Score: 5

"A generic-yet-decent submission"

submission: Larry And Lucille

date: July 4, 2004

Hello wallpaperman, it's HaroFreak reviewing yet another Flash Movie.

The overall setup of this cartoon involves two infamous runaway criminals who seem to be able to literally shoot holes through the defences of the law. The atmosphere involves a mix between a slight mix of Wild West shootout style and the typical Cops and Criminals feel.

Now onto the detailed analysis:

The graphics are for the mostpoint rather generic and it does not seem to have a lot going on, therefore it ended up a little bit plain and dull. Fortunately, the flatbase colours were distinct and fitting so the events are seen easily. I advise that you try to refine your graphics a bit more in the future. You can do better than that.

The sound was sub-par, though the music was okay (Though you forgot to credit Trigun Music). However, some voices seem to be too soft and does not contrast well with the other voices for no good reason whatsoever, so this part suffered a lot of marks. I suggest adding more bass (As in the sound frequency, not the fish) to the voices.

The style as mentioned before was rather generic and the plot-type is rather flat. Though it did distinct the climax of the show well starting off with an introduction, an interlude, the action, then the cliffhanger. Though it would be nice to know a bit more about the protagonists...

Violence and humour is rather so-so here. See some cops get shot, a gunfight, the typical finisher... Yeah... that's about all I can type for the analysis.

In summary, this movie is something which needs some work refining the aspects in general. I suggest focusing more on the human figure to make it more realistic and more suspenseful. And the climax flashed in rather soon didn't it? I suggest adding more time to focus on events such as some hiding and preparation since it catches the viewer's attention better.

Good luck with your next project.

This is HaroFreak signing off.

Score: 10

"Final Fantasy Origins at its finest."

submission: Final Fantasy A+

date: June 29, 2004

Hello there, the name is HaroFreak, and reviewing this submission is why I'm here.

A brief summary of Final Fantasy A+: This movie is a play on Square's hit game Final Fantasy with a "School" twist added into the mix. As a result, attacks, enemies, weapons and as well as a few characters are all a composite of School and Final Fantasy. And a good composite it is indeed.

Ah, and without further ado... let's get to the point; Further detail.

The graphics are amazing. Though some are motion-tweened and some are done frame-by-frame, they blend so well that it's something worth extreme recognition. Never have I seen Motion Tweens so... natural it's not funny. Hats off to this, a perfect 10!

The sound and music is a mix of the Final Fantasy series Original Sound Track. Most of the sound effects and music synched into the animation perfectly. This deserves a great 9.

The style is magnificent. Never have I seen someone animate something so well in Flash (5, MX or MX 2004, it matters not) which looks exactly like the professional material on Japanese Television. A Fighter who needs help with fighting his homework, a Black Mage with great wits and intelligence, and a non-sterotypical White Mage (A Doctor, who would've thought of a reason to allow Male White Mages... Though character classes DO mean that there are both genders applicable).

The humour of putting Fantasy and Education together is such a rarity, and it does so well too. The funny victory poses and captions, the crazy teacher, use of backgrounds, exam puns, etc...

Though not laugh-out-loud funny, it's still a gem highly recommended to watch, for both Final Fantasy fans and non-Fans alike. This
animation truly is a masterpiece to have written its place in the history of Newgrounds.

This is HaroFreak, signing out.

Score: 5

"I'm somewhat impressed this time."

submission: Death to Lizards

date: May 24, 2004

And so as fate weaved... I, HaroFreak am again reviewing another animation of yours.

Well, first things first. You and your partner has created an animation which completely outdoes your first animation. Which is a good thing for you of course, since it shows improvment on you and your partner's behalf.

A fight to music against Lizard Men is what this animation is all about as it describes in the title. It's a good choice and certainly something done before, only with a bit more style mixed into it.

As usual, the in-depth analysis from me:

The graphics are partly drawn Frame-By-Frame whereas the rest are small looped tweens (Blood effects). Though they lack colour and solidity, it was something completely different than before, which is acceptable. My biggest complaint is just like any other: It was somewhat impressive, but too short to be very satisfied with. At least you can tell right from wrong now...

Music is a decent choice, and it somewhat fit the animation well. You did synch the action a bit, which is not too shabby. Not bad for your second successful animation.

