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[Omega Crisis]

Armor Games Latest Triumph.

The concept of this game revolves around you, a lone gunner Commander, who is involved in the defense of the human civilization from invading aliens using the most advanced weapon in the Omega Sector: the Experimental Omega Cannon. Will you triumph in bravery, or cower in fear?

While this concept itself sounds great, the cannon itself just doesn't feel all that powerful, unless our technology isn't as advanced as the alien's technology.

The controls are simple. Navigate the viewport using the arrow or wasd keys and shoot with the left mouse button. Pressing the space button brings up the "manage" menu, which allows you to build defenses that will aid you. Pressing P or clicking outside the boarder of the Flash Game itself brings up the Pause Menu. The 1-4 keys focuses on your warships, while ESC focuses on the main cannon.

The graphics look awesome, the animation is superb, but the sound was lacking. There was no BG music. I can see how that it can be distracting, but people like BGMs.

The only downside is that the viewport doesn't allow enough space to view your surroundings. I also find that if you click fast enough, the pause menu will be brought up. This can get really annoying when you are in the heat of the battle.

I also think medals would have worked well here, too.

Difficulty: Progressive

Replay Value: Moderate

Overall: 9.3

Concept: 9.4
Sound: 7.9
Graphics: 10.0
Controls: 9.5
Playability: 9.4
Fun Factor: 9.5

NG Rating: 9/10
Vote: 5/5

lucidrine responds:

Thank you for the review ! Wow :-D. Anyway I'm also a bit curious about the pause bug, since I can't seem to confirm it on my Firefox 3.6.3 and Flash Player 10.1 . Would you be kind enough to give me your browser type, flash player version and on which level did this bug happen ? Once again thank you !

[Escaping the Prison]

You have the reflexes of a statue!

Taking the multiple paths, or multiple endings as some call it, genre to a whole new level! The comedy in which is involved in this title is at its very best.

The controls are simple as you only use the mouse and left mouse button for all interactions. This actually worked out extremely well and all the context buttons worked without fail and no lagging.

The graphics weren't the best I've ever seen, but for this reason, the graphics work very well here and the animation is very smooth. The reason sound got the lowest score (and still got a pretty damn good score) is because the sound effects used were from another game. But again, they worked well here though and you can't reference other titles without the correct sound effects.

To be honest, I really see no flaws to this game. The secret medal was a little difficult to find, though. However, I found it actually relatively quick. Using the actual hint the author provided us is really helpful. And the game was short, too. All medals were found within 5 to 10 minutes.

Thanks, PuffballsUnited, this title was outstanding. The opacitator joke was funny, too! Nice work and hope to see another sequel soon!

Difficulty: Easy - Medium

Replay Value: Very High

Overall: 9.9

Concept: 10
Sound: 9.8
Graphics: 9.5
Controls: 10
Playability: 10
Fun Factor: 10

NG Rating: 10/10
Vote: 5/5

PuffballsUnited responds:

Awesome review! Glad you enjoyed it!