EpikHellSword's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Coronavirus: Outbreak]

Adequate music to go with the creepy theme, cool menu design, sufficient sound effects used. The character models could be better, although this play style really reminds me of Boxheads as well as the overall design. Did you take some inspiration from them? The physics with how they move definitely could be better. Some levels such as the first car one is rather glitchy. The character models are also rather inconsistent. The sound effects also die out very suddenly. I'll be honest, this isn't a bad game. It could use some fine tuning and possibly adding another mode like survival (although to be honest, my laptop died so I couldn't complete the last level yet at the time of this review). Overall, it's average, not necessarily a super fun game, but not boring either.

[Bullet Heaven 2]

Simple, but beautiful main menu design, glamorous music, iconic character designs and personalities, appropriate sound effects, perfect perspective in game, various options for optimal, yet simple gameplay that's well balanced in difficulty. The language options are always a nice touch. And, as always, the story keeps the game alive from just feeling like a minigame.

[Holy Hell High Alpha Demo]

Okay, I originally played this when it came out, but my reviews were lacking at the time to say the least. Perfect music used for each scenario, amazing character and background design. clearly fleshed out characters, but again, the story is lacking, although, for a demo, it's was good.

[Car 166 [Visual Novel]]

Very gloomy music, I enjoyed the bleak background to go with it. Great sound effects used, fantastic background design as well as very intricate details on the artwork. The movements in game were pretty cool, especially with how fluid they were as I barely see that in visual novels. The character design was REALLY realistic. That certainly was a pragmatic scenario. You have specific phrasing, although you may want to change it up a bit. For example, you described the umbrella as "grey" and shortly after used the same phrasing for the stone pavement. You could've described the density of pavement, the holes, the cleanliness, the feeling of standing on it, the things surrounding it, stuff like that instead of being redundant. You could also have an in-game cursor as it was difficult to see where my mouse was playing. I didn't read the description until the end and..I'm pretty impressed overall.

[ValentineX3 - Public Version]

Fantastic character and background design, good soundtrack and sound effects, The facial expressions were rather enjoyable as well, even if it's a typical detail in visual novels.
The title screen has an amazing background that's extremely detailed and well designed characters, but could use some music. For the character's makeup or blush or whatever that pink stuff, you should cut back on as it just makes some characters look like they have some type of black eye, just pink colored. It would be more consistent if you stuck with the name the character labels the characters as such as sticking to "Strawberry" instead of the top name-box saying,"Shy"."Among the waitresses was another friend of mine, a sassy little minx." It should've said her name after "a sassy little minx". The ending was very abrupt. It also could've used a lot more buildup for when we took the girls home. More dialogue is needed. I would rather get to know these girls better as individuals, getting to know their hobbies and interests before doing anything that sudden in that short amount of time. This was great, but needed more story as it didn't really amount to much and story is literally what visual novels are about.

[Economical]

Dope music used, awesome sound effects, simple character and background design as well as controls, clear objective, some strategy is needed. Perfect.

[Age of War 2]

I loved playing this as a kid. The best game out of all of them personally. The original was good, but the graphics weren't as well done. There was no music that accompanied the menu making it rather awkward to be introduced in the beginning. Age of War 3 the automatic play style of troops spamming was odd. This by far, is the best game in the series. The graphics really hold up as a flash game even a decade later. Iconic soundtrack and a great improvement for overall character and background design. The play style is similar, but is more balanced on impossible. There definitely is a lot more content in this one as the background changes with the characters and the age as you level up which wasn't in the first game. This definitely is a masterpiece and the peak of the collection.

[Age of War]

It's a really cool game with a simple concept. Alright character and background designs, easy enough objective, but nothing really super exciting about it. The iconic soundtrack gives you the extra half star.

[Epic Battle Fantasy 3]

Okay, that intro was actually really freaking awesome. The title screen is on some Nintendo-type design. The Estavius track really made me think of Legend of Zelda, even though I'm not a fan of it, it seems like one of those songs due to the flute and the harmonization just to name one song I thoroughly enjoyed. The art gallery was really neat and added a lot. I could go on about that, but this review is already long enough as is and I didn't even touch on the main game yet. The artwork in the game is really well done. The in game design seems quite different compared to EBF5 showing lots of improvement over 9-10 years. For example, you don't seem to have a map in this game, the characters and background aren't as detailed, not to mention, just everything in general. The fading of the building when I go into it is just, wow, that's a LOT of improvement in quality. The battles sure are different as well, only if slightly. I guess Lance's salute is iconic, but Natalie's victory pose's seem a bit different. Maybe because Lance is blocking her. Potions in this game is also a classic choice for a strategy game like this. I didn't play much, honestly, I probably only played ten minutes in total, but this shows how much improvement you've obtained in nine years. Really dope stuff man. I'll have to check out some other types of games from you.

[Epic Battle Fantasy 5]

Iconic game with beautiful updates. I just ran into some NG references as well as many others, that was priceless! Perfect work.