Throbbyさんのレビュー一覧

So, this is the 100th review of this game, so I'm under no illusions that this is going to be read by a ton of people, or say anything that hasn't been said before. Nevertheless, it's a good game, and I'll throw my two cents in.

The good: The art, first off. While the backgrounds aren't the prettiest or most eye-catching, they do their job well enough, and the characters are nicely drawn and well animated. Movements are fluid, and the physics are right.

Also, there's some awesome attention to detail. I love that each of your weapons remembers how much ammo was loaded when you switch guns, rather than just autoloading. The fact that you don't have to manage ammo is a bit of a bummer, but the reload and fire animations are excellent; I especially like how you load the shotgun one-shell-at-a-time, and can interrupt the reload process.

Hentai is excellent! Nicely done for pixel art, although I wish a couple of bosses had more animations. The final boss, in particular, is actually a disappointment, H-wise.

A couple odds-and-ends gold stars, too. One for adding the hard-mode version; not sure why they didn't just have a difficulty option in the menu, but I appreciate their including the more-difficult build. Also, I like how you are rewarded for observing your environment and planning ahead. Those are big plusses, in my book!

The not-so-great: VERY sluggish controls, and they're not intuitively laid-out. You get used to the setup fairly quickly, but sometimes key presses don't register. It seems linked to where you are in the movement animations, but the unresponsive controls make this game harder than it has to be.

Enemies lack variety, in the end, and I wish all of them had H-animations. C'mon, give us the robot sex! Also... there are a couple of animations pictured in the first advertising still that are not, as far as I can tell, actually included! I wanna know what happened to those...

All told, this one is pretty good. I like the sound design, the voice-acting, and the gameplay. The sluggish controls are a significant issue, but they don't overshadow the gameplay entirely, and there are plenty of other reasons to pick up this title.

This looks a lot like a really strong first effort that somebody put up for sale. It's got a darts game, a sliding puzzle, and... the chance to stand and watch cats while you dance.

First, the good stuff. Oddly enough, I was most impressed with the dancing. The maker did an excellent job matching your movement to the beat of the soundtrack; it doesn't seem like a big thing, but it shows attention to detail--especially since you have a couple of different dance loops you cycle through, which must have been hard to sync.

The art for the slider puzzles is good. It's cleanly drawn, and the girls are pretty attractive; they've got the right amount of assets. Not too big, not too small.

Now, the less-good stuff. The darts game is alright, but it doesn't spell out the rules for you, which sucks quite a lot. It's a double-out game; you have to land a dart in the double-score ring to get to exactly zero and win. Not a big deal, but it was pretty annoying losing a game I thought I won.

The slider puzzles are actually "swap pieces" rather than sliding tiles, which makes them pretty easy to solve. Each photo has three versions, two of which are locked, and you open them by solving the puzzle. Unfortunately, it looks like you only get two stages for the first puzzle you do after opening the game; subsequent photos unlock all versions after completing the first round. You have to quit the game, re-load it, and then you get both puzzles for the first one you attempt. It's great for quickly unlocking all the nudie pix, but the game is pretty light on content, so I was bummed I missed out on a couple rounds of puzzling.

You have some options to customize your character, and they're pretty good; I just wish they'd made a slider for her waist size, since she's wasp-thin in the middle. You only have four outfits to choose from, though, and they aren't customizable.

And that's about it. All told, this isn't the best thing ever, but I got it cheap, so it's hard to find too much fault with it. It's cheap, has some nice art, and the maker seems to be turning out better and better products as time goes on. I'd give it four stars for value and amusement, but the lack of instructions and puzzle-skipping bug mean it gets three.

I liked this a lot, and recommend it for fans of weird mystery horror. But I also wanted it to be much more than it was.

On the one hand, slimelvl2 did a great job with sound design and atmosphere. I spent a significant part of the game trying to figure out what was actually happening (in a good way!), and doing my best to avoid the bad end that was inexorably creeping up on me.

