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Reviews for "The Powder Keg V2"

I hate to review a game so shortly...

~ First Comments ~

I really hate to review a game so shortly after playing, but I found so many faults with it that I found it too annoying and distracting to play. No this game isn't hard. A hard game is something that is challenging, this was just poorly programmed in my opinion.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

The artwork is good, but like usual very boring. There are bad pixel artist, mediocre pixel artist, and great pixel artists. You could be a great one, but you have to work on some detail before this happens. Details, details, details! The smallest amount of detail could make this go from another boring game visually to something that Tom puts on front page because it looks great.

For example, the opening scene was very detailed. Once you got down into the cave it was just dirt, hole, dirt, hole, dirt, hole. Have you ever seen an underground game or cartoon? I always loved seeing the cool things that they stick in the soil. For example, the generic dinosaur bone, the UFO, and other generic things, but this is your chance to have some fun and be creative. Add some cool things buried in the dirt and you've turned this from mediocre graphics to great graphics just like that.

You also need to code two different animations for the walk cycle. When the person is walking then use the cycle that you're already using. When they are standing still you should simply have a standing graphic. He looks like a douche walking in place. :P It probably wouldn't hurt to add a different jump animation as well such as one of the arms being up in the jumping stance.

~ Story/Content ~

Well it basically has no story. It would be nice to add one, but it's not always necessary. In a game like this it is nice to have some sort of plot. As for the content of the game, I'm sure it was good, but I'd never find out because I couldn't get more than a couple of seconds into the game.

I just can't jump over the holes. It seems like (from both playing the game and reading reviews) that it's more luck then it is skill to make it over a hole. A hard game involves skill a bad/poorly programmed game takes luck. I think you either need to make the hit detection a little different or have the guy jump further. Maybe making the tunnels a bit taller will allow the character to jump higher and make these jumps.

I really want to see what happens in the game, but just can't make the jumps needed to no matter how many times I attempt it. I usually don't take points off for me being bad at a game, but I seriously think it's the game that is making me bad and not just me not being good enough.

Now that I've voiced my opinion on the content of the game let me make a suggestion of how the story line could go if you decided to use one. (If there is one I apologize, but it's not possible for me to figure out without being able to beat the game) I suggest having this guys friend trapped down in the mind and he needs to save him. Something personal that would make people want to try or relate to in someway to give it that extra touch.

~ Audio ~

The audio that you picked was perfect in my opinion. In fact, I think it was the best aspect of the flash game. It really gave that feel of having to complete a task before the time runs out or before it's too late. That's also why I think the theme of saving someone would go really well here. A great choice in music.

~ Overall ~

Sorry for the negative review, but I do think that a lot needs to be worked on before this is enjoyable. There needs to be some work with the animation when standing still and jumping, the graphics need more details to really get the player involved in the scenery, some sort of plot would be amazing, something needs to be done to make this game playable by getting rid of the luck aspect and make it about skill, and the audio that you picked for this submission was perfect.

This score is more of a 4.4 than it is a bottom line 4, but I felt it's faults should slightly bring it below a 5 for sure.

~ Review Request Club ~

wow

a new version of the game, I copied the review from the previous version :P
this game is simple in some places but in others it is easy to fall into the traps!
anyway, great game!!

EventHorizon responds:

thanks :P

I ..

dont get it ... i ran around and theres no way back up but it is nice n boring , frustrating nothing happens or is happening in the game...

EventHorizon responds:

I know the game is difficult