Zazzy's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Shantae Meets Sonic]

"A timeless classic."
- TIME Magazine, circa 1977

[Cap'n Marcela]

NEVAARRRRRR

[Half life 3: The Voice]

11/10

[Snowball Attack]

Just fucking awful level design, and an awful game because the games design was built around the levels, instead of the levels being built around the game mechanics.

Games like these are supposed to be about calculating and angling your shots, and usually you have a limited amount of shots you can take. It feels like you designed all these levels, but when you actually went to play them it was impossible, so you made all the balls reusable so you could just spam your way through it.

If you have a game like this were the goal is to go through trial and error to get all the things right, and to get more balls to use they have to reach the bottom of the level, YOU DON'T MAKE THE PLATFORMS HORIZONTAL. In ANY game where your progress is fed by an item you shoot, and you can't replenish and lose because of it, it's BAD DESIGN. In any "puzzle game" where the obstacle is the game or level itself and the players intelligence and ability to figure it out isn't, IT'S BAD DESIGN. A game where the mechanics themselves hinder the players in ANY way is BAD DESIGN. In a genre where the games mechanics and level design are the most important aspects of the game itself, if at either time one (in this case both) of these don't work, YOU GO BACK AND FIX IT, you redesign it so it's an actual challenge and actually fun, instead of just releasing it because it's vaguely playable.

TL;DR: Bad design in pretty much every aspect. Not worth your time.

[Once Upon A Life]

I'm sorry, the game will not load after multiple refreshes and a restart of my browser, so I can't give it any more than a one. I wtched a friend play it though, and he said it was pretty good.