Reviews for Swords and Sandals 2

[Ninjasaurus]

Great new features, but too hard.

I'm a big fan of the first S&S, and was relieved to see that the original was more or less intact with some neat new features--ranged weapons are a great opportunity for a change of strategy. I'm in no position to complain about "having to pay" or whatnot, because you provided us with a reasonably long demo. But at the same time, twenty bucks is beyond what I would expect to be the vast majority of the game's audience to be willing to pay. I understand the need to pay the bills, but cutting the cost down to, say, five bucks would persuade that many more people to pay the price. Hell, *I'd* pay five bucks in a heartbeat.

Again, it was great to see fresh material--potions and spells in a gladiator game? Cool. If there were one thing I would change about it, it would be the maximum variable stats of the opponents. For instance, when I am fighting my first or second opponent, seeing that they have 180+ armor is a bit disheartening. I can strategize however the hell I want, and there is NO WAY I'm getting past that dude, short of a miraculous streak of luck.

In closing, I would say to the author that you have a talent for making entertaining games. If you keep producing, I would say there's a decent chance you might make a living off of it even if you charge three bucks a pop. And if not, hey--there are plenty of other options open to you, I'm sure. Let me know when the third one comes out. 8-)

[buttmuffins]

sweetness

this game is one of the best games on newgrounds,its not like other rpg games, its more fast paced and just incredible.....but im not sure about the whole paying deal, it shouldnt be 20 bucks and it shouldnt be pay to play anyway.if u could,try and make a free version....anyway its a good game.

(the only reason sound is a 0 is because my speakers dont work)

[boobie246]

nooo omg!

after about 20 times tryin to beat the first tornement i finaly did, then i start to duel some people but i just started a duel and....a bug screwed everything up, i pressed my button to snipe the guy and he never did, now nobody is doing anything...like it froze or somthing.......BUT besides that, it was a fun game even though i died so many times and had to restart

[futant1]

Addicting

This game kept me entertained for a while.
On the surface not much is going on but, overall, I had a good time trying different approaches with different combinations of weapons/armor.
Took me a while to beat John the Butcher but, when I did, I got through the entire demo, beating that shuriken-flinging, transporting ninja (close match but I got inside at the end and was able to chop him down with an axe).
A lot of you seemed pissed off at the $20 price tag.
I might agree that the price is a little high (maybe $10 would be friendlier) but you have to remember, these people had already provided you with S&S 1 for free and gave you 3 levels of this sequel for nothing.
If you want to put the $20 towards a "real game" then go ahead and do it, nobody's forcing you to buy this thing. If it's not worth the $20 then maybe it's not worth getting upset about?
Someone has spent time on this thing for us to enjoy and deserves something for their effort.
Do you work for free? Do you just give your product (whatever that might be) away?

[eggs]

Yeah...RIGHT!

I'm a huge fan of SaS 1 and I was psyched to see there was a sequel but for one I was disappointed when it wasn't a sequel as it was just the first one with a few new things. I also noticed it was $20 and that made me laugh.

I can get a real game for $20. I can go buy WoW and play that for an entire month for 20 bucks as opposed to paying $20 for this and playing it for maybe 3 days...a week tops. What were you thinking? Honestly. If i were filthy, filthy rich I still would not buy this game for $20, I wouldn't buy it for $3. I would not buy any flash game for any amount of money.

It was very selfish and greedy of you to do this because the game is not only so incredibly small but it's very flawed. The game is based on 90% luck and 10% on your stats. Maybe if you could compete against other players, had a much bigger world, much wider variety of weapons and armor and basically turned it into a never ending MMO then I and most people MIGHT consider buying it and definately not for $20. it's blatantly obvious that you just sugar coated the first one and called it a sequel, therefor hardly making an effort and just doing it to rip people off.

I think I would rather play Runescape for 4 months than buy this game. You really have to think about this stuff. It's an insult, it's a joke and I'm ashamed of anyone supporting you by purchasing this game. You seriously don't deserve any profit.

I apologize for such a negative review and a negative score but I don't stand alone here, It's a rip-off and very effortless attempt at a sequel and what bothers people the most is that it's obvious you're trying to rip them off, it's insulting. Hopefully some day you will make it free to play. Also stop advertising your site, that looks even worse.

hechaos responds:

I apologise for trying to make a living. I don't have the 100 plus developers that make WoW or even the dozens that make Runescape. $20 is what companies like Pogo charge for downloadable casual games like Bejewelled and so on.

Lots of work went into the sequel. You're obviously never going to buy it and by writing such a hate-laced post, you clearly don't want others to either. Whatever. Other people like it. I'm not trying to 'rip off' people.. there's a free demo which takes a while to play - you can have fun with that and it costs you nothing.

Newgrounds is the ultimate site for the "I want everything free" generation so your comments don't surprise me. For those who did buy the game, thanks for your support and I hope you enjoyed it.

As for you, get your head into the real world .