SubNoctem's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Weltling Dressup]

A fun dress-up game!?

While playing this, I experienced something I thought I'd never have with a game of this type; enjoyment. When I began saying things like "That bloody apron looks better on a Welting", and began thinking about all of these classic movies done with a welting instead, I realized I was having a damn good time. The outfits look fantastic, true to the movies they were taken from but with a subtle Welting touch-up. I was pleased to see you take the most memorable characters from some truly great movies. From Elvira, to Pinhead, to The Dude. You even had the Gimp! Bravo.

[Blob Farm]

Fun

A nice game whose style has been absent from NG for quite awhile, or at least any worth playing. Good sound quality, Their tiny screams were amusing. A good variety of lethal hazards and fun altogether. Is that ending score from single player or all who play it? If it's for everyone, then it's very rewarding to see your score up for someone else to beat, 5:49. Great work.

[Pixelville Pensioners]

Superb

I found this game delightfully fun to play. It brings wave after frustrated wave of memories from those classic games, which if you have played, really tied into the experience. The subtle references were plentiful and somewhat rewarding to find, and I absolutly loved your sarcasm on B - for I always hated that. I congradulate you on this ZX remniscent masterpeice. Great work.

gavD responds:

What do you mean sarcasm? (heh heh heh!)

Thanks for the review! That's exactly what I was aiming for; the full-on nostalgia kick!

[Ninja Air Combat]

Strangely addicting

An excellent game. Classic Wiesi graphics and fight style. But what made it so great was the powering up. It just made you want to play until you eared every stlye of projectile. Great work.

[Flash2Back: Elevation 2]

A Wonderful Reminder

Playing this game brought back memories of my old Amiga and the great games that came with it, like the game you've based yours off of and "It Came From the Desert". This was very fun, with superb use of the old graphic style and fluent animation. Great work.

SD-Syndicate responds:

Cheers Vampire, Hehe Cant Believe You Meantioned "It Came From the Desert" That Was A Great Game :D "The Desert..... Unchanged For Millions Of Years..." Lol - Glad You Like The Game, As Im Improving I Think With Each Game, Im Starting Not To Rush My Games Now And Hopefully Its Paying Off, This Ones Defo Gonna Have Time Taken On It :)

[Earthbound Soundboard]

I was surprised to see a Soundboard

I've always had a love for Earthbound ever since the original NES version. I was surpirsed to see a soundboard for the game, since there aren't too many voices, but adding some clips of music was a good idea, and brought back fond memories. The only thing wrong with this is I wanted to see more, and, where is the Soundstone music from the SNES Earthbound?

[SPACEDUST]

Exelent game

Fast paced, well polished, good amount of powerups and enemies, and just fun. THIS is how you do a side scrolling space shooter. You are unmatched on NG as far as I'm concerned in this category. Fantastic work.

[Zer0-Point: Trigger Demo]

Could have been great

I was very pleased by the intro, the partial story, the fact that your only gun is a sniper rifle (my favorite), and the overall presentation with the story. However, I was really dissapointed with the actaul "game-play" if it can be called that. As I'm sure you're aware, all you do is hit aim, and click when the target is on the guy. and that's it. If this was a tactical shooter, where you could control the crosshairs, have some shaking, 1 or 2 more enemies per level, this game would have been awesome. You were very close to a very, very great game, keep working on it. And, putting that aside, this one wasn't all that bad.

[Insane Orb]

Amazing pong game

I don't know if you made up the gravity feilds or got the idea off of something else, but it was amazing. Definatly one of the best pong games ever, and that's really saying something. Fantastic work.

[if i ruled design]

Incredibly unique

Arguable the most unique game. Though a pretty boring, repetative fighting game, I have never seen popsickle stick puppets used so well. You even learn a bit of history, which won't be appreciated by basically all NG users. Nice work though.

chickenking responds:

thanks...
but you know. that jan tschichold is a scary s.o.b. so watch out. and paul rand is pure evil. if you dig this, check out "paul rand is a sock monkey" in the etcetera section of my site. it is a completely dynamically generated piece. not terribly pretty or anything, but mesmerizing in its own way.