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[Steal Sprites & Get Money]

A headache with music.

"When evading the system" Really has no meaning to its name and the animation fails in almost every way. The loading screen is decent but confusing. This is either an attempt to kill people with epilepsy (flashing lights, fast music ect..) or was the result of an animator on drugs.

The only good thing about this is not the music, but the sound quality of it. Whether the music is good or not is opinion, but the sound quality is in fact on a higher level than most. It doesn't help the movie, though. It's just a headache with music. Not recommended unless you want to waste time or are high from drugs.

PS. Both description and title are misleading.

F4Gg0T responds:

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[The Master Games Ep 1]

A satisfying video-video game bash fest.

The Master Games (ep1) is a hard-grounded bash fest involving two of the most known characters in video-games. The characters look as they should and off-original movements are done quite well. Movement, backgrounds and sound effects tie together perfectly.

The action in The Master Games (ep1) is quite satisfying and the hard thud sounds of characters being beat to pieces is very entertaining. The action is split up into small, interactive cut-scenes that could have felt more fluent with the rest of the animation if they had some music to slick it through... but they don't, so the whole process feels cut-out. Sound effects are quite inventive and keep the mood of video-games true.

All in one, The Master Games (ep1) is a great jolt of video-games action that most people will love to see on their computer.

[Metropolis Circuit]

A boost of entertainment.

Metropolis Circuit can be called a boost of entertainment. It has no real point but it creates a history for its self just with the two main characters. The action of the sport is well drawn and is above average in terms of animation. The structure feels pretty solid too.

The major downsides to this animation only two things...

1. Colour, it is, simply put: too strong.
2. Vocals, predictable voices with no real uniqueness. At least recording was well done.

It is a nice animation and is something to smile at when the credits role.

[Phils Invited]

Lazy comedy, but it works.

Phils invited is a small comedy with lazy animation. The lip movements are quite annoying to watch and the prolonged time of the scene is displeasing. However, despite it being a lazy animation, the idea and simplicity actually is enough to make a smirk show.

Frogcloset responds:

fair comment. but its not laziness.

theres a level that i can draw in flash and a level at which i can animate.

i havent found the middle ground yet and always draw more than i can animate.
i even tried reining it in so i could get some movement. but it didnt work out.

thanks for actually giving a review, at the end of the day the reviews are to give for guidance and only though critic can people improve.

thanks

[The Sky Is Broken]

Something to watch before bed.

The Sky Is Broken is a slow animation but presents its self more as a music video. It has a warm, inside-car atmosphere that is aided with milk-chocolate drawings. Being a statement-animation, rating this as good or bad serves no purpose, but as far as how the mind perceives it, the whole thing does a decent job in displaying what the creators wanted to show the viewer.

[Thamesis - Episode 1]

The idea does not work

Good drawings and smooth movement, Thamesis (Ep1) is more like a comic that tries to be more but fails and proves only to be confusing. What it lacks in interests it only half makes up with its strange atmosphere that not everyone will take to. This is one for a specific audience.

[Ray - Part 3 Introduction]

Pretty good but I hate that ray has a voice!

Wow that animation was a lot smoother that the other rays. Can't really say if its really good because its only the intro. I'd just like to say you have destroyed half of rays character by gving him a voice. And whoevers voic it is reall sucks for the part. I deepy hope he will have no voice in the final production.