DoctorStrongbad's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Just one chance]

The retro graphics are fine, but that is not the main factor of this game. It is all about trying to survive this dungeon. The idea of only having one chance is okay, but in practice its frustrating. Who wants to have to wait 23 hours to play again?

[PRINCE CHARMLESS]

Graphics are pixel art which is the standard. Controls feel stiff, and not that responsive. Once you make it past the traps, then you have to worry about your beauty. Your beauty continues to get worse and worse, and you have less time to work on it per level. That is why this game feel so challenging.

[Hacked Halloween]

The pixel art graphics have attention to detail on the characters and background. Controls are okay, but space bar was not useful to throw bones. Why are your throwing bones so limited? Why not just make them unlimited? Since the hero is a Jack o Lantern, you should be able to shoot fire. There is a high level of challenge as well.

[Jidan Havoc]

Pixel art graphics have a nice attention to detail. The controls are not smooth at all. The Gameplay is slow and so is the hero. It is hard to determine which one is hurting the gameplay the most.

[The Merciless Deep]

This is another game that uses cute graphics to hide the challenging difficulty. The fact that you are going underwater is a nice twist on the flying higher and higher gimmick. This came out really well for a 48h gamejam entry.

[JumFly Charlie]

The graphics are pixel art which is the standard these days. Controls are shown to you in game, but they should also be listed in the Author Comments. Just in case you forgot while playing. This game can be confusing but if you stick with it, you can figure it all out.

[Convergence]

Pixel Art graphics are decent, but you only see white and green. Adding more colors would make it more visually appealing. Controls took me a few seconds to master. This is a short and sweet platformer.

The medals work, and I earned them all.

[ShapeMaze]

Graphics are decent pixel art, but this game is all about the challenge. Controls are the bare bones WASD or Arrows to move. Gameplay is where things start to break down. You should include a map or compas, so we know where we are supposed to go. I just ended up going back and forth as the board changes shape.

[Shelled Shinobi]

I can see the influence of Ninja Gaiden from the original NES. Especially, with the infamous Ninja Gaiden wall jumping. The controls are responsive, and that makes it easier to play with game as a speed run. This is a nice platformer game.

[Rescue in Faraway Fields]

The arcade style graphics seem like this could be a port to the original NES. From the cute look you might not notice the challenging difficulty. You can never go wrong with adding power ups and different weapons.