Score: 1

"Too many annoying ads, AI is a bit too cheap."

submission: Battle Mechs

date: August 20, 2008

Granted, I had fun maxing out my Attack to essentially step all over the competition, but getting hit with an EMP that also disabled my machinegun at the start of every combat got really old, really fast. I essentially had nothing else to do but watch as I was violated for two turns before I could do anything interesting or useful.

Insurance proved to be useless, I never purchased it, nor any of the kits.

The mid-round ads were rather annoying, and a terrible way to get people to play your other game, and I'm really kind of disappointed that you would feel the need to stoop to this level.

All in all, a very ho-hum experience dragged down by a cheese-ball AI, and intrusive ads.

I mean jeez, it's not like you have to pay to put anything on Newgrounds.

Oh, and not being able to save unless I go to your website and load the game there? Also really annoying.

Score: 4

"Somewhat weak submission...."

submission: curvy maze

date: August 1, 2008

Haven't seen a game like this that scrolls the maze for you, but that's kinda where the novelties end.

There's no direct access to Hard Mode (even after you beat hard), the music is.... annoying, to be nice about it, and the "curvy backgrounds" as I will call them are largely obscured by the maze itself.

Couple that last part with a lack of a gallery mode, and well, there's not a whole lot here.

Score: 7

"Interesting game..."

submission: Pandemic II

date: July 23, 2008

First, a slight bug: If a country is wiped out, they still contribute to vaccine development. 23 hospitals had shut down, and I had wiped out Greenland, but their hospital (apparently being run by ghosts) was still making progress!

All in all, a fun piece of work. To quote someone else, though... "Madagascar needs to be nerfed". It's one of the first countries to close its only route of entry: Its port. Once that happens, if you haven't established a foothold there, you will fail, despite all your best efforts.

I find it very difficult to believe that people would not attempt to cross the straight from South Africa to escape the disease, to speak nothing of the gameplay reasons.