Score: 7

"Good quality"

submission: Goemon's Christmas

date: December 23, 2009

Good sprite quality, that goofy song, and funny use of Santa makes this one kind of amusing.

Overall, I'm not always a huge fan of sprite movies, but this one had good direction, technique, and progression (the little it DID have).

I'm not really impressed, but it still isn't bad at all, and I think it's a nice little Christmas thing, so good work.

Score: 5

"Well..."

submission: Staircase

date: December 22, 2009

You did more with 100KB than most do in 3-4 megabites, so that's alright. I'd of liked to see it be longer. Music was kinda funky and all in all, not a bad effort for a small thing.

Score: 5

"A simple movie, but a good message."

submission: Remind Me

date: December 22, 2009

Presentation is a bit bland, but there's some thought behind this.

The pacing, however, is pretty terrible, and it loops, kind of ruining any effect.

This is ok.

Score: 5

"Kinda addicting"

submission: Don't Let 'Em Touch

date: December 22, 2009

But confusing trying to focus on two balls.. may have been better with one.

Not bad... at least better than I expected.

Score: 0

"Ha ha"

submission: John's Flash FPS Tut

date: December 22, 2009

Nice.

But you still suck ass.

Worth the wait.

Score: 7

"Enjoyable"

submission: Santa's Tree

date: December 22, 2009

It's not great in any field, but overall it tells a simple story with a simple ending.

It's definitely not great, by any means, but it's a nice little take on an old theme.

Could the art be better? Yea... it seemed a bit sloppy and lazy to me.

The music was nice, and it would've been nice to see more of the tree-growth animated... I dunno, to make it more magical and whimsical.

But, decent presentation and something that wasn't painful at all to watch.

Good work.

Score: 5

"It's ok."

submission: The Love I'm Searching 4

date: December 22, 2009

For one I'm not a huge fan of the song. So take that as you will.

I'm not very impressed with the whole project, regardless. I'll give you my Pros and Cons:

Pros:
+A slick presentation
+A nice blend of 'real' graphics with your animation
+A semi-cohesive story... not many NG movies can say that

Cons:
-The art style just doesn't jive with me. It's consistent... so that's a plus, but it's annoying. The stupid over-exagerated mouths, eyes, and expressions scream of both anime (which I like) and cutting corners (which I don't like). Here, however, I can cut you some slack because I know the presentation is supposed to be whimsical and light-hearted. Granted. However, these expressions are just to cliche and bogged down by being associated with all the other crap that looks the same.
-The animation, I think, is lazy. Those reused legs for running (outside the school)... I noticed that! Also, all the cheap anime-esque "flailing legs" and "waving arms" were just bland and overused. However, I can tell you some parts were very good, though the art style itself is oversimplified in my opinion. There IS still some good here.
-Though presented well, I'll always prefer well drawn, hand-drawn images... a cohesive art style throughout. You did an admirable job mixing the two, but I just don't think it's that effective. The pictures helped your background be more elaborate, but when you said you were working on backgrounds, I think you dropped the quality on the other things.

All in all, I think it was an average movie, thus the 5. 10's are for flawless movies, which this is not. This movie just sort of left me feeling "Ok. That was nice."
It's really just a very typical story with nothing really new or exciting or clever... save some Directional uses of the background with the character.
Looking at this a second time, it's a neat use of backgrounds with the quick transitions... but that, at best, is what is successful... which I don't think is saying too much.

Would NG be a worse place with movies like this? No... I think this is better than most. But it takes more than just this to be good (as I've commented on above). Her dancing to music or events is what people do when into music.. so that's cool, I guess.

Branch out more and come up with something more whimsical. Again, this was just average with a lot of cliche conventions and an uninspiring story.

Keep working hard, you have the raw materials to do good things.

Score: 4

"This flash was annoying."

submission: Bahamut's Favourite PMs

date: December 21, 2009

All in all, stupid people are funny. In the same way, I think this has the score it deserves. It's funny, I guess...but the animation is sloppy and the voice is grating...

It's hard to explain why...but I doubt that'd be in either of our interests.

1) The graphics were simple and probably took all of... 25 seconds. If I was objective on a NG scale, or even on a curve with Brakenwood, this is a 1/10, since you DID have graphics.

2) Again, the humor (or humour) was ok... I guess. It's just you yelling into a microphone about stuff I don't care much about.

Not much else to complain about... your intent was clear enough.

I can appreciate your responding to most reviews, however, and I believe (as an old member) it shows a consideration for the fans and the enjoyment you get from entertaining others (despite how successful or not that is).

In my mind that makes a good NG member, so I can praise you for that at least.

But this flash is just average. Sorry about that.

Score: 7

"It's a cool concept."

submission: Level Up!

date: December 21, 2009

Kind of a bland platformer though. I love the constantly leveling up portion of this game, that requires some experimentation.

The music is forgettable, however, but not bad.

That graphics and animations are smooth, and no one can fault you for that.
It seems play-tested and quality controlled, which I (the viewer) appreciate very much.

The execution is good, but again, the game as is is average. Nothing to detract from what you did well, but jem collecting gets old after 10 minutes. If it was converted to a more metroid style of gameplay, I think the concept would have flourished better. This meaning: some action, so platforming that needs certain items (or ingenuity), and at least some story worth caring about.

I don't need an epic, something goofy and stupid will suffice... but this story/motivation was... ho-hum.

All in all, an awesome effort with some directional flaws as opposed to design flaws (in my opinion). Great work and congratulations on the views and score.

[Note: My 7 of 10 indicates a good game, but not a great game. 5 for me is average, or indifference, whereas a 6 may be likened to a B-. A 7 is a B... enjoyable... but not exceptional in any way]

Score: 5

"Ok at best"

submission: The Facebook Problem

date: December 21, 2009

Kinda of a common complaint. Simplistic animation, graphics, etc.

I guess the two kids tongue-kissing was for 'lulz'

All in all.. I gues it's nice to see something in a hyperbolic way show how affiliated people are to Facebook. But, in the end, this flash was just average.