Review Information
Game Reviewed Yoshi Dash DX, by Mors
Review Author Q-Nova
Created May 20 2015, 7:04 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview
Oh no, the Toadies are trying to get rid of Yoshi! What is Yoshi going to do? He must evacuate, because these Toadies are too powerful, and it appears the Toadies are trying to claim Yoshi's Island as Toadie's Island!

So, Yoshi's running for his life, eh? Doesn't that sound exciting? Maybe, let's review, shall we?
 
Pros +Graphics
+Underused concept
+Good audio
 
Cons -Some bugs
-Frustrating
-Saving and loading could have been executed better
 
Impressions
Gameplay
3 / 10
It's basically Yoshi Touch & Go, but with a few differences, with the main one being mouse controls. The left button lets you throw a egg into wherever the mouse cursor is at, and the right button lets you jump. I don't like the controls though, because it's really easy to get them mixed up. The help area doesn't even help, because both mouse buttons are marked for jump. Though, at least you've made the space bar jump.

Anyway, the game plays with Yoshi walking to the right, as he decided to go on a walk (the description says that the Toadies are trying to get rid of you, but I don't a sign of those creatures). Though, the learning curve is bad. Because there are enemies that are slapped right at the beginning. It's not that bad as they can't hurt you (instead they push you), but there must be a swarm of Toadies behind you, because you are dead if you are off-screen. If I have to suggest something, I suggest the camera should follow Yoshi, instead of going right all of the time. You have a limited amount of eggs, but you can get more by collecting some. It's not that much of a problem, unless you are on of those guys that spams a lot of eggs (it can be a bit hard to hit something if you only throw one egg, as the camera constantly moves right). Once you get to the right of the level, you'll go to the next level.

The second level is okay, but there is a bug. Once you've collected the helicopter powerup, Yoshi will slightly tilt up instead of becoming a helicopter, as that powerup is actually a TILTING powerup. The third level is probably the worst of all, because of those FREAKING chain chomps! They'll jump at you once they see you, and you'll have to spam your eggs at that thing, which slows it down a little. This is the only problem with the limited eggs in my opinion, as you might have ran out of eggs to throw at the next one. Oh, there is a couple more problems with those chain chomps. They are instakill (as in "one-hit, and you are dead"), which is a little unfair as compared to all of the other enemies (which just simply pushes you). I think you should put in a health bar, because it's a bit frustrating without one.

Anyway, I wanted to mention the third problem of the chain chomp. One of them doesn't jump, but it will instead shoot to you. I'm not a fan of this, because it's instakill, and it depends on luck if you have to survive against that thing, as you'll never know when it'll start to run to you. Okay, I'll talk about the fourth level now. This one is the last one you'll ever get to, because there is a big bad bug here. You have to hit that "ON/OFF" block, which is supposed to make the green blocks ahead appear while it's "ON". However, if you hit it, it'll still show it as "OFF", since Yoshi's eggs has kind of broke it. So, that's how far you can go.

Before I move on to the graphics section, I want to talk about the saving and loading function. To me, it's rather poor. The game saves automatically, which means that once you load your save file, you'll be taken the last in-game spot you have been in. Though, it's not completely horrible.
 
Graphics
8 / 10
I like the graphics, because they are very polished. Those effects are very neat, I even liked the death effect (the one where Yoshi/the enemy flies into the screen). The graphics are taken from several different sprite sheets, and then slightly edited. None of the graphics clashed very badly. The backgrounds are good, especially the cave one.

Overall, the graphics are very good, especially the effects. Though, I think there should be something when you complete the level.
 
Sound
7 / 10
The music has some good-quality, but I noticed the main menu has no music at all. All of the music are from Yoshi's Island, from what I heard.

The sound effects are okay, expect for the Chain Chomp one. It's not really that bad, but after 10+ deaths, the Chain Chomp sound effect starts to get really annoying. Besides that annoying sound effect, the sounds are average.
 
Replay
1 / 10
There are no high-scores in the game, and there isn't any collectables in it. After going through all four levels, I have no point in playing the game again. I'm sorry Mors, but once was kind of enough for me.
 
Final Words
3 / 10
Run for your lives! Because another poorly-made game is here!

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Syr
May 23 2017, 12:55 AM
Dang dude, I have to commend you. I could never get past the third level. Freaking chain chomps. 17 takes and its done.
 
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