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First, sorry it took me so long. I moved out of my old appartment and I couldn't manage to get internet in time.

Now on to the review.

Considering the type of game this is, the visual quality is above acceptable. I'd say just about right. Though I do not approuve of the lack in shades and colors. They do fit, however, with the essence of christmas. I consider this a minor detail, it does not affect the game or the gamer.
Audio is lacking. The loop isn't as good as it could be and to tell the truth it sounds way too aggresive. I mean, this WAS for Christmas, right? I don't get why you chose a rave-party-song type of music for a game like this one. I'm not here to judge your taste in music so let's just move on.

We rarely see games of such relaxed gameplay nowaday. Some games play in your stead and you learn nothing. Some games have nothing fun to do or are plain boring. And some are way too slow or fast paced. Yours however does not seem to belong in any of these category. I did not particularly find it fun but it wasn't boring. There is a challenge but there is no real goal.
Gameplay is simple and the game can be picked up easily.

Overall, I don't think this is worth any awards. It does have its charm. I fear it will slowly fade away behind some of the most outstanding games or the "advertiser-hungry" games.
It's not bad, but it might not be good enough to stay afloat.

This is what i want to say. But this game is still alive today, after over 6 months. There's more to it than meets the eye.

happybirthday90 responds:

Thanks a lot my friend :) This has got to be the best review I have recieved till date :) appreciated!

it's a fun little game. Take it off newgrounds and make a ipod version or something and sell it. i'm fucking serious. i've seen crappy games on the apps but this one here i'm sure you'd make money and promote your skills.

Graphics are so-so. Pixel aren't really my cup of tea. This game doesn't make me rage about it tho. it's fluid, not too bright, not too dark. It's a good combination with the colors. (Maybe a shade darker for the bonuses icons? the green i mean)
Music is... You can find better music easily. However I must compliment your choice. it's not the best, but it's very good. it fits with the game and is not too agressive.
Sounds are great. I have been known for having issues with sounds in any games but not this time. They feel natural even though it's similar to an 8-bit or 2-bits kinda sound.
Controls are perfectly fine. by upgrading the ship's speed they become more fluid and the ship is easier to control.

Bugs : collecting bonuses after having bought a gun but no ammos is as useless as not buying gun at all. might not be a bug in itself, but it is annoying. especially for I, who buy the most expensive gun and dont have ammos. I managed in the end so it's fine. If i can, anyone can.
Some walls have a slightly bigger hitbox than what we can see. Talking pixel, 2 pixel around would be the answer. Once known it can be easily dealt with, but it's still annoying. especially with 2 ships coming after you.
Achievement "100,000 points from bonuses" does not work. why? because not only does bonuses not give any worthwhile point (except resplenishing health or ammos) the random nature of them is too unrealiable to get to 100k bonus. i've got every bonus i could find in 2 runs and i can tell you it's impossible. The "100k points in one run" is fine though.
Achievement "99 km without being hit" does not work either. As soon as you get the maxed out warp you should have the achievement but it doesn't give. after which i did fly over 200 km (strictly speaking: the rest of the run) without being hit once. yet i didn't get the achievement. maybe the "warp" override have something to do with this?

You should put a Quality button. the game is light and doesn't lag much but since you can right click to change the quality, maybe you should add the button? I dunno, it's just less trouble for people like me. Won't influence much.

While the game itself is considerably good, there are small issues which affect my gaming experience. I'm pricky, I know. However in this specific case, it's because I want you to be known and help you progress. I didn't think i'd love this game so much. It was a pleasant surprise!
I'll pass the word to my friend. they got to try this at least once.

Good luck!

meinlogin responds:

Wow, that's just super-detailed and awesome feedback. Thank you very much, I'd put Double helpful for the post if I could:).
I have uploaded the new version with two bug fixes for achievements. And the issue with bonus is in incorrect description. You will receive it if collect total 100 bonuses (in all games).

first game on NG to use multiplayer?
Wrong! there was a tank game 5 years or so ago. 1v1, 2v2 or 4v4, was fun. kind of a remake of scorched earth.

....still good game tho.

Mattster responds:

Wrong! I said "using the NG API".

.....why was this time theme : make me lag with insanely jumpy games. ? why? i cant play this. game start, then freeze. then game over. I cant play, i cant enjoy, I cant rate... why did no one put a quality button...

