Shrapnel's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Divine Intervention pt. 1]

Divine Game.

I hope the author of this game got a job after some bigwig at a company played this!

The graphics were superb and the amount of detail when you shoot different places of the enemy was great. I had to bump the quality of the game down just to get it to run smoothy.
The introduction sequence had me laughing pretty hard. This game was damn entertaining.

It could use more variety but for the amount of lives you get, more variety could make the game too hard due to the lag experienced with the mouse aiming- however, you get used to it quickly and it is more of a CPU processing issue than a flaw in the game. I played the game with infinite lives and it was still just as fun.

The death sequences when the hero dies were lovely as well.

I can't say much else.. this game was just so awesome!

Somebody give this man a job!

Totaljerkface responds:

thanks. i actually did end up getting a job out of this.... 2 weeks after release... so i'm pretty relieved about that.

you're kinda purty for someone who's named shrapnel. i expected to see a recovering vietnam vet in your profile

[TOM FULP S.BOARD]

Yay!

Now I can pretend I'm Tom Fulp and get all the Newground ladies!

LiquorClock responds:

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[Bubba vs. Igor]

Keyboard limitations pull down play value.

This game is fun but the 2 people playing end up fighting over the keyboard rather than the fight on the screen. You can only jam a certain number of keys at the same time on the keyboard for it to register and it really gets in the way of game play. Plus- if the characters duck, no one can get hit and it becomes a huge turtle fest. The game would be better if it could incorporate some paper/scissor/rock attack styles (i.e. one move always beats another move) and a single player mode where you fight enemies. And it's hard to find another person to play with all the time.
Computers are pretty much a solo machine (networking aside).

Otherwise the animation and fighting moves are pretty smooth and the characters design is pretty cool.

Baandola responds:

Either you played it on a small laptop-keyboard or you got really huge hands. you just have to stand sitting close to eachother. And the same goes for the computers are solo machines theory.
Bubba vs. Igor and Kangoo is meant to bring people togheter :)
Anyway. thx for the input, you gave me some good ideas.

The Kangoo team is working on a new realease of Kangoo. With many new features. stay tuned.

Jah bless
/björn

[Brickdrop v1.0]

Entertaining game but too fast on this computer

This game was entertaining but too fast on my computer. It's very hard to target them on my computer but if the game was slower it'd be to easy for some people. It gets a little confusing because at first it seems like you have to lead the target to drop the bricks on them. However, it is only necessary to click the target right when the crosshairs are on the target to kill them. Even when you get the hang of it, it still feels counter-intuitive to not lead the target when you drop bricks.
Still, the game still manages to be fun with its power-ups and it is the games simplicity which is its high point. It would be better if the screen were larger because the critters are almost invisible when they shrink to their smallest size and it would be nice to get more bricks after clearing a "level" so you could play longer. The score feature is a bonus.

The game also needs some different music looping here and there at different levels (option for random music maybe?) and perhaps even different "maps" would be cool in future versions.
However, the music mad is suitable and adds to the madnees.

Cool game- I look forward to more from the author in the future.

moneybagsxp responds:

Hey Shrapnel:
That is actually a first, I've never heard of it being TOO fast. Possible Solution: The game automatically runs in LOW quality during gameplay. Press "Q" once you first begin dropping bricks to toggle high quality. Possibly more detail would reasonably slow it up for you.
Yes, there are MANY features that can and will be added to Brickdrop v2.0. I too find it frustrating when I run out of bricks, especially because I seldomly look to see how many I have left.
More music is a definite, and WILL be added. (You should have seen the game in it's early stages. The beginning loop from the menu screen used to be the ONLY thing that played, and it NEVER stopped!)
Good job, you're in the TOP 10 quite a few times. how about SNiPER? I can't even score THAT high. Nice Job, both of you.