by Harvester » Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:18 pm
Firstly, I would like to congratulate for all the winners. I liked to play them. If you wish to read my opinions, I will tell it, it's not secret now. I'm sorry if my opinion is not absolutely objective, but I think at a game the atmosphere, the personal impression is very important. So here is my personal opinion about the games:
Missionary Man demo
It was a quite funny game, I liked the humorous dialogs and the well-created main charachter, plus the geeky guy at the pub. The graphics were also nice, they had a style. Plus this is the first 3rd person game I've seen created by AM, which also made it interesting. On the other hand, I missed music at some places; at least atmospheric sounds would be nice. For me the gameplay was a bit slow, maybe more action would be also nice.
Horror 203
The game with the strongest atmosphere. The graphics were nice, they had a unique style, however, the setting seemed to be less creative. The sounds and the music was also good, plus there was enough interaction (for me). The game was short, however. All in all I liked it, I would just mention one bug: the remote control could be picked up more than once. The nice videos were a great advantage of the game.
Unravel
This game also has a unique atmosphere, mainly given by the intro scene. I liked the graphics very much, but the gameplay was slow for my taste. If i disregard the fact that it didn't appeal my personal taste, it was quite a good game, well done work.
Tim's House
Personally I liked this game. The atmosphere was okay, the graphics also, plus there were some wellplaced, nice soundeffects. The menu music was also nice. The thing I really liked was the camera movement, it is the most smooth from the games in the contest in my opinion. The biggest disadvantage was it's short gameplay and the lack of real puzzles. Perhaps it could be a bit less linear, as this way not much thinking is needed to complete the game. Overall, I liked it, it's a pity that it wasn't longer and more complex. Quite a pleasant surprise from Qtip.
I hope I didn't hurt anyone, it's just my personal opinion. I hope they are constructive enough and they will help your advancement in gamemaking. Good luck for your further work,
Harvester