Honestly even in 2025, this GOATED game still holds up, and for it's time, it was definitely ahead of it's time here's the list of my likes/list:
(Warning is long👀)
This is a TDLR if you wanna see it quick,
I recommend you read TDLR if u wanna save time or skim through:
Basically, cool achievements, cool characters, actually had updates, received a cool award of the best game in May 2007, as well as having decent content, however, the game IS very dated and it doesn't look the best, but is a game worth playing, one of the greats🐐 | 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌓
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1) | 11 Cool Medals you can earn (with two of them being ("secrets") | 🌕
2) | 12 Playable Characters (two of them is locked by Ground Coins and the other two were from updates) | 🌕🌕
This included
#1 | Alloy (launch)
#2 | Pico (launch)
#3 | P-Bot (launch)
#4 | Nene (launch)
#5 | Samurai A-Hole (launch)
#6 | Salad Fingers (launch)
#7 | Piconjo (locked via grounds coins)
#8 | Tankman (launch)
#9 | Alien Hominid (launch)
#10 | Convict (locked via grounds coins
#11 | Hank (added in the Sep 2007 Update)
#12 | added in the May 2008 Update)
The last time this game was updated I'm assuming from the history description, as well as the current/latest version everyone can mainly play was on August 3, 2009.
3) Received the "Best game ever" in May 2007, this basically meant people in 2007 saw this game and said "bro, this game is FIRE" even if it was around 17 and soon 18 years ago, that's a VERY underrated feat to get especially in Newgrounds Era of 2007, during a time when 90% of the games back then during that time-frame probably looked like old/og roblox during that old-era. | 🌕🌕🌕
4) One of the "rare" games especially during the flash era where it received updates/content, this is probably just me but this is VERY rare and not a common thing at all, when it first launch Fancy Pants and Hank as well as the Nevada map and Henchmen characters weren't even added at launch yet, but many months and under a few years, it was done. | 🌕🌕🌕🌕
5) It had very nice content as well as some decent game-modes/other things to do such as
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#1 | Story Mode
#2 | Versus
#3 | Challenge
#4 | Survival (locked via grounds coins)
#5 | Training
You could also use the Deposit to unlock the following such as:
Characters
#1 | Convict for 1,250
#2 | Piconjo for 1,500
Power-Ups
#3 | Orbiter for 500
#4 | Regeneration for 650
Maps for Versus
#5 | Junkyard for 800
#6 | Padded Cell for 1,200
#7 | Training Room for 400
Special Game Mode
#8 | Survival Mode for 1,000
In total you would only really need exactly 7,300 ground coins, if you do the middle diff (normal) or hardest difficulty (OMFG), and save your coins, you can unlock all or atleast just half (3650).
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Overall: This game just goes so hard, the only cons I would say which is just my personal opinions are two things (side-note I'm not being harsh, is just my opinions, and I only rated it like half below, that's not really a bad thing imo)
1) Being "Dated" |
This one isn't fair since this game was from 2007 to 2009, but if I'm being honest, This game is definitely dated as hell, sorry bros.
Is definitely not the bad kind tho, more like the
"huh I can see why people enjoy this in X, but now in 2025 or Current Times where your reading, is still really good or is alright" kind of deal.
Used to play this on my other acc/way back a couple years ago, at the time I was prob under a teen or a kid and when I played this game, it felt so awesome, obviously time exists, so I grew, fast forward now is 2025 and I replay this game, and honestly I can kinda see it, is definitely dated but I still like the game nonetheless.
It doesn't have that magic such games like for example Left 4 Dead 2 where you could play it for the first time, forget the game or not play for months or years and then play it again and it STILL feels like Left 4 Dead 2, like that magic and vibe, but for Newgrounds Rumble, for it's time and now, it feels like one of those time-capsule games where you play it and is really awesome but definitely wouldn't see myself play it every day, week nor months/years, etc, and if someone where to brought it up I would just say or go "oh yea THAT game, I remembered, I still think is prob better than around 70% to 80% flash games I'll argue" kind of deal.
2) The Quality/Audio |
The Audio just feels so compressed like wtf as well as the quality even at max it feels somehow low, however, people have to remember this game was 17 years ago, even tho I understand that, I just can't help it 🤷♂️
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That's it, that's the whole review 👀
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌓/🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕= 0.9% or 90%