TharosTheDragon's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Depict1]

It's a nice game

But it certainly didn't deserve game of the year considering the other options. The simplistic pixel art and sound effects don't show much work. The endings consisted of a single piece of text appearing on the screen. The gameplay is really nothing to speak of, being sacrificed for the artistic message. There's some nice graphic effects going on in the background and stuff but it's really nothing compared to the blood sweat and tears that clearly went into those other games.

[Stealing the Diamond]

That's not true!

Kirby can also do a falcon punch.

PuffballsUnited responds:

But it sucks compared to Captain Falcon's.

[Rizzoli and Isles - The M]

Amazing

An advergame that isn't a complete load of crap!

It had its share of bugs but it's still one of the coolest and most involved detective games out there. You really feel like a detective.

I'm proud to say I beat it without the walkthrough, but what really makes me the greatest detective ever is that I covered the entire city in blood stain spray. ;)

[Rubble Trouble New York]

Not your best

This game could use some fall damage.

The keyboard doesn't work for some reason.

Also, there should be a tool selected automatically. It's super tedious to have to click a tool at the beginning of every level even when there's only one tool available. Like in job 11, on every try you have to click the cannon AND THEN place it before you can even shoot. It's ridiculous.

[You're a Tool!]

Nice collab

Good to see the artsy Newgrounds bunch at work.

And folks, the secret medal is an invisible Easter egg in the main menu.

[Alight (in dreams)]

Beautifully done

Just when you think you've played the most sentimental game ever you come across something like this.

[Dire Haven]

That's not how ice works!

I was halfway through the lost levels before I realized that you can jump while falling.

The lost levels actually aren't that hard. Nothing compared to say MoneySeize or Meatboy. They're not even that hard compared to the campaign levels. I got third place in them, but unfortunately you can't even view the high scores without beating it.

[SHMUP]

Very nice

The excellent visuals really carry this game. I kind of agree with the accusations of it being repetitive, but that's why every level has custom-tailored waves of enemies to mix things up as much as possible. Also referring to vgthing's review, this game DOES stand out because of how customizable your weapons are. You can have any combination of weapons pointed in any direction you like.

Some of the enemies are a little obnoxious though. I mean it's bad enough to have enemies flying in from behind you so that you can't stay at the bottom, but then you have enemies that literally appear out of nowhere right on top of you. I still see it as just part of the challenge, though.

Collected all medals and for the final world I'm in 1st for today and 4th for all time.

[100th]

Nice game

In the room where the guy says there's no turning back, there's a passage into a room to the left. But then in that next room you can't proceed without a balloon, and there's no way to get a balloon in there. What's the deal? The walkthrough made no mention of it.

Droqen responds:

You can grab a balloon from any blue guy by holding the grab balloon button :)

EDIT ::

Ah, my bad. -Tricks-.

[Run From the Sun]

Very addicting

How many planets are there in the solar system anyway?

The award that says you need to land on a certain number of moons actually means you need to get that many distant moon bonuses, right? Meaning you can't just land on them, you need to land on them from a long distance away. And you should probably explain that moons are just the smallest kind of planet. The Earth's moon therefore is not an example of a moon in the game.

And how do you get the wrong way medal? You can't launch the wrong way, so I guessed you had to slingshot yourself to fly the wrong way. I tried that and it didn't work. So then I thought maybe you had to fly the wrong way and land. I tried that and it still didn't work. So how do you get it?

The bullet ship is useless because its increased gravity still maintains the same range as the gravity for the other ships.