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Right, have updated the review to include the info about The Repossessor being updated last year. Thanks for the tip.

Also, the writeup on the catagories is accurate, nice one. All in all, an excellent review. There's a section on the RON website for articles, I would strongly recommend this as an addition, or as a link to your blog at the very least.

Thanks very much! Have no problem with the review being used with a link to my blog. There doesn't appear to be an upload option on the RON site so I'm guessing it's up to the administrators to sort it out?

Hey,

I tried to fit this post somewhere else but couldn't decide on a suitable place for it hence the new thread. Am new to the whole RON thing by the way. 

In a blatant attempt to give some exposure to my review of RON: The Respossessor, I thought I'd suggest a thread (this one in fact) where people post reviews or links to reviews of RON games. Just an idea but reading them might help newcomers realise that there really is some substance to these games. I was unsure before I gave them a chance.

Anyway, just a thought. Have a read of the review if you feel so inclined. 

RON: The Respossessor

I also plan to review another RON game in the near future which I enjoyed even more than this one.

Cheers,

JD

Wasn't really planning on posting on this thread again at the risk of boring people but...

Bill - Is really nice to hear that my views have been of use. Really makes me feel that I'm doing things the right way. 

Dualnames - Yep, added comments after reading your comment on SSH's blog.

Will keep doing my best to be balanced and constructive.

Cheers guys,

JD

Can't say fairer than that ProgZ. Funnily enough I'm actually halfway through a review of one of your games! 

I guess what I've got out of this small debate is that I should just make sure I enjoy the reviews I write. If this means I'm not going to be totally trashing anyones game (which it does) then so be it. If I can't be constructive then I see no point in bothering to a review at all. Having said that it doesn't mean I can't include some humour when pointing out a game's failings - it just needs to be done in the right way.

Anyway, one last thanks to everyone who's offered their thoughts on this.

And I hope you enjoy my future reviews - should you choose to read them...

Cheers,

JD

Poke fun at stuff...sounds like a plan! Tis one of my strong points as well! haha. I still think I'll try and offer constructive criticism as well though.

Thanks for the advice.

Whoa, that looks wicked! I think changing to this style would be a big progression for your game.

Really liking it!

Hmm...perhaps I will have to change my philosophy slightly. Maybe it is best to review every AGS game I play - as long as  I can make at least some positive comments about it and be able to recommend it to at least a certain type of player. So not just me reviewing my faves.

More often than not, if I don't enjoy a game then I won't complete it, and I feel cheeky reviewing games I haven't bothered to see through til the end.

I'm the same, so anything I review I will have finished, and having stuck it out until the end of the game I guess I will most likely be able to provide at least some positive comments about it - even if the review isn't a glowing one. Or like Bicilotti eluded to, give the reader an idea whether that particular game is for them or not, even if I wasn't so keen on it. And I guess if I go down the constructive criticism route rather than the dry sarcasm one it will be a lot less disheartening for people anyway.

Whilst this means a greater pool of games are likely to be reviewed, as well as more differing reviews in terms of content, it does still leave those I don't like enough to finish. I don't see any way around this without being unfairly harsh on people so am still thinking it's best to not mention any games for which this is the case.

Thanks alot for the comments and advice by the way! 

Bill - Thanks very much for the comment! Playing through every game would indeed be tough. My target isn't quite so high as that - plan is to just play and review if and when I feel like it. Which admittedly is probably going to end up being far more often than I should!

Mods - You make a good point. My thinking though is that if I play a freeware game I don't like, then I'd rather not review it than give the developer a hard time. I'm more interested in helping people to choose what they should play, rather than what they shouldn't. Hopefully that makes sense?? And if you look on the big adventure game sites, e.g. Just Adventure, Adventure Gamers, you see a rating before you read the review anyway so you know whether it's going to be favourable or not.

Having said that there's no point in me writing reviews if they're neither informative enough nor interesting to read so perhaps it is something I need to consider.

It would be interesting to know what other people think as well. Should I just go ahead and review a game even if I can't find much (or anything) nice to say about it?

The reviews I've written thus far are completely honest, and of course I'm going to keep it that way - I just worry slightly that negative reviews of AGS games from within the AGS community are maybe counter productive. Is just my current outlook though and I'm open to being persuaded otherwise...  8)

Hey guys and gals.

Have been lurking on these forums for a few years although have posted very little. To cut a long story short...I've started up an adventure game reviews blog, which will mainly (if not completely) consist of me reviewing AGS games.

Plan is to only review the games which I really enjoy playing - I really don't want to play any part in demoralising any AGS game developers out there by posting negative reviews of there games...not that I'm assuming people are going to be terribly interested in my ramblings but better to be safe and all that. Am also sure there will be games I do enjoy but don't review for whatever reason...and well, you get the idea.

Anyway, the first review went up last week and I posted a further review today, so if anyone's interested then head on over to
http://jd-adventuregamereviews.blogspot.com.

Hopefully some people will find the blog either interesting or informative - perhaps even both.

Cheers,

JD

PS. Thanks SSH for giving me coverage on the AGS blog - was extremely surprised when I saw a link to my blog on there!

Oops, sorry about giving the wrong location  : - have corrected it now though. 

Good luck with the third game!

Just wanted to say that I finished your game yesterday and really enjoyed it! Is a big improvement over the first game (which was good anyway) and I look forward to playing the next one.

Also is great to see how you really seem determined to do things the right way - it gives me confidence that all your games are going to be well worth playing!

And if you're interested, Talons of Terror is the first game I've reviewed on my Adventure Games Review blog at http://jd-adventuregamereviews.blogspot.com/

So yeah, check it out it you have time.

And many congrats on the game! 

AGS Darts! Brilliant!!

Have just been playing for 30mins or so and is really addictive.

Only downside in my opinion is that the announcer doesn't say "Game Shot" at the end of each leg. Only a minor thing though.

Overall I Love it and I can see it taking up alot of my time when I should be doing more productive things.

...And how proud am I that I just beat Mark Dudbridge with a 161 finish! 

Having played through this to the end last night, I've got to say that I enjoyed it. I found the storytelling and dialogue throughout the majority of the game to be really good.

However, I personally thought the ending seemed rushed and there was definately scope for you to drag the game out alot more. Then again, perhaps the lead character is just particularly good at this detective stuff. 

The other negative that springs to mind is the inconsistencies in the style of the character art, both between different characters, and between each character and his/her portrait.

Overall though, good work! Was definately worth a play, and will look out for any future releases in the series.