Score: 10
"AMAZING!"
date: January 14, 2005
This looked just like an in-game cinematic from something like Homeworld or Freelancer. I loved all the POV cams. And the music was good to!! Really, the only thing I have a problem with is the pilots' voices... First of all, near the beginning the guy says "Evade Baldy!" before there's even any danger of Baldy being hit. How did he know the bullet was coming for him? Maybe if he didn't say that until Baldy started getting shot up. Also, many people have a problem with making their scripts too dramatic. Like, at the end, the pilot says "Our small chance of victory wasn't even there" or something like that. That is waaaay too flowery of a phrase to come up with in the heat of battle! I think it would be much better if it went something like "Another battlecruiser?!?! They must have called for help before entering the nebula! Retreat, there's no way we can take on both of them!" or something else more realistic. :)
Anyway, very very cool.
Author's Response:
Baldy was the only pilot not flying evasive manouvres (you see him flying in a straight line). The squad leader didnt know he was going to die, he just yelled at him for not evading. He got killed first because he was the biggest noob in the squad. Oh and what the pilot said at the end wasnt in the heat of battle, they were already retreating. I think the phrase sounds better than something half assed that is made up on the spot in the confusion of battle. Thanks for your thoughts