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[Dearly Beloved-Earthbound]

Mehh..

I don't know man. It was well constructed, I have no gripes about that. It was interesting seeing Earthbound sprites/tiles in a sidescrolling kind of perspective.

But this thing honestly made no sense. It's clearly something very personal and I think in a public format it doesn't translate well. Having something so serious alongside Earthbound pixel art made it seems like a joke almost; I felt like I was waiting for a punchline at the end because Earthbound is such a light-hearted and funny game.

Deadally responds:

I like your observations! While I certainly agree that the use of Earthbound sprites might suggest a joke, there is the very serious and touching underside to Earthbound which is not readily apparent, including the themes of love, friendship, and finding the Sword of Kings :).

I thank everyone who has written reviews so far. They've made me quite happy! Please keep them coming!

[Mindy Learns a Moral]

Interesting!

I liked it a lot. The animation and art style/quality were top-notch. The plotline reminded me in a lot of ways of Toy Story or The Brave Little Toaster (old possession rejected by its owner, but later recovered)

TmsT responds:

Yep, I was hoping the Toy Story elements would come through! I haven't seen Brave Little Toaster yet, but somehow it made me think of that kind of movie.

[I.E.S. ep.1]

I'm intrigued.

Great job. YOU'RE BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL!!!

A great (not so subtle) commentary on American ethnocentrism. The humor wasn't laugh-out-loud funny, but I did enjoy it a lot. I always have a great appreciation for well animated and well-drawn pieces such as this.

DeuceNine responds:

I was aiming for wall #6...

[Purgatory Pizza Teaser]

Interesting.

Interesting idea, and the art itself isn't inherently bad. My big gripe would be the actual quality of the art...it looks like you hand-drew this stuff and then 'trace-bitmapped' it. you can see that it is vector, but with VERY jaggy edges. None of the art is entirely complicated, so there's no reason it couldn't just be drawn straight in flash. It'd look a lot cleaner. I do like the concept though, so just refine it a bit and you could have a great series on your hands!

Sound-O-Vision responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I'm fond of Illustrator's Live Trace function, but good call, we did use Trace Bitmap for a few of the shots. We wanted to keep the hand-drawn feeling, but perhaps it could use some polishing. Of course, you'd see that in the Pilot, we did this trailer in just two days.

Thanks again for the intelligent review!

[BEEP BEEP]

promising.

The quality of art was pretty basic, but very stylized so it suited the animation well. I wouldn't change anything about that. The white blog changing shapes + beepy music reminded me of the old game "A Boy and his Blob", haha.
My main gripe would be the length, and the lack of purpose. It would be really hilarious/interesting to see this featureless little guy walking around or going somewhere during the music, instead of just staying in the 1 shot. Definitely a good basis for something in the future, though!!

Rutger responds:

Thanks! You definatly motivate me C:

[Paint the Sky: Preview]

Room for improvement

It looks like you did a good bit of work developing the plot, but as a trailer I'm not sure I really like this. The screamo song really killed the mood for me (it doesn't seem to go with the style of art and plotline). Also the spoken dialogue at the beginning, while showing text gets confusing, I had no idea whether to listen to or to read the text. Besides that it looks pretty good though, I'll definitely watch the series when it comes out.

skarl3tte responds:

Thanks, I'll try to make the series less confusing.

[Splinter Cell: TSC]

Confused..

I don't think any comedy was conveyed whatsoever in this, even though that seems to have been the purpose. I do commend you, though, for seeing it through to completion and fully animating it. That's definitely a lot more than many NG'ers tend to do. But the overall quality (audio, graphical, etc.) was poor enough that it was kind of a turn off.

cyotecody555 responds:

uh ok what is your point?