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[3D DREAMS]

It'd be so much better with a plot. :'(

Score:
If this had a point besides being flashy then then it would have recieved a 10 for sure. Yet instead you earned a 7/10 and a 4/5 from me. The graphics were stunning and wonderful, but that's it, it was merely eye candy. It was beautiful and original and you have a nice style with it all. The song, which is one I like, fit the scene well. For interactivity, there were three things I could click. Humour and Violence not present and thus not counted. It was just the lack of actual content that hurt you.

Title:
3D Dreams was fitting for the name of this flash. You have 3D animation downpacked, very nice work. And it does look like the scene you would see from a dream. So good relation.

Preloader:
I thought your preloader looked very nice with the whole lightning effects. And once it loaded there were explosions and stuff, so that was rather cool.

Overall:
The flash was rather swell and was entertaining, but not one I would watch more than once or twice. Keep up the good work and make some more flash in the future.

[Mega Force OP]

And this is from the way back when of '03?

Very nice work, this even manages to compete with the majority of flash that are here today. So for the flash being so old it's surprising on how much it rivals with some of the other flash today. That's some really nice work being able to stand the test of time like that. Very nice that you managed to get the Classics of the Day randomization pick. Although it is sad that it's obvious you haven't actually continued the series or got a site up for it yet. A bit sad there, because I would like to see you continue, I'm sure you'd do just fine, even with today's new standards. If this was submitted today I probably would have docked the graphics and overall both down to 8s to be honest, but due to this being a classic '03 submission I kicked them both up a notch for you. The drawing are very nice and well animated, so nice work there. It was creative and a fun little intro to watch, even if there is nothing to be introduced (considering you've been a naughty little slacker). I did really enjoy that choice you had in music though, so that was definately a major plus for this flash. Also liked how you were caring enough to add subtitles when most flash authors neglect that aspect. So overall, very nice work, which I wish you would make more of. :'(

Impetus responds:

Thanks! I need to keep in perspective the fact that I was just learning to mouse-draw, let alone use Flash, in 2003. I've done a lot of drawing since that I'm quite proud of.

As for a website, check out this one which is not yet finished:

http://freewebs.com/megaforcetoys

And yeah, I am a slacker. ;^^

[Naruto_Eskimo]

A nice little parody. ^_^

I thought it was pretty funny, someone finally did some justice for that song, usually it's abused and not as funny. But I'm sure me being a Naruto fan myself makes it seem pretty funny I presume. Onto a little analysis. Your drawings are for the most part very good. The animation is somewhat choppy at points and could have used some more smoothing out. It wasn't original in the sense it was a Naruto flash or that it was using that song, but it was original due to the combination of the two seemingly unrelated items. I thought that was rather creative and clever of you. The song was compressed which shows you know what you're doing so good job there, you'd be surprised how many people don't do that. It was really funny. Your choices to use were pretty nice selections as well. You did a good job of addressing a lot of Naruto's inside jokes when it comes to the male characters. Very nice work. Bookmarked to my favourites. Some suggestions for the future: Make the animation a little more smooth, shoot for some more crisp drawings (sometimes they looks a bit out-of-phase), and maybe add a scroll bar at the bottom of your flash for quick jumping. I also suggest making a profile for your account and submitting more work. I hope to see some more of your flash in the near and distant futures. :)

Kagaya responds:

Thank you, Kiba-san! I don't know how to respond actually, but I agree with what you've said. I know the animation could be better... So, I'll try to keep that in mind when I decide to improve this or when I make another flash video! ^_^

[There she is!! step 2]

Sorry for tuning in late. I hope you see this. : )

Score:
I think you did even better than I had expected and than I had hoped for with this flash of yours. Usually sequals don't live up to the standards that are set by the first, but with this flash that rules was broken. You once again used your very nice drawing style along with smooth animation which really helped the flash be all it could be. It was once again creative and original and the music was great as well, I assume it's another Korean song. It was really funny and the little (yet unneeded) violence that was in there added to the comedy level in the flash. And you did have a play and replay, as well as a skip intro option. So overall your score did end up balancing out to a nice 10/10 and a 5/5 for you.

