FutureCopLGF's game Reviews on Newgrounds

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Wow, this game really surprised me, especially for something that was made in just one day (though I usually try not to let that affect my judgment)! While the game was very minimalist graphically, the presentation and flow of the game as it introduced concepts using musical cues and text was superb and really got me into the whole purification business. My only frustrations were that I would prefer being warped to the previous room, not the beginning, on death, and that I feel like the final purification spree didn't need so much resistance from the tough enemies as it kinda halted the flow a bit. A great example that you don't need super intense graphics to make something so hard-hitting!

adriendittrick responds:

Thanks for reaching the end :)
Also what, did you expect ending the world to be EASY? :p
There are overpowered beings who actually LIKED this world and don't want to see it destroyed.

[Vestavia Hills]

A very nice proof-of-concept and an interesting twist on the Hotline Miami formula to combine it with zombie horde modes! The general core gameplay felt very good, shooting up and punching zombies was satisfying and it was cool to see the difficulty ramp up bit-by-bit (though maybe it ramped up too slowly as I didn't get to the behemoth without feeling like I had already seen everything beforehand). Would love to see this game fully fleshed out with bigger environments, more enemies and more weapons to give a real sense of progression and a goal to go for as it has a real good core to work off of!

There were some glitches that were annoying though. Reloading single shot guns like the shotgun and magnum allowed you to keep reloading past full and waste ammo. Doors were annoying to open/close at times, and pointless: surely doors should be a way to impede zombies by using them as barricades by tactically closing them or knock over zombies by opening them ala Hotline Miami? Maybe allow windows to be blocked as well like other horde mode games?

MD-Wade responds:

Thank you very much for the kind words! The reloading bug should be fixed. New features and improvements planned as well! Thank you for playing!!

[Desun]

A bit strange to call it a tower defense game when you don't build towers and don't defend a tower, but nonetheless, it's a fun little horde game and I understand the naming despite the confusion. I had a good time for around 15 waves or so, but by then, it kinda wore thin as it didn't feel like the powerups or the levels or the enemies were expanding in significant ways fast enough to keep interest. Still, the game has a nice, all-together good feel to the art, sound, animation and design that I think with some additional content such as new mechanics, enemies, levels and such it could be really great!

DagonDev responds:

Thanks for the feedback!!

[Stones of Anarchy: Flight of the Stone]

Got some cool goofy style to it, but right now its a bit too janky for me to make progress. The clicking is way too demanding for my old bones unfortunately, and even when I go all super saiyan clicking, it doesn't look good to watch the stone jitter around: could stand to see some smooth movement. Death comes way too fast as well: would like to see the stone crash and burn a bit more before going to the death screen.

StonesOfAnarchy responds:

"Would like to see the stone crash and burn a bit more "
;(

[Spell Guardian]

Very cool game! Once you get upgraded and such, its a lot of fun blasting, dashing, slicing, and jumping your way through the dungeon! Feels good to chain together the different types of moves you can do. Learning how to do those moves at the start, however, can be difficult. I feel like the game has too many buttons at the moment, and could stand to condense them (for example, you could get rid of the interact key and instead use up/down as interact, which gels with the way the game uses arrows over interactable objects). The game also does not help with teaching you controls: press jump to jump doesn't tell me what key to press, haha! Sword also feels way too weak: I feel like the sword should have one more point of damage to be able to one hit basic enemies instead of two-hitting them, as it deserves that since its a much more riskier weapon than the staff to use since you gotta get so close. Really love this game: felt great finding all the secrets and loved the boss fights and everything about this was so awesome (its just that learning the controls is a pain at the start!)

EDIT: Made it all the way to the end! Last few levels were rough, but I liked the challenge! Final boss was a lot of fun; felt like the attacks it had were good to fight against, and they had some good touches, like how the fire pillar doesn't do damage immediately, which lets you time a last second dodge to look cool. All in all, a great experience!

IceDrumGames responds:

Thank's man! Glad you liked it. Just watched you twitch channel. I agree with you about all things you mentioned. Sword was pretty hard to balance but it's good in the fights against flying skeletons. I released the game with the button description in the tutorial. But than I added the custom controls because I was tired of different players with different control schemes. I had some programming problems with the description so there is "Jump" to jump tutorial. I agree that it is not good.
P.S. You finished in two rooms before the final boss :)
Thank you for your reviews!

[Horizon 6]

Cool retro aesthetic to this game! I went in expecting something like first-person Defender or Captain Skyhawk, and instead I felt like AVGN trying to land the plane in Top Gun, haha. While it's very clever and impressive that you mapped the entire control scheme to just the mouse, it didn't translate to a fun time as it felt like I was battling my own controls rather than battling for a high score. As it is right now, I think this game could be fun if the intention was to make a fumblecore game like Surgeon Simulator where fumbling and learning the obtuse controls is the fun part. Anyway, once you get past the controls, I feel like the gameplay could use a bit more hype and direction to it: at the moment it feels like you just fly around aimlessly and nothing poses a threat until you run outta fuel. Some more music and sounds, more exciting enemies, a radar and more chatter and this could be something really cool as I think the graphics and explosions are already pretty neat and satisfying!

PatrickOReilly responds:

Thanks so much! That was just the review I needed, and I think I'm going for all those suggestions.

[HardPlatform]

A bit dry, but neverthless has a unique and clever puzzle mechanic that I've never had the pleasure of dealing with before! Had fun going through it, though the level design did seem a bit slapdash and random at thimes, but did make for a fun amount of variation. Could definitely stand to have a lot more juice and pizazz to it, such as music, sound, special effects and such not only to make it more fun and inviting, but it could also be used to illustrate the mechanics better and guide the player.

kbvpneofit responds:

++++
thank

[Hoisted]

A rather interesting and unique golf prototype that is a bit too bare-bones at the moment, but could become something really fun! Controls are a confusing at the moment. I think games like this usually have clicks close to the character be low power, while clicks far away from the player be high power, but this game inverts it. This is a bit of fun to rework your brain to get used to it, but maybe the game could have some sort of instructional graphics to help the player understand this better. Also, its frustrating when the spot you want to place the bomb is off-screen. I wish the game would reward you based on how well you're shooting: at the moment, you get the same fireworks whether you got 1 under par or a hundred over par. It doesn't even give you a scorecard at the end to show you how you did with a medal or something. Basically, its a little bland at the moment and could use a lot of juice, but the concept is fresh and inventive and worthy of expansion!

rmkubik responds:

Thanks! I'm glad you think this prototype has some merits!

I'm hoping to get some time in the future to give the game more polish and structure.

Your comment on controls is interesting! I had it that way originally, but it's intended that the player is propelled away from the explosions triggered on click. However, you're right it's super unclear. I'd love to figure out a better way to show that in the future too.

[Laser Piguin Spring Break]

Not bad! Game definitely oozes style throughout as it all looks very well put together with a professional design and graphics. Gameplay is no slouch as well, especially with the explosions which are very satisfying due to the particle and sound design. Only gripe I would have is that the game is a bit overly simple with no real challenge or sense of objective. While it is nice to shoot due to the satisfying explosions, it still takes a bit too long to get going and doesn't have a real drive to it. Still, it's that very same essence that actually makes it a bit chill and relaxing. I guess I'd just love to see this come back with more to it, like levels or a story, since it is so well put together!

Dezue responds:

Heyho, FuturecopLGF!
Thank you for playing! Glad you liked the game! :)
I agree with you on the simplicity on the game and am gathering ideas to expand on what's there, so expect more Piguin laser fun sometime in the future. Pew pew!
Stay funky,
Dez