jackcole's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Earth Defender!]

Fun

It's a fun game with a nice graphical style, but like others said, the meteors move too fast. There's no problem with making the Hard level insanely fast, but even on the Normal level, there's not much time to react, and if you have 2 coming from different directions at the same time you're pretty much screwed.

[Turret Defence 2]

harder than i expected

was a bit tougher than i expected, mainly because it took me a couple minutes to get used to the aiming. for a simple defense game it was fun. i love how even with the simple black and white graphics, a strong military theme came through

[ColorBurst]

quite fun :)

This is a really solid geometry wars/robotron style shooter. I wasn't sure about the mouse button for shooting and the music wasn't my style, but that's more a personal preference thing. The game is fun, regardless.

[ArmorSlots]

Slow, doesn't always work

Why the small slots when the stage is that large? Focus in on the slots, that's why we're here. As someone else mentioned, it seems to go a little slow. It starts out fine when first spinning, but then slows to a crawl. Consider having it snap in place soone to speed the progress of the game up. Lastly, I often got winning lines with no pay, like 2 swords (saw that one a lot.) They'd pay on the middle line, but not on the others consistently (and I was always playing 5 lines.)

[The Rise of Atlantis]

Nice Bejeweled clone

It may not be a new concept, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been done well. I though this was great

[Mellow Maze]

Nice version of this style game

This type of game isn't new, but it's nice to see one that's polished and visually interesting. I thought the moving background on the first level was a neat idea, as it changes your perception moving through the maze (makes it feel like you're moving faster or slower than you really are.) I was disappointed though when it was gone in the second level. If anything, I'd consider adding a few different types of moving backgrounds to put on different levels.

[Blue (Puzzle)]

Very nice!

This is great implementation of that classic light on/off game (and the only one I've ever actually enjoyed.) The design/style was simple, but solid. The music was spot on. I loved it.

Kajenx responds:

Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked the music! Freeplay has a great selection, you should check it out!

[Blackjack Gold]

nice look

I'm not that big on the sound, but I really like some of the imagery, especially the table overall and the shoe. Getting the look and sound of blackjack down is tough (I know... I just made a version myself.) This is really solid.