Title:
Ok, I guess I'll start with the title of the flash. I like your use of the "step 2" in the name rather than a generic "2" or "Part 2". Also, just a question, but why isn't "step" capitalized? I don't think it's that important, it just seems rather odd to me. I also noticed the number of exclamation points in the title has shifted from 3 to 2. Is your next one (if there is a next one) going to have just 1? I think that'd be a pretty neat trick there if it was intentional. Also, I noticed that it is also called "Cake Dance". I really think that's a rather cleaver title you have there. The irony behind it all makes it funny, very nice choice of words there.

Preloader:
Ok, I thought your little preloader was a great choice for one, yet it maybe a little bit too simple. But it's fine as it is. Maybe you could add a little snippet of music to it, otherwise for people with slower internet connections it could pose a problem and become rather dull and bland. On the other hand of course, I thought the scene you placed it at was nice. Also, you maybe could have made the light be the loading bar. Such as it getting lighter as the flash loads and you could click the light when it was finished loading. But I really like how you made an intro, and the preloader really went from a smooth transition between it and the flash itself, usually it is an abrupt change, but you made it flow, and that was perfect.

Content:
When it began I thought the idea of putting the little bell there was rather nice. It's nice to catch the viewers' attention and kick off the flash. I also enjoyed the little tune you had in the backround during the intro scene. Also, I liked your creativity with the new characters that you decided to introduce in the flash. They were original and nice, I also liked how you kept in some of the other old ones, who were needed. You also kept up many of the old gags throughout the flash as well as putting in new ones. The crazy running that makes no sense whatsoever makes the flash just that more entertaining. The wacky things made the flash all the better. I loved the little message you taked on at the end with the "love & cake" swap.

Suggestions:
Something I would think could help the flash out is a little scroll bar at the bottom or top or where ever you think would be best. Either that or I'm sure that a scene selection would be nice. I also see that this is a special english version of the flash, I really appreciate you going through the trouble of doing that for us. I think you should also maybe have the lyrics be on the bottom for the song as it plays. It could be optional subtitles for the flash of course which you could toggle on and off. Also you could not only post the Korean lyrics, but if you had someone who could help you then it might be plausible for you to add an english translation to the song as well, maybe in parentheses. Heck, you could even go all out and toss in the kanji (or whatever the writing in Korea is called, I just know that kanji is what the Chinese have and that Japanese includes kanji, hiragana, and katakana, so I'm going to climb out on a limb here and hope that it's kanji for Korean writing as well). That would be rather nice.

Final comment:
I hope to see more of your talent in the future.

[Over Under Sideways Down.]

Another awesome flash by the Gagaman. ^_^

I really happy to see you submitting more of your work here. I really like your sense of creativity and style. It was very random and unique. I don't think I expected any of that coming, but I sure enjoyed watching it all. I thought the artwork and graphics were smooth and well animated. I also thought your choice of music for this particular flash was superb. I also liked the colours. It was violent and funny and I just loved it all. Thanks for making another great flash. I hope to see more work of your's in the future.

GagaMan responds:

Thanks =D

[JTHM preview]

Now that was a magnificant preview.

Very good work there, you sure have me in anticipation for your flash. Your artwork was very nice, although, as you said in your INFO section, there could be some more work in the actual flow of the animation itself. Also, you did good with the font choice. The font and artwork really helped set the mood up for the flash. Very nice. Also, the sounds and music worked very well for the theme of the flash. It was a good choice of music, and you are right about the voices, that little kid freaked me out with the voice you had assaigned him, and the other voices also seemed out of place. Thank you for seeing that and not using that in the actual one, I'm sure someone in the Flash section of the forums here would be able to volunteer for some voice acting. Well, that was really violent, and really cool. I hope that you have the first one all worked out soon. I can't wait to see more from you in the future, keep up the hard work.

[Jokes & Croaks]

Why that was just fantoadstic!

