Score: 8
"Too short"
date: July 4, 2007
You shouldn't have submitted this as it isn't the finished version and I feel that demos/trailers/previews/unfini shed work don't deserve to be submitted to Newgrounds as they are not the finished version, you should wait until you finish something before deciding to submit it.
Demo/Trailer/Preview/Unfinishe d Work rant over.
When I saw this top of the portal, I decided that I'd go back and play the first one again and then come back and play this when I completed it and finally I managed to complete the original, then I played this one and I was disappointed by it, the first one was good because it was hard, but this one was just too easy, throughout the whole game, as the ship, I only got hit twice when really I should have been hit more times and then have to try again as a result, but I didn't I just completed it straight away.
I didn't like the part where you were the soldier on foot, as it just wasn't anything new and it didn't have any features to it that made it stand out, perhaps you should have been able to duck behind crates or something, thus not being hit when you had to reload your gun, as that was irritating, also you cut most of that part of the game out and it was really short making it pointless.
Then it went back to you controlling the ship and you got to fight the sub-boss, again just like with the first one this boss was too easy, sure it took a lot of hits but none of its shots would ever hit you, you just had to simply move out of the way for all it's gunfire and just stay slightly above the beam to avoid the beam, then again you finished this section early.
Most of the game wasn't here making it just completely pointless, what you had wasn't too bad, but you should have just not submitted it until you completed it, I'd rather have waited a year and played the completed version of this which would have been good rather than playing this uncompleted sub-par version.
When you do finally get round to making the final version of this, look back to what you did with the first Drakojan Skies Mission and make it as hard as that one was, also make the sub-boss harder so that it at least presents some sort of challenge.
On an extra note, it would also be nice to see more movie explaining the story at the start and it would also be nice to have another movie sequence at the end for when you complete it, as the first one didn't and due to this not being finished work, this didn't either. While it's not absolutely necessary to do this, it would improve it and make it much more enjoyable.
I still haven't got round to watching your A Dragon's Destiny series again yet, I keep meaning to but I just haven't found the time to watch it yet, I loved that series but I only saw the first half, hopefully I'll find some time to watch it soon, as it's one of my favourite series of all time.
July 18, 2007
Author's Response:
Thanks for the honest review.
The stages in Mission 2 have been revised, severely edited and are now complete in the last game %u201CDS Acolytes%u201D, as stage 4:
<a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/359931">http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /359931</a>
About the FPS part being pointless %u2013I%u2019ve wanted to add something different and new, rather than keeping the game straight-forward as a side scrolling shooter.
I%u2019ve never seen anything done like it before, so I%u2019ve added it.
As for making a movie to explain the story %u2013 agreed - I wanted to make more episodes (currently there%u2019s only 1, but it%u2019s more of an introduction), but decided to do a comic instead, which is currently in the works.
The game being unfinished %u2013 Unfortunately at the time I suffered an injury to my right hand/wrist which prevented me from working on the computer.
Not knowing IF I would ever be able to finish the game again, I%u2019ve buttoned up the most I could and released it. Better late than never.