MrShmoods's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Watch This Number Go Up]

Number goes up. The perfect video game for the modern era.

I like sending clicker games like this to friends that haven't realized they'll play literally anything with big numbers in it, regardless of performance, challenge, or mental prowess. After realizing how low their standards were, they send clicker games to their friends to prove the same point. I like how this game is meant to teach just that.

On another note; The music made me light up like a dog hearing its name for the first time. Encountering Lupin III music in the wild is always a thrill.

[Pico-Cross Collab]

This game rocks my socks off and my feet are cold.

[Sonic RPG Episode 10 - The Final Chapter]

Dear God, the 8 year old in me is freaking out right now. It's been nearly 14 FREAKING YEARS since last I played one of these.

Nearly my entire childhood from 2-10 years old consisted of Final Fantasy, Sonic games, and the Sonic X show. Seeing that there was a fangame that pushed all those together got 8 year old me PUMPED, and immediatly played all the Sonic RPG games.

Now, being a 21 year old man, I wasn't sure if I should even bother playing since my interests changed quite a bit over the last 14 years (still love Final Fantasy though. Especially FFIX), and I figured I'd leave my fond memories of the Sonic RPG series untouched... but my childhood self was just SCREAMING for closure after all this time, so here I am, playing Sonic RPG for the last time.

Even back when I played the crap out of these games, I always thought that the combat was stretched out WAY too long, and this one's no exception. The sprite animations in this are very entertaining; they've got that Dragon Ball Z over-the-top action and I love it. Every new attack got be thinking "ooOOooh, what's this one do?" Overall, I'd say this is a solid 4 stars... but

HUGE credit to the creator for even bothering to finish this series in the first place. You just made a lot of people very happy. In my eyes, that's worth 5 stars on its own.

[Tankmas ADVENTure 2020]

Last year's Advent was so freaking awesome that I thought there's no way George could top that level of charm... then George AND ALSO BRANDY was like "Ok, so on top of having even MORE presents this year, we're also adding online multiplayer, an arcade, a music room, a movie theater, selectable player avatars, emotes, live events..." it just kept going!

This is gonna be a tough one to top for next year, but knowing George AND ALSO BRANDY and the passion that follows him, he'll find a way.

Drink up cause we still gotta give 2020 the send off it deserves, to be pissed on by hundreds of people.

Merry Tankmas Everyone!

*rubs hands together really fast creating blue fire* *pat pat* ALSO BRANDY DID A LUDICROUS AMOUNT OF WORK AS WELL AND THE ADVENT WOULDN'T BE AS AWESOME AS IT IS WITHOUT HIM *pat pat* good boy.

BrandyBuizel responds:

there's a lot of head patting george going on over here and my scalp's getting pretty cold

[Box Factory]

This game was super fun to play all the way through! There were a few brain scratchers in there, which were always satisfying to solve.

That's where a lot of puzzles games (or games with puzzles in general) get wrong; the solution to a puzzle should always feel satisfying, and not "Oh, freaking DUH!" (a lot of 3D Zeldas and Spyros do this). In other words, the solution to the puzzle should never be tucked behind locked doors. Otherwise the player feels cheated or made fun of.

Case and point, the puzzles were tough and satisfying, but never unfair. If I couldn't solve something, it was because I wasn't getting it, not because the answers were hidden.

However, the difficulty balancing was a bit strange. A lot of the butt end levels felt like they should've been part of the beginning (level 19 and 20 in particular felt like they should've been within levels 1-5) and vice versa. A few tweaks to the level ordering and this would be a solid 5 stars.

Also the music is AWESOME

[The Goodest Boy]

Genuinely thought that the kid was gonna just toss the ball again because he had no idea what the dog had gone through to get it... I was pleasantly surprised when he did not

[Christmas ADVENTure 2019]

HUGE thanks to George (@GeoKureli) for organizing this and working day and night to make this the best it could possibly be. His intentions were to spread joy and cheer to everyone and I think we all can agree he succeeded, plus interest.

Everyone who participated did a FANTASTIC job on everything, and I'm glad I could be even a small part of it. It's been super fun to watch this whole project go from an empty room with a twig for a tree, to a room full of NG awesomeness (and a tree that's gonna stab the dang moon).

Thank you to everyone who's played the game and for all of the positive feedback, it's the best gift y'all could give us and our boy George :)

Thank you, and Merry Christmas everyone!

[Nothing]

An amazingly unique and creative game! I love the humor of unlocking all the pointless abilities (like the Broken Radar, and Annoying Squeaky Shoe Mode).

The whole elevator ride was hilarious to me, especially "You've Unlocked Catchy Elevator Music" and "Super Secret Blue Mode." I absolutely love that kind of humor, however I can understand why other people wouldn't like it.

I always love when Ludum Dare comes around because of games like these. The whole event forces indie game developers to come up with a whole game super quick, which spawns game concepts that probably would've never come to life if it weren't for the tight development schedule and themes.

Anyways, it's an awesome game and it had me laughing the whole way.

[Cube Mission]

Amazing!!!

The puzzles are expertly crafted so that the player is never confused as to what they're supposed to do, and yet still posing a challenge to the player.

The levels are hard enough to be frustrating at times, but never to the point where it feels unfair. And besides, it makes beating the level that much sweeter.

Not to mention the beautifully relaxing soundtrack, which was just an absolute joy to listen to.

Great game all around! I played it all the way through and will likely be doing so again just for the fun of it.