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Review by ArchMageZeratuL all reviews by ArchMageZeratuL

This game is certainly the most interesting entry in TINS\'05 in my opinion. It makes clever use of trolls by unleashing forum trolls flaming the allegro.cc forums. Literally. With flamethrowers.

The game actually downloads the 10 most recent threads from the forums and renders them with a custom renderer. Then you need to snipe the trolls that are roaming around the page with a sniper scope (complete with zoom effect).

If Marcello posted in the current thread, then the machinegun gets unlocked, and you can have even more fun. :)

Complemented with a nice music and good sound effects, and summed with the awesome idea, this game is really very fun. Definitelly my favorite entry this year.

Sinewave requirement is implemented on flamethrowers and troll movement, subtly. The game itself is a parody of forums and their trolls. In my opinion, this game has the best implementation of trolls by twisting the word and using forum trolls.

Very recommended.

Scores: Overall 5 Artistical 5 Technical 4 Genre 3

Review by ArchMageZeratuL all reviews by ArchMageZeratuL

With CorruptionWare, Kaitlyn proves that girls also have their place in the game industry - and, damn, she deserves quite a good place for this. CorruptionWare is my second favorite entry for TINS\'05, second only to Troll Hunter. The game\'s premise is that you play as a troll slaughtering peasants.

The gameplay is straightforward. Your troll is always moving forward, following a sinewave terrain. Helpless peasants come moving towards you. Your objective is to just kill them by hitting them. Whenever you miss or let one escape, you lose some of the \'accuracy bar\'. When that bar is zero, you lose. Also, when you keep hitting peasants in a row without missing or letting any escape, you\'ll achieve a combo, which are worth more points.

Sometimes you\'ll enter a minigame, which don\'t really have anything to do with the actual game. One of them shows a spinning wheel with some anime-ish character drawn in it, and a certain sector of it painted blue. All you have to do is stop the wheel when the arrow is pointing at the blue sector. The other minigame has Mario moving up and down in a platform, and you need to shoot him with Bowser.

If your score goes high enough, you\'ll unlock an option to play the minigames on title screen.

Very nice polish, good graphics and audio and nice gameplay. Good implementation of technichal rules, but I\'m not sure what it\'s a parody of. Troll is obviously there, too.

My only problem with this game is that it gets hard too quickly (when you start moving way too fast), and, once it does, there\'s nothing you can do about it.

A solid entry. Recommended.

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 5 Technical 5 Genre 2

Review by ArchMageZeratuL all reviews by ArchMageZeratuL

\"Parody\" is a Yoshi\'s Island parody game, where you play as Yoshi jumping on moving platforms trying to kill a giant troll in the background with eggs.

While the general idea was very interesting, the gameplay itself was an unfortunate failure. Movement is choppy, and it\'s too hard to control jumps to land on a platform properly. Also, hitting the troll\'s nose is somewhat dodgy.

The complete lack of music and sound is another major turndown. It\'s something that only takes a few minutes to implement (assuming you already have musics and sounds available, that is), but they can really make a game a whole lot better.

The game fullfills the requirements well: the troll is obviously there, and as an important aspect of game; sinewaves are used to move the platforms; and the titlescreen supposedly changes when you beat level 6. Myself, I couldn\'t be bothered checking last one... The controls and complete silence drove me nuts, so I couldn\'t play it for long enough.

I give this an overall score of (2/5). It could easily have been a (4/5) if the mentioned issues were addressed.

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 4 Technical 3 Genre 3

Review by ArchMageZeratuL all reviews by ArchMageZeratuL

This is a surprisingly amusing game, where you play as a tuna fish. The objective is to gather as much momentum as possible by swinging in the water and holding space with the right timing to jump as far as possible in a pier.

The game is well polished and, despite being extremely simple, is very fun to play. It is, however, very incomplete, which can be noticed by the fact that, while you can unlock something by getting to 12 m, the \"something\" is missing. Also, it\'s not really a parody of anything, and the troll fells kinda slapped there.

The use of sinewaves is very good, modelling the sea at the background and the movement of the bouys. Overall, a relaxing, addictive game.

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 3 Technical 4 Genre 2