Napalmed's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[the Engineer]

Awesome game

Unfortunately i don't have the time to finish it yet, I'll have to come back later to do so though as this game is truly excellent. Well done to all the people involved. I see a lot of people complaining that this game is too hard and i didn't die once up to the sixth level (which I haven't tried but don't have time) so I think those people should review their strategies. Rather than trying to defend the terminal which you'll be walking away from soon anyway, build your turrets at the robot entry points, it's much easier to win that way.

[Shop Empire]

Excellent game

This is a pretty game. There are some things that could be improved, like a zoom out (or at least a layout overview type minimap or something, so you know where your space is), more shops or options even just having a few different graphics for the individual stores so you don't end up with a bunch of the same burger store. Overall though it's a great game. Really took me back to SimTower which I'm assuming inspired this? This is a great modern recreation though xD

[Evolving Machine]

What was this?

Was this even a game? Click. Click. Click. No skill involved, no 'educated guessing'. Just click. Oh, that didnt do anything. Click here instead. All it did was slowly assemble a really badly drawn space ship. I mean, what the hell is 'interactive gaming' supposed to mean anyway? As opposed to what, games that you don't interact with?

If you want to make a game out of this, at least make it so there are different choices which assemble different things. As it is it's just a really slow, boring movie that constantly pauses and makes you guess where the play button is.

[Recordshop Tycoon]

Absolutely excellent game.

This game was really well made but there were some things I think could be better. For a start, the different locations were too close together cost wise. By the time I was comfortably running the first small shop and had a built up a decent cash stockpile I looked to upgrade and realised I could already buy the biggest store, and it was only a few more days after that the whole store was fitted out and I felt like I'd completed all the game had to offer.

So if the stores cost more and had more differences that'd be cool, and also if there were more, and more varied, trophies, ones that actually give you an interesting goal as opposed to just what you were trying to do anyway. Trophies like 'Miss no sales for a week' would be more interesting.

Finally, a lot of people reported numerous bugs but I never ran into any of them, except for one issue I'd say was pretty severe and is what stopped me from finishing the 100 days. After I'd been set up in the biggest store for a while and was raking in a few grand every day, I started one day and the whole flash crashed, hanging the browser and even slowing my system down. I restarted the browser and game, and the exact same thing happened when I started the day again, so I just stopped playing.

In conclusion this game was excellent but a little too short and devoid of content, and that bug and the others that have been reported really need to be fixed. 9 stars because of those problems, 5 vote and I really hope you release an expansion to this or even a sequel because it's just incredibly fun while it lasts.

[Rocketeer]

Good game.

This is a pretty neat game. To be fair I got stuck on level ten and gave up after a few minutes, but until then I liked it. You lose some points for the graphics, but its a good game with a reasonably original concept nonetheless. To the guy who didnt like no restart button - there is one. Space.

VicBiss responds:

Yeah, I was originally going to redo all the graphics but I didn't have the time or the willpower to, lol

[Planet Noevo]

This game looks really good.

Unfortunately for some reason, I was unable to play. Even though I had the latest version of flash player I updated it anyway, and I don't use an adblocker. I get to do everything up to and on the main menu, except when I click Start Game and go to the next menu (about Story Mode/Arcade Mode etc.) I can't click on anything - there are no buttons except Music/FX, and I cant find any keyboard keys that will move me onto the game. It doesn't look like many other people are having this issue, but I'm really hoping to be able to play this. Maybe you can look into it.

[NerveJangla]

Good.

This is a pretty well made game. The basic concept has been done before, but the individual puzzles were unique and the element of randomness means you can get better at it but you also cant just memorise all the answers. Overall pretty balanced and fun, and the medal challenges give it replay value for a little while. To the dude below me (luigiboy10) for the last level, where it says jump, you HOLD click and then release. That was pretty much the easiest thing there so I dont feel I'm giving anything away.

[lint]

Cool little game

Enjoyed it a lot, especially the way it flowed. As to the bug other people were posting about; didn't see it once myself.

[Canabalt]

Fucking great.

Not much more to say a great idea and everything came together, this game just works. My only criticism is trying to jump into the windows; more often then not I would be traveling so fast the timing necessary was not possible. Other than that though, as I mentioned one excellent little time waster.

[Virus (Snake)]

Surprisngly good!

I was expecting a pile of shit to be honest, everyone has seen those crappy generic snake clones that play like shit someone keeps trying to get onto Newgrounds. But it was actually really well made. Nice graphics, good music, well made and overall fun to play, just like the original snake. Massive points off for originality (or lack of) though, but otherwise a top game.