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[Falling.]

~ Review Request Club ~

Sorry for the late review, but I know that late reviews are better than no reviews at all.

~ Animation ~

I do like the wavy animation style here and do find it very fitting for a nightmare type submission. That being said I would love to see how this would be done with normal animation as well.

~ Graphics ~

Pretty decent graphics all around. I feel that you couldn't go into very much detail because of the shaky animation, but if it was normal animation I would expect this to be much more detailed than it was. I think that's really the only thing that took the score down for you in my review was the lack of detail, but again I understand the situation.

~ Story ~

I love music videos that can tell their own little story. I agree that it looks very Silent Hill like and I like the randomness, which I feel gives an extra bit of creepiness to it.

I tried to look for a deeper meaning within the story itself, but really couldn't generate one. Perhaps there wasn't suppose to be a deeper meaning more than a girl's nightmare, but if there was I couldn't see it.

~ Audio ~

The song was great and I really liked how it went with the animation. There wasn't any needs for sound effects in this one. If you were to make another submission I wouldn't mind hearing how it would sound with creepy sounds and a scarier song.

~ Overall ~

A very nice submission all around. I'll drop you a PM about something and see if you wouldn't mind.

~ Review Request Club ~

[The Mummy's Tomb]

~ Review Request Club ~

~ Animation ~

The animation was very smooth and seemed like it fit the video game genre really well. Perhaps animating the bullets that the robot shot at the Mummy would have made it a tad bit better. Those in between animations always help submissions out in my opinion.

~ Graphics ~

Very cool style of drawing and everything looked great in my opinion. It had a good cartoon feeling to the whole thing and while it didn't really look like a real video game, it looked pretty good for a flash submission.

~ Story/Content ~

A movie about a game!?! The madness. Ha, it was a random/funny game to watch. I liked how nothing really went right for the main character and how he was flying in the first place. The robot jumping out at the end put the icing on the cake though. Talk about overkill.

I could see something at the end like a kid holding onto the controller/playing the game and being like... This.. game... sucks... And just goes back to playing it again because he's so angry that he can't be it. It might be more comical if he just comes right out and says something like, THIS GAME IS AWESOME after having a confused look on his face.

~ Audio ~

Great sound effects and music throughout the whole thing. I like how the robot noises seemed a bit overdone as it made that part a bit more funny.

~ Overall ~

I wouldn't mind seeing the story added to a little bit, but it was pretty cool all around. I think it could be a bit longer as well.

~ Review Request Club ~

Voodoo responds:

I definitely wish that I'd added a better ending with a player, but alas..I did not :/

[Shoes for Sale]

~ Review Request Club ~

~ Animation ~

The animation really doesn't quite get better than this. I understand that the movements that you had were quite simple compared to many others, but they were done very smoothly. The mouth animation was very good and everything else was great.

~ Graphics ~

The drawings here were done pretty well. I enjoyed the backgrounds and the style that you used, but there was one small thing that stuck out to me. When the character would move his arms the black lines wouldn't be connected. Looked like a minor mistake that just went unnoticed.

~ Story/Content ~

It was a good idea to make a story out of this song. You did a great job on the music video. The only thing that I can think of to make it better would be to show a quick series of events leading up to his feet falling off. Such as him getting dressed to go outside, walking, getting lost, etc... Then his feet falling off and him crawling to the doctors. You could even do a quick scene afterward where he is trying to sell his shoes or something of the sort.

~ Audio ~

So this wasn't your song so I can't complain about it too much, but I really didn't like how the music drowned out the vocals in the song. This could have been improved greatly, but like I said it's not your song so I'm not going to sit here and review it that in depth. (I guess I did already lol)

~ Overall ~

A good submission all around. I wouldn't have minded seeing some more story like I mentioned up above. Good job though.

~ Review Request Club ~

Jimtopia responds:

I liked the note it ended on, there was nothing more to say at that point, and I think it works. I do agree though that throwing in more of him actually losing his feet would've been a good thing to do, I'll remember it next time I'm puttin' a music video together.

Thanks
-Jim

[Xmas at the obamas]

~ Review Request Club ~

"He takes pill to clam himself down but the pill he took has adverse effects due to obama's health care plan."

Before I read that in your response this movie wasn't that funny. After reading that it really does have a little bit of humor to it.

~ Animation ~

In the beginning I felt like the animation was the best. For the most part pretty smooth, but for example where the man was walking I felt that it was a little bit too unrealistic. Probably made like that on purpose, but still didn't look too good.

~ Graphics ~

I liked the drawing style. Wasn't the best, but original in a way and obviously not the worst I've ever seen. Some drawings could have been a bit neater, but there seemed to be a humor set within the graphics themselves.

