chris-the-stick's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[BearBound]

a very good, nicely drawn, well designed game.
this was done in 3 days? WOW!
very well done.

also the different endings+medals were a nice touch, and i kept playing it for those reasons.

however, despite the awesome game mechanics and the good/funny endings, i believe that this game has a few errors/negatives:
1. its TOO hard to enter a shelter/cave. the only way for me to enter such a cave in time, is by mashing all the arrow key buttons into the direction of the cave/shelter, and FAST.
if i am slower even by a mili-second, i am already doomed.
you should add an easier way for the bear to enter the caves/safehouses, such as the spacebar, or pressing a specific button, etc etc.
2. the game has a bit of a complex map. getting around and learning the terrain can be tricky in here.
thankfully, most of the areas in the map have safehouses/caves to stay in between blizzards, but the map is too huge, vast and complicated in some corners and spots, making it really hrad o find your way back to the other achievements.
also, each time i find a different ending/achievement, i get to start the game again from scratch.
this is not very nice. i believe that we should keep playing, and if the bear has low lives, it should have full lives (3) refilled after each successfull ending.

that is all, i know that you did this in 3 days, and its great, but im giving some advice to make this game more fun, if possible.
you did a great job btw

[Going Blind]

oh man, this is very sad, i feel bad about your dog, he looks so cute and adorable and that is a very sad thing, to see your dog suffer through blindness.
i hope that he is better now...

a good game with a good message.
keep making art, my sir.

[Cthulhu Science]

a very well-designed and amusing 8-bit game, with many, cool, and awesome choices. the ending was quite surprising, and i was impressed. (SPOILERS: you are cthulu and your brother is a huge lizard thing, and you fight to overcome each other in scientific ways!!!!) END OF SPOILERS---
and epic story, and overall, an awesome game.

this game needs to have some medals, trust me, it will make it even cooler.
PS: i liked the ''like'' function at the end, it was clever!

[The Stick Adventure]

hmmm, a GOOD stick-game, that is a very good thing to do, and it also had funny endings(?) and some nice strategic actions to choose (such as, how to shoot the stick behind the riot-shield, and i found it! it was clever!)
i liked this game alot, both for the nice drawings/design/action, and for the medals as well, a cool little game.
also the music was pretty awesome, and a blast from the past. (handbag loop, wow!)
keep making games like this, it was GOOD!

[Death Count]

very good game, creative, and very challenging!!!
i also liked the visuals and the levels.

good job man, do more!

[Coming Out Simulator]

that was an interesting game, to say the least.
ofcourse you may never read this review, however, i have to leave a good message about the impact that your game left to me.
while i am not a LGBT, i saw some very uncomfortable moments in this game.
the hidings, the hidden text-messages, the horrifying thought of ''telling the truth'', and the hostile enviroment overall.
i have to ask: did the majority of this happen? (ofcourse it did, but have you been punched by your dad for this? i mean yeah, listening to such news isnt the happiest news that a dad can listen (no offence, but i am honest), and its very frustrating, but no father should punch his child for listening to something like this.
if you can't get it by now, i chose the ''truth'' in the game, and in all the choices.
eventually, things became what they became, and the story ended with the protagonist (you!) being punched by his dad, texting his friend, and telling him that ''this was a bad idea'', and that he(you!) continued with the relationship with jack, even tho this was futile, and ended up in a slightly expected break-up. (again, no offence, but stressed relationships usually don't last).
so, was this worth it? obviously yes, if i can speak for you.

yet i felt awfully when watching playing this game. it made me feel quite uncomfortable. not for the gay/bi factor, but mainly for the bad parent-child relations, they were so bad, so bad.... and it made me sad.
what happened afterwards? (PM me anything, even a tiny fraction of the truth).

i guess getting the job at EA and moving away to california was a good ending, and a good move, since things at home were not the best.
at least are things with your mother ok? that would be good for my soul if it happened.

oh god. this is so awkard. and it feels pretty sad.
i hope that things will go good for you.

also, you might say that i liked the option of ''truth'' alot more, because in the end, you must be true to your family, and above all, to yourself.

the game was good, and it gave me (and to alot of people) food for thought.
the options were quite realistic (at least in the dialogue/tension section)....
and the ending was quite odd, but nice to watch. i also liked the protagonists(you) dialogue with the player(me?), it was funny!1

hmmm.
i wish the best for you, and may things work out for you.
also this game had NO replays. it seems interesting.

i got the truth ending, and i chose the truths.

i have to ask, was claire really a bi-girl? and did you talked with her? cool. (pm for that as well, if ya want)

overall, a good game, yet very very uncomfortable. so you did a good job.
im straight btw, so i hope my review does not offend you, but i sure hope that it gives you a good rating material or some food-for thought.

yep keep making games

[It's A Beautiful World]

a wonderful, epic, strong, touching, emotional anime comic!
it had so strong emotions, and such a good message of peace and goodwill between humans and minorities (in this case the androids), and the fair treatment between both.
it was sad to see humanity destroyed by the evil, militaristic androids, and later on, further destroyed by the remaining humans who became criminals and daangerous opportunists.

in the bottom line, it shows us that war and hatred is bad, no matter what side of the fence you are into.

i particularly liked the strange relationship between leon, the human, and mai, the android girl.
it was so nice to see how it started from a tough, fragile friendship, into a good, true friendship.
i loved it when they actually became friends in the end.

i felt sad for leons losses. he lost far too many.

i have to say, the 3 endings were good, so i will not say any spoilers, tho i would LOVE to see a sequel in this specific comic/story arc.

i believe that the story ended too soon, and too fast.
please make a sequel, i loved this, and im sure many people here will agree that this series is worthy of a solid sequel.

(maybe with different characters, but maintaining mai as the main character in this.)

you are good!

[Dodge Balls]

pretty addictive and cool, despite the minimalistic design.
good game, do more!

[Empty Room Escape]

this game is very interesting and clever, but i think a walkthrough would be very usefull, or at least a few hints.
i got the ''SOS'' riddle, and so i managed to open the toolbox, and i used the pencil on the paper to get some more hints, but im stuck with the horse-chess-box inside the toolbox, and i dont know how to open the wooden board in the floor.

overall an awesome game, that makes you think.
good work!