The style was the common "Slice'em all up" theme which a few humans defend themselves from Mythical beasts such as LizardMen or Chimeras (Animal Composites with distinct biological structures). I enjoyed some of the fast-paced twirls and flashiness, but it was somewhat lacking in terms of length as before. A nice finisher would be a crowd pleaser.

To summarise your movie, it was something which you should be proud of as an achievment. Not bad indeed.

Personal Note: Don't take my review of your previous animation too negatively, I just wanted to help you.

This is HaroFreak, signing out.

Score: 5

"Idea; Check. Concept; Check. Q.C: Wha?"

submission: Teenagers & Robots

date: April 5, 2004

Hello there MightyDein, name is HaroFreak and I`m filling in a request for a review Plus a main order of Criticism.

The main idea and concept protrayed in your short animation is the classic battle for money during people`s teen years, but this time, it`s become personal. Overall it is not bad for an animation starring Robots, but it has some vital flaws including the lack of a "Natural Feel" Check and other various Quality Assurance checks.

And now the in-depth Analysis:

Your graphics are what I call "Pseudo Japanese" style; a style which emulates the Japanese Style to the average Gaijin limit. This is where your problem lies in: you lack the natural feel that all robot animations consist of. In other words: You lack the basic movement of joints and "Feel" of the hair, clothing, special effects, etc... This problem is because you should use Motion Tween for key moving parts instead of frame-by frame, especially the hair. Another thing is that there seems to be a lot of so^called "Jumpiness" not because of a low Framerate, but as I mentioned before, a lack of Implemented Motion Tween and the lack of transparency when appropriate.

The sound ain`t much to say about it asides that some sound effects can be placed at some points to give the animation an overall better feel.

The style is what concerns me as your work seems to be missing many attributes of a Robot Show.

1) SUSPENSE - All robot shows have strong suspense to attract the viewer to pay more attention to what is happening. So by extending the length of time of the Talking Scene. Remember: Story is as important as action.

2) EXAGGERATION - All Robot shows exaggerate scenes such as the robots activating (Example being EVA-01`s Activation Scene and Gundam`s Activation in 0079 One Year War). You made the robots activate too soon to give a strong sortie.

3) STYLE - Your robots were too plain when they activated and mobilised. You have seen robots on TV perform crazy human-like Stunts such as doing a Triple spin before landing on the ground.

Everything else is just petty things which are insignificant in your animation.

But in general, it is a good attempt. Just allow the viewer to read the text for aq bit longer and prolong some parts to give more depth and suspense.

Good luck on your next try.

This is HaroFreak, Andrew Yau, Signing off.

Score: 8

"What's next? Psyese the Chao or Psyg the Cat?"

submission: The Many Faces Of Psyguy

date: March 28, 2004

Hello, this is HaroFreak, another frequent visitor of Fireball20xl reviewing one of many crazy works made by Psyguy!

Generalising the overall animation... Well... more like Picture show with narration, is a "What would happen if Psyguy Merged with <Insert Official Sega Character here>?". The result? The contents of this crazy movie! Who would've known better than to introduce Psynic, Scream, Knucho, etc...?

Anyways, it would be wrong of me to carry on rambling. And now, the detailed analysis!

The graphics are what is to be expected from the webcomic genius. Donning the talents used for "That's My Sonic 2!" (also known as TMS2), Dirty Power and various other comics, pictures, etc, Psyguy again proves to us viewers is that animation cannot exist as a standalone without content and a plot. The still images are hillarious, funny and crazy end results of Psyguy + Sega Character! So kudos for that!

The music playing the background for the majority of the animation was Traverse Town from Square.Enix/Disney's game Kingdom Hearts (Or Final Mix). And the voices are self-recorded. The voices were very clear and overtweaked which made it high pitched, insane and plain freaky (BLRORJHKDHORMBLO etc... (Sails' Voice)); all which fit each psycho respectively, including the narrator's voice of course.

Allowing downloading of the voice files and the basic pre-loader and play buttons made it all the better in terms of user-friendliness. Nothing else.

Style... Ah yes... Who would've done such a psychotic thing... Which makes it another perk for being Psyguy by having the creativity to make a simple show such an enjoyment for both fans and random viewers! Hats off to Psycho!

