00:00
00:00
Newgrounds Background Image Theme

Heln966 just joined the crew!

We need you on the team, too.

Support Newgrounds and get tons of perks for just $2.99!

Create a Free Account and then..

Become a Supporter!

Reviews for "Turning The Tide"

Frustrating as hell at times.

The game is great, don't get me wrong. The graphic quality is superb, the gameplay is fun, the concept is top notch.. but I have a pretty hefty list of complaints, but with solutions to help them.

1. The controls are absolutely sluggish. It takes far too long to maneuver up and down, and it causes you to have to move to avoid obstacles before they're even on screen, and it makes hitting any enemies an absolute hassle.

2. The lack of control over the graphical quality. My computer operates best if I bring it to med or low quality. This game lacks that option.

3. The lack of ability to revisit tutorials. I had a hard time landing. I would have been able to fix that issue if I had been able to revisit the tutorial.

4. There's a design flaw on level 4. After you come out of the first hangar, the second one is too close, and no matter if I slow down before I hit it, hold up as the level starts, or both, I always hit it. I suggest moving the hangars just a little farther apart.

5. When you respawn, how it nosedives from the top of the screen instead of coming in from the left. That resulted in more game overs than anything else.

6. The defense upgrade did absolutely nothing for me. I died just as easily from bullets and crashing my plane, if not even easier. Make it more noticeable, instead of making it defend against one extra bullet.

7. Wingman is completely useless, also. Replace him with the option to buy more effective controls. That would fix this problem, as well as the first problem I stated.

Level 8?

The game is decent enough, and I certainly like it more than "Plough the skies".
Different levels and specific mission goals are a good thing.
I don't think respawning is done so well, though. If you die in lvl 8 for example, you sometimes respawn at the same interval the V2s are coming: insta-repeat-kill.
Upgrade system is fine and graphics and music fit, I think.

But just like another user said, I cannot pass level 8. I shot every V8 launcher then bombed it to make sure. The rockets disappear but there's no destruction animation for the launcher. I tried 10+ times now, so, yeah I got all 4 of them.

Hope there's a fix! Those medals are tempting. ;)

Nice game

I liked the simple concept, it kept me playing for a while.

It's not boring at all, every time i tried to beat my previous score.
That's the real callenge, beating yourself. Kept me entertained.
I liked the music to, normally i mute in game music because most of the time they are very annoying. Not the case here.

And answering your question: Yes i got them all, that also means your game is fully functional. Grats

SteveHarris responds:

Pleased to hear you enjoyed it :)

The version over at teagames.com has an extra 4 levels if you'd like to give that a go.

Well done for getting all the medals!

Steve

why...

why medal "death from above" is broken
I have this medal in game but not in newgrounds

Decent fun, but...

the game seems to keep resetting some of my save data between the second and third level if I go to the upgrades/level select screens. My upgrades and score on the first 2 levels are maintained, but every level past the first becomes locked, and my medals disappear. I'm not sure if any of that is supposed to happen.

Other than that, the game is good quality.