Score: 7

"Great! Simple but fun"

submission: Card Game!

date: November 16, 2009

It took me a long time to figure this out. I searched through the internet trying to find rules for a game like this only to find none, and so I took the brute force approach of trying to learn the game. I really do think the instructions should come with it.

However, after I learned the rules and beat my opponent, the game really started becoming fun. My only complaint is that it took me so long to figure everything out.

Score: 6

"Extremely fun, extremely buggy"

submission: DarkBase 3 - Phoenix Team

date: November 16, 2009

I think this game could be an 8 or 9 by my book (and I don't rate games highly very easily) if not for the bugs. I had the same bug as Fappy below many times over for missions where I had to kill N aliens where I cleared the entire map (not an single red dot left) and it still showed that I had 20+ enemies to kill. Retrying the mission can solve this sometimes but I once had this bug occur twice in a row!

To be unable to complete a mission due to bugs like this can ruin even the most fun game, and I think this would be the most fun game otherwise.

If this bug could be resolved, I might take a look at this game again. Until then, I'm too frustrated to keep playing.

Score: 7

"Bit of a Grind"

submission: Dragon Boy

date: November 15, 2009

This is a very fun game, but it is quite a grind. I'm quite certain everyone will agree with me that it is practically impossible to beat the game without repeating maps and powergaming your way to at least around level 30 (which requires a couple of hours of just fighting the same enemies over and over) to beat the final boss.

I'm not very fond of the control sheme. Using the mouse cursor to orient attacks is more confusing than beneficial in my opinion when your character is restricted to melee attacks. Quite often I found myself attacking in the wrong direction because my mouse was point slightly more down than left, or something of that sort. I really think it would have been more effective to simply hit a button to make the character slash in the direction he is facing.

All in all it's still a fun game. After seeing all the glowing reviews though, I thought I'd take some time to point out how it might be improved. The idea of growing your dragon is very fun and it's one of the highlights of the game, and though it is quite a grind, it managed to keep me doing it to see what's next.