EnjoiLove's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Final Ninja Zero]

THE CONTROLS ARE HOOOOORRIBLE. I hope you were actually even thinking about the control scheme??? The arrow keys are practically next to the mouse, and I'm pretty sure no one is left-handed with the mouse. So I suggest options to change the control scheme because playing with the arrows keys on the bottom left of my keyboard with the mouse on the other made me feel really awkward.

Other then the control schemes, music is good, the pixel based art is good, everything about this game is good. Just fix the damn controls please.

Nitrome responds:

The in-game help clearly states you can use both arrow keys and WASD.

[DN8:Pulse]

A fairly fun game. It's more of a good time waster than anything since both hard and easy are quite to be honest, simple. I completed both sides and I had fun with this game though.

The cons with this game are obvious though.

-When engaging huge amounts of enemies, I think someone mentioned all the bullets they fired kind of made it very "hard" to even see your own ship, so avoiding is somewhat difficult, though I don't know if that was intended.
-I don't know if the difficulty determines this but I quite never understood as to how I die sometimes. On Hard, normally, the big bullets would just graze me, but than the smallest bullet would kill me. On Easy it was somewhat the same but even with full shield I somehow die.
-The perks weren't at all that beneficial. The only ones I really appreciated were 5 lifes, X2 and the Homing Missiles. Everything else was just not usable.

The pros
-Easy understanding of the game, a 4 year old can understand the concept.
-You showed us highlighted lines of where the enemies were too appear, so it help us prepare for the oncoming wave.
-Interesting model designs for all the spacecraft.
-Game got increasingly harder.
-Very colorful game and I loved the backgrounds and 3-D models, I think it was a nice touch.

Very good game, hope you have more interesting ideas for the future.

Squize responds:

Thanks for the review.
I think with the perks they're a personal preference thing. The graze one I think helps a lot, the 5 lives is a no brainer ( With the first DN8 quite a few people suggested you should get all 3 lives back at the start of a level, but I'm not a fan of that, so the lives perk was me trying to find a happy medium between the two ). The homing missile I don't think is all that, it just looks pretty.

As for the dying, it's only the red spot at the centre which is hittable by bullets, so where there's a lot of on-screen action it's sometimes tricky to actually see what killed you.

Great review, thank you.

[A.R.C.S]

This game was really fast paced which I did not expect when I started playing. The very first few missions were probably the easiest in the game, but they progressively got harder and spawned faster than before. Though I do have some pros/cons I'd like to discuss.

Firstly, the cons.
-While it was a challenge using your system of scrolling through weapons, I found myself randomly pressing the wrong keys by mistake because as soon as you're near the 2nd boss or 3rd boss, the game itself becomes SO fast and switching weapons through the arrow keys sometimes made me go too fast. If it was me, I'd feel more comfortable if you can just use the scroll from the mouse to switch weapons since not only are you still able to shoot and concentrate, the scroll just happens to be next to your trigger finger.

-No save point in this game. It was a real bummer when I first lost and I had to start ALL over again. I probably put 1-2 hours into the game but when I finally lost on Hard, well, I kinda regret putting all that time and effort just to do it all over again.

The Pros
- The limited upgrades made this a very good challenging game, not just your boring shooter with so many upgrades that suddenly you're OP.

-The weapons were fun to use though probably I used the pump action the least. I felt each weapons price was fairly priced.

-Graphics were really sharp for pixels! And I liked the idea for that huge robot. I expect to see more of those in your games. I'm now a fan! haha

-The enemy itself was a good challenge. Always making it harder and making us get into the game. The new flying units were probably the most annoying for me though I got through them fairly easily.

So basically, I had alot of fun with this game! Though I think the only downside I can think of while I did not add it in the cons, was the lack of response from your little 3 man squad. Clearly, it's YOU doing the work and destroying. I know their just there for support but they hardly helped to be honest. Same with the droids..though I never got to unlock missiles for them. Maybe tweek the squads AI to respond faster to enemies? To be honest I felt like I was wasting credits on them if they hardly shoot/kill anything while I was playing.

Retromite responds:

Thanks for the feedback =) We actually wanted to use mouse wheel for weapon cycling, since it really is perfect. However, it seems flash doesn't work well with it, depending upon browser, OS, and even portal.

The guys and drones can become quite effective, but we didn't want them making the game go on auto pilot either. Still if you invest heavily into them, they can be quite effective, and an alternate approach to the heavy mech upgrade path.

[Andrew the Droid]

Fun and so easy

The game was so fun and easy, as I said in the title. The game really doesn't need any changes, its quite fairly one of the best plat former games I've played in a while.

The instructions for the game are simple, and fool proof. The upgrades were helpful, especially the clock wise and counter clock wise turns. More over, I'd like to say much more about this game, but the game speaks for itself. Its fun, it rather relaxes me a bit while I figure out the levels, and the countless dialogue always kept me amused. Especially when Andrew died, his comments always made me laugh.

Their isn't much to improve on this game, I wish you luck in the future.

jkari responds:

Thanks, pleasure to read that kind of feedback :) Not many people say this is an easy game.

[Monster Evolution]

Rather fun.

This game rather entertained me quite a bit. Being able to evolve to different monsters and such. Though of course, like all games, their are always set backs. I shall begin with the animation.

The animation of the game was quite toonish, and fun looking. It was rather done impressively. I enjoyed it while I was playing through the lvls. The Monsters animation were also awesome. They all had different forms and they sure all looked different. Good work with that.

The play style of the game was rather easy to understand. Though the set back of the game was boring. For instance, the first monster I choose just bent over and bite a few people, who all had manly screams and disappeared? Usually, when something is eaten, usually blood follows. The people who just bitterly walked around waiting to be eaten was also boring. Maybe once they site the monster, they start to run? It be more of a challenge for the Monster, and would make us all try harder at the game.

The shooters were a good addition to the game, made it hard to play, and thus made it challenging to play. So nothing to fret about the challenges to come in lvls.

I understand this game was rated "suitable for all audiences" but most of Newgrounds are 13 and up. Though of course some under age kids do find this website. Overall, some of us expect blood, since this is a game based on "Monsters", but overall, I loved the game for its animation and simple controls.

Nicely done.

wilsonbb responds:

Thanks for the comment :)
I love blood too! More Blood! Blood! Blood!