Dew's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Greyhound Racer Rampage]

Niceley made.

Although I am not much for the dog racing, I found this quite entertaining. It seriously lacked the tutorial, which left a lot of people, including me drowning in the pool, so to speak. Nontheless, the graphics in this submission were solid. Although a bit crude in some places, they did the job they were supposed to do and provided that extra bit of fun to the submission. The depth in this game is quite apparent and that's good for the submission. Overall, good stuff, I can't say that the submission is great, since it isn't, but I enjoyed it.

[Quarterback KO]

Difficult.

Judging from the awesome menus and the good tutorial I was expecting a rather well made game, and that's really what it was, but the difficulty was so crazy that anyone actually succeeding would have taken them at least a year to do it. Nontheless, the graphics are quit nice, detailed and realistic. Not only that, but I especially like the menus, great work there. The highscores are a nice touch too, but again, the difficulty really knocks the greatness of this game. Overall, well other then that you have a good game. I can't hate it.

[Field Goal Challenge]

Interesting.

Well, I give you points for being orginal, there definatley isn't something like this on NG. To bad that it's so bland though. I mean it's a great mechnisim, good fun when you think about it, but there isn't really enough to satisfy the player. Where are the highscores? You could easily put that in as a timer for the game. Nonthless, the graphics aren't bad in this one, even if it looks more like rugby then football. All in all, for a 2002 game this isn't bad at all. Very niceley made.

[Simple Lip Sync Tutorial]

Huh.

Maybe it's my lack of knowledge in flash, but it seemed more like you used a bunch of examples and posed them off as a tutorial. Where I am from we say how to do something in the tutorial, not give examples. Nontheless the submission was niceley made, the graphics were smooth and sleek and it really helped out this submission. To bad that it was so quickly finished that you bareley got any help at all out of it. Overall, well what can I say it didin't seem like it would have helped me, so I didin't really like it. Meh.

[Dave the Worm]

Ohh, Newgrounds.

Wow, I am really surprised at NG at the fact that as soon as they see a low file size they automatically give a zero. Nontheless, I gave this a four. Next time when you are submitting something like this, make sure you say "Ignore the file size". Nontheless the gameplay was fun in this submission. It was hard to learn even with the tutorials, and instructions. The graphics in the game were smooth and sleek and even the menus looked quite nice. Basically you made a solid game, this should have gotten daily first or second. Overall, very nice submission ignore the score it has, it is far better.

DaveTheWorm responds:

Thanks, the only reason the file size is small as it links to the actual game file, so when I update that I don't dont have to update the NG one as well, but I'll remember the "Ignore file size" bit. Anyway, thanks for your feedback :)

[Deep Freeze]

Not bad.

I can't say that I would ever be a fan for this type of game, but I can see the fan base it has. The concept is simple and fun, and the graphics make up for any bad parts. The graphics are detailed and made well and really work well throughout the submission. The gameplay is fun too, although a bit lackluster and dull after a while, the game in general was fun. Overall, well as a whole this is one of the more complete games out there. This game has it's bad parts, but it's a fun game to play and it isn't bad by any means. Good job.

[Bug on a Wire]

Fun.

Now this is a game specifically made to enjoy it for a short amount of time. Although this game isn't really anything special, the gameplay for then makes up for it. Although I didin't like the lack of highscores, simply because I was expecting them, the game itself did a good job of entertaining me. The graphics were average, but considering how fast the game went you never really noticed. The game did start a bit slow, I mean 15 seconds before something happend? Overall, other then that really, this game is a good game, but it could be so much more with highscores.

[DemiDraw V1.0]

Well. ..

Well I am sure it's a neat feature to make with flash, but in general the idea is pretty lame. First of all, you could draw outside the screen which left something to be desired. Not only that, but with no save feature you're basically wasting your time using it. A print option would also be cool to have. Nonethless, more options then just a brush would add more depth to this game. Like a straight line tool or something. Not only that, but general improvement in the menus would help, simply because it looks so bland and tasteless. Overall, not that great work, it seemed like it was just made to put on ng and that's not always a good thing.

[James The Beach Zebra]

Cool.

Now this isn't a bad game by any means, and as you can see, has been worked on quite ardousley and is quite fun when you think about it, but each game itself has it's own problems, and I suppose the only thing really that this submission has going for it, is the fact that there are three games instead of two. Nontheless, the graphics in this game are top notch. Each thing is equally detailed to perfection, and is simply put, well done. Although something look a bit awkward like that character you play in the volleyball game, but all things look well made overall. Nontheless there are some problems in each game.

In the first one, it seemed as if it was rushed. Not only was there no real tutorial for tricks or anything, but the tricks that I did end up learning were lame and few in number. This game individually, ended up getting very boring and unorginal. Sure everything was detailed nicley, but graphics only take you so far.

As for the second one, this game wasn't bad at all. Although the game itself was a bit slow, even with the tapping of the button, I found it to be the funnest of all. It had highscores, which was awesome and it was a fun game to play. Reminds me of several other great games on NG.

As for the final one, I didin't like that at all. I played it for a bit, and the ball moved so slowley that it's almost unreal. Not only that, but doing only one move to hit the ball up also seemed lackluster and a lack of effort in general.

The good:
1. More then one game, lots of depth.
2. Solid graphics, top notch stuff.

The bad:
1. The games moved slow.
2. They didin't provide enough individual depth.
3. Individually, these games woulden't last.
4. Lack of individual effort again.

Overall, well I can't say that this is a bad submission by any means, everything was done well, but it failed to produce a good amount of fun, or a good reason to waste time on it. The highscores helped, but the slow ness took away any reason. All in all, you have yourself an an above average game, but only because there are three of them.