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aquaticmole

Age/Gender: 15, Female
Location: Crooklyn
Job: Student

Ticking away, the moments that make up a dull day.

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Latest Flash Reviews

251 Reviews | 78 w/ Responses

Score: 6
Alien Slayer 3D

"A little above average Flash FPS"

submission: Alien Slayer 3D
date: June 2, 2008

To be brutally honest I didn't like this game very much, this game seems to be a game that it relies more on it's technicality that it does on gameplay.

First off I must input that this game looks amazing. The graphics are simply marvelous for an online shooting game and the 3D rooms looked great for the limitations on flash, however I feel that there were to many limitations as of I found it easy to get lost in the giant areas. The walls all looked the same and when you end up in a giant maze it turns in a (excuse my english) cluster fuck of where to go.

Another element that I must say I hated was the controls, I felt that if I just so the slightest bit move my gun to left my whole body moved uncontrollably with it which in the heat of a battle made it easy to die, which is another thing there is no life system, this is huge deal in a game like this because the battles can some times get frustrating with the insanely sensitive controls and it doesn't help that you need t start all the way back at the begining of the level.

Not al is gloomy however there was one aspect of the game which I liked which was the EXP process that you undergo, as you go along on your missions certain types of kills (e.g fast and survival kills) give you EXP which can be used to add up stats to make your guy overall be better and it increases skills such as stealth.

So in a nutshell this is a game that looks beautiful but plays sloppy, the controls are over sensitive and the areas get confusing and are easy to get lost in.

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Score: 7
_dRive

"Good first try."

submission: _dRive
date: March 20, 2008

I thought thus game very fun loved the upgrades. I just feel like it needs something else.

The whole idea of the game seems like a hit and miss, I say this mainly because I felt like the whole premise of the game just doesn't work, at all. I feel like the game is mainly based on warping the music but I feel like you can't warp it at all. I feel this way because when you move the ships to the left and right it doesn't really do anything to the track it just makes it skip which makes the music sound really irritating.

Another complaint I have with this is that it's hard to control the other ships when you aren't in control of them. They seem to just flicker and jitter for no reason. I feel like it was a cool idea for the upgrades but I feel like they don't realyl add much to the warping of the sound, they all just seem to do the same thing and I feel like that part of the game could have been better.

One suggestion I have is to maybe include more power ups then just speeding it all up, because power ups in games usually will keep the gamer coming back for more.

A good idea that wasn't very well executed due to sound bugs.

7/10

March 20, 2008

Author's Response:

Thanks for the detailed review.

I agree that the way the music is affected could be improved - the skipping is a common element in glitch music, but it's usually used more sparingly than in this game. Maybe it should only skip when you collect a certain item, instead of whenever you move?

It may not have been clear to you exactly how the glitching works. Each ship's track corresponds to a separate music track (lead, drums, pad). When you move a ship, only the music track that goes with that ship is glitched. And the amount that the music skips depends on the speed of the ship.

The movement of the different ships is linked by derivatives. The easiest way to control all of them is to use the ship on the far right.

I think that having more powerups would be a good idea, especially if they affect the music. This was a very experimental sort of project, as it was my first attempt at using interactive glitch music in a game. I think some of it worked pretty well but there's definitely a lot to improve on. Thanks again for the feedback.

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Score: 6
CannonCrotch

"Allright but too many glitchs"

submission: CannonCrotch
date: March 16, 2008

It was a decent game at best I mean I found it fun till i realized how many glitches there were and that really brings down a game.

Well for starters The graphics and animation, this is the part were you excelled at, all the people and movements seemed to clean and smooth the background looked really polished and the sprites look really sweet.

Now onto the game play, this game runs like every other hack and slash shooter type metal slug. However I felt like you didn't really take the time to fully think through the whole fundamentals, you see this game could have had so much more to it like you needed to add in more then one directional shooting. You also really needed to make it easier I mean the AI for easy is just unbelievably cheap. You go up in the elevator and there already shooting before you enter. Now the glitches didn't really enter until you have to open the gate to get through (it has chains all over it) when the nazi's enter, the bullets that you shoot just fly right by them yet there's hurt you.

Now for a game that has beautiful artwork solid visuals but is weighed down by the uncaring gameplay and glitches you get a 6/10

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Latest Audio Reviews

6 Reviews | 4 w/ Responses

Score: 9
Sit back and relax

"Nice smooth feel."

submission: Sit back and relax
date: January 22, 2008

I love the smooth funky feel of this piece though im still on the fringe of whether or not this is funk or jazz it seems to be right in the middle, you made a beautiful soothing piece great for just kicking back and letting the good times roll.

9/10

January 24, 2008

Author's Response:

thank you sir

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Score: 7
Newgrounds: Still Alive (BETA)

"Nice lyrics horrible sound quality."

date: January 2, 2008

I love this song so much, it's really funny and actually depicts what goes on in the bbs very well.

Sonicmega you just struck gold with this tune :3
Your lyrics are funny, true and wonderfully written. The lyrics co-exist with the music perfectly. however the music was in horrible quality and I'm sure it could have been better, especially when the drums kicked.

Funny vocals that match perfectly with the music, though the sound quality was pretty bad which moves down your score by 3.

7/10

January 2, 2008

Author's Response:

I agree that the music wasn't of the best quality, mainly because it had that effect when whoever reduced GlaDOS' voice did so. I'm attempting to find a complete version of the song, voice removed, that will better suit the final version.

That set aside, I'm glad you enjoyed this piece! This is perhaps the first piece I haven't felt embarrassed about posting publicly on Newgrounds, which is a huge step for me.

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Score: 9
Carol My 8bit Bells

"Beautiful 8-bit feel."

date: December 16, 2007

This is just the song that I've been looking for. My favorite christmas song remixed in 8-Bit glory. I've been looking for a song like this for my pixel level game. Brilliant work here and keep it up. Nice loop too, couldn't tell where it began and where it ended XD

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