I liked it. Good balance. Edit: Also great music!! Lots of fun – thank you!!
Reviews for "Arcade Wizard"
straight forward and charming
I love this game, I think you should develop more on this, the game mechanics are unique and good. Its my favorite of the three games you've made so far and honestly maybe even one of my favorite games on newgrounds. Although I think a save system would be nice. Even if you don't develop on this game I still hope you make more games since I really have enjoyed all of them so far.
Pretty neat game! Seems to have some real professional design to it, especially in regards to the level transitions and UI. Combat is pretty satisfying as well: feels good to hear the sound effects chain together as you blast a big group of enemies. I haven't played though it all yet, but I've mostly enjoyed my time with it. I do have some gripes though. Damage feedback can be a little confusing, particularly for the player: I'd have a lot of times where I thought I narrowly dodged an enemy but I actually didn't, so I think it would help to give a more dramatic signal when you get hit, such as freezing the game for a brief moment or blinking the entire screen red instead of just the player sprite or knocking back all the enemies from the player or whatever. Combat was getting a bit repetitive as well: even though the enemies were changing in terms of sprites, every fight could be beat with the same strategy of just camping the spawn points and then running circles to corral them all into a big group you could hose down. The groups got bigger and the enemies spongier but I'm hoping there is more variety than just that to add more strategy. Also, not so much a complaint but maybe something to consider: I think it would help to adjust the deadzone for the mouse cursor as if you move the mouse slow enough, your character will vibrate in an annoying way as they keep stutter stepping, haha.
Didn't finish it but I liked the juice of it.