On the other hand, the game doesn't quite make you feel like it's a *game*. There aren't enough choices, and by the end, you kinda feel like you're on rails, following along to an inevitable conclusion. So in the end, I find myself in the weird position of giving three stars--good, but nothing spectacular--while simultaneously suggesting that you should check it out. Really, it's just a solid game that needs a bit more fleshing out to be spectacular. I was actually pretty invested in finding out what was really happening, and the end was satisfying, for the most part. Again, great job--GREAT--with that atmosphere! I really hope this crew makes another game someday!

Yorimiti is a super-simple game, with charming music, cute graphics, and a straightforward task: Take an apple to the sick old lady. Of course, there are plenty of other things to do along the way, if you poke around a little...

It's really basic, but also just plain dear. If my kids were younger, I'd probably sit and play this with 'em when they were just starting out with games.

The only complaint I have is that the mechanic for looking around is awkward. The length is great for a child, the music and sound effects fit nicely, and the game actually looks pretty good--simple, but effective. Heartwarming and sweet, and about 15 minutes long.

It really is! The art is gorgeous, and the animations are very fluid. The backgrounds are lovingly detailed, the enemies are interesting to look at, the heroine is quite attractive (boobs are too big for me, but that's a Grimhelm thing).

Unfortunately, the gameplay just ain't all there. Everything this game does, is done better in Grimhelm's next offering, Dungeon and Maid. And yes, one hopes that game-makers improve over time. But this is such a giant step backward! Dark Star is just, "Walk right until there's something to shoot, and make sure you don't fall off of the tiny platforms." The H-stuff is good, and the enemies are interesting, but the weapons are not well balanced--although there are uses for each, occasionally--and the game is really quite short.

Honestly, I probably won't bother playing this one through again. Which is a shame, 'cause I bought it at full price. I give it full marks for art quality, but even the hentai isn't really enough to boost this over a mediocre three-star rating.

I gave the trial version a whirl a while back, and thought it might be promising. The graphics are definitely cutting-edge for the mid-1980s, and the music and sound effects would be perfect in an 8-bit NES game. That's not a problem. (Although I will warn you, the game sets its volume to 37, on a scale of one to ten. Be prepared!)

What IS complaint-worthy is the ridiculous shortness of the title. In the Forest takes maybe--MAYBE--20 minutes to play through. There's just the one area. Worse, there's no way to know what your health is, you can only get money as a rare random event when you "look around" your home, you can't sell things you find, and there's no explanation for "fatigue," which you sometimes lose while searching in the woods. It's probably the same as HP, but nobody makes that clear.

If the game were longer. If the game had more features--basic features, like a way to see your stats, or at least get an idea of how close to Death's door you are... But it doesn't.

I know the price is low, but I honestly don't feel like I got my money's worth. The animated H-scenes I got were fair-to-mediocre, but the heroine is cute, even if she's occasionally got mutant boobs that move and look weird. The gameplay was okay, but essentially identical to the first DQ game. Meh.

I don't mind pixel animation, but this is a little TOO 1989 for me to rave about the H-scenes.

What I *will* give a thumbs-up for is the gameplay itself. It's minesweeper, but with layers of urgency that really keep the action going. There are events that force you to move quickly, that cover up numbers on tiles you reveal, or do AoE damage. Uncovering tiles may reward you with small mana crystals, which can be used as currency to buy power-ups; the shop is available every few levels, which makes you plan ahead for your purchases. Some increase your max health, restore your vitality, or counteract harmful events; those counters are extremely expensive, and only appear AFTER the first few times you run into those hazards. It's a good balance between cost and reward, which lets you avoid whichever traps you find most difficult, without making the game TOO easy.

On top of that, the music is pretty good, the sound isn't bad, and the story--while thin--is plenty sufficient, with a good ending.

I would complain that I wish the title were longer... but if it were, eventually the game would just be overwhelmingly difficult. This one hits the sweet spot! And for the price, it's hard to think of reasons not to pick it up. I didn't find it all that sexy personally, but the gameplay is good enough that I'll keep it around!