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[Hollywood Zombies]

Good old assassination

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Score: 7 / 10
Summary: Good old assassination
Review: Good old assassination with a twist, I mean. Usually, they're alive when we kill'em.

Nice lil' game you got here. I actually enjoyed it!

Graphics and animation
These were simple sprites, even though there were some parts that were hand-drawn. These weren't, however, animated. Only the sprites were. The sprites looked good, but lack of animation. And more blood, or at least gore.

Gameplay
It's an entertaining game, it really is. I play games because I just want t play something quick, fun and easy, and this was all of that. Maybe a little short, maybe a little easy, and maybe a simple plot, but I still foound assassinating dead ones fun. Loved the Lincoln-pun.

Soun
It was okay, but not very noticeable. Seeing as this was a comedy-game, you should have gone with a fun tune. Add some sound when the rifle shoots. That's pretty important.

Overall a fun time-waster, but no great game. Could do with a little work.

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Samanus responds:

Thanks for the review! I'm glad you enjoyed playing it. I'll definitely add more sound to it when I revise it. Thanks again!

[Interactive Kitten]

Needs more to do

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Score: 6 / 10
Summary: Needs more to do
Review: And by that, I mean, there isn't enough in here to call it an interactive kitten.

I expected something like a tamagotchi, but this is nothing like it.

Graphics are okay, the kitten looks like a kitten, and the animations look good as well, even though there's pretty little of it. I like the backgrounds, and the fact that you can change them. Still would like you to work a little more on all of the graphics in here.

Seeing as this is supposed to be like having a real kitten, you need a lot more features. Feeding, petting, letting the cat out in the nature, play with it, stuff that you'd do with a regular kitten. Make it necessary to click it to pet it, not just to hover the mouse over it, as that's kinda boring.

Music was really not good. Sure, the RAB theme could go, but it wasn't looped well. The others didn't fit in with this cute cuddly kitten at all. Try out something else, much cuter. I'm just glad I could mute it. But keep some sound. It'd be way boring without it. You could even throw in some meowing sounds and purring.

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[Scary Maze 2]

Completely unoriginal

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Score: 1 / 10
Summary: Completely unoriginal
Review: This is a joke that has been done over and over and over, and I'm getting really tired of it, as I don't find it funny any longer.

I'm giving you points, the graphics looks decent, and you can't cheat by right clicking. I'm giving you minus points because this has been done over and over and over.

You should add some levels, vary the game a little more, and remove the scare.
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[Piggy123s flash tutorial]

Didn't learn anything at all

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Score: 1 / 10
Summary: Didn't learn anything at all
Review: This must be the least helpful tutorial I've ever seen. Not to be mean or disrespectful or anything, but this left me more confused than I was before I viewed it.

You need to tell the viewer more about what is going on.

There was no graphic, except for some buttons which were hard to distinguish. Some were unclickable. No animation.

Sound was non-existant, except for the annoying voice of "flashy". Luckily that didn't goo on for ever.

The tutorials weren't helpful. They were just plain text pasted into here. It didn't tell me where to put it, what it did, what it meant, what the result would be, nothing. You need to make these like the person yu were talking to knew nothing about actionscripting, oonly then will you be able to make a good tutorial.

Explain, take it step by step instead of throwing all of it out there, organize it, make it look better, more inviting. Delete this whole project, and start over from scratch.

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piggy123 responds:

ok i will

[human actions drawing tut]

Decent, at best

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Score: 4 / 10
Summary: Decent, at best
Review: I'm sure it was helpful to some, but I just don't think this tutorial cuts it.

First off, the graphics weren't any good. I mean, they were good enough to make out what they were supposed to be, but you need to practice on your drawing skills. One usually doesn't need much skill to make a tutorial about a topic, but this is basic drawing of a human body, so skill is required.
There wasn't any animation.

Tutorials usually have step-by-steps, to tell you what to do next. This was pretty much just phase by phase, with no text. You should try to add some text, to say what you are doing. Also, the text was pretty hard to make out at times.

Audio was nice, but some people want it to be quiet, so I suggest a mute button. Also, a back or replay button, so that people can go back to previous steps.

