knugen's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Year 2121]

Good effort!

I am very impressed by the quality of your first submission, although I know that you have been working with Flash for a while now ;)

I can tell that you really put a lot of effort into this, and code-wise it feels very solid. There are some flaws, like for example I somehow managed to get my amount of metal down to -600, but this is a complex type of game to do and I still think you pulled it off really well!

Graphics were really good as well and there really was only one thing that I do think the game lacks, but that is unfortunately the most important factor: fun. Now, I'm usually not too big of a fan of games like this one, so it might very well be just me who thinks so though. It just felt like there was too little for you to do when you attacked: You have your units, you send them in, and hope for the best. The concept is promising though, and I think that if you expand upon it and give the player more power over the situation, "Year 2323" (or whatever you might choose to call it ;] ) might very well be subject for a daily award of the higher ranks :D

I am giving you a 7/10 with my review, and 5/5 with my vote (normally I would probably have given it 4/5, but I think this is well underrated).

3.11 / 5.00 (+ 0.045)

Keep up the good work!

CaiWengi responds:

I <3 you dreamworx :]

Very helpful review, and I really appreciate it. Ive learnt that I cannot design games very well, which is a shame. I kindof agree with the fun thing, it wasnt deep enough to be a deep game, but too deep to be a shallow game, if you get what I mean.

Thanks for the review

[3D Logic 2]

A rip-off..

I always adored the first 3D Logic, mostly due to the fact that the idea was simply genius. Today however, I heard of a shockwave game called Hyper Frame which have the exact same gameplay and also very similar graphics for the 'cube'.
Apparently 3D Logic is a pure rip-off, and all my respect for this series is now gone.

All there is to this game is some fancy (but unmotivated imo) graphics along with an stolen idea, I don't think that this would have rated at all this high if people knew about this.

[Burger Catch]

About as fun as it was original..

..and that says a lot about a game like this one. I don't think that I've ever seen a stick man catching falling burgers in a game before, but this concept is so old and have been made way too many times. I don't see the point of spamming the portal with every little flash you make, keep them to yourself and just submit when you have something better to offer, cause if anybody still enjoys games like this one there is at least hundreds, probably thousands, better versions of it that they can play instead.

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[Cookies Library]

Pretty neat, but how is it useful?

The summary pretty much says it all; it didn't look too shabby, and I have nothing to complain about the coding... In fact I have nothing at all to complain about, except the fact that I don't see the point with using it?

coolroy responds:

lol there is something in what you say it doesn't really got a point =\
whatever I'm just bored...

[Jag testar liksom]

No good at all..

Not everybody understands Swedish, although this game was so simple it barely needed any instructions. This looks like something you did for a school project or something, and just submit it due to the score boost all submissions get on days like this one.

Pettsoon responds:

I just wanted to testing to submit something here ;) It will be better next time! :)

[Mus Musculus (Mouse)]

No good

This was very lame, success in this game isn't at all based on patience, just how bored you are.. and unfortunately it only makes you more bored. Also, if you're expecting people to sit for such a long time in front of your game to gain prizes you should've added a mute button.

I 'played' this game for about three seconds, I'm just not bored enough.

[Seeker's Story: Escape]

Graphics was awesome, the game not so..

Despite the shortness of this game it took a while to finish due to all the trial and error that was needed; it took several tries before I even made the first jump. Also, I don't know if this is a bug, but sometimes you just don't seem to be able to get those blue things, you just jump right through them.

To sum up, graphics were outstanding and even though the gameplay isn't bad it's nowhere near the graphics' standard.

[Cow Tippin']

Decent

Decent, but not more. The gameplay is really slow, having to stop ever few steps to not alarm the farmer is really frustrating and so is the fact that it can be a really long walk to the cows. The graphics is pretty good, but the game lacks an addictive gameplay.

[Mexican Hat Catch]

Great graphics, but not really a good game.

The title of this review kinda says it all. The graphics is great, and there is nothing wrong with the coding either really. The only thing I don't like about this game is the concept, and a good concept is essential for a good game :/ This type of games is way too unoriginal. I could barely bother to play one round, a high score table would probably be a good way to increase the replay value.

Depredation responds:

I agree with you 100%, the concept isn't original, and i wanted to do something else, we were just restricted to time.

Thanks for the review ;). Good old reg lounge.

[Snowfall]

Neat game

Good work with this game Johan. It's nice to see that you get around to finish a project once in a while ;)
This game would have been an instant 5 if it wasn't an exact copy of another game, but I know that you did it just to practice and to see if you were able to do a game like that :) And I think that you did a pretty good job, even though adding sounds before you released it would have earned you a higher score (and so would more precise collisions), but you still managed to get a 'Decent' score so.. well, congratulations! ;D