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[Swords and Sandals 2]

Loved it!

I just loved it how you could develop your character and could become a mighty gladiator.
I played the first part and this one has some nice new additions and ideas, like the ranged weapons, weapons needing str/agi and armor giving more than just a protection bonus.

What would be even better though, if we could do missions and gain fame, if you could have battles with more than just 1 on 1, how about battles with parties? or even battles with your friends? ( 2 player mode ).
How about sponsors? wich require you to do certain things, yes.. there where sponsors back then.
How about when an enemy finishes you, let the emperor decide whether you live or not? (thump down/up ).

Grades

Graphics - 8
I liked the animations and the cartoony design.
Very well done.

Style - 9
I loved the gameplay and character development, it gave me a realy middleage feeling.

Sound - 7
Sound wasn't the best thing in this game, it could've used better things like warcries, more sounds for attacks and getting hurt, also the background music wasn't that good.
Though, there was sound and it was decent enough.

Voilence - 8
Voilence, that where this game is all about, and i loved it.

Interactivity - 9
Great! Lots of things to do, but it just misses a few things from being perfect.

Humor - 4
Not mutch funny things, though there where some laughable things, not realy the point of the game i guess.

Overal - 9

[Domino Frenzy]

Great idea, decent execution.

Hello,

First of all i'd like to say, exelent idea for a game, verry creative.
Though if you scambled this on paper, it sounds better than it does right now.
So i'll go over some mayor flaws, wich make this rather unique idea less than decent.
First off all, one of my mayor complaints is that when you lay down pieces, sometimes it just automaticly switches to the "hand" icon wich makes all my pieces fall while i'm still building my track.
This could be fixed by making the tipping "hand" cursor selectable, and not making the pieces fall while building.
Another complaint was that making round turns was verry hard, this may be less hard when the above problem has been fixed though.
And my last complaint is the music, its gets you in the christmas mood but its too repetetive, you could improve this by allowing us to select from different tracks or allowing us to mute the music.

Grades,

Graphics - 7
They where nice, but they where not exeptional.

Style - 8
Unique idea, but sadly the game itself is still a little poor. Improvement of the game would allow this to be a great game!

Sound - 6
The sound is rather bland and repitative, adding more tracks and allowing us to mute the music would be great.

Violence - 0
No violence, but thats no problem.

Interactivity - 7
This is a game ofcourse, you must do certain things and there is a challange, and you can also choose from a free build mode.
This could be better if more object where added, like tricks or bigger blocks.

Humor - 0
Didn't notice any humor in this game, but this doesn't matter.

Overall - 7
Great idea, decent game. It coud've been better.
If you improve the above aspects, and add more interactivity, this game easly deserves a 9.

freeworldgroup responds:

thanks for the detailed reviews - your comments much appreciated.

[Rail of War]

Awesome!

Great game.

Graphics - 9
These where just plain awesome! nice 3d models and nice in game textures.

Style - 10
Verry unique and nice game, who doesn't want to create a killer train?

Sound - 7
The sound wasn't that spectacular, but it was nice.

Voilence - 6
There wasn't mutch gore, but does that matter?

Interactivity - 8
Lots of things to do, from shooting up enemies to creating your own wagon and maps.

Humor - 0
Doesn't have to be funny

Overal - 8

Great game, i loved every bit of it.
My only complaint is that the effects when shooting is a bit.. corny.
It would be so mutch better if the sounds of the gunshots weren't that cheesy and the bullet itself wasn't that static, but i didn't see that in the full game, so i don't know whether its bad because of optimization.

All in all, great game.

[Paintball - The Game]

Good game! ( howto: DRAWING STRAIGHT LINES! )

Fun game, though for me a little bit too easy.. needs a little bit more variation, in things to do.

Okay, here is how you draw straight lines.

Rightclick at the begin of your line, then move your mouse to the end of the line and then simply left click, now you'll have a straight line, easy.

[Space Skirmish II]

Overal good.

