Listen2Reason's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Proximity: The Game]

Well done, but too hard...

TalkSickGames responds:

Thanks ! Yeah we kinda decided to take the challenging niche for this one.

[A Dragon Named Coal]

I was enjoying it, until I got into a heated battle and tried using my special attack--right-click--and accidentally got sent to the "About Unity" page.

CleverCrowGames responds:

We're so sorry that happened to you. Unfortunately newgrounds doesn't let us disable right click. Current solutions are gamepad (works even better than keyboard/mouse). Or you can play it directly from our website without the right click issues. http://ashblue.github.io/adnc-website/

Hopefully the awesome people at newgrounds will add disable context menu support in the near future.

[mr Pogo]

It has a pretty innovative control scheme, although it turns out it's really hard! I guess the circus theme makes a bit easier to take, heh.

(And you actually included instructions. THANK YOU. Seriously, "play with arrow keys and select options with the mouse" is ALL you need. You'd be amazed how many people leave that out...)

UltimoGames responds:

thanks for the review!
I make all of my games hard, maybe because if I test the game a lot, I get better and better and get bored with the easy levels and make them harder and harder :)

[SKANNE]

Sort of an interesting concept for a game, but it seems too hard. I got one purple dot and then I was moving to the center...and then when the maze was finally filled in, game over? I think it would be nearly impossible to get even two dots.

pjimmy responds:

it is perfectly possible ;) after one or two games you'll get used to it. you just need to be quick

[Shark Lifting 2]

Pretty fun, although the 'tour bus' minigame needs better instructions. I must have done it half a dozen times and lost before I realized how to ACTUALLY play. I even avoided EVERY car and still lost. It turns out you have to hold your mouse to the RIGHT side of the screen to make the bus go FASTER. I could have saved 10 minutes if I'd known that!

Wiesi responds:

Ok I fixed the bus level instructions! Thanks for the feedback!

[All Systems: DOWN]

CONTROLS? Sure, it's "one button", but WHICH button???

Pizzamakesgames responds:

Every button. You can literally press any key on your keyboard, click your mouse or press any button on your game pad if you have one hooked up. For the Menus, your mouse just has to be in the lower half of the screen in order to replay or start the game. Maybe that helps.

[Resist 2]

VERY hard! I mean, shouldn't you let the player win at least ONE level before getting them frantic???

abranaranxa responds:

Sorry, I don't have much experience balancing the learning curve. I'll be more carefull in the future. Thanks for the feedback.

[ROAD MAN]

I pressed space and instantly got run over. Whee.

Pizzamakesgames responds:

Did you try pressing space again?

[Super Audio Spectrum]

It looks pretty, but the platforming is really finicky...It's very easy to move to the side too quickly and fall down before you get onto the next platform.

ttesla responds:

It has strange mechanics. Its like fps game but a runner also. Unlike other runner games pressing left-right once is not enough, you should hold pressing long enough.

[Luckslinger Full Demo]

...how do I play it? I remember playing the other version of this before, but I can't do anything. The menu says 'Start Game', but I can't click it with my mouse because the mouse cursor disappears. It says "X: Select", but pressing X certainly doesn't do anything.

...Wait, okay, "D" is actually "X". And you move with arrows, not that anything SAYS that. Space is jump, not "A". "A" actually tosses a coin for some reason and S throws a knife?

I can't figure out what key is to reload instead of "Y". I give up. Too bad, because it's got nice smooth animation and a good soundtrack! If only it were playable.

duckbridge responds:

Oh that might be because you have your xbox controller connected? If you have an xbox controller connected then all the instructions are displayed for the xbox.

Anyways, for the PC the controls are:

[Arrows] Move
[D] Shoot / select in the menu
[F] Reload
[S] Throw knife
[C] Activate luck
[Down arrow] Duck