SunriseKingdom responds:

I think I might know how to fix your problem. If the characters feel like they lag clear your browser history. Also try to close your browser and reload it.

insanely laggish. what was the theme? raster images only? i want a quality-low button... will never be able to finish because the game "jump" for 5 seconds. managed to get to the scene with the girl thanks to the "menu-continu-is next level" glitch. but now i cant finish the last run because i cant go backward. and since the game keep jumping around the char is always, always stuck between the two rocks. can't even rate this. i can t enjoy. i cant play...

wizzyxx responds:

In this case, I suspect it might be your computer instead, since all my recent testers didn't experience lag, and neither did I. And I'm not sure what you mean by the game 'jumps'? I will check for a glitch in the menu. Also, if you read my response, the point is to not go backwards later, so it is not a bug. You're the first one I see experiencing these issues, but I will double check just in case. Sorry you didn't like it, and thanks for reviewing!

wheres the damn quality button!? shit wont play except the annoying piano music which is too freaking loud o_O

Almakos responds:

Decreasing quality settings won't help, because all graphics are raster images.
As for the loud music, there is in-game mute button.

not bad game

azerty keyboard sucks, buy a normal one ffs lawl

Graphic are so-so, anyhow it's above average. zombies are nice (what's up with their mask haha)
Gameplay is normal, i just wish there was a Quality button for slower PCs.
30 levels, doable to the very end with the handgun + turrets (lawl the mines are badass!). The ending sucked tho. i was like... "what, that's it? he just stand there and wait for the next train!?" but yeah overall its great.

Just another thing... what's the use for the score if we cant send our score? last time i checked mine (around wave 25) my score was above 300k, nearly 400k... and since i dont trust my eyes it could even be 3m instead of 300k but i dunno i'd rather say 300k. anyhow i didnt get my place in the highscore =( and the CPU has 25k o_O !? cpu cant handle the first 5 waves? srsly!? lol just kidding. I liked it.

box10 responds:

The game automatically changes the quality setting if your FPS drops below the desired rate. Fair points about the high score.. we only use local one so its not particularly good unfortunately :P

why?

why do i ALWAYS spawn BETWEEN 5 EXPLOSIVE BARREL AND GASOLINE TANKS!? WHY!? every time this happens. Especially in the last 2 stages. i cant move at all i'm already burning to death at 1 second of the game. wtf?

except that lame "random fire spawn" game is cool..

JohanHjarpe responds:

Told you it wasn't fair... :)

..kay...

not only does OUR bullet follow the crosshair, but ENNEMY'S Bullet FOLLOW THE TRAIN!
You can't make anything else than some sort of rectangular loop for the train. kinda lame.
Music? where's the music? Hell there's the train sound but that's all?!
Graphics are way too simple.
I advice you try to learn a bit more about flash animation (and games) before your next attempt. it could be vital =/

one point because a train defense game has never been done before.. at least not that i've heard of

Blamya responds:

Bullet following cursor bug removed.
Thanks for giving one point !!!!!!!!!!!

i'm no pro, but here's some advice

yes, this definitly has a lot of potential. Sprite are great and fluids, attacks are... well they attack.

here's some suggestion (some are harder to do than the others)

1, Character get "stunned" or falls back when hit. (Opens the way to combos)
2, combos, instead of pressing and holding the attack button, make it a "mash" thing. dunno if that's clear enough.... It feels like an autofire, make it manual fire =)
3, add some characters! (dunno if you planned to add more, bt it'd be great. like, secret chars after story mode or something.
4, The SFX can be found easily. if they get it for Warcraft 3 maps, you should be able to find it. Try the "HIVE" forum. They specialise in wc3 maps but you might be able to find the SFX there (or some hint at least)
5, when the attack doesn't connect (doesn't hit at all) make it impossible to chain the rest of the combo. That, or make 2-3 attack buttons with different type of attack.
6, try to add some "limitation" to the jutsu (Rasengan and Chidori) so we can't do it anytime we want. Like, a Chakra meteror something. Maybe a button combination too? Like up-left-down-right-H-H-H.
7, Special background effect when "high level Jutsu" are used. Like "Katon, Gokyaku no jutsu - the fireball - and some other stuff. Why not som picture on the background? Maybe the Character's face on one of the corner of the screen.

Personnal request would be to add Konohamaru to the character. I remember playing as Konohamaru on one of the PS2 games, instead of Kunai or star, he throws rocks and stuff. pretty funny.

Also, you could add some humor, funny line the character said or random funny/stunned/shocked face for the loser. Naruto is an expressive anime so i don't think you'll need to search very far to get some nifty face expressions.

You could let the player choose his character (especially if you use AI and stuff)

That's about it i think. If i ever get more ideas or suggestions, i'll let you know.

Good Luck!

KiraTheSaviour responds:

Good detailed criticism :D Thats what I needed! thanks

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