GristlyBear's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Zombocalypse]

Glad to see this on Newgrounds!

A great game with a lot of great features! Simple, sleek, and yet sophisticatedly customizable. There are unlockable guns, unlockable upgrades, which means a lot of replay value. Not to mention that within each game, there are achievements to strive for.

I feel greatly privileged to have been offered the opportunity to play test this game, and I absolutely love how it turned out! Best of luck for this and all your future projects!

webufs

IronZilla responds:

Webufs, you are the man!

Thanks for you support as always, and it was great having you on board as a beta tester :)

[Salary Scrapper]

It's an alright game once you're used to it.

This was a pretty good game as far as single-button games go. It's responsive, the art is pleasing to the eye, and there are medals to boot. At first the fact that you can't control horizontal movement was kind of annoying, most notably when I jump those few pixels too early, resulting in death-by-monetary-inflation rather than claiming another paycheck, but in the end it made it a more relaxing game, having to only care about when I jump, rather than frustrating myself with failing to wall-jump or to make that last platform. In that way, the simplicity of the game worked for me.
My other other real issue was the grammar. While it doesn't affect the gameplay per se, in my eyes, bad grammar in a final product isn't appealing. If you would have it checked over by someone who is "good" at english, it wouldn't take too much time, but it would make the game notably better.
Don't get me wrong, I liked the game though!

Also, for you medal-seekers out there, if you read the block of text that appears before you begin the game, it mentions that you're collecting 10 years of pay, hint hint ;)

webufs

[Symphonic Tower Defense]

Great idea for a tower defence!

This game was awesome, particularly for the new spin on tower defences. I typically turn off my music when I play games (repetition is laaame!) so having new songs every time you play a new level is great. Not to mention that I love when things go to a beat, so spawning enemies to a sick song makes me really enjoy this game.
The replay value is there too, not only because of the aforementioned song choices, but due to the difficulty levels (2 is great, I detest having to repeat levels more than 4 times for completionist medals).
Now, I'm not an audio producer, but I also appreciate the exposure this game offers to artists that are involved, which helps out the audio artists too.
Great game, I loved it!

webufs

FrozenFire responds:

The musicians of NG really do some amazing work!

[Fire Starter]

A simple, fun, and well-made game

The sound effects are fitting, funny and appropriate, the movements and game system (combos, scoring by floors, etc) are very well done, and the game is fun to play! One small gripe is that I was unaware of the importance (and even existence) of a wall jumping system. Seeing as it's a pretty integral part of the game, I'd suggest including that in the instructions. Also, I'm sure you guys probably considered it, but lives may have been more useful to me than extra jumps... not that it made the game any less fun!
Overall a great game, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

webufs