Wow, a very nice flash, had me laughing most of the way through. It was very funny, you managed to sneak frog humour into it left and right. I didn't think it'd go on as long as it did. You certainly spent enough time planning it out I can tell. It was also pretty original, I've never seen any other flash that take this kind of stand. I like creativity, it's better than the repeated humour you see in other flashes. The sound was very good as well. The voice was clear and the sounds fit in well. The only real problems I saw were some technical ones. One error was that the voice didn't always sync perfectly with the lips and the frog's mouth would still move whilst he talked. Another problem was that it got fuzzy on numerous occasions, which spoiled your very good artwork. Those are probably the only errors I noted, other than that it was perfect. Great job and nice effort, I can't wait to see what some of your future flash are like.

Topdrawer responds:

Thanks for the kind words. I was very disappointed with the sound sync when I saw it on the NG site. I take a lot of pride in getting very precise lip sync. The file plays perfectly on my system at home. I wonder why it plays so poorly here?

[Zoley]

Pretty nice work for just 6 hours.

Although I think you could have spent more time on it. First off let me say that I found it to be pretty original, you don't see many other flash with zoloft parodies. And that's a good thing, finding something new to make a flash about shows you have some creativity. But it could still stand for some improvement, preferably in the graphics department. You could probably use some more work in backround design, that would be nice. Also your animation did get a little off sometimes, always make sure it's nice and smooth. An example is that every now and then that butterfly wouldn't move in a constant path and would jump off a little bit. Also, on one of the cops when the character walked by after shooting him the blood just disappeared. The music was soft and eerie, a very good choice for the mood, it really enhanced the flash. You could have done some more with sound effects though. Also, something I always like to get on for people. Just because it's a flash doesn't mean you have to limit interactivity to a mere play and replay button. A quality toggle, and pause feature are always a nice thing to have. It was somewhat funny, but a bit too serious looking. Overall I think it was pretty good and I hope to see more works from you in the future, never give up.

Mr-dude-2nd responds:

I am allways pressed for time when I make my toons. My computer is at my grandmothers house so I can only work on flash on the week ends. She lives 20 miles away from me. Thanks for the review.

[Teh CC Slumber Partay P2]

Sorry about my delay for watching Part 2.

You probably don't remember me from my review from Part 1, but I sure remembered you from your flash. First let me say I'm sorry for such a late review, I completely overlooked this flash, which was really fun and enjoyable I might add. I'm not even that big of a clock fan, but your little sleepover flash really gave me respect for you, I can tell you worked very hard on this flash and put a lot of effort into it. Your animation was very smooth, I didn't see very many errors at all throughout the flash, and the artwork was done nicely as well. It was very original and I enjoyed seeing this second installment. A great endind too. Also, your sound was top notch. The music was very good and the voices & sound effects were also very nice. There was plenty of clock fighting and I found it pretty neat, you did a good job with that. As for interactivity you did a great job on that by having many options for the viewer as the flash was playing. I liked that, you didn't just offer a simple play and replay button. And as for humour, I must say you sure gave me plenty of laughs throughout the flash in both parts. Overall you did a great job and managed to get perfect 10s all across the board, and that isn't easy, but you managed to do that. I can't wait to go check out some of your other works, and don't forget to keep the new flash coming in. I can gaurentee you I'll watch them. And happy holidays.

Topcatyo responds:

Happy holidays. Thanks for the awesome review. I'm glad you liked it :) I'll keep working hard on my cartoons.

[The Stare off]

A very good quicky, I enjoyed it.

It was actually very good despite some of the minor errors I noticed. It's pretty nice, but there are many things you can still improve upon. Your artwork is pretty good, but it didn't stay consistant. At different points during the flash it was choppier than at others and that really took away from the flash, you should always go for high detail at all points in a flash. But the concept was very original and I got a few laughs out of it, so I find that to be the strengths of your flash. Another thing I noticed was the very bad sound quality that was used in your flash. Near the beginning I couldn't hear anything and near the end I could faintly here some backround music, you should really make it more audible, that would help your score. Overall I did find the flash pretty funny and hope to see some more works from you in the future, keep up the good work and the hard effort and it'll pay off.

Gotzen-Dammerung responds:

Finally a good review, sheesh. Also there was no sound for the start and there was no sound for the guy falling in. I didn't have internet connection when I finished it so I had to wait a week or two for it to be up again. When I finally got it back up I just decided screw it and didn't get any sound effects off the internet. That is the sound effects deal. But sheesh this is my first flash why do you all have to be so dang agressive man?