~ Story/Concept ~

Like I mentioned before this really wasn't that funny, but that response that you made to one of the reviews really does add a nice amount of humor to it. Perhaps you should make it more clear in the submission itself or at least add something like that in the author comments.

I don't like the fact that it's so short or that it loops. I feel that you could have built on the story a little bit, even for a spam flash. This was really the biggest thing that dropped the score for me.

~ Audio ~

The voice acting was good as it gave humor to the submission. It was bad in the fact that it was bad. There really isn't much more to mention other than that. You really could have set yourself up for more sound effects and some ambient music in there, but the lack of it hurt a little.

~ Overall ~

A very nice spam flash indeed. I'm surprised you didn't get more angry reviews of people supporting Obama or something like that. The concept was good, but the story could have been developed a bit more.

~ Review Request Club ~

PowerRangerYELLOW responds:

actually i gotten 3 bad reviews from obama supporters right on boxing day and two other reviews by people that liked it but those reviews have long been erased.

The rest of the reviews from the review request club and thank you.

[the Last of the Dashkin]

I enjoyed it.

~ Animation ~

Almost all animations were very smooth. I did notice that when the little Bitey was running away at first that it seemed a bit choppy. Almost like you didn't go into the detail enough to make his legs bend like it showed when he was older. Other than that the animation was very smooth and professional like. You do a great job of using pans, zooms, and moving the camera while the animation is going on.

~ Graphics ~

It was odd in this submission because sometimes I felt like you hurried some scenes and they simply weren't as drawn as well as you usually draw things. Again, for the most part things were done great and the parts that seemed hurried were few in far in between. I love the landscape and the amount of details that you put into things such as the forest and the water.

~ Story/Content ~

From what I remember you haven't ever really included story and it was basically just Bitey running around and causing trouble with the animals around the forest.

Is this because you've gotten so many complaints about story and plot? I've never had a problem with them personally, but I remember you getting a bunch of 0's on Waterlillies because it didn't have a plot to it or anything.

It's what makes a good author though. One that keeps his style, but still goes with what others want. I personally wouldn't mind either way, but I find that the addition to a story really helps and clears things up. This could become a really cool series if it started to follow a story and I can see it really going a long way.

~ Audio ~

The voice was pretty good and was a nice addition. This lacked a little bit of sound effects, but it really didn't hurt that bad since it was more of a submission to tell the background story and everything.

~ Overall ~

I felt that it could have been a bit longer. Also, every now and then I felt that the animation and graphics were a bit hurried, but overall they were done really well. The introduction of the story was pretty cool, but I do hope to see a lot of the trouble making in future episodes mixed in with the plot.

Keep up the good work. First review that I wrote in quite awhile.

chluaid responds:

Thanks for taking the time to write an in-depth review. My responses:
I'm wondering if the choppiness is a result of the Flash player or browser, as this is probably the most graphically intense of my Brackenwood shorts to date. The reason I say that is because much of Bitey's animation is on 2s and 1s, so at 25fps it should be very smooth. I think many people will only really see it at the proper smoothness and frame rate when I've submitted to YouTube.

There are a few scenes that I've cut back on character detail, such as lighting effects (the amount of colours in Bitey's hair is really inconsistent for example), but I've gone a bit OTT with backgrounds and effects.

For story, Bitey and Brackenwood have always had a deep dark past but up until now I've kept it quiet because I didn't want to spoil the big reveals in the feature film. This series of storylines however will be kind of parallel to the feature film so they won't give too much away.

thanks again for the great review.

[Bahamut's NG Log Bytesize]

Smell of a nast spam series

This could have been a nasty series that went the way of the Hitler flashes. I can just see it now... a 60 episode series where each level comes out and beats up Bahamut or even just random users getting beat up by their level icons. D: Oh the horror of it all.

I remember watching the NG Log video once before and I don't happen to remember this submission at all. Oh well, it was a little while ago and I don't have a great memory. A good addition to it though and this was a very good short flash submission.

kinggila responds:

Bahamut getting beaten up by the half-naked man? o_O

[Bahamut]

Holy crap... I almost forgot...

That darkenssdweller was a user on this website. It's been an extremely long time since I've seen him do anything on newgrounds. *Ahem*

Corky52 wuz here

Now that the teasing is over... A very interesting flash submission man. I actually watched it twice for fun. Once upside down like you had it and then once straight up by using the ctrl+alt+down arrow thingy.

Let me just say that Afro looks terrible without anything covering his head. I almost cried in fear of the site. Please don't ever do that again. :( Even though it had a random title, it was a good idea for a flash submission and you did a good job at making it all around.

kinggila responds:

"That darkenssdweller was a user on this website. It's been an extremely long time since I've seen him do anything on newgrounds. *Ahem*"

That's a good thing.

[50]

Ah, back to the Bahamut.