Tips for future submissions: Try to organize it better, and add text. Write the text, don't draw it. Try to explain whatever you're doing at every step. Good luck!

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piggy123 responds:

ok sure

[A Christmas Story SB]

Soundboards

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Score: 7 / 10
Summary: Soundboards
Review: To be honest, I'm slightly biased right here. See, I don't really like soundboards. People say it's good for prank phone calls, but they rarely work out good.

This is one of the better I've seen. It's got lots of sounds, it's not painful to look at, and the sound quality is pretty good. Simple colors, simple backgrounds, but not that extra part that makes it a really good soundboard. I know it must be hard to make a really good soundboard, because it should need that little extra thing. Instead of just pressing buttons and hearing things, I mean.

Conclusion is, that this is one of the better soundboards I've seen. The filesize is large, I'm pretty sure you could make it a little smaller by compressing or converting and whatnot, and it needs something more to bring it into my awesome-book.
Good soundboard!

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Frenzy responds:

Thanks for the review!

~ Z

[Ultimate NG Quiz]

Average, no better.

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Score: 7 / 10
Summary: Average, no better.
Review: Well, I'm not saying this is a bad lil' quiz, cus it isn't.

Graphics makes it look really newgroundsy. Only thing I could complain about would probably be the pixelated buttons when they're clicked. Other than that, it looks nice.

Sadly, it's not the most original kind of quiz. It's been done before, and again, and again. At least this one isn't the same, as most of them mostly are regarding the functions on NG, the hard one here was really hard.

One thing I'd really like to mention is that you should let the players know how much is left of the quiz. Questin 15/20, instead of just Question 15. I never got to the end though, I couldn't even finish Easy, so I don't know what the reward is, and how many questions there are.

To sum it up: Try to make something a little more original. The music was great, great choices for the quiz, and the questions were diverse and fit very well under the difficulty you'd set. The easy ones were pretty easy, the harder ones were harder. One more thing I forgot to mention: When you have that much space, there's no reason to push all of the text into one lil' corner. Use the space you're given!

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[Thing-Thing Arena 3]

Customization

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Score: 9 / 10
Summary: Customization
Review: I honestly don't like this game, but that is merely because I suck at it. Platform fighting games, or whatever they're called, games of this genre.

But this is an unusally well made game. Meaning simple, Madness-ish graphics, that still looks great, and yes, I'm aware that Thing-Thing is a series.

Customizable characters, loads of weapons, loads of enemies, simply a great and entertaining game that contains bucketloads of diverse entertainment for any individual. That is, unless you're like me, and don't like these kinds of games.
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[Sonny 2]

Flash gaming perfection

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Score: 10 / 10
Summary: Flash gaming perfection
Review: Man, these games, Sonny and Sonny 2, has kept me alive through countless classes at school. They never seem to end! You pick your path, you stick with it, you train, you fight, you buy items, you sell items, and you progress through the main storyline, which is incredibbly well done, considering.

There are multiple difficulties, and each one fits their target perfectly. Easy difficulty, actually easy, hard, actually hard. I'm aware that they aren't named that, though. Heroic and whatnot.

The graphics are very well, and the animations during attacks are silky smooth. I very much like how cutscenes work, and I like how vendors and enemies act when confronted. No two playthroughs are identical, as you can change your style, as I mentioned, to suit your playing style.

An entertaining, at times lifesaving, game, that anyone can play, no matter how skilled they are, or how bad they are at playing.
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[FPA: World 2]

Now, that's fancy

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Score: 9 / 10
Summary: Now, that's fancy
Review: The games on the all-time top 50 list are really something. Incredible and entertaining, the whole bunch.

This is no exception. FPA: World 2, a follow-up of the original Fancy Pants Adventure, is not only as good as the previous one, but even better. There is even more fun in this action-packed game, and I can tell you, you won't grow tired of it, if you start playing it.

Don't let the stick-figure-ish graphics fool ya. The animations are smooth, and the gameplay is so simple that even a 7-year-old should manage to play it, without problems. Still, it's entertaining enough to keep everyone occupied. The levels are plentifull, and not really hard. Which might be the only minus to this game. Apart from the simple graphics, the game is too easy and slightly repetitive.

Either way, entertaining, fun, and most of all, Fancy.
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