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[Harry Stick Journey]

Somewhat amusing

It's pretty boring just watching this emo haired stick guy repeatedly kill himself in silly ways. Not much actual gameplay... The player doesn't get a say in things, really. They either get it right or they get it wrong; no real variables such as health or alternate methods. The fact that this game has a time limit for each level seems completely pointless to me since you can easily just restart. The score doesn't seem to hold any meaning...
I wish I found out about the 2x animation speed option sooner.

Didn't Punky just get sent to the end of the thing? Plus the aliens and grim reaper are dead now, so... If I was Juliet, I think I'd be upset about Harry sending my good friend to an alternate dimension to suffer and die.

[AN Escape Series #5]

Jumpers

The only part that got me was the jumpers... I figured it would have to connect to one of those three end points, but, being unfamiliar with circuit boards, I didn't know what other point I was supposed to connect a path to... I died the first time, but I beat it pretty quick after looking the jumper part up in the walkthrough. The rest was pretty straightforward.

[The Skater Ball #2]

Interesting

At first, I thought it was just laggy or had a slow frame rate, but I see that you pick up speed and go vertical with the ramps as if you were skateboarding. Kinda interesting, but the graphics are very boring and there's no purpose to this game. I can't imagine really don't "tricks" in this game, so all I can think of is that you'd make the player collect some items scattered around the level in order to proceed... which is pretty generic.
I dunno, maybe you could think of something to make it fun. I think you should at least move to stick people for the graphics, though.

[Manhattan Project]

Damnit

I was having a problem with the game lagging once chaos began... And I somehow ended up on "Fatherly Bonds Da Game" twice, though I really don't think I was clicking that far away from the game... I even set the quality to low. And I was just about to buy the A-bomb, too... I suppose it's fun enough for me to try a third time, but I'll probably just be annoyed if it happens again.

Anyhow, the idea behind this game is absolutely horrible/funny. The hotkeys didn't seem to work for me... I even tried the numberpad, still no good. I like the art style.

[Nightmare]

Stuck

It was enjoyable until some ram in the cave refused to take any hits... I didn't really wanna work my way back there to see if it would maybe work if I killed it first or something. Loved the cutscenes.

[Ultimate Dress Up Game]

LOL

Holy shit, lol. The lmgtfy links, removing the limbs and face, the multiple layers of underwear, the rave music, the bonus game, and you can never have too many pairs of shoes. I dare say this is the only good dress-up game I've ever played. You should probably set the suitability level to "teen" like chipo09 suggests, though.

[Toss the Turtle]

Time eater

It gets kinda boring to watch after half an hour or so. The medals and shop kept me playing much longer than I would have, of course, and the upgrades added a little bit of replay value. Definitely the best type of game like this I've ever played in terms of graphics, stuff to do, and stuff to get. Of course, all you really have to do is keep playing and leave things to luck. Apparently my 65th try, I just got 2,713,257 without using a jetpack, nukes, all my ammo, or even really trying much. Once you get the cash, that turtle's gonna fly even if you blink at it.
I was checking out other submissions while waiting for my turtle to hit a spike. I think this is waaay overrated for a game with so little gameplay and little amusement as an animation.

[Super Ryucopter]

Yes! Yes!

Funny game and good art. It seems like it's impossible to get past the last couple of large enemies without getting hit at least once, though, which is annoying. I dunno how I'll ever beat Bison.

[-Balloon Shooter-]

Originality

Try to do something more original. I've literally been seeing dozens of games exactly like this lately, and I was assigned to do the same thing in Flash when I was in high school.
The game also lasts forever with no real reward or purpose at the end. Like anyone, you're probably proud of completing your first game, but try to think about what kind of game YOU would play. Would you rather click balloons for a minute with no sound effects, increased difficulty, or any real challenge, only attempting to get your score higher -or- would you rather play a game with power ups, enemies, multiple levels that bring new challenges, and other such things? Take a look at your favourite games and analyze the points you like best, then think about how you could make something enjoyable.

metallicx66 responds:

Best review ever for an aspiring flash artist. Thank you for your time (even though it was probably a rant) it's gonna help in the future.