full-metal-albatross's Reviews

[Carol of the Trolls]

okay

I wouldn't be lying if I said I wish I thought of this first. Personally I don't think it's that annoying, but that's probably because I listen to Nickelback.

OOOoooo, get Troll'd Nickelback!

Yusuf responds:

lol, thanks.

[SAW 4D]

ha ha

I actually thought you were going to show how the scenes would have actually gone in real life but this was good too. This is what I consider to be classic newgrounds. Completely random animation with bad quality art, Jpegs and of course nudity. High five for keeping it real.

Yea, he could have just climbed up the chain, but that would have been really cool, unexpected and a total shock. They realized after saw 3, having surprising and intelligent endings was totally gay and the audience agrees. <--(sarcasm)

hulster responds:

haha well i agree even to your sarcasm, to bad it is really hard to make an real anime about it.
because i have many spoof ideas.

thanks for the review

[Pokemon Flash Version 1]

okay

That was really good, I hope you turn this into a series. I actually lauged out loud several times. especially when link randomly appears.

Excellent parody of the original pokemon games and all the pop culture and other video game references were funny as hell too. This was surprisingly well animated for a project of this type, great job.

You are looking at a very successful series, try to gain some exposure.

[Tankmen: Battle 3]

addictive

This game is very repetetive but highly addictive, I could't help myself from grinding until level 50. I found it to be very easy so maybe add a difficulty setting because I didn't lose one battle the whole game.

I was surprised there was no achievement for buying every single item in the game and the $5000 weapons aren't any better than the $1000 weapons so perhaps next time, have better weapons increase damage, speed, etc.

The one and only way to keep this kind of game from being repetitive is by adding cutscenes and a story to give the game some cinematic value. The player needs something to look forward to and motivate them to continue leveling because the average person isnt going to play to level 50 without some sort of reward to look forward to.

I really want to get 10 million experience but that would mean spending days of grinding and I just don't want to. Is there anything special after level 50?

[Kock Kombat]

hilarious

Who knew you could have so much beating kocks. The brown kock really tried to jerk me around and at times he seemed too hard. But I picked up speed and beat him until he exploded all over the place. I truly am the master of beating kocks.

Sorry, but I'm too mature to make any cock jokes, I actually take reviews seriously.

[Undead End Hardcore]

very fun

Very fun game with a little replay value. Alright, so this game is definitely has the "classic" feel to it. Seriously felt like I was playing some metal slug/splatterhouse.

The music, although by different artists, fit together nicely. I really enjoyed the title screen song actually, which is probably why it's the title screen song.

The graphics were OUTstanding, I mean, if you just look at the detail put into the backgrounds and some of the foregrounds. It looks amazing and brings up all kinds of nostalgia. Your art seriously makes this game stand out for me because there are so many things going on per frame I can't even stand it.

The gameplay itself was exciting, fun and surprisingly difficult which really gave me a splatterhouse vibe. I did find it a little easy though, what with having infinite lives and checkpoint respawns. But I suppose people today can't handle classic throw-the-controller-at-the-tv difficulty. I found the melee attacks to be a tad underpowered, especially with the scarcity of the guns at some parts. It doesn't matter though because if you die, you just respawn at the same area with plenty of fresh ammo; Which I find a little too easy. A minor complaint I have is that the zombies come down to a certain point before they move forward to attack. Well, I found that you are unable to hit them when they come at you from the highest angle. Even though my bullets pass through their upper legs it doesn't hit them. This makes it a little annoying because you have to run backwards, re-adjust and then fire which causes you to take hits most of the time. Also, I found that the light at his hip is in a fixed position so when you attack and his body moves, the light does not. I'd hate to say it's unrealistic because of the game this is but it just bothers me a bit.

I was surprised to see so many recent game references, especially since this is supposed to be a recreation of late 80's, early 90's arcade games. I did catch some older references, whether they were intentional or not but still it seemed valve was a big inspiration to you. The main character even looks a bit like Ellis. The ending really messed with me too, I wasn't sure if the zombies end or not so after several attempts and failures I gave up and just ran for the jeep.

Overall, this is a solid game that you can come back to and enjoy. Replayability is often very hard for me to find in a shooter flash game.

5 out of 5 / 9 out of 10
Graphics: *****
Sound: *****
Gameplay: *****

P.S. - I'm sure I'm just an idiot but I wasn't really clear on the whole collecting tanks thing, maybe you could elaborate. I killed every enemy in the game and went every I could go but I never I had 0 tanks at the end of the level.

dogget76 responds:

:) Dude, you are my hero! Thanks a lot!

[8-Bit End-Game Credits]

you know

I don't frequent the audio portal much but I'm glad I took a peak today. I don't know if it's just nostalgia or how you made this song but it gives me a warm feeling inside. I feel that you captured what 8-bit music was all about and I can totally picture the game this would go to. Have you ever played Kickle's Cubicle for NES? The end credit music for that game sounds very familiar to this at a certain point and I think that is what you captured with this song. Weird how something so simple can stir up such feelings of joy.

MetaKnowledge responds:

I'm really glad you liked it, thanks for the review. I haven't played Kickle's Cubicle, but I was very inspired by end credits such as Mario Land on the Game Boy, etc. The songs sound rather whimsical and were really imprinted on my memory as a child, alongside that feeling of happiness to see the end of the game. It's great to feel the effect that video game music and the video games have effected our lives.

[Star Crusader - Simulator]

finally

The song doesn't have a bass kick going, boom, boom, boom, throughout the whole song. As far as the cover goes, it's pretty accurate to the original but at the same time it isn't. In fact, I like this much more than the original because it has more energy behind it and it really brings out the "bounce" in the song. You can actually hear all the instruments unlike the old one where that terrible space synthesizer sound overpowers everything else.

I remember playing a little bit of this game when I was a kid and I thought it was badass. Seeing it now though... Time was not good to it. I don't know if you can find these games anymore but look up, rage of mages and Shogo. I still play Rage of Mages once in a while and it's just as much fun now as it was back in the 90's. Shogo is a game about mechs as well as a bunch of FPS action with lots of gore which = awesome.

Treviabot92-Virstein responds:

You seriously played that game? Wow, and here I was thinking that it was unduely unpopular. Obviously not, and thank God for that.

Thanks for the review!

[Console War]

holy fuck!

This song rocked my fucking world! The energy in this song is explosive and your vocals are insane. This reminds me of 80's hair metal, motorhead and south park. This song is seriously one of the most epic songs I have ever heard and I would totally buy your album if you have one.

[Have a Rabbid Xmas!]

amazing

excellent work buddy, no doot aboot it.

[whos the man]

lol

All your favourite characters in one comic strip and it's hilarious to boot! The only thing that would make this better is if the first guy wasn't a random. Also, your art style is excellent and the shading looked pretty good too.

[Canucks]

ha ha awesome

Bob and Doug's Canucks cereal! I am a Calgary fan but I would still buy it because they are two of my favourite comedians.

P.S. All of Western Canada speaks with a normal english accent, none of this aboot crap and Cahrr (car)