The humour is the core of the animation. I just gotta love the voices, the script written for each character's introduction and so forth. The narration helped a lot too as it was very clear to hear and understand (Assuming that the viewer is not laughing his/her ass off). Well done indeed!

In summary, this is another Psyguy classic NOT to be missed!

This is HaroFreak, Andrew Yau, signing off.

Score: 10

"Anyone who hates this should be shot on sight."

submission: ultimate flash sonic

date: February 22, 2004

Hello, this HaroFreak and it's time for another review.

This game is a Flash Remake of the famous "Sonic The Hedgehog" games by SEGA and Team Sonic; a mighty fine Third Party Game Company who still thrives in the Game indusry despite being overwhelmed by other console companies. In general, this game deserves plenty of playing time due to its clear, crisp and Smoooooooth graphics. This game meets the eye as well as any other Sega game does; maybe even better!!

Well, onto the Depth Analysis:

The graphics are mostly ripped sprites from Sonic Advance 2 for the Handheld Game Boy Advance. And the authour has done a very good job making each and every sprite crystal clear and EYE CATCHING!! The graphics and animations are as if they are hot right off Sega's R & D department. The graphics are excellent and is only a bit from the real thing, it deserves a PERFECT SCORE!!

Now on to the music and sound. You used various themes from the original Sonic The Hedgehog Series soundtracks ranging from the mild beat of the Character Selectr screen of Sonic Advance to the Crescendo of the burning Angel Island. Most of the sound effects from the original games again and are very well synchronised. The only complaint is that the GBA ripped music seems rather... noise-filled. Asides from that, the music fits in perfectly.

Interactivity is another factor of the game in which it thrives on. The controls are nearly perfect and emulates an official Sonic Game to its finest. The only thing that felt missing were the special techniques of each character such as Cream deploying Cheese to attack. But asides from that, the controls in the game are the best I have ever played in a Flash game. Well done.

The style and designs of each menu is very similar to the Sonic Advance series of games. It's very well made despite this and I don't see any other way which it can be made better anyway to date.

Violence and Humour... Nothing to laugh at or to be mortified about... They are minor factors.

As a summary; I congratulate you for recreating a Sonic Game for the fans.

If there is another game like this one in the internet, I don't want to know about it.
A JOB VERY WELL DONE INDEED.

Score: 8

"Who're ya gonna call now?"

submission: Pacman Ghostbusters

date: January 2, 2004

Hi there. Name is HaroFreak and I'm here to review yet another Video Game parody.

The overall background of this flash animation is a classic involving the famous arcade classic "Pac Man". The animation in general is not only smooth, it is also very close to the original. Sprites are from Randy Solem's Video Game Flash Kits.

Now, onto the in-depth analysis.

The graphics as mentioned above are excellent as they are accurate to the original game. This applies to the ghosts, Pac Man, the game board, the dots, the "Power" and last but not least; the Ghostbuster team. The effects used to suck up the ghosts "Ghostbusters" style is beautifully done and very realistic even for a Sprite movie. Well done!

The music and sound is well synchronised, including soundtrack and sound effects from the original Pac Man and Ghostbusters soundtracks. They were very well added and implemented. Again, this is very well done.

The humour is great. I laughed hard when I saw Egon and the cast suck up those annoying and seemingly indestructible... ghosts. Guess I know who to call when I'm having trouble with this gaming classic (Laugh).

I'm glad that someone has thought up of this idea. This is one of the greatest Pac Man parodies since Randy Solem's Pac Man parodies from a few months ago.

For my closing words, this Pac Man parody is a breakthrough of another great Flash animation starring the classic game "Pac Man". Congratulations!

HaroFreak, also known as Andrew Yau, signing off.

Score: 10

"Congratulations all over again!"

submission: Kerri's Big Invention

date: December 16, 2003

Hello there! HaroFreak here again to review another movie.

First; The Brief Part.
This animation is about the characters of LegendaryFrog's original list. They include Ark, Kerrigan, Sal and Senya; all of these characters have been super-deformed and put into another "Cuteness" movie instead of the dark and serious original plot.

This movie mainly consists of two co-existing plots; Kerrigan's ambition to invent something revolutionary, and Ark trying to free himself from the mind-bending Chinese Finger Trap. "It's like Satan reincarnated into a cardboard tube!" being Ark's personal description of the finger trap.

