Not bad
Once you get the hang of the controls and gameplay it's actually kind of addicting. Good graphics as well. Kudos. Would have gotten a ten if the controls and gameplay was a little more user friendly.
Reviews for "Bob's Busy Boxing Biz"
good game but
good game, but this needs a turtorial level and better explanation, its more like exploring how to play than it is to play the game itself in beginning if u dont read the comments :P
and also im not a big fan out of these games, but it was well made otherwise :P
ps: thats the best remix ive heard of the Russian national athem, where did u get it? or did u make it urself?
Good but sometimes impossible
Well this turned out to be a good game since you get to see a bit into Bob's normal daily life at the office of shipping things everyday. Strangely though the longer you play the more items you need to fill the boxes and sometimes you need to be able to click really fast to fill the box. Found it hard sometimes since the box would spin from time to time should I try to fit something in there.
The game play and concept seems to be simple which is to fill the boxes of every order that you get and screwing up or leaving things out will always cost you some cash but if you have a large amount and tend to be unable to fit one item in then it may be ok to leave something out from time to time to get all the orders done on time.
I found that the more I played that the more orders I had to do in constrained time limit. Sometimes I would find the level nearly impossible to complete due to the mystery box. It was a reference to tetris I know but sheesh, sometimes even after filling the box in every possible way it was just plain impossible to fit in that last mystery box since it came in a shape that was unable to fit in with everything else so I had to leave it out of the order just to get everything on time.
The music was alright and at least you can turn that and the sound off on this. That is one positive I found here while helping Bob fill his orders every day on the game. On a side note a choice in a couple of other songs would be nice to have here instead of just the same loop that may annoy some users. Do that and that would make it a bit better I think.
As for some game mechanics I find annoying is that from time to time you can NOT fill every box 100% of the time due to the random outcome of what shape the mystery box will be. To fix this a 4x4x4 box would be very helpful to the player so they could get all the orders filled. The ability to give Bob a different outfit after so many levels would also make this game a bit funner as well. That and maybe could have asked Bob to record his voice so you could possibly hear it after finishing the game or starting at the start of the game.
Another thing that would be nice and helpful here is a save button. This ways players do not have to start it all over again from the very start of the game when they quit or get frustrated and need a break before coming back to the game before trying to fill more orders into the boxes.
The medals were fun and easy to earn anyways so that was good here. Medals made the game fun for me anyways.
Overall, I find this to be a good game but could have there to make it more pleasurable for the player:
~ A 4x4x4 box
~ A | shaped mystery box
~ Save button
~ Maybe having Sherbert lay down some place in the room?
~ More choice in music
Good game even though later into the game the mystery boxes start to annoy you a lot...
needs a turtorial level
the game would be more fun if its was spelled out how to play a little better even the instructions were harder than they needed to be to understand adding a quick demonstration would be great.
Pikanjo responds:
It seems my biggest problem is teaching players how to play the game. Once you get it, it's good - but the learning curve turns some people off. I will study this.
-Richie
I think it's a really nice game. The graphics are alright but the music is a bit repetitive. It's a nice touch to have the items 'respawn' or be located in a different place to where they are in a previous game. I think it needs a save button though, I don't really want to play through the first few days again and see the tutorial if I have played a few times before.
The concept is really good, and is a fine tribute to Newgrounds but could definitely do with a few tweaks like upgrades or a faster walking speed.