Score: 7
"Happy indeed."
date: September 3, 2008
I generally enjoyed this.
The start seemed ridiculously simple, but I liked the twist on level 4 and level 6 actually killed me once or twice. Level 7 killed me about 5-7 times and I beat the elf king in 3 goes.
I liked the twist on a normal shooter - both in the direction of projectiles and also with the elves that we need to avoid hitting.
However, I felt that it all seemed a bit flukey for my tastes - with the frantic pace, but the generous amount of 'health', we're almost expecting to be hit loads of times and so each time we get hit loses its feeling of importance. If the game were slowed down a bit and maybe the 'camera' zoomed out, to let us see everything ahead of time, with an accompanying decrease in the number of times we're allowed to be hit, the game could be just as hard, but each time we're hit would be more of an occasion and the deaths wouldn't feel so chancey.
Maybe change the face of the main character - like you do with the king - to reflect his lack of happiness. And maybe the king could have some attacks implemented.
The game was fun despite these gripes - the graphics were jolly, music fun and the gameplay had a suitably happy vibe.
September 14, 2008
Author's Response:
Thanks very much for checking out my games and leaving reviews! I'll leave more of a response for the Valentine review : )
