chris-the-stick's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Cult Classic]

a GREAT game, it should be called nostalgia: the game.
i liked it, and despite it being in sprites, that added up to the awesomeness, and i must say, these are the best sprites of old-school (and new characters) charcaters, that i've ever seen!
great sprites, and great drawings overall, very detailed, i think it must have took you forever to do this.
i love the refferences to duck-tales, looney toons, sesamee street, big, hulk, and hulk hogan, the goonies, the he-man, and grey skull, skelettor, and sonic,(and new characters rorsach, alien honimid etc etc) nes, bob ross, and darth dude from space balls, hahaha, there are just so many things, and memories that spawn into this great little piece, truly, your art is amazing, and you rock.
keep it up, bro!

[The Guardian]

well, this game was very good, and well-done, especially if you consider that it managed to capture our attention, and interest in the story, despite all the characters being 1-pixel each, and a huge, pixely-designed universe, with large, vast-endless roads, and with the only thing that is bigger than1-pixel to be the buildings, and the guardian.

so, 10 for originallity in design. because despite it's lack of graphics, the story managed to captivate you.

again, 10 for the story, since it was so sad, so true, and so touching, since it was about friendships and life and death.

the ending was good.
i chose to avenge him.

still, the BAD thing of the game is:
the EXTREMELY SLOW gameplay. even the best, and most eager-of-gamers cannot stay and stick around with this game, for a while. i know, that sometimes, games are not for the action, but for the feeling, or for the lesson, that they can teach us, but this one was so slow, that i almost lost my interest in this.
and the fact that you have to play this AGAIN from the start in order to get the second ending?
it's incredibly hard, truly a test of patience.

my suggestions, would be, to simply make the boy/ and the guardian to move a bit faster in the landscape, to also make the ''berries'' quest to have some hints as to WHAT you must collect, since the ''berries'' were just a small tiny, ''white-flashing pixel''. noone can see that!
so, give us some hints, or a hints option, on how to find the ''berries'' in the ''berries'' quest.
lastly, the movement of the characters, should be faster, like the boy's and the guardian's, and ofcourse, if you completed the first ending, there should be an option, allowing, to replay the last chapter, and play the ending differently, in order to see the other ending.
maybe, something like a button with ''play from last chapter again'' or soemthign, to help you see the ending, WITHOUT having to play all the game, all-over again.

what i say is, that this game is GOOD, the story is GREAT and touching (it really is great), but this game is harmed by it's overall slow speed, and no option in repleying the last chapter.

[... :D]

this is an actually pretty good game,and i think that it's alot better than what it's title or visuals suggest.despite the pixely art and the simplistic graphics, it's actually pretty well-done, challenging at parts, and entertainting.
this was a part you did for a collab, or an individual, non collaborated part of yours?
either way, it's great, and i hope that you will do more fun and great games like this.

Dir3kt responds:

Thanks a lot for the kind words! Hopefully other players will also notice that actual work has been done being the simplistic look and feel ;)

I did the game 100% solo. I auto-generated the music using some software though.

[TapMeAngry]

this game was O.K, but it lacked a story, a purpose, a goal, and some more levels.
i suggest you also, to add some better ''hit-boxes'' because i clicked, and it needed to click elsewhere in order to hit the right ''villain''.

good, but try to add more.

[400 Years]

a glorious game, that i played with, on a friends pc, a couple months ago, but never reviewed it.
time to rectify that.
it's a great game, and quite original, since it combines the ''overcome an obstacle'' and ''solve a puzzle'' issues, with the use of short-lived items (seeds) and with the abillity to WAIT.
our friend, has such a granite patience!

incredibly well-thought, and pretty entertaining, it was a good agme to play, and i enjoyed every aspect of it, with only bad parts being the hardness to get to the hidden tombstone, since it required two chestnut seeds, alot of good timing, and ALOT of patience.
(i dont know,maybe the seeds should last for more time?)
otherwise, is was a GOOD game.

but anyway, it was good, so don't chance it.
ironically, i just beat it, and did all of the achievements in just 30 minutes. i was well-trained.
good game, keep it, up, and do more, it was great and original!
PS. the tombstone said that atraveller of worlds was resting there.
is that a distant refference to the space-traveller from ''a small talk?'' if so,
that's highly interesting, to see his fate.
good game!

[A small talk]

a great game!

well, i have to say, that this is a GREAT game, and it's quite touching to see how much the computer, despite his/her lies, and attempts to hide the reality, cares about the user.
it's very nice to see that the computer cares and loves the user, and tries to hide him the horrors that wait for him at the end.
ofcourse my choise, was to leave, and try to survive, even with the slim chances that i've had, resulting to abandon the AI that i so much loved.

tho, like the previous reviewer said, i have to say, this could have some more choises/options/awards.
like, for instance, a more interactive enviroment, where you could click and check from a close-up view the food dispenser, examine the food, have a close up on the AGS, the ESC pod, try to pry open the window, and more.

also, i've had a few alternative endings, and there was no reward in finding them (like when i was using ''bad'' words) while it could have a few medals for more alternate endings/choises, i still enjoyed it for being what it was. a grand game of mystery, deception, and choises.

if you will do a game like this, make it a bit longer and with more options, and a different storyline, like a survival/mystery game, where you have to find the clues in order to explore your area/survive.
also, a bit of backstory would improve the feel in the game.not a huge backstory, rather than a few hint's on the heroes past/mission situation.

i think you should do more games like this, because you're really talented, and i find them highly entertaining.
keep up the good work!

[MonsterCraft]

an excellent game.
even if it is a bit small (in monster types and categories), it's perfect. the combinations that existed were quite epic, and some of them unexpected, (for me, at least.) the epic classes of warrior, bersheker, fatzombie, exterminator and pyro where amongst the most impressive.
also the healer character was quite cool.

the fights where ok to moderate difficulty, at the first 3 rounds, but at rounds 8-10 it got insanely hard, and the final round was really really hard.

tho i managed to beat it.

the hunting option was also good, because when i ran out of cash, i was getting it from hutnign, since i was too weak to go to the arena, so this was a good addition :)

all in all, a great game, and very cleverly and beautifully designed. keep at it, man. it rocks.

[Ucogi St. Patricks demo]

very well done!

a good game, and fun a too!
it's very fun, and tricky (when you try to move in the maze), but at least it's some good fun, and the difficulty is reasonable(in the final level, you get to choose amongst other ''paths''.

also, i hope you can unlock the ''scenes'' page somehow, since i saw a hint/nudge towards it.

ANYHOW.
the girls were sexy, the tips/info were/was usefull, and the whole game was enjoyable.
GOOD WORK!

do more!

Veinom responds:

Yes lvl 10 is hard but its a multi-path, thanks for bringing it up!
and yes there is a way to get to the scenes directly but its a secret! ;)

[Super Happy Fun Time 30]

good movie/game

tho, let me tell you:
@sherclock: how can i make games like this? plz help me in AS, so i can finally make a short-insupin pumpus mini-game.

@insulinpump: let me tell you something KID, YOU CANT KILL CHRIS THE STICK 2.
BECAUSE HE'S THE SON OF ULTOR.
that's it.
and strawberry's nephew. so his bloodline is sacred, and epic.

@romancollar: god, come back from the army, and do movies , plz.