NekoMika's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lucario Dating Sim 3 Episode 1]

Going to have to rate this one lower, even as it is a demo piece, it seems really strange to see a concept paper looking level for the first level then seeing fully fleshed out looking levels for the next two levels. I understand you want to draw in more people to play these but making the games shorter and incomplete just will not be working for this.

Hopefully the next episode is longer than three levels and at least adds in music and sound effects. I also noticed the kick button does NOT work, I just kind of turned my back on Psyduck and that defeated them for some reason?

Here's hoping the second episode is more fleshed out and less rushed for attention.

2Mickennxtre68 responds:

Thank you so much for the kind words of advice! I really appreciate it and I don't find your ratings harsh at all! I think it's a perfectly fair rating and you're trying to help me improve! I just have to hope that I can improve and put all I've got into it so that rating goes up ;)
You are much nicer than some people who just vote 1 star because they think the idea of a Lucario Dating Sim is dumb, and I appreciate that! You're actually giving me good advice. To respond to some of your complaints, this game actually originally had way more levels, music and a more intricate story. Newgrounds has a limit of only 100 mb for flash files. It's ridiculous but as you can see all of the cutsenes are hand drawn and scanned into my computer, and they take up about 1mb of space each. There was originally way more of them. Not to mention the game used to have a 2 player mode, that's why the button on the title screen doesn't work, there was another level and a boss too! If Newgrounds gives more space to people who pay for a subscription I understand that is my excuse haha! I really did put all I had into the game and I had just worked on it for so long I finally wanted to release it even if I did have to cut a ton of content! If you want proof I'll legit post it to Itchio (a different games site that doesn't have a size limit) and send you a link. As for the first level being a sketch, I meant it to be a tutorial level (that's why there are instructions on sticky notes, and I based the idea of a tutorial being a sketch like in the game Sonic Ages, so it did have a purpose. But I still understand the complaint. I hope I can find a way to get more space or to condense things down better next time and make a truly long, fun game. Thanks again for the critique and I hope to see you back for Ep2!

[catpocalypses]

The music and background seem both distracting and unfitting. Not a bad short game but I feel if you go to revise it, you should work on making the graphics better. :)

goosypie responds:

Thank you for your response i listen to my player and what they want so im upgrading it

[Peter Knetter]

Nonsense fueled short game. I noticed once you got to the large sandwich screen that there was no way to go past there so I assume that is the last level of the game. The sentence splicing was interesting to say the least.

Fidgety48 responds:

SANDWICH!

[My Little Pony Adventure]

Smooth gameplay although there are times where it seems a bit buggy. The music was nice but I feel it would have been better if you spent a little time to code it so loops rather than restarts from the very start.

On that note, kind of sad how this was never completed.

[Endless Mario - 1 Hour Game Jam]

Not that bad for a one hour game. It would have been better if the controls were not as slippery and Mario was not able to go off screen. I would say you should have added sound effects but not sure how long that would have ended up taking you to complete.

[Garfield! You Bad Cat!]

This game seems kind of like a clusterfuck of weirdness. You have a Photoshop Flowey bare base looking type boss, some somewhat unfitting music and then a Earthbound dialog box if you lose the game. Winning the game did not feel that rewarding but it was a nice way to waste a few minutes.

Only thing I would have changed is adding sound effects for when Photoshop Garfield hits certain amounts of hit points, giving Jon sounds for when he takes damage (that is not Undertale sounding) and giving Jon some moving sprites for when he is moving around.

[A lame soda machine]

I mean... the title is accurate so you do not have to expect very much from this small interactive piece. You get some soda or whatever and pour it endlessly into your cup.... as you keep pouring, you notice that your life is going places or something, I have no idea.

No sounds, no music, it is just lame, but very honest. Hopefully your next piece is better than this one.

[Idle Evolution]

Semi-decent game and not a bad way to waste time, I did seem to encounter some type of strange bug though where the game just freezes when pressing play if you decide not to play for a few days. (Showed me at level 99, all zones unlocked, but all the stuff i had bought was gone and a large invisible box was bricking the game for some reason.)

Aside from a bizarre bug, the game is fun when it works right.

[Celestial Crusaders - FREE DEMO]

This does seem like a somewhat promising start to the game:

Pros:
- The graphics are nice
- Decent music (which I imagine may be changed at some point to something else seeing as it is still in the beta stage)

Cons:
- Voice acting (will not be too harsh here as this a demo and there is plenty of time for adding more / better voices sometime down the road)
- Controls
-- You should have the option to use either the D-Pad OR Left Control Stick, seems it would make more sense and make it easier for those that prefer Left Control Stick over the D-Pad
-- If you accidentally use a controller or keyboard, can be a bit difficult or impossible to switch back to using the style you were using
-- There seems to be a .5 second delay between a key input and when the bullets are sent from the character that you play with.

Other than that, does not seem bad. Hopefully the game is able to meet it's kickstarter goal and get somewhere. I feel $45k is a bit high for this game currently but who knows, it could happen, if not, I would just lower the end goal for now and swap $45k to being a bonus end goal honestly.

[The Hardest Pokémon Quiz Ever]

Not a bad quiz game, would be nice if the medals stacked though so I do not have to go back through and try to get more wrong to unlock medals.. :(