This game is overal fun too play, and there is alot of interactivity ( ie. buying weapons, gaining money, killing enemies ) but it lacked something... A plot, a story! It felt too arcade, it could've been so mutch better if there was a story present.
Another thing that wasn't quite right, was the fact that its so fast paced, on level 4 i had the minigun ( the most expensive weapon ) and a few upgrades, the only thing that could kill me then was boredom.

Some new weapons and things to do would never hurt, maybe placeable turrets or mines, or even people that would help you, or after each few rounds, a minigame or mission, and special items/weapons to obtain, and most importantly, a story.

Grapics - 7
Menu was very nicely done, the special effects and grapics ingame where also nicely made.

Style - 8
Defend your base game with unique things added, like collecting money by walking to floating money icons and you'll have to kill aliens instead of medival people.

Sound - 6
There where 2 soundtracks, and there where some SFX, though they where a bit blant.

Violence - 7
Killing aliens, no major gore.

Interactivity - 8
4 Dificulties, 10 weapons, 4 upgrades, lots of enemies, lots of killing, thus alot to do.

Humor - 0
No humor.

flame862 responds:

when it gets too easy...i just suggest cranking up the difficulty levels.

actually...there are 4 soundtracks.

i'll increase the cost of the minigun...
If you have any ideas for weapons, i'd be glad to add them. I'm really going to go for missions next time...

[Platform Game Maker]

Not mutch to do.

The main problem with this game is, the character is large, the world is small.
This game would've been so mutch better if the character was small and if you could have multiple screens (using teleports to travel from one to another), instead of just one plain screen.
Another great thing would be NPC's and Enemies.
Players would be able to make NPC's say things to people, trigger things, or anything like that.
Enemies could make a threat to the player, more of a threat than just flames, lava and spikes.
And go on... I hope you expand this game, because this can be so mutch better.

Grapics - 7
Nice varity of tiles and backgrounds make a good game.

Style - 7
Make your own platformer! it still lacks thing though, but it can be still realy fun.

Sound - 7
A varity of sound tracks, no SFX.

Violence - 4
Not mutch violence at all, only the player dieing.

Interactivity - 8
Make your verry own platformer, lots of combinations, but can use some more stuff though.

Humor - 0
No humor.

[Goal In One]

Its a okay game.

Good game, i didn't realy like the gravity however... a bit too strong for me, but it works out okay i guess.
And for anyone drooling over 100$, make your own game and you'll get a few hundred $$$ from armor games, they have loads of ads, you know ;).

Grapics - 7
Not great, not bad either.

Style - 7
Nice minigolf game, the gravity was a bit strong for my taste though.

Sound - 6
Basic soundloop and some special effects, it was "okay".

Violence - 0
None.

Interactivity - 7
A varity of stages and lots of objects in your way keeping your from getting your hole-in-one, this game gives a nice challange.

Humor - 0
None.

[StickMan Sam - Part 4]

It gets better and better!

Great, i enjoyed SMS1 but i love SMS4!

The only thing you may/can add is a system with buying weapons with money you aquire with missions or them in boxes.
But its great as it is now! don't improve the grapics, that'll throw away lots of the SMS style.

Grapics - 7
Nice and stylish grapics, but also not great.

Style - 8
Great style and enjoyable gameplay.

Sound - 7
Nice soundtrack and soundeffects for each weapon.

Violence - 7
Shooting stuff, thats it.

Interactivity - 8
Training, weapons, vehicles... want more?

Humor - 4
Okay...

[Zombie Survival: SM]

Great gameplay.

Nice sprites and smooth animation, movement.
Also nice how you combined acrade gameplay with tactics, aquiring coins and buy upgrades.
How to improve?
More enemies, bosses and ofcourse, weapons!
And maybe a story line or missions.

Grapics - 7
Sprites, nice and smooth

Style - 8
Great, smooth and fun gameplay.
Nice varity of upgrades too.

Sound - 7
Nice soundtrack and special effects, the background music becomes a bit repetive though.

Violence - 8
Zombie killing fun!

Interactivity - 8
Fun game too play, won't get boring soon.
2 difficulties and a varity of rounds and upgrades.

Humor - 0
What humor?