New Layout, Banner and Rating Format.

As you can see, the layout has been changed from that mind-erasing green to the same colour as the Kong website, plus the banner has been changed too. Also to be possibly changed is the way we do the final scoring for reviews.

Before we just did

Gameplay : 3/5

etc.

But I have created an image that will be inserted, then all we do is place the scores next to it. Simple.

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Quick Review #1 - The Last Canopy

Game Name : The Last Canopy
Publisher : ahbonk
Type : Shooter

A simple concept, you control a butterfly type creature which shoots down enemies, capable of copying the enemies shots using your following tail with little balls on. Sounds weird, right?

From a personal point of view, I really dont like The Last Canopy. It seems a bit OTT for what it is, and the story is just odd. The game is fairly easy, I managed to get the first 2 badges and the BT Challenge within 10 minutes. The graphics are well drawn out, and everything seems greatly professional. The music is also well done with some really neat effects and music. But the gameplay itself really seems quite boring after a while, however some people absolutely adorn this type of gameplay, which has seen quite a mixed reaction.

So, for this game, I give it the following score.

Gameplay : 3/5 , again, not my potato, but still interesting and well done.
Graphics : 5/5 , some top notch drawing and animation in store here.
Sound : 4/5 , simple, easy and non-annoying, but greatly effective.
Lasting Appeal : 3/5 , I was unsure on this one, I didnt think it was bad enough to be given a 2, but not really good enough to be given a 3. However, I did give it a 3 as I did go back and play again. Not really much difference or variation to make you play it much more however.
Bug Report : 4/5, playing for around 25 minutes and I only had one or two times where the game would occasionaly freeze or my bullets would glitch slightly, but nothing major.
OVERALL SCORE
3.8/5
Good

(Quick Reviews are generally quick, unformated reviews done away from the computer. This review was actually done on a notepad document as my internet went down halfway through writing the review on the blogspot page! Sorry!)

Review #1 - Brute Wars

Game Title: Brute Wars

Publisher: distractionbeast

Type: Strategy & Defense

Brute Wars is a nice little game with a combat system with long range, short range, random and spread attacks. This makes for a very fun combat system you may say. Sadly, that is not completely true.

The core gameplay of Brute Wars is well set out, clean and rather easy to understand. A simple and somewhat odd stats system includes a health gauge, attack, accuracy and counter system which individually make up the slightly lacking "strategic" part of the game. The leveling system feels very flawed, as level up's occur slightly randomly, with no XP progression or meter, but this isnt its major problem. From what parts of the game I played, the level system never seemed to matter, I could be using a level one dragon versus a level 35 dragon and couldnt notice the difference. If anyone can tell me what its used for, feel free. The actual gameplay starts off feeling fresh and new, but quickly rots away to just another "turn based fighting game". The graphics of Brute Wars are fairly good. The individual images of characters, plus the animation aspects are fairly good. The menu's are clean and easy to navigate, plus the map is well drawn out. The sound is also ok, nothing OTT or annoying, which can really lower a games score. Overall lasting appeal of the game is fairly low, from starting the game to getting bored and turning it off, I played a total of 19 minutes. However, I must say that the game is well thought out and very bug-free, but simply is just too boring to play.

Edit: I have recieved a few comments saying their game freezes during gameplay. Due to this, I will change the bug score down to 3, as lots of people seem to be having this problem. SAVE OFTEN!

Gameplay : 3/5

Graphics : 4/5

Music : 4/5

Lasting Appeal: 2/5

Bug Score : 3/5

OVERALL SCORE

3.2/5

Good

Bad : 0-2

Average : 2-3

Good : 3-4

Brilliant : 4-5

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