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[Hansen's Eyebrows Pinball]

Very fun

Pinball is always a sure way to attain success, as the game never gets boring, there being one condition it must fulfill: it must be original and fun!

And this certainly is original, using all of the soccer elements and nice little jokes and events occuring on interaction with the scenery.
It makes it very fun to play and assures a lengthy game session playing it. Thanks!

Matmi responds:

Cheers. Have you seen the site www.hansenseyebrows.com?

[Stick Animator v2]

Impressive

I cannot begin to fathom how much programming work this was, it's incredible; almost like being in Macromedia Flash yourself, except here, the use of joints makes the whole animation process so much more intuitive!

The only problem is, it takes a LONG time to animate in this, even with the above-mentioned intuitive system. You have to have the patience for it, and if you have that, you probably have the patience to make your own animation from scratch in Macromedia Flash instead of in this.

But hey, I'm not dissing your work, I think it's an extraordinary effort :)

[Bullet Bill]

Addictive, but with setbacks

You have a great game on your hands here, as it's quite addictive, and seeing as the pace of the game (fast gameplay and after you "die", you start again within a second).
It's the kind of game in which you can blank your mind out and just stare at the right side of the screen at what's coming, testing your reflexes.
It's hard to stop playing this game, so you've achieved the goal of all games - that is, having the players play it as long as possible.

BUT.

Yes, but. My biggest and actually, only gripe with this game is, it took me about five minutes to beat level one. Okay, now that could be chalked up to this genre just not being my forté in games, I'm willing to admit this.
But level 1-2 took me around 15 minutes to complete, which, near the end, was just starting to get very annoying.

No matter how much I may suck at this game, I don't believe any game should be THAT hard so early in the game. If I was in level 4-1 I could understand it, but level 1-2? Nah.

Anyway, keep the addictive games coming, and I'll keep playing them :)

[ArmorPicross]

My eyes are sore

This game is truly addictive, as the longer you play, the more intuitive it becomes. You become aware of patterns and are able to fill in many squares rapidly.

I've been playing this for more than an hour, and I've completed all of the packs except for the "Expert" pack; just looking at how long that list is, is kind of depressing, as each of the "Expert" puzzles take at least five minutes to solve (and when you make five mistakes and have to start over, it's very annoying), so seeing the seemingly endless list of "Expert" puzzles doesn't really motivate me to finish them all! I only did the first and last ones of the "Expert" pack.
That is, though, the only major gripe I have with the game, although I can understand that others disagree, as having so many difficult puzzles increases the game-length.

As a previous reviewer stated, the puzzle field should be a bit bigger, as after over an hour of focusing on those tiny squares, my eyes are really starting to hurt. Even though later the game expands to 15x15 squares, they could easily be a pixel or to bigger in width and height.

As with all games, going back to the first levels after working in "Expert" mode is just so easy! :)

I love the pixel puzzle solutions and the overall graphics and soothing music, thanks!

[White-Knight]

Great game

This is the kind of game that you can't stop playing until you've beaten it...
So, that's exactly what I did (even though I only came in 79th in the high score)!

You say you worked on this for five months, and I can tell!
Nice extras include the blood spatters which appear on the screen, making it that much more special.

All in all, a very fun game!

[Turret Defense]

Amazing

I am consistenly amazed at how advanced Flash games are getting; this is getting close to a full-fledged Red Alert, Flash-based!

This game seems very professional in every way, from the gameplay to the graphics to the sound. The only thing which kept it from seeming truly professional, were the spelling mistakes here and there, such as "sargent" and "ennemy".
Other than that, I really don't have much to complain about!

[Flash Racer]

Great and very extensive game

Some people are never happy. Just ignore that last reviewer (who was saying that the "only good thing were the graphics"), I don't understand how he can not appreciate the tremendous work that must have gone into this!

The programming alone is above decent, and the fact that there is so much to do in the game makes me respect all the work even more.

Also, achieving something like this on such a slow PC, without smashing the darn thing, massive respect there ;)

[Orbox B]

Very, very addictive

You've achieved the purpose of all games here - addictivity.

I reached level 16, the only thing stopping me getting any further was my building rage. Seriously, after a while, this game gets TOO frustrating.

Every level is beaten eventually, if you have patience. I was stuck on several levels, but always got through them. I have a generally large patience, but after being stuck on level 16 for a while, even my patience ran out.

GameBalance responds:

It get's TOO frustrating when you stuck. But that's you ;)

[Fancy Pants Adventures]

Wow...

I tend to be long-winded when it comes to reviews, but I can easily make this one short:
Best. Flashgame. Ever.