Corky52's Guide to Helpful Reviews

Before I got started if you want to see really good reviews then check out AnalPenguinFarming's Reviews. They are honestly the best reviews that you can find.

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Are you reviews basically, "This was awesome!" or "This sucks"?

Every time I see reviews like this I mark them as useless because that's exactly what they are. When making a review like that it doesn't help the author at all and that is the whole point of a review.

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A review should contain some of the following things -

1) What you liked about the flash, even if it's just something small. There has to be something that the author did right.

2) What you disliked about the flash, even if you loved the flash, there must be something that could be better.

3) What the author can do to fix their problems or make their flash better.

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When I write my reviews I like to break them up into the following sections.

Animation / Graphics - Here you talk about how the quality, the smoothness, and the color. Write if it looks good and whether better colors could have been used. If you are experienced in flash you can give tips on how to improve the animation.

Ex. - Animation / Graphics - It was nice to see a little bit of animation in your dress up game. That is something that is missing from most games like that. Maybe you could add a couple other animated things next time you make a dress up game. Also, the drawings were done pretty good. Not the best I have ever seen, but again pretty good.

Story - Here you write about the quality of the story. Was it good and did it make sense? Also, was it interesting? If it is suppose to be random or is suppose to prove a point then rate it on how well its random or how well it proves it's point. If it's a game that doesn't have a story behind it then rate on how easy the controls were and whether it could have been longer, have more levels, etc..

Ex - Story - There really isn't much of a story. It's just your generic dress-up game. It does look like you were going for more of the heavy metal style here. The controls were also very easy to use since all they were was click your mouse and drag.

Audio - This is more important than some people think. Was there sound? If so just write about it. Write about the quality and whether it ran well together with the flash or not.

Ex - Audio - Heavy metal alright man! I recommend putting some other choices of songs on there too with a menu so people can select from different songs. Audio is always a big plus when making a dress up game. It really adds to the overall quality.

Overall - This is the category where you describe what you think about the flash overall. Write about your final thoughts of the flash, etc..

Ex - Overall, not bad. It's a pretty good especially for a first time dress up game. I recommend you make another one, or maybe update this one with some of the effects and things that I mentioned. I'm sure the score of this flash would go up a little, or your next one would have a higher score. I will also recommend it to the dress up collection.

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Don't follow my guidelines exactly if you don't want. Adjust it to your style and start writing helpful reviews.