sharpnova's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Blitzer]

too easy. blazed through like 5 modes just hovering at the top of the sky.

missing an upgrade to movement speed

still looked and sounded great though.

[TFA Mobile: Clone Wars]

I notice you're getting super defensive against the negative reviews. And yet you expect people to be more specific.

This is the shallowest most amateur thing I've seen on the front page in years. I have no clue whatsoever how it got there.

And if you'd like more information (from a *real* game developer who makes a living off indie game development) then you're welcome to message me privately.

Spouting criticism here, then having you get defensive in response, and then me not being able to reply because NG's review system is f***ing horrible is not conducive to anything constructive whatsoever.

And no the 0 rating is not out of spite. It literally ranks in the bottom 10th percentile of flash games I've played this year and in the last ten years. (two separate metrics)

teejay-number13 responds:

I'm not getting defensive for negative criticisms, only useless ones. Like voting zero because you don't like my attitude or because you think my preview picture isn't good.

Reading your other reviews I noticed that you have a habit of voting zero for stupid reasons and insulting the people who made the game. For someone who is an expert on game making as you say, you don't do a good job at dealing out criticism. You tell me this game is one of the worst you've played in 10 years and yet you didn't give me a single reason why except that you don't like my responses to the criticism. You obviously have no clue how much work goes into making a game for a guy who claims he does.

And I can't seem to find any of these so called games you've worked on, you don't have any here on NG and your website link isn't working. And yeah, trolls really hate NG's comment lmit.

[Just One Link]

This is garbage.

In my opinion, as soon as someone lets their emotions out, they have shown themselves to be incredibly weak and stupid.

Just because you saw value in some charity (in my opinion no charity is valid) doesn't mean anyone else cares at all.

And fix your jumping mechanic. If you're rolling down a slope and try to jump, it won't jump half the time.

Ten philipinos died because of your failure to implement jumping properly.

[Spitter]

awesome game but couldn't find 24th sock

[Skellybob ♥s Mrs Ghorst]

absolutely terrible controls.

[Bitzy Blitz]

i agree with vegetall.. it was very middlewhelming

[Vortex Point 3]

everything was logical up till the end. when you get to the final door with the up arrow, down arrow and square. i just hit random buttons for a few seconds and it opened.. was there some logic to that puzzle?

DeathTiger0 responds:

***SPOILER***
Just because you asked, take a look at the picture in the hotel's reception.
(Three triangles and a square)
***SPOILER***

[i saw her too, with laser]

loses a hell of a lot of the charm of its prequel by being annoyingly difficult.

i hate timing games. i don't mind solving puzzles but timing is not a skill i care about.

[Azylum]

beat it but i never found a use for that wheel of roman numerals and colors (which seemed to be related to the roman numerals over the theater stage)

also the lack of anything being animated (aside from some fire) detracted from the experience.
as well as weak/nonexistent sound effects.

i didn't like the interface (having to click through pages of inventory was annoying)

when you solve a puzzle, that puzzle should become inactive to reduce the computational complexity of the game space.

when you open your map and type into the page on the left you can backspace over all but the first letter. i had a 'g' stuck there forever. i was able to hit backspace and move the cursor temporarily but the g remained. things like this reek of a lack of overall polish.

lack of a full screen/higher-def option was very annoying. i run 1440p and don't much care for flash games where the window is 1995-monitors tiny.

the ending was annoyingly abrupt. give the player some payoff for his work, eh? like a nice sunlit expanse or at the very least something to look at other than a score game.

when you jump out to the "submit score/play again!" nonsense you completely remove immersion.

also i did click your walkthrough button (though i didn't need to use it) and noticed it took you to a page that did not contain a walkthrough. so i believe you were just trying to get page views on that website, which reeks of.. well it reeks of cheapness on your part.

you have a LOT of work to do on this title.

end of discussion.