Cauterised's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tycoon]

stupid extremists

Alright, so I gave this a 5/5, but a 2/10, and here's why:

As I'm sure people have noticed, this is one of those games with a "message" that everyone hates, or should hate if they have a fucking brain.

All this game has proven is that companies with nationwide chains are the only ones that can afford to recycle and still stay afloat in the marketplace, but they still don't do it. This game forces you to play the bad guy and export your e waste to 3rd world countries because it's cheaper, but it doesn't seem to take into account that a startup business HAS TO DO THAT OR THEY WILL GO UNDER IN LESS THAN A YEAR. This whole facade basically makes those "evil corporations" you damn hippies hate so much into quite possibly the only ones who can afford to keep the planet in a state of harmony, given that the small startups and groups simply can't afford to do it.

You want to blame someone? Get off the coporations' asses and start getting after the government, who controls the cost of recycling.

"It's easy to forget when you're making money" Oh fucking spare me your guilt trip laden bullshit. What the hell are you doing about it besides making half-decent flash games to spread the word. Do you have any idea how small of a niche this is to be advertising to?

I'm sick and tired of so-called "activists" that do their activism on the computer. GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING IF IT MATTERS TO YOU. Whats this site going to have next? Badges?

You've got a lot to learn before you go making statements about the relationship between the US economy and environmentalism.

cchen20 responds:

Hm you make a good point. But I didn't really make this game to be an accurate simulation of a market economy. All I'm trying to do is get the player to think a little and see things from a different point of view.

[Free Will - The Game]

um, ok

Yeah, I get the joke and everything, it was still really lame though. This is one of those games you joke about making, you don't actually do it.

raitendo responds:

if you "got the joke", you didn't get it. it's not a joke

[Medieval Rampage]

where to start

I like this game. I didn't love it. It's great, not fantastic.

First off, balance issues. Tell me why the boss levels are so much easier than any normal level. Later in the game, the enemies have an ungodly amount of health, making the game mostly boring. After the third boss. Why not try making the enemies harder to hit? More powerful? Anything besides just giving them more health.

Secondly, drops. The money drops are mostly worthless, and help in little else besides restocking arrows and health. Also, if the enemies can drop entire fucking weapons (bows), then why never any arrows? As far as bosses go, you've made it so that the drops are so random a boss doesn't drop anything a lot of the time, which is COMPLETELY unsubstantial.

Third, maybe a better quality control? With so many painfully tough enemies on the screen, it bogs down really bad.

This game needs to go back to the drawing board. I like the idea, and the upgrades and whole system worked, but crunch your numbers, man.

xdragonx10 responds:

Hey, the bosses start out easier than the waves, but at least the last boss should give you more trouble than a normal wave. I have plans to give them more abilities for the sequel.

If you get all the coin drops they do come in handy, but you are correct in saying the bow drops are more important to get. The boss automatically gives you money when it dies, should have made that more clear though. In survival mode the enemies do drop arrows.

You can change the quality on the main screen before you play, but I should have made that easier to access. I also should've limited the enemies on the field, I'll make sure to add those additions in the sequel.

Don't worry, the sequel will address and correct all of these issues.

Thanks for the review.

[FOG ep. 2]

eh?

thats it? I overlooked the bad drawings, but even the puzzles were bad. the hardest part was decyfering the word messiah into numbers, which took all of 10 seconds when I pulled out my phone. Seriously, this seemed like a totaly waste of time. Maybe add some sort of difficulty?

sober-joe responds:

Perhaps I will on the next one. Thanks for playing though.

[Tank Attack]

eh, unbalanced

Yet another example of a game that gets old after 5-7 levels. You made the difficulty go up too quickly, you made certain upgrades GROSSLY expensive, and you introduced new enemies too quickly.

ill pass until you make a new version.

mofunzone responds:

Hmm... the game is actually not that hard, perhaps you didn't invest correctly? Either way, thanks for playing.

[Forgotten Escape]

seriously?

I'm seriously sick of games with messages.

ITS A FLASH GAME, STOP PUMPING IT FULL OF PROPAGANDA.

Either way, it was an ok game. Too short, too easy, bad artwork, but it pled easily enough I suppose.

XvR responds:

propaganda? what's wrong with you? xD
No one would make a game with no messages.

Bad Artwork?
Let's see you submitting a flash with better artwork then I got.
Funniest guy I've ever seen today lol

[Panda Star]

nope, no good score for you

Games that lack a retry feature are crap. this game was 99% awesome, but that one thing just kills it for me.

Coaly responds:

Well, okay, I can see where you're coming from.

[Juego de Escape: Lab Comp]

bah!

Terrible graphics, loading screen almost made me cry, and get this: NEWGROUNDS IS AN AMERICAN, ENGLISH SITE.

CafeCafeGames responds:

I agree with the graphics when you compare this to... let's say... Action games.
Loading screen need a lot of improvement, yeap. But is just an accesory.
About being american: I'm american too. So?
Maybe you should try to actually PLAY the game.
Thanks for your time.

[Ratko Strugar]

k, i read the description

but I fail to see why you put it on newgrounds. was that part of the assignment? Seriously, great job on the assignment itself, but its pretty pointless here. Maybe expand? Extend the game to more than 40 seconds? The idea was cool, and I like point and click adventures, but this just didn't need to go into the portal.

SashaZA responds:

Erm, why does anyone else submit their stuff on to newgrounds?
to get their work seen maybe? Correct me if i'm wrong...

I don't get your point.

Anyways, thanks for confusing me.

[Cell Warfare]

boooooooooring

It was shiny and played well, but thats it. Theres absolutely nothing unique about this game. Its a standard top down shooter with a number of achievements that do absolutely nothing for you in the game. No customizing options, all the enemies were boring and trite, and nothing much changes even at level 20.

xdragonx10 responds:

They do do things for you in game, but you have to get a certain amount of them. Thanks for at least playing the game to level 20, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the new enemies.