TheShepard's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Punk-o-matic]

Let me know if you guys like this! Made it myself! I tried to make a legit song. I suppose its name is "The Warhorse Rides"

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[Total Rickall Massacre]

This game was surprisingly awesome. Getting to know everyone and figure out who the parasites were was both funny and challenging at the same time. Would be more interesting if the human characters had multiple questions you could ask them and it was up to you to root out the bad memory you had of them.

[Gragyriss, Captor of Princesses]

This game is alright. I agree with most people saying it's too short and lacks content. You say it's a strategy game... but I ask you where is the strategy? It's more of an idle game in my opinion.

[Current Tycoon]

It's uh... pretty bad, sorry man.

[Creeping]

Hard, but worth the effort.

I admit, when i first played this game i found it tough. I was immediately slaughtered by the bad guys. And I had trouble when i ran from cover to cover and tried to hide behind a box only to find i was not exactly in the right spot to take cover, was then discovered, and then had to restart the level.

But, once I got the hang of it i couldn't get enough. Teleporting around the bemused bad guys as they take cover and look for you in a metal gear solid type style really made me giggle. The bosses were plenty difficult, could have gone for more though, and that last boss, well, damn, took me nearly an hour to kill him.

What I really enjoyed about the game is that it is non linear in the sense of how you could accomplish the mission, sure you can kill all the bad guys in a huge fire fight, but you can also kill them with stealth, you can attack them and then hide and they will have trouble finding you, or you can have a mixture between sneaking around and killing them.

The weapons drop system was fantastic as well, it supplied the player with enough ammo to get the job done, but not enough to abuse the weapons you found.

I found myself cursing as i shot at a guy and he would take off running (another good addition by the way) to find some cover. Only to heal himself over time just as you could (by the way I love games where the main character is just as good as the bad guys, and it is the skill of the player to make him better.)

I applaud you, and say "Well done sir!"

I look forward to playing more games you make.

[Valthirian Arc]

It was lacking...

While you had a good idea. I found the game boring and trite.

Right off the second quest i clicked on was an errand quest. To my amazement i found this gave me the same, if not more xp and gold as a hunt quest while taking one fourth the time. I spent four in game months only doing errand quests and had all four of my first batch of students up to level 30, with max weapons.

What is the point of the hunt quests i ask?

The hunting quests arn't even that fun, as i ran around with my main guy I grew furious as the other three students would get caught not knowing how to walk around a one by one square lake. I mean c'mon! How difficult is it to make semi-decent AI that can go around the natural obstacles that are in almost every hunt quest level. Now, I saw that you included the "gather students" key, and when i found that out i figured it might make the game a little better. Instead i was pushing shift every five to ten seconds. What the hell? I was pushing shift almost as much as i was clicking the mouse. I ended up just doing errand missions because the hunt missions were so aggravating.

Now i really enjoyed the idea of the game, and the eight bit sprites really brought me back. But if the funnest thing in your game to do is watch the progress bar slowly go from one side to the other and then receive xp you might as well have made a waiting game full of those bars, oh wait, you basically did.

Sorry, but i was unimpressed.

P.S.

Why did that girls with the rabbit animal always popup every third week. That was unnecessary. I GET IT! EVERY FOURTH WEEK I WILL BE CHECKED BY THE KING NOW, GO AWAY!