Score: 9

"((VOTED5))"

submission: SC Guitar Maniac Dx 2

date: May 29, 2008

What you did in this game was very complex but you pulled it off very well. You went beyond just making a small pick up and play type of game and made almost a story mod type of thing. Unlocking songs and guitars provided fun for quite a long time. There was really no point in adding pro mode though because the songs arn't even possible, they really arn't.

The dificulty in this game is completly out of whack. The notes you were required to hit wasn't the hard part though, it's just that if you didn't hit the note EXACTLY at the time it passed the bar it wouldn't register. In the harder songs it was almost impossible to keep a streak going because of this. What you need to do is open up the window of time for hitting the notes by a lot and give you bonus points for hitting the note close to the bar.

As much as I loved the voice, he did talk way to much. He is cool to hear the first time you go to pages because it just makes the game seam really epic but I don't want to hear the same sentence every time I go to the main menu or pick a song. You should program it to only play once each page and not keep repeating itself because it does get very anoying.

Overall, this game was very good. It has to be one of the most in depth rythem games on the site. You should definantly be proud of what you have here but there is a lot of room for improvement. I would love to see a sequel that works on the problems I listed.

Score: 6

"((VOTED3))"

submission: Block Out

date: May 29, 2008

It was a good idea but the game really wasn't anything special. I really liked how the screen would turn, it kept you on the edge of your seet and thinking.But it was horribly short and didn't have any high score board or anything to back it up so after you play once, there really isn't any reason to keep playing.

You really need to add more songs and make this game longer. I mean the one song you had didn't even play the full length of the track. Make about 5 to 10 more songs and make like different difficulties for them. You know what I mean, easy medium hard and expert kind of thing like what was done on the metal freaks series.

The game screen was a little bland to look at. Like I said the shifting of the screen was pretty cool but that was the only nice thing to look at. Put in some coloring or something. Just looking at a black and white screen isn't very pleasing.

I noticed the game was a bit glitchy as well. I would always hit practically every note but a lot of the time it would refuse to register and my score multiplier would go back to one. I don't know what you did there but you need to fix the score multiplier if you want the scores in this game to mean anything.

You had a great idea here and you really shouldn't let that go to waist. The contest may be over but that doesn't mean people don't care about rythem games anymore. I would really love to see a sequel in the future.

Score: 9

"((VOTED5))"

submission: Music Catch

date: May 29, 2008

Something about this game just seamed really epic. The music was very relaxing and you actually did a pretty good job of shooting out the notes according to the rythem. The gamepaly wasn't to bad, it took little strategy or reaction time but I don't really have a problem with that because the game is just something you can kick back and relax to while playing.

If I could change one thing in this game, I would make it longer. That is by adding more songs possibly and make harder levels. Possibly once you get further into the game the notes start shooting out all around you instead of just on one side. You should still keep the mode you have on the game right now though so you can utilize the high score board.

Anyways this was a great game. It wasn't exactly the funnest game to play but it was epic for many other reasons and I really think you should expand further on this games idea. Good job.

Score: 9

"((VOTED5))"

submission: [ out there ]

date: May 28, 2008

You did a good job here. The song was very well thought out and fun to listen to. The synth was great and the percussions flowed with the song perfectly. I just really don't think you needed this to be 6:38 long. You could easily shave this song down to 2 minutes without taking out anything vital to the song.

I would really suggest doing that because it doesn't matter how good a song is, no one seriously wants to sit down for six and a half minutes and listen to a single song. Especially when it isn't necesary.

Score: 10

"((VOTED5))"

submission: Look Beyond the Seas

date: May 28, 2008

You were right about it being calm. Like most ambient songs it had the slow peacfullness to it but you were able to pull that off better then many other songs as have heard from this genre. The guitar wasn't very technical or anything special but it didn't need to be. It did what it was supposed to do and did a very good job with it.

You should make more tracks similiar to this in the future because I thought it was a really nice song and I'd love to hear more like it. Anyways great song. Good job.

Score: 8

"((VOTED4))"

submission: XpeRi

date: May 28, 2008

The song really wasn't that bad. There was a lot of diversity throughout the song, it didn't transition very well between parts but it was nothing that really affected the song majorly. The problem was for some reason the song was incredibly low quality. I have no idea why though because the file size was pretty large. I don't know what program you are using but try to find some way to get that quality better.