MoriartyBonaparte's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Cursed Pyramid]

not a fan of the ai generated visuals.
every image is trying way too hard to look impressive that it's too noisy and packed with visual information for a game like this. my eyes started to glaze over every screen.
plus it looks cheap, but not in a charming home-made way like the previous games, it's just ugly in a soulless corporate way.

selfdefiant responds:

Yes, the images were created with AI, it's not like I can go to Egypt and take photos of pyramids and such. Ai didn't create the game, only the images. I'm trying to illude you into thinking I created the images.

[Die for the Lich - web demo]

this isn't typically my type of game, but for some reason the art style & character design plus the SFX and overall feel has me constantly coming back to this.
I will say I hope more weapons get added, cos now that weapons appear in chests I've been getting lots of repeats in a single run. Definitely wishlisting this & following the development.

MadNukin responds:

We added a rarity system for the items so you have lower chance of getting legendary items but if you keep playing they should appear.
Glad you enjoyed the game :)

[CRAB JUICE]

what a wild ride. the level transitions were very visually satisfying, too

[Black and White]

good game but the clock + 4-number code makes no sense to me

[BackDoor- Door 3]

It's honestly insane that all this content is free. The puzzles are fun and simple, the story is entertaining and interesting, the writing is funny and charming, and the premise allows the story to go on for as long as creatively possible.
Everything about this series is so high quality. It gives me Ghost Trick vibes for some reason.

My one gripe is I wish visually there was a bit more contrast in colour and value, after an hour it's a bit straining to the eye.

[Foreign Creature 2]

the game seems to forget the very fundamentals of this genre? which is to set up a scene, give the player a very clear objective and leave them clues to how to achieve that, NOT make a very specific pixel hunting simulator.
so it ends up feeling less like a point and click puzzle and more like a exasperating interactive story. the only scene that gets it right is the couples watching tv, and even that is ruined by overall bad visuals/art direction

[The Visitor: Massacre]

the game is not mentally stimulating enough to be a puzzle game, but the controls are not tight enough to be the top down precise action game it's trying to be. so it ends up having all the frustration and difficulty of those types of games, with none of the sense of accomplishment.
the ideas and the concepts are actually really interesting, but the execution is just...not good.

[MAKE IT as an Artist]

pretty accurate representation of my life right now. if only making money and getting reputation was as easy as mashing space on the keyboard