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I don't want to protest or something, and I don't have something against VonZeppelin or his review. I just want to ask you what makes you thing this is an excellent review:
Wow... This one was quite similar to the original, except that it is even more painful...The title and explanation are quite confusing in the sense that they trick you into thinking that this is a sequel to the original D v. M. Well-guess what? It's not! It is really the same D-Mod only with more material added. So, basically, if you have already played the original Dink Vs. Milder there is little need to play this one...
***Plot***
same ol`, same ol`, Though a bit of humor was added. The old plot was not terrific either... Dink learns that Milder is hitting on Libby so he goes to challenge Milder to the death... Isn't that terribly exciting?
***7.5***
***Sound***
The midis were alright... They were suitable enough for the backround, but I thought that they should have been different midis for the insides of the houses.
***8.0***
***Gameplay***
The gameplay here bothered me. I actually never got far enough to meet any monsters... but the ones in the original were way to easy (except the endboss). I quit when I got to the bus driver riddle... It drove me insane!! Another minus is that the characters all only have a few lines of speech, none of which will help you solve the riddle... which must be solved before you can even leave the town and kill your first monster!! Ouch... A big redeeming factor for me was the new, more traditional click-F5-to-save idea. This meant that I no longer had to scout out for savebots. The ingame menu was streamlined and superior to the original in my opinion. It has functions for Saving, Loading, Mapping Keys, Help, and Quitting. I feel that this is the layout that should have been used for the menu in the original.
***7.5***
FINAL SCORE:
***7.6***
Alright... It was not very enjoyable... but it was well done. The rather poorly done scripting, plotline, and graphics and a counterpoint to the fact that this has one of the best user interfaces in any D-Mod I have played. Well done Cypry...
(P.S. any hints on that riddle. I usually don't review a D-Mod without finishing it, but that riddle is nightmarish. It doesn't make any sense any way that I looked at it... maybe there is some pun there in Russian... but it made adsolutely no sense to me.)
Ok, I admit it's a long enough one, and it pinpoints well the first part of my DMOD. It also gives a fair grade.
First of all, the guy admits that he didn't finish the game yet: I actually never got far enough to meet any monsters.... The part before the riddle was only the begining of my DMOD, where I copied a bit "the original Dink vs. Milder". So I agree somehow that my DMOD is the same D-Mod only with more material added, but let's be honest here: do you think that my old DMOD is more than 25% of the new one?
Finally: I usually don't review a D-Mod without finishing it, but that riddle is nightmarish. It doesn't make any sense any way that I looked at it... maybe there is some pun there in Russian... but it made adsolutely no sense to me. On this post, many people confirmed that my riddle wasn't hard at all.
So, I repeat my original question: What makes a review excellent?
Wow... This one was quite similar to the original, except that it is even more painful...The title and explanation are quite confusing in the sense that they trick you into thinking that this is a sequel to the original D v. M. Well-guess what? It's not! It is really the same D-Mod only with more material added. So, basically, if you have already played the original Dink Vs. Milder there is little need to play this one...
***Plot***
same ol`, same ol`, Though a bit of humor was added. The old plot was not terrific either... Dink learns that Milder is hitting on Libby so he goes to challenge Milder to the death... Isn't that terribly exciting?
***7.5***
***Sound***
The midis were alright... They were suitable enough for the backround, but I thought that they should have been different midis for the insides of the houses.
***8.0***
***Gameplay***
The gameplay here bothered me. I actually never got far enough to meet any monsters... but the ones in the original were way to easy (except the endboss). I quit when I got to the bus driver riddle... It drove me insane!! Another minus is that the characters all only have a few lines of speech, none of which will help you solve the riddle... which must be solved before you can even leave the town and kill your first monster!! Ouch... A big redeeming factor for me was the new, more traditional click-F5-to-save idea. This meant that I no longer had to scout out for savebots. The ingame menu was streamlined and superior to the original in my opinion. It has functions for Saving, Loading, Mapping Keys, Help, and Quitting. I feel that this is the layout that should have been used for the menu in the original.
***7.5***
FINAL SCORE:
***7.6***
Alright... It was not very enjoyable... but it was well done. The rather poorly done scripting, plotline, and graphics and a counterpoint to the fact that this has one of the best user interfaces in any D-Mod I have played. Well done Cypry...
(P.S. any hints on that riddle. I usually don't review a D-Mod without finishing it, but that riddle is nightmarish. It doesn't make any sense any way that I looked at it... maybe there is some pun there in Russian... but it made adsolutely no sense to me.)
Ok, I admit it's a long enough one, and it pinpoints well the first part of my DMOD. It also gives a fair grade.
First of all, the guy admits that he didn't finish the game yet: I actually never got far enough to meet any monsters.... The part before the riddle was only the begining of my DMOD, where I copied a bit "the original Dink vs. Milder". So I agree somehow that my DMOD is the same D-Mod only with more material added, but let's be honest here: do you think that my old DMOD is more than 25% of the new one?
Finally: I usually don't review a D-Mod without finishing it, but that riddle is nightmarish. It doesn't make any sense any way that I looked at it... maybe there is some pun there in Russian... but it made adsolutely no sense to me. On this post, many people confirmed that my riddle wasn't hard at all.
So, I repeat my original question: What makes a review excellent?
