Score: 8

"Good game, poor execution"

submission: Dual

date: 11 hours ago

This is a pretty good game, I like that someone else is making a more traditional Contra style action platformer rather than going with the new mouse to aim fad, which I hate.

However there were a lot of flaws in presentation that I think dragged this down a lot. The first being the tutorial, that seemed far too long for such a simple game. It needed to be a lot more concise, arrows to move, A and S to shoot, ctrl to duck. If there is more than that I missed it because I got bored with how long it was taking to actually get to the game.

The stages themselves are good, but there wasn't a whole lot of variety between them (I got through most of the jungle area) Same basic enemies with maybe a few upgrades, the music was also nearly the same in all areas, and to be honest I didn't like the music at all, and it really didn't seem to match the game at all.

I liked that there were multiple paths to take in a lot of places, but in the end the game felt a bit lifeless, a combination of the static and generic backgrounds, bad music, and repeating enemies. The core gameplay is good though, but couldn't hold my interest through the entire game.

Score: 2

"Pointless"

submission: This Game is a Joke

date: July 19, 2008

Proof that 400+ Ng reviewers CAN be wrong

I hope for the sake of the community and this website that you will continue to put effort into your games, but when crap like this gets frontpage and tons of praise, I can see why it would be tempting to just give up and pander to the lowest common denominator

Score: 4

"Goes nowhere"

submission: FWG Knight

date: April 5, 2008

Fun for about 10 seconds... and then you've seen the whole game. An infinite loop of the same 3 enemy types over. Good for the easily amused I guess. Artwork was nice at least