Battosai810's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Click The Skeletons]

Charming, yet shallow.

The gameplay in this is really, really, stupidly simple. Click the skeletons. Can't go wrong with that, but it doesn't make for much of a game. However, the art and sound come together and make it work. The music is straight out of a game from the 70's, as are the graphics. If it weren't for these, this flash would likely be blammed. Because of the art and sound, I'm giving this a 6, where the gameplay alone would only deserve a 1.

Really hoping you can put your talents to use and make a bigger, better game soon. Whether it used the old school style (which was excellent) or not, I wish you luck in the future.

superluminescence responds:

Thanks very much, that's lovely to read - it achieved all I'd aimed for.

I'm not sure I'll ever make a game much bigger (I am awfully fickle) but I appreciate the comment.

[NG Flagging Guide 2]

An excellent guide.

Although I personally knew most of these facts already, I can see this being a really useful guide for less experienced Newgrounders. Lots of people could stand to learn how to write reviews and flag abusive ones, and I'm really happy someone took the time to tell them how in a flash submission.

The layout of this was rather good and easy to navigate. It looked simple, yet good. Stylistically it fit with Newgrounds' overall look, which was another nice quality.

The 10/10 rating is for the quality of writing and usefulness of this guide, rather than artistic quality. Good work!

Little-Rena responds:

A lot of people don't like the simple look much, glad you did :)

[5 Min. to Kill (Yourself)]

Interesting!

I really loved this game back when it came out on AdultSwim.com, and it's nice to see it here too. I love the visual style to the game, and the concept is still a novel one. I must ask though, are you scouting NG for flash talent or just posting your games?

AdultSwim responds:

We're always looking for new people to work with on new games, yes. If they come from NG, great.

[Tors vrede]

Fun, manly, and a little buggy

I love the character designs for this game - pretty ridiculous, and really characterful. Overall the visuals were very nice.

Glitches abound, as you said in your author comments. When you hold the hammer button down on an enemy it just keeps making hammer sounds, and when enemies die (like the giants) they just fall down through the screen and keep hitting you. Fix these glitches and this'll be a seriously good game.

Overall a good start!

TommySegrar responds:

Thank you.
Yes the game is pretty glitchy, maybe I'll fix them some day when I have the time.

[Zombie-Mayhem]

Cool concept!

It's like a horror version of Root Beer Tapper. Graphics were really smooth and well animated, and the animation/sound combination for shooting the people tied to posts were pretty hilarious. Maybe I'm just sick, but that's what I thought.

Only question is why were they tied to posts?

Solid game all around!

D-SuN responds:

Part of the story is that gagging yourself to a post stops the zombies from attacking you...
Thanks for your review!

[Polimon]

Fantastic Pokemon parody

And a great representation of American politics as well.

The game play was a great approximation of the Pokemon formula, with different moves being effective against other Polimon. The graphics were also very nice and simple, which echoed the old Pokemon games as well.

My only real concern is that some Polimon use self-delusion too often and become nigh invulnerable. A friend of mine is playing and can't beat a conservative blowhard because he's used up all his moves and the blowhard keeps healing back to full health. I didn't have this problem too often, but he's dead in the water.

Regardless, it's a great parody and I look forward to seeing what other kinds of politics you can skewer soon!

ChrisEvans responds:

Thanks for the feedback.

I agree with you (and others) that I need to fine-tune the "Self-Delusion" so it's a little less frequent. Though one way to keep them from self-deluding themselves is to confuse or put them to sleep when they get low on health. :)

Thanks everyone for the great feedback so far!

[Heroine Hero (South Park)]

Been done.

Someone else already made a Heroin Hero game here on Newgrounds. It came out around the same time as the episode, back when the joke wasn't quite so overplayed. Was funny then, old news now.
Also, it's spelled "Heroin." "Heroine" is the title of a female protagonist.

razzy07 responds:

Oh,Sorry and I know it was already done,I just felt bored.

[iPod Touch-ish]

Best OS type parody I've seen

Parodies of OS' are dime a dozen these days. Yours stands out, which is pretty rare. Being able to kind of browse newgrounds was pretty cool, even if you couldn't watch all the flashes in-browser (helps that I found my flash in there too :D)
Anyway, solid parody/tribute to the iPod touch, really curious how you can improve for the next one!

Matty2-and-a-half responds:

You can't load external flashes into a flash and quite frankly, it'll take much too much time to do. ;-)

[Toast: Game]

Fun!

I love jumping around as the little toast guy - this game was alot of fun, but a little difficult in some parts. But then again, what's a platformer without some difficulty?
5'd - this could make it to the front page.

Hacker12 responds:

Lol I don't think its good enough for the front page but I like your enthuziasm or how ever you spell it. Thanks for the input ^^