I'm just saying...
...flash has come a long way. But making a flash game that can let a user easily integrate themselves into the game play is important. Not accomplished here. But the game is good,...just not groundbreaking.
Reviews for "Condition"
Too short, too easy, but still very fun
Overall the game was very well done; however, I feel as though it was far too short. I managed to beat the game in under a half-hour, and, in combination with the brevity of the game, I also felt it was a bit too easy. I didn't die at all, and enemies are easily avoided. The mini-boss was too easy, and the final boss was also fairly easy, especially with the Machine Gun. [-2 Stars: -1 for Length; -1 for Difficulty]
Also, I am unaware if I am the only one experiencing this problem, but I ended up having to mute the sound. The music was only playing in the right channel, and the sound effects in the left. I tried reloading the page several times, but to no avail. To further comment on the audio, I feel the music could have looped more cleanly; there is a pause at the end of each loop that could be eliminated to produce a better sound. [-1 Star]
But despite the above I, as I said before, found the experience very enjoyable. The look and feel is excellent and, as many have said, is similar to Cave Story - a game which I thoroughly enjoyed. One thing gameplay-wise I especially liked was the ability to stomp on enemies to stun and deal damage. The weapons were also well balanced, although I ended up using the Machine Gun exclusively after I found it. Regenerating ammo and its secondary use as a jetpack made it too good to pass up.
I hope to see a full-version or a sequel sometime in the future. You definitely know what you're doing, and I'm sure whatever you come up with next will be great!
abielins responds:
Sorry about the music. Poor quality assurance on my part. I only found out about it after the deadline for the flixel contest, so I can't re-upload the fixed version :(
fun I guess...
but not exactly overwhelming...
I agree with everyone else.
This is way to similar to cave story: Shooting in up, down, left, right the same as cave story. Enemies, while different, are somewhat similar. You have to find the pistol that has infinite ammo. It's like a cave story ripoff set in space.
Kudos on the coding efforts though. I couldn't do that.
I was actually looking for an RPG (dunno why it's tagged so in NewGrounds), but this was enjoyable nonetheless :) Aiming and shooting was a bit annoying, especially when monsters wereon a lower level and the only way to hit them was get too close... (or jump on their heads, as I realized at some point). Still, for a week's work, a game including multiple weapons, several enemies + boss, secret areas etc is quite an achievement.
abielins responds:
Glad you like it :)