21/10/08 - CNET top 25 flash games (3)

Again, I continue from the blog prior.

The Last Stand - Zombies are coming to get you. All that lies between them and you is a makeshift wall, and all the bullets you can fire. The game comes in two parts. First, there's the action sequence, where zombies come towards your defenses, and you have to keep them at bay until dawn. You're guy can move around a little behind his wall, but mostly you'll be using the mouse to aim and shoot. The zombies come in a few different types, and they have location damage, with death animations to match.
The other part of the game is simply deciding what to spend your time during the day doing. You can divide hours between repairing your wall, searching for weapons, or searching for survivors. Repairing the wall is self-explanitory. Finding more weapons is important, as the weapons you get will gradually be stronger, and you can carry two at once, switching when you want. you may lose people when you look though. Extra people will help with everything, they will accompany you in defense of the wall, help repair the wall faster, and aid in your searches.
The different weapons added variety, but I found myself falling on specific ones. And once you have the final weapon, you need nothing else.
I played this game once, and completed it. There weren't any difficulty options, which is unfortunate, and I realised too late that there was a diary to read each day, so I missed out on anything interesting that might have been in that. Still, despite doing the same thing over and over, I never really felt bored playing this game, and I might just see if there was a newer version, and try playing that.

Portal: The falsh game - Based on the Valve game of the same name, you get control of a guy and a portal gun that can create 2 portals for you to warp between. And you have to use this mechanic to solve puzzles, and get to the end of each area. This version, though, is 2d.
Played this one a while back, before playing the original, actually, which was a bit unfortunate, because I went into Portal already knowing the techniques.
If you've played Portal, this a great continuation. If you haven't played Portal, well, it depends on whether you're going to or not, because if you are, I'd recommend going with the original first. On the other hand, if you can't be bothered getting the original, this a good free alternative.

Helicopter game - This is one of those, 'click to go up, let go to drop', games, where you traverse a cave, being careful not to hit the top, bottom, or obstacles.
It's simple, but not really boring, as the cave slowly shrinks. The rise and drop speed is fast, so it's a bit difficult to control, but I'm going to put this one in the 'skill' category, as opposed to the 'unfair' category.

Yetisports - This requires registration, so I skipped it.

Dolphin Olympics 2 - You get a dolphin, an ocean, and 2 minutes to rack up as many points as you can by doing tricks. This feels sort of reminiscent of the classic, California Games. Jumping out of the water, you can do flips and corkscrews, and try to make the best reentry you can. With every successful jump, you'll start to go faster, and can eventually leave the atmosphere. If you'd rather stay close to the water, you can just tail-slide across the surface.
The game was a bit of fun, though there were some problems with the controls sticking, probably when I tried to use too many arrow keys at once, and sometimes I felt that I should have had a good reentry, but failed somehow.

Winterbells - The game is simple. Get the bunny as high as you can, by jumping from one bell to the next. All you do is use the mouse to control the horizontal motion of the rabbit. When you touch a bell, the rabbit automatically bounces higher, you just need to get to the next bell. Simple, in an addictive way, and the graphics are definately cute.