[BDR] The Waves May Roll

Review by bluedeathray on Thursday, November 3rd 2011
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Waves is a game created by creatingames

Hi BlueDeathRay back with my second review. I will be reviewing Waves by Creatingames. Creatingames is a good Platformer game maker and a good game player. I reviewed his game because he wanted me too. He asked me to in my BDR Reviewing center on the forums. I accepted his game and decided to review it.



Pre-Thoughts:

I didn’t really think that this game was going to be cool because come on, it was called Waves. I know he’s a good plat maker but Waves isn’t really a cool name. Another thing was that it was the horrible big pixel games on Sploder, which I made once and I hated it. These kinds of games give me headaches. The game was a plat and I promised to review it so I played it. I was expecting a easy and weird Platformer which I hate. I know Creatingames pretty well but I wasn’t having high expectations. I looked for comments and there was only one reguarding the game, and it was saying that he didn’t beat it, so it game me hope for a challenge. I had to give this game a lot of thought. I didn’t want to review this game, and I was thinking about getting rid of the BDR reviewing center, but I decided to get over my headaches and review and play this game.



Thumbnail:

The thumbnail looked like I was in a building that had a lot of pools, and then actually went underwater. I have played a game like that before and I thought that this is actually the game I played before. I had won this game before when I wasn’t signed in before so I couldn’t say that I beat it, and I don’t think I would this time. I am an okay Platformer game player or “tester” but this game was hard before. So, I decided to go and face the waves.



Review:

First of all, Creatingames has no story that comes with this game, which makes me mad. I always want a story with a game (not trying to be a hypocrite because I don’t have many stories for many of my games). The game is a game that has potential. I will say right off the back that this is not a feature worthy game. He needs to upgrade this game a lot to make this game feature worthy. To me, feature worthy is that is has to be a really good game and has to amaze me in a way that I’ve never been amazed before.



Okay, so there was absolutely no background either. In some ways, that’s good because it gives me less of a headache. If you like these kind of games you will actually be un-impressed more than if you don’t like these kinds of games. It gave me less of a headache and I was really quite impressed. The game gave me a new respect for these kinds of plats because this was the best one I’ve ever seen! I will say that I am really good at making Platformers but this one was better than almost all of them! Like I said before, this is not feature worthy but is still a valid attempt to get a feature but is not there yet.



The block placement is amazing. He puts some things to your advantage small tunnels that so you can get away from the sharks but he also makes things to your disadvantage like Sharks and Leonards to kill and stalk you in the dark and murky waters. It was cool when he put a tunnel and you have to think fast to evade the lava. He has the potential to have a featured game. The Cl0sers are great too. I was swimming in the water when Woah! The cl0sers started cl0sing and I made it just in time. It makes you think fast to yourself what to do and I like that kind of stuff. This game is great and I'm glad I reviewed it.



This is a great game. Creatingames obviously put a lot of effort into this game but if he wants a feature he needs to change it. Ways he could would be to put decoration and change the type of plat. Another thing could be to make it a little easier and to beat the game. One part you are falling in a tunnel and you fall in lava. You have to escape it but it’s pretty much impossible to. It was a hard game in all with a challenge but it needs to have a little more imagination. What I mean by that is all it is are sharks and tunnels, so he could put some imagination like displays (like putting blocks in a square and putting a leonard in it because it is a capture the crystal game so you don’t have to kill it.


The enemies were okay but also the enemies were all the same. That was a downside. He only used sharks and Leonards and that's all. I imagined some enemies like snarleys for the game to be funny because snarleys are fire-breathing dragons. I was kind of disappointed when I only saw fish type creatures but still it was a great game and a game almost worth featuring. The game's enemies were tough to defeat because you had to fight them in a confined space so you couldn't jump on their heads to make them confused. Something that splode.s is that the enemy placement was okay. I wanted the enemies to confuse me in such a way to make me mess up because I love to mess people up in the games that’s just how I make them.



The power ups were a horrible aspect of this game. The power ups were like extra lives and check points. The check points were usually nearby an extra life so he obviously knows how to use a check point. The Check points are placed where they are needed. That's all. He didn't put check points every 3 steps in the game, which I've seen other people do before. The power ups were amazing and saved me from death. The only problem is that he put invisible switches by the power ups so they were impossible to obtain. I want to collaborate with him and this is why. I want to help him make better Platformers so he can have a featured plat.



The Mazes were awesome. I loved the maze in this game and it was the greatest aspect of this game. The game has a maze that rendered me powerless because I couldn’t find my way through. It was a great maze and I loved it. It made the game so much better and enjoyable. The traps made this game enjoyable and fun since there were so many of them. I constantly had to use intellect and I love that. The traps and mazes were awesome. In one word, perfecto.



Ratings:

Story: 0 / _____
 

Enemy Placement: __ / _____
 

Mazes:____.5 / _____
 

Traps:____ / _____
 

Power up placement:___ / _____
 

Background:____ / _____
 

Block Placement:__.5 / _____
 

Overall: ___ / _____
 



Conclusion: In conclusion, I would have to say that this game is not feature worthy. It’s not feature worthy because he has too many flaws as stated in my review. I recommend this game to everyone that wants to have a challenge and overall wants to have fun! I hope he take my recommendations into consideration and has a good time!



-This has been a BlueDeathRay review-

 
 


Waves Reviewed by bluedeathray on Thursday, November 3rd 2011. [BDR] The Waves May Roll - A game review written by bluedeathray for the game 'Waves' by creatingames. Rating: 3