Now onto the serious and in-depth bit.

Your graphics in general are amazing, stylish and cute. From simple arm and leg joint movements to voice synching, mouth movement and effective real-ish motion. This kind of animation is something indeed worth watching again, and again, and AGAIN! I have only one thing to point out: In some joint spaces, there seems to be the absence of the out-lining partly due to the symbol limitations. But since the animation and the small detail is hard to be identified anyway, so this movie deserves the BIG 10.

Your voice recording was very clear and noiseless, it's very well recorded. The voice acting is great with the different accents from your peers. The voice synchronisation with the mouth movement is very good, It's a very rare occurance to experience such an animation with so much effort put into it.

Your style here is very cute. Ranging from irony before discovering that Ark has trapped his fingers in the finger trap to remaking a battle scene of Soul Calibur with Senya against Knightmare. Beautifully done again, I had no idea that Knightmare's sword can be so... super-deformed in such a way...

Your humour has long been an "Ears of the Beholder" kind of jokes. Some of your jokes might be referenced as "Overused" by some people, but that's because that those who say so do not realise the actual feel of the movie, or have terrible workstations that they are watching this animation from. Your jokes, paired up with your cute actions, drawings and comparison to serious situations ("Snake: Ow ow ow ow ow" is a humourous response to being shot).

As for your other factors, they are all a minority and as they are not the factor of this animation, they are not of any concern.

As my closing words; congratulations for making yet another beautifully made episode of "Ark and Kerrigan". I wish you good luck for your next project.

This is Andrew Yau, HaroFreak, signing off.

Score: 4

"It's a decent attempt at Silliness."

submission: A GiANT's Song

date: December 8, 2003

Hello there. I am HaroFreak, a.k.a Andrew Yau. And I am reviewing upon request.

This flash animation is in general just a music-synchro type of show. The animation shown in general is silly, super-deformed and pretty good really.

Well, onto the in-depth analysis of your movie (It's a simple movie, but the process is still as always).

The graphics used in this movie are a mixture of mouse-drawn, photographs of disgruntled Macdonalds workers and a bit of CG here and there. The simple but decent animation has made the show rather enjoyable for people. I would criticise that some of the images are too grainy and over-skewed to extent that it is too odd looking. And the heads should have more dimensional feel by adding better tweening to it.

The sound/music is a silly choice, but it fits and synchronises decently with the flash animation. Good work.

In general, nothing else in particular stands out much about this flash movie, asides from the fact that it is a silly and odd submission.

In conclusion, the flash animation is simple and decent, but it could be improved by using more tweening. But assuming that this is a first flash, I can see that you have a long way to go. But every step you take, one step close to being a good flash animator you would be.

Good Luck.

This HaroFreak, Andrew Yau, Signing off.

Score: 0

"Sloppy, unfinished and lazily done..."

submission: Gundam: Part One

date: November 15, 2003

Hello there. I am HaroFreak and I am here to right the wrongs. Or in this case; review and criticise your movie.

Gundam Wing... a popular choice to make an animation of. First; you "ripped" the sprites from a famous Gundam-related Fighting game known as "Gundam Wing: Endless Duel" for the Super Famicom. The overall sprite ripping is decent but limited to only a few in an attempt to make smooth animations. That is not the right thing to do. Now for the in-depth analysis...

Your graphics in this flash movie is terrible. Not only that there is poor tweening shown in this movie, there is also very noticable lack of effort in the movie. Not only that the animation is unclear and sloppily drawn, most of the graphics were inaccurate. An example of this would be why Wing Gundam would become a Wing Zero during flight. That from the beginning is wrong as it is inaccurate to the original Animation with no explanation (e.g. If he transformed using Nano-Technology, fine. But if no reason provided, that is wrong). And most importantly, use more sprites.

The music chosen is "Rythm Emotion" performed by Two-Mix and the BGM that plays later on is from the OST of Gundam Wing. I dropped marks because it takes little skill to put in music. But to synchronise music and add sound effects are a different issue.

There is little style whatsoever, asides from some poor script rewrites from Gundam Wing. Asides from that, this movie is not what you expect good plot from.

The overall animation is... as much I hate insulting others but have no choice... TERRIBLE. But do not let this let you down. If you put your mind to it, you can make a better animation.