HerbieG's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sally's Cats]

Just one thing to say: the mid-air control over the cats is just terrible.

[Windows XP Sim]

Actually in comparison to the good old XP it's the Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 that should be called shitty. I was hoping that Microsoft will finish the Windows 9 project, but that never happened. In 8.1 the "system thread exception not handled" BSOD occurs even more frequently than the BSOD in Windows 98. I can't even watch anything on YouTube without being afraid of this to happen. In Windows XP there even wasn't such a thing, such a critical error which would be occurring all the time. Moreover: I got a quad core CPU and under 8.1 the computer is sometimes working slower than my old one was working under XP. About 10: many people say that it is "surprisingly laggy". There is also the functionality. In XP you could fix some things by yourself by entering certain options, settings etc., in current systems many settings aren't even accessible for the user. But of course if somebody is looking for gadgets and pre-installed web games and not pure functionality...
Summarizing: your submission is definitely not showing the true nature of Windows XP :-)
You could also add more options - on NG there are many submissions like this, so you could find some inspiration for that - and try to hide the medals a bit, so they would really be worth those 50 points ;-) This value is likely to be asked to be decreased because of that.

[Vintage Game Shop]

It's a good game but one thing is illogical: why would I pay the expert $10 every time if the clients won't sell me the item for such a low price anyway? Their last offer is almost always higher than the predicted re-selling price.

[KeyCountDown]

Simple but awesome game! Very entertaining and addicting as well. Tons of reflexes required ;-) I only found the medals pop-up a bit disturbing during the gameplay. I would also wish that I could redefine the keys and use more comfortable keys for my right hand, for example it would be good if the game would allow the 1, 2, 3 keys from the num-pad.

tirsod2000 responds:

Thanks a lot! I will see what I can do :)

[The Black Knight Rises]

Terrible controls, ridiculous wall-jumps. The direction of the jump is too much up and not enough to the left/right. And no, it is not a lag problem, it's the controls that are bad. The movement is also way too slow. I am disappointed that you did not fix those issues despite many people pointed them out.

[Traffic Collision 2]

I'll have to put some criticism to this project, the graphics is awesome, but the gameplay is not. I hope you will respond to this.
1. Why the game is not saving my progress with the cookie file or any other way?
2. Turn off that irritating screen shaking that goes on all the time.
3. Turn off that screen flashing every time the nitro is being used.
4. The controls aren't very good, one time they are overresponsive, the other-barely enough to make a turn and when I finally make it - the car starts to bounce from one side to another.
5. Riveet099 is 100% right that the game would be much better with the first person view or maybe at least with the top-down view.
6. There are situations in which I get 3 cars in front of me, from the right to the left, so this is an impossible pattern, impossible to avoid.

[Blind Typer]

An interesting game. I only noticed few things:
1. For me the sound of b and d is not distinctive enough, they sound almost the same;
2. If you press the wrong letter the game is not accepting the correct input of 1 or even 2 next letters;
3. Are the Simple 2 and Blind typer medals awarded by just passing them? There is no other description and I passed both 1st and 7th level and did not earn them.

[Crashzilla]

I have to write this: for a long time gamezhero wasn't uploading new medal games and when finally did - uploaded a ridiculous creation. And here is why:
1. The dumbest idea I have ever seen: having to wait for 10 minutes to gain another chance to play the game! Just tell me: what crazy logic lies behind it?
2. Apparently you made the game for mobile devices, but!
This is the worst thing to do: make a game for mobile devices and then upload it as a flash game for computers while it completely doesn't fit playing it by the mouse, I mean especially those ridiculous requirements for houses medals. Playing it with a mouse - it is just impossible and I am writing it using the biggest letters possible. Besides, for people that have smaller laptops the game screen can be simply too high to fit in the laptop screen.
3. Next thing: to continue the game you need those crystals and this leads to that wheel of fortune, one spin costs 100 crystals while there is only one chance to win more crystals than you have invested. Again: where is the logic?
4. In comparison to all mentioned above this is really a minor issue, but still important: when you will stop adding achievements buttons that lead the player only to your website and add in-game achievements board on which - for example in this case - the player could check how many houses, tanks, boats etc. he had already smashed?
Summarizing: there are a lot of issues that made me remove so many stars from the available max base. I hope you will respond to this - and improve the game.

gamezhero responds:

"1. The dumbest idea I have ever seen: having to wait for 10 minutes..."
Yes, on fault. I reupload game with 9 lifes and recovery reduced on half
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"2. Apparently you made the game for mobile devices, but!"
I know many players who plays on touchtable screen.
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"3. Next thing: to continue the game you need those crystals and this leads to that.."
Did you play in casino? You lost 100 crystals but can win 250 or get 0 crystals.
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"4. In comparison to all mentioned above this is really a minor issue, but still important: when you will..."
This game for mobile. In iOs vertsion you can see progress at GameCenter
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Good Luck!

[10 Seconds]

That was good! Another good game this week :-) Simple, challenging enough to be fun, but not frustrating, various types of obstacles, just as it all should be. The only minor bug: if on one level there are those cannons shooting fireballs, their projectiles can stay on the screen during the next level.
Keep up the good work! :-)

MrNannings responds:

Thanks! Yes, i make a lot of games:P

[BB10's Friendship Adventure]

Yup! I can confirm that after getting one ending after you try to proceed you get all the medals without any further effort. You need to fix this. Also that text forwarding would be a good idea.
But I hope you will make more of these :-)