butt : Interact]

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^^Good Points^^
The graphics were definitely the best parts about this. You definitely put some detail into this that made it a even a little bit disgusting to me, but I guess that means it served its purpose. Good animations and very good sound effects as well.

^^Needs Improving^^
I just don't like the feel of this. Like I said, it's pretty disgusting, which I don't like, and I just found the humor of it to be a little bit childish for me to like a lot.