Score: 6

"Didn't get it :("

submission: Sad Larry

date: May 17, 2009

I honestly didn't.

WHy the heck is that guy jumping on a table in middle of cafeteria?
Why the heck is he kicking a tray in the other guy's face right after trying to cheer him up?
WHy the heck does the other guy break down in tears?

After watching, i just feel there is a lot of missing backstory there. Which makes it kinda hard to relate to the characters.

I guess it's well done a technical side, hence a 6. But i mostly just didn't get it.

Score: 10

"Nicely done, had a few good minutes with it :)"

submission: Learn to Fly !

date: May 17, 2009

^ topic

From what i saw, well worth a 10, keep up the good work.

Score: 9

"Very good, but .... well, see below :("

submission: Hero of War

date: May 17, 2009

I want to give a 10. I really do.
The flash is exellent. The topic is covered very nicely, the visuals and the song are a perfect fit. In short, very good job. In fact, a rare quality job.

But i just can't shake the feeling that it's all too.... smooth?

There is a term in art, called "catharsis". That is the moment when the viewer experiences the height of empathy for what he sees. Essentially every great work had at least one of those moments, building up for it, letting the viewers experience it, and then letting them settle down a bit before the next such moment.

Catharsis is anything but smooth. It is more like a roller coaster of emotions. I guess this is what the flash lacked. It lacked this moment which makes you feel that everything you see is real.

Hmmm... i think the song is to blame.
It is a good song, but it does not convey a changing, evolving feeling. It is more about a constant sad pressure of being in the army. Which all good and nice for the song, but does not help the character development in the movie.

Yeah, i guess that's why i have to give it a 9. It was well done, and all the pieces seemed to be in place, but in the end it just didn't really push any of my buttons :(

Score: 8

"Not bad"

submission: Pokemon Master ep11

date: May 17, 2009

The last one was more awesome imo, but this one works too.

Minus two points for randomness and requiring people to know what YTMND is to get the final joke.

Score: 9

"Aw come ON!"

submission: Wanted To Be A Ghost

date: May 17, 2009

Bloody hell, it was exellent, until the last scene.

Everything was awesome. It was nice, it was touching, even the sloppy art went well with it. It was perfect. 10/10 material. Exellent story of parent bringing up her child and child learning about parent's love.

But then you HAD to go and ruin it with the careful what you wish for thing, which is an entirely different story, with entirely different feeling :(.

It felt like being woken up in a middle of a great dream.
WHich might have been the entire point, but it sure as hell wasn't entertaining :(

Oh well...
The fact is, the rest is exellent, so a 9/10 is well deserved.

Just don't change the tone so abrubtly ever again please :(. Give us some premonition, some foreboding music, some pictures of an impending disaster which is about to hit the poor guy who brought it on himself. Then the whole thing goes down a whole lot better and doesn't feel like suddently running into a brick wall.

Score: 8

"random lulz are lul"

submission: Dragon Ball LULZ Collab

date: May 16, 2009

Good and pointless.

Score: 9

"Pretty good"

submission: My Birthday

date: May 16, 2009

Very nice stickfight. The animations and the scenes really flowed into one another :)

Downsides aka reasons it's not a 10 - The plot could be better, and it needs a knowledge of fluidanims community.

Score: 9

"Sweet :)"

submission: Let him be

date: May 16, 2009

Very nicely done.
Good to see a well thought out flash once in a while.

The reason it's not a 10, 'cause it just felt a bit too generic for me. Just something didn't click here. Well, it just sometimes happens with emotional works.

Score: 5

"Pretty average as far as pro things go"

submission: Youda Marina

date: May 16, 2009

I knew it was too good to be true for a flash game.
Flash developers usually don't create gams with THIS much fluffy menus :(

As far as pro games, i've seen better. Heck, all i've seen were better.

5/10 for trying.

Score: 8

"Not bad"

submission: Medieval Rampage

date: May 16, 2009

Pretty good game. Everything fits together nicely and makes you want to go on and on.

The thing that could make it better is more varied gameplay. Atm you just face in enemies' general direction and hold the fire button. Fun as it is, it gets old after one playthrough. And if game is only good for one playthrough, then i'd honestly rather see a movie :(

You could allow the archer to use traps, or give him some deadly meelee skill that requires him to close the distance every once in a while. Think "Assasin" class from Diablo 2.