Reviews for D.N.A

[Juv]

lousy!

I'm sorry. I don't mean to offend.
but there are a few major mistakes in the making of this game:

1. the sound is too irritating and dissonant, and really unpleasent for this kind of games. try finding some soft muse that will calm the player and make it more enjoyable.
2. the graphics are terrible. everything is so robotic and unappealing. nothing there attracts the eye. not even one piece of motion.
the DNA stuff itself isn't cool or amazing at all. it looks like cut-outs of pictures of cat food or somthing.
3. the instructions aren't interesting. this is a game. when istructing a game, you should do it in a simple way. go see the game "-Red-" and learn a few things.
4. and the worst part: the gameplay itself is boring and stops being fun after one or two minutes. not enough options (I'm not talking about kinds of games, it's the games themselves that are not interesting and isn't so fluent).

suggestions for improvements:
A. draw everything in flash, with more cartoonish themes.
B. add background sound, and get rid of those horrible ones you have now (the player does not need to toggle his sound all the time!).
C. make the menu more interesting, juming all around and stuff. in other words: more animation would make it a far more enjoyable piece of work.
D. think of harder tasks. and you should add a timer, or maybe some bad guys - do it more challanging. (maybe you already have. I was too bored after the first 4 levels so I stopped playing. if that's the case then delete some first stages).
E. don't try to make it look alll sciencey and cool, that makes it look even more ridiculous. instead, try and find some other background story - it'll be even better if it were a funny one.

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of course, it's plain to see that this is a not-so hard worked job. actually... I got the impression that this is one of those cheap-wannabe-games that costs and are only made to make some pathetic money for some pathetic loser (just like all those "lion king 2", "lilo and stitch 2", "cars", "mulan 2" and other similer disney-movies that are only ment to make some money).

[Zhortac]

This makes Tetris look good

Sorry to say it, but Tetris is more addicting and fun to play, not to mention WAY more challenging. I wouldn't spend a dime on this game, it's way too easy. The only god thing about it was the graphics were good for a puzzle, but the rest was a joke. If you want to hook people, make a challenge out of it and make them want to play more. Making a game were even a retard on pot can win, won't hook anyone.

[Zeldax3]

Hm.

Well it was alright.

Was it just my browser, or did some of the images look somewhat compressed?

[Twasbrillig]

Um...

Did anyone who gave this game a good review actually play it for very long?

Let me just explain this.

First of all, its only the demo. So what, in my opinion, would be a decent part of the game - the "free" (unlimited) mode, is cut out.

Second, the sound is terrible - just blings and bloings and "YOU WIN."

Also, the puzzle mode has virtually no levels, all of which are EXCRUTIATINGLY easy. I myself did not read any instructions whatsoever, and still beat them all after 1 or 2 tries.

The main mode in which one follows Dr. Rose is interesting. Not the gameplay, but the fact that I found it impossible to lose even if I tried. Can you lose at that? Seriously, is it physically possible to lose?

Considering this game is labelled as a puzzle game, I expected a challenge. Most puzzle games require thought, but in this game I didn't understand what I was doing (to start with) and still won every time. I mean, sandbox games are fun, sure, but they can't be called puzzle games. If one were to click at random inside the gameplay area, chances are they'd win.

In addition to this, the claim that this game has original gameplay is completely unadulterated and falsified. This is a paltry remake of some of the internets most beloved games. The claim that this is an innovative way to combine 3 colours is, dare I say, complete balogna. No matter how you put it, there's only around 6 mathematical ways to combine 2 colours together, when there is 3 in total.

Moreover, what does this have to do with DNA? The proteins (which do not in any way represent what proteins look like) involve no nucleic structure - how can 2 proteins combine and make a cell? This is idiotic thinking at best, as even grade 10 science students could tell anyone. Where are the nucleotides, the codons, the genes, the chromosomes? Even though this does not affect the gameplay, one could easily think of a better title.

I have to admit, however, that the graphics were quite good; however, one could argue that the graphics to many blammed games were on par or better than this game.

I fail to realize how a game with no direct focus, no replay value, and no extraordinary or original features could get such a high score. Especially a money-monger like this one.

[c2423]

Not impressed.

Allow me to paraphrase Futurama:
A game where I'm winning? I must be in Heaven!
A game where I'm always winning? I must really be...in Hell!

I looked at some other reviews and a lot of people seemed to like it but it just didn't float my boat.