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[Megaman X's Adventure]

An improvment on your previous work...

Hello again, Mr. Spriter. This is HaroFreak at the reviewing booth again!

Firstly, I applaude your improvment involving using multiple sprites for actions. This has indeed been an improvement over your last piece of work.

Now onto the detailed analysis:

Your graphics have what I call a slight improvment from last time partly because you now use multiple sprites for your animations. Now that you also introduce more complex tweening I also applaude you for. On the other hand; some of the animation looks un-natural especially the running and some of the attacks. The back attack on Bass (a.k.a Forte in Japan) seems to be rather sudden but un-natural looking. I think it helps when you do Rockman doing some After-Images of his own as a confusing attack sequence to make it better Eye Candy. And one more thing about the beginning dialogue; I suggest that you
make the monitor which shows X and Forte larger for better visual experience. And check your spelling regularily. It helps the viewer a lot to understand what is going on.

Your sound is a nice choice. Some well synchronised sound effects make for a better viewing experience. A great leap from previously! The sound effects are mostly clear, so kudos for it!

You added a play and restart button for better user-friendliness. This is a good addition.

The style is a common one; A battle between two separate characters from different games/timelines... But unlike many our there, this one seems to have a plot brewing up. Espeically when Bass mentions about his "Master Plan". It's a decent cliffhanger, if it was not too over-used.

A bit of Robot Violence, mostly hits and explosions and no visible oil leakages...

Small fragments of humour, but that is it. As this is what seems to be a serious-type animation, so it is naturally low in humour.

In general, this has indeed been a great improvment on your last piece of work. Your primary field of improvment is to make the sprite movements more natural. Now that is something which would bump your animation rating up! Good luck with your next project.

This is HaroFreak; Andrew Yau; Signing off.

Spriter responds:

Your reviews are always the most informative, thanks! Im not continuing with this, but Im currently making a flash called Mario V Sonic Spriter Special (I used the file of VGDC for the competition, wich is long over, but hey, I can still use the file!)

[Lonesoul - Episode 1 - SE]

I only have enough attention to say: WOW...

Well, not really. But anyway. *What? I'm online now?!* *AHEM*

Hello and good evening. This is HaroFreak at the reviews counter.

The graphics here are amazing. The blurring makes for effective motion effects and dramatic moves performed by the characters. On the other hand, some of the soldiers seem a bit two-dimensional. But that's not enough to ruin the beauty of this!

The sound is a very interesting touch to the animation. Very synchronised, very dramatic and very effective; most importantly. The voices not only clear but the script is well written indeed.

The style... Despite how over-used it might have been in the previous years on NG, the style here is just beautifully remodelled not only with building-to-building battles, but also with a great cliffhanger in the end.

The violence element is mostly the fighting. But assuming that being kicked down causes short circuits mean those soldiers were robots of course. But I still sympathise for the robot-deaths (Too much Rockman X for me, perhaps?).

In general, this is indeed a movie which I would expect some great sequels out of. Beautifully done; Adam. And keep up the good work.

This is HaroFreak signing out, and good night.

adam-p89 responds:

Dearest HaroFreak, thanks so much for your review! I love how your reviews are so in-depth and analyse all aspects of a movie! Glad you liked everything, this was my first real non-stick movie, thus was a breaking away from sticks for me, and a stepping stone in my animation style. Nice work realising the Soldier 01's were robots, that they are indeed. I'll be looking forward to your feedback for the other Episodes as well!

[Mario's Job]

HAHA! Funny.

Uhhh, ok, so it isn't all taht funny in retrospect, but I was quite a laugh from what he did for different jobs, but one question, isn't he still a plumber (his pastime).

Drug-SeX responds:

Yeah but you don't see him doing a lot of plumbinf now don't you? Ya know something? You people are stupid :P This is just a stupid cartoon. Just because I missed out some jobs or Mario is still a plumber doesn't mean shit. This isn't even a real story if you know what I mean. You people take this is into a too serious perspective! Shut the fuck up!