Cyberdevil's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Coming Out Simulator]

I suppose the title should've made it clear what this SIM was all about, but it was still a bit of a shock when I jumped into the plot and realized what type of RPG I was playing. Though cleverly the player plays the creator, rather than himself, which makes it much easier to adapt to the unusual (well, if you aren't used to it) situation. The parental conversation goes from a bit comical to pretty harsh, I was expecting more humor, but it gets brighter towards the end. And whichever way it goes, it always remains entertaining, even through the darkest times. The conversation feels very dynamic, like you're really a part of it, with both naturally and cleverly phrased responses, puns, etc. Feels like there's a lot of different choices too, though considering how the ending all leads to the same choice, I suppose that might be an illusion of freedom, with different choices of conversation adding pieces of speech before they move onto the same topics. Either way, the sense of freedom; choice is great, and the interface itself is pretty interesting, like an emulated conversation in real life via form of digital chat. Graphics are pretty basic, but it's all slick and stylishly minimalistic. In the end a surprisingly good, and really unusual game!

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[What Do We Do Now?]

A series of clever and nicely animated puzzles! Was almost puzzled enough to quit playing even on the second one, with the ice, but... in retrospect it was so easy at that point! The first 'Start' puzzle worked almost like a tutorial, getting you in the mood for the rest of the game. I like the simple graphics, I like the background game... I like it!

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seanjames responds:

Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it. And thanks for playing!

[PUNYMAN]

This was a pretty neat pixel platformer! I like the oldskool style, though personally I do like the modern style of sprites even better, the smoother style, with less noticeable transitions with tiles, etc. But since you're going for emulating the style of old, it works well! Bit annoying how you jump higher when you speed up, since precision jumping is easier when you're standing still, but otherwise the game mechanics work well. And it's a wholesome adventure, with plenty of variation in sceneries and foes, nice work! Btw, also missing the music!

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Pipeweed responds:

Thank you! Let me know it the music is working now, i tried to fix the issue by adding the music in multiple formats. :)

[Punk Bitches vs Undead]

I like the musical mood in the game, how it keeps building up, how each instrument has a little 'beep if its own', power'ups etc, but overall it feels a bit motiveless. It moves along by itself, and apart from hitting a power-up every once in a while there's really not much to do here. No story, no upgrades, not even a highscore table to merit further play (and even if there was, since there doesn't seem to be much strategy involved it wouldn't be much of a race). I like the idea but... it could've been so much more!

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[Medieval Survival 3]

Seems like tomorrow is the day everything will happen! A quest full of motive this time around, in gathering all those items necessary for the ride. The shooting part was a fun twist too, though it'd fel more intuitive if you could just click anywhere to fire, not just on the bar itself. Same thing while speaking to the lady, feels like you should be able to click her to give the chickens just as well as putting them all in the pen. But overall, good game! Onto the next part...

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selfdefiant responds:

It's always tomorrow! Thanks!!

[8-Bit Mage]

Mages and zombies huh, interesting combination of midevil and modern themes! It's a fun game overall. Plenty of upgrades. Good graphics. And you really get a sense of progression, unlike so many of these games, I like that there's a definite finality to it, not just upgrade after upgrade, pushing on and on, getting nowhere. It has a good sense of reward! Nice work.

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[Hacker's Escape]

I like how that description seems like a true story at first, like it's describing the game itself, until you realize it's the game story. :) Was a pretty intriguing game, not the regular kind of click-around escapes with stereotype puzzles, but with a somewhat innovative idea. Nice puzzles!

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