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Review by guilt all reviews by guilt

This game was pretty difficult to set up. The provided binary didn\'t work as zlib was missing. After installing FModEx and a host of other libs, I finally got it to run.

The game is about rescuing soldiers from iran hostages. It has non-dynamic smoke and flame fx. I couldn\'t make out garbage either. The current events are touched upon, happy to say that.

The game will definitely need some little work to be finished. Playable overall!

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 4 Technical 1 Genre 1

Review by Onewing all reviews by Onewing

Good: Music
Bad: Having to save hostages who aren’t really being held hostage.
Man, ninjas are so stealthy, they stand still when they move.

It’s playable, as in playable like 52-card pickup and just about as fun! That’s right, you get to follow one path (unless you want to waste time going to other paths) with the amazing stick-ninja to save the green hostages in an AI-less world of ugly colors. Never have I been so excited. Puh-leeze.

In Matt’s defense, the concept is a pretty good idea. With a lot more time and proper design, this could have been a pretty good game. However, could-have-been’s are usually last place.

Overall: It seemingly works if you don’t get stuck and there’s at least music to make the painful task of playing the game a little more decent. I’d give you 5 candy bars had I not eaten 3.
Artistical: In the readme it mentions the news item this game is based around. Everything else is pretty bad. But we’re programmers, not artists! Downshift @.
Technical: You CAN get stuck in this game. There’s really no fire and I don’t know if I’d count the background as smoke. That’s a one, chum.
Genre: Uses the sewer to get save the greenies. 2

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 2 Technical 1 Genre 2

Review by Raabinator all reviews by Raabinator

You are a ninja that has to rescue british soldiers captured by irans. Therefore you have to run through the iran sewers.
There are no opponents, so it\'s only run from one point to another.
Gfx is poor. You can\'t identify a ninja or a soldier if it wasn\'t stated in the readme. There is also no animation of the main character. Background of the sewers and the ladders don\'t fit into the game. It looks like the player is flying.
I don\'t see any fire or smoke fx, no points for that.
Captured british soldiers were on the news, so news requirement is fulfilled.
Garbage theme? It plays in the sewers and there is a trash container in the upper left.
There is music but no other sound.

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 2 Technical 1 Genre 3