I have some free time while I'm sick so I guess I'll stop by and review some of your movies for old time sake. It's good to be back to the simple animation, random yet predictable plots, repetitiveness, and some low quality voice acting mixed with some good voice acting.

I think the last submission of yours that I reviewed was my ever so favorite 33 1/3 flash so I guess I've missed a lot of submissions in between.

So decent submission all around. A pretty good plot running together with the 33 and 1/3 flash submission even though the ending was a bit repetitive. Are you planning on returning to the same strategy for number 100 or are you planning on making something full blown for that?

kinggila responds:

Only time will tell.

[Aqua man episode 5]

Needs a lot of work to be good.

~ Animation ~

This was one of the biggest things that needed to be improved in this flash submission. A lot of part didn't contain much of any animation at all and the animation that you had was crude and rough for most of the time.

Not all of it was completely terrible though and you did show a few spots of promise, but you get the all around impression that the submission itself was rushed a lot, which really shows in the animation.

For the parts that were animated well I would take tips from those spots. Remember what you did and what made those spots smooth/look good and copy that. You can do it if you put the complete effort into the entire submission.

~ Graphics ~

I can almost say the same thing that I said in the animations part of my review. Some parts looked "alright", but for the most part this wasn't very easy on the eyes at all. I would work on individual character designs and master each individual character. When and only when each character started looking much better I wouldn't think about making another submission.

Something else that really would help improve the submission would be something along the lines of detail in the background. Again, this comes down to practicing your drawing and taking the time in making each scene look good. A well detailed background can do a lot for a submission.

~ Content ~

I haven't watched any of the other episodes, but I think I can kind of see where this series is going. Kind of generic and nothing that somebody is going to be very interested in following, but at least your going somewhere with the submission at hand.

A more organized menu would really help this submission. With links going back to all of the other movies in the series and also a nice little information section where people can read what has happened up to this point.

Not only the organized menu though, but also they way that the text is lined up. It looks like you just threw some text on there randomly, which is exactly what you did. More organized, lined up, professional looking text will improve this submission greatly.

~ Audio ~

The quality of the voice was terrible. There was a lot of static, which means you need a better mic or different voice actors for your series. The clicking sound on the beginning and end of each voice could probably be gotten rid of with a simple program like audacity, which is free to download so search it and have it become one of your tools.

Not only was the voice quality bad, but the voice itself wasn't good. I'm assuming you did the voice acting and not to be mean, but your not very good at it. I would suggest finding someone else to voice act for you.

The music and sound effects were done very well though and probably the only good part of the submission at all. Even the worst submissions have something good about them in there I guess. :P

~ Overall ~

It really needs a lot of work in almost every category. The animation needs to be much smoother, the drawings need to be done much better, there needs to be more detail in the characters and the backgrounds, and you need to find a good voice actor with a good mic.

I hope that my review helped and gave you some details on how to improve your submission. Keep striving to get better and good luck on future projects.

cackletta responds:

Thank you! I will try my hardest to improve on every category. mostly on my aniimation. I used to use my webcam microphone to speak in but now I se my MP3 mic which is worse I will try to get my webcam working. as far as music goes I know alot of nice sounds and music but none of them fit with my flashes. But I'll get new ones. thanks alot!

[APA TU?! (what is that?!)]

~ Review Request Club ~

~ Animation ~

First off I felt that your cameraman could have been a bit steadier with the camera. :P I also think that you did a great job with the smoothness of the animation, especially with how jittery the camera was. I would think that it would be a bit easier to animate with a stationary camera, so congrats on doing the good work with a bit of a harder environment.

~ Graphics ~

You had some pretty good video quality. I know that flash can take down the video quality quite fast, but you also had a big file size for such a small movie. (I know how it can be though as I have many flash/videos on newgrounds that are actually above 10MB and some are even up to 18 and 19 MB)

The drawing of the little guy was done quite well. Good color, good drawing, good design, and even though a bit simple, it was still quite effective.

~ Content ~

I guess the real downfall was the lack of content in the submission. This would be cool if you could take some video and even add a story line to the submission or at least some sort of plot.

You could have even done something very simple such as have the little guy fall on someone that was walking below and to have that person react so it gives the illusion that he is actually there even more.

~ Audio ~

Thank you very much for the subtitles as I couldn't understand a word that was being said. Sound quality was rather good though, but again quality wouldn't have mattered if it wasn't for the subtitles in this case.

~ Overall ~

Looks like you succeeded in the experiment so why not try and make something out of it now?

~ Review Request Club ~

akoRn responds:

Wow thanks.. I'm now planning to grab some of my friend to make something interactive based on the animation (as u suggested above) and also, better quality video cam (even tho I'm using a cellphone for this)

Thanks alot! :)