PhantomArcade's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ritz]

Everything plays smooth, is intuitive, all the sprites and sfx indicate everything clearly. Nice level layout, punishment is well balanced, all around solid. The art is charming, and the small touches like the opening animation, and the spikes bouncing go a long way. And needless to say, the music is great, charming and bouncy like the best of niche SNES platformers. Solid.

[Nauseous Pines]

This is definitely an atmospheric, aesthetic heavy gem. I only vaguely understand how to play the game, but that adds to the charm in a way. I push F next to cars, die, fly in space (or is it a house?) And fly to the box in the middle and get locked on a screen with a warping video of a bearded dude.

Shit's crazy, and the music's cool

[missed messages.]

Man, this is pretty haunting and beautiful at the same time. I hope the real story it's inspired by went well, and anywhich way I think it's nice that you made this game. It definitely taught me something and I think it'll do the same for a lot of people.

Played til I got the 'Hope' ending, didn't encounter any bugs. Nice and great music.

PS: I also wish you could date the best friend

[Azumi and the Vertical Slice]

For just a one room affair that was pretty badass. Aside from small tweaks there's not much I would change, the core is damn solid. Nice work!

PopStrikers responds:

Thanks for playing, much appreciated!

[BUBBUN]

Damn, that was fantastic. Sad when it ended! The visuals and sound effects were crisp, and the controls were tight and response. That plus the simple to use and difficult to master mechanics of the game make me wish the levels pushed my reflexes and use of the game's offering further, and it'd of had INSANE replayability if the API was integrated so I could compare my time to other players and fight for a speedrun spot on a high score board. All n all, loved it

[ISHI]

Interesting stuff, it definitely was a tranquil experience. These are themes I've considered before, but I appreciate how they've been tempered into a soothing experience. I wish there was a bit more too it, but I think the exact amount there is fits the narrative. Nice work

clarigaricus responds:

Thank you for the review, I'm happy to know my writing with those themes worked out nicely.

[Firestarter]

Very cool adaptation of the game from the show! Feels cool to finally play it. You did well capturing the melancholic nature of it. Though movement feels a bit odd, and wait times between city growth is a little awkward, I found myself going through repeat plays due to the almost puzzle like nature of finding city clusters to build up and burn down while respecting the ratio of the population.

Really interesting stuff, plus you managed to keep it pretty simple and intuitive, awesome work!

SilverwareGames responds:

Thanks! It mostly came from the design in the show which we thought was a good description and it actually turned into a good game.

[Bio Evil 4]

Tough as hell, but I guess even that's true to the NES aesthetic! As an RE4 fan I feel like this is something I'd see fan art of and always wish it was real, but in this case it's actually real. Love the art and the choices of RE4 assets to include. Well done!

Gypopothomas responds:

Thanks a lot, man! Bloody loved that teaser video you did for it!

[cityhoppin]

I learned the secret moves and played for an hour and half and. couldn't. fucking. Beat. IT. If you like cruel games* (*torture methods), then this is the end all be all for you. 5 out of 5 fucking stars for making me use up my whole night with the end results being me wanting to smash my fucking monitor in.

[Disk Allocation: Typing Spectacular]

I love the art! Gameplay is a little basic but the theme of being in the computer was neat. I only wish it was a bit faster and had music