simbrian's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Shop Empire]

Great fun

Awesome game. Great way to pass some time.

The only problem that bothered me was managing my staff. I had trouble finding my staff that I had already hired in order to assign them to a certain floor. A screen where you can see a list of all staff members and their level/floor assignment would be a great thing to include in future games.

LittleGiantWorld responds:

Just click 'the employer button' at the top of the screen, you can manage your employes easily

[Shmusicup]

Very enjoyable

Small issue: Some of the spider's bullets are the same color as the background. Not sure if that's intentional or not.

It's nice how we can choose our own difficulty and play with our favorite songs. Thank you for an enjoyable experience.

Tzai responds:

Hi simbrian, thanks for your feedback! We will take note of it. Glad to hear that you liked the game!

[PSN Protector]

enjoyable

I can see how the omnidirectional attack confused Playstation's defenses.

Other than the lag making it unplayable it was an enjoyable game. I would have liked it if my server had a turret that shot occasionally to give me a hand.

Kenney responds:

Sorry about the lag but I've fixed it in version 1.5. Thanks for notifying me of the bug, helps me make my games better.

[Friday: The Game]

I've never felt so much win.

I had a hell of a time cleaning my dress but it was worth it in the end. This is the most rewarding game I have ever played.

Stunning visuals, brilliant story, amazing soundtrack. Best game ever.

thinking-man responds:

Really?

[Fucking Bugs]

Not bad

-It would be awesome if enemies were a different color. They aren't easy to see if they are on your hill.
-You should not share hitpoints with your hill.
-Add enemies that shoot. Give us a reason to jump - to dodge enemy attacks
-take away the ability to shoot while eating. It was way too easy.

This might make a good platformer too. Maybe a light story, different upgrade paths. Good potential.

MrRandomist responds:

i guess its just player prefrence but if we disabled shooting while eating a lot of complaints would come out :)
but you do state some good points that we could improve on!

[Spectrum TD]

not bad

I've played worse TD's before.

Things I noticed:
-Upgrades only make a small difference. Beginning towers soon become totally obsolete. Tower rebalancing should be considered.
-No fast-forward button. Bosses take a while to kill and I found myself browsing other websites while waiting for a wave to finish
-Serious slowdown (even on low quality) in the later levels.

Other than that it was a pretty enjoyable TD. Replay value would increase if you made it so that it is not possible to get every tower in one game.

3D-xelu responds:

Yeah.. we'll probably work more on towers ballancing , and.. the replay value idea sounds nice :D

[Did You Know: Christmas]

a lttle difficult

But still enjoyable. That voice is annoying though.

OliverKO responds:

Keep trying - it gets easier!

Also be sure to look up the trivia to find out more about the topics presented, it's all interesting stuff.

As mentioned above, the voice will get a cut if we make another quiz game! ;)

[Green Protector]

excellent start

It looks nice and it's a good concept, just a few issues that need to be sorted out before it's a good TD:

1. You gave us unlimited money by allowing us to control our money production. That completely defeats the purpose of a TD game. You can fix this by having the price for those crops increase each time you buy one.

2. Please add a hotkey for Upgrade.

3. If the money from the crops went straight to the bank instead of having to mouse-over it that would be nice.

Everything else is pretty decent. Fix those things, try to balance out the money income, and this will be a great game.

frozz responds:

thank you, nice sugestion.
btw you can upgrade the tower by pressing 'Z' key and sell it by pressing 'S' key

[FG Filler]

a simple, enjoyable game

Good filler, just a few things you forgot/issues:

-I really don't like the grunting noise it makes when you lose a life. Please pick another sound for that if you make another.
-There was nothing telling me how much I had to fill in. I figured it was 60% only by experiment. A message at the beginning of each level would be handy.

Fireflash85 responds:

Just read the instructions page in-game. Then you know you have to fill 60%.

[Chromium]

epic soundtrack

Most of the score i've given you is for the soundtrack. It's freakin' epic man.

Gameplay itself is just alright. I noticed no real change in difficulty. It got boring pretty quickly. Enemies also seemed tricky to hit as well for some reason.

I would have really liked to see permanent weapon upgrades in this game. Oh well, it's still decent.

ChromeShark responds:

Thanks goes to Madboss for the music, I also think that it made the game. I agree that a few twists later into the game could've gone down well, but after making the 30+ enemies here I was pretty beat! Maybe next time. Thanks a lot for the review.