Oh....SNAP!
This was absoloutley AMAZING! I can't even fathom how you uploaded that one in such short time! Your graphics have gotten so much better, especially the faces, and the voice acting was unbelievable! I NEED more! With the time it takes you to do these, though, I should get my fill in no time. Just when I though it couldn't possibly get ANY better, you blow me out of my seat with that. By the way, nice choice of music for the battle scene, you can never go wrong with Painkiller!
I'm so glad to hear you think it's better than previous episodes - nothing like 'not as good as the last one' to kick you in the balls after months of trying! I have no idea how these get done so fast - I just go really hard on them and they get done when they do. I guess I have no life. Yea, dead bril music, hehe. Thanks for the great review :)
Wow...
...this just keeps getting better and better, in ALL aspects. Just, WOW man! You´re really getting good!!!
I really have no good feedback for you, timing is good (perhaps could be even sharper, but hey, I didn´t notice anything bad at least) the graphics are getting sharper the sound is decent (I think you should use AP music tho ;).
The storyline is superb, and theres a great driving force throughout the whole series so far that keeps the viewer interested. Great job man, great job!!!
Thanks a lot! :) Hopefully I can keep improving! It's all these reviews that help this much, so thank you so much for writing them!
Constructive Review -
All right, let's hit the pros and cons.
Pros.
1. Graphics - You've improved immensely since your first one - the Reconnoiter, and it shows that you've worked hard. The 3d effects are implausible, and I must say, it's incredible. You show a lot of talent in these drawings, and as for Starcraft Flashes, yours remain unparalleled in the world of flash.
2. Story - I LOVE your story, where you keep twisting, and turning and turning, from once enemies to alliances. The plot was well made and kept an organized line of suspense. It definetely aroused my curiosity, and I'd have enjoyed it even if you made it into a novel and not a flash. Great work.
3. Style - Excellent, excellent, and MORE excellent. Unique, unrivaled, and exquisite. I was amazed by how you chose to make the story and drawings to what you thought they were though acquainted with starcraft in a sense, and you used the sounds from the Starcraft like the way they were.
4. Grammar and Spelling - You are, sadly, the best speller and most grammatically correct author on this portal. You'd be amazed how little grammar errors you have compared to many even top-notched authors. I salute you general.
Cons -
Unfortunately, nothing is perfect, and I must point out your weaknesses (little as they are), in hopes of your improvement next time. Do not let it disintegrate your confidence, but be modest as to accept them, for no man is perfect, and you're no exception.
1. Voice-Acting - I appreciate how you tried to act out nearly every character and that you tried your best, but seriously, all voices sound nearly the same, except you sort of made the protoss a bit more distinguished. Find more voice actors. I'd be happy to help if need be, since I have done lip-sync and acting in real life. I'm a versatile voice-actor, too, and if you have any need of me, contact me at my email.
2. Characters - Oh come on, you only imployed characters from starcraft original. What the hell happened to brood wars? No Dark Templars? Not even medics? You need a female character, too, since your audience isn't all male. Female heroes are required in all good shows, and it would be greatly appreciated by the female audience if you do. Valkaries, Medics, etc. Don't be a sexist, (not that think you are ^_^). More additions and units are expected. Oh, and lurkers. If the zergs really ARE making a beast, they'd have to defned it, too. lurkers are a MUST, and I am really curious to how you are going to portray lurkers, one of my favorite zerg units. What happened to goliaths, too? And VULTURES? Add them all, and I'll be a happy man, though I'm happy enough already. :P
3. You're making the protagonists overly dominant. In other words, the good guys are too strong. You only make the bad guys suffer deaths, but I haven't seen the good guys lose ANY soldiers. I hate stories where the good guys always whips the bad guy's asses without any real struggle. I suppose you do have struggles, since the units are injured in the battle, but keep it balanced.
4. Humor - No offense, seriously. I mean no insult, but... your humor's corny. "Humor's just not thing Jones," as said by a marine. (sound familiar)? I gave you a 6 for trying, but seriously, work on that.
5. The framing has PROBLEMS. DAMN IT. I HATE THIS. Every time I "jump" from one scene to another, it would pause for about 3 seconds before moving on to the next scene, and my computer is FAST. Over 3 gigahertz, actually, and my internet connection is the fastest of my friends. And sometimes, it loads up to like... 40%, and stops loading. I dunno, maybe it's not your problem, and if it isn't, I'm sorry. I'm just pointing it out.
Overall, a satisfactory episode, and I wish to see more of this series. Also, as I said, if you need more voice actors, I'd be glad to suffice for your needs. i enjoyed all your episodes, and this is by far my favorite one. Good work, and keep it up. I await your next production.
What kind of git would I be if I didn't reply ASAP to such a good review! Thanks about all the good points, that's cool :) I'm a bit pissed about the grammatical errors, but since I'm on dialup it takes forever to upload the movies. Hard to notice your own typos! I fixed a couple before it got to NG.
The voicing - I didn't intend to do everything myself this time - my friend came over on friday to do voice acting, and we ended up watching tv and drinking instead! I couldn't be bothered sitting on it for any longer, I'd already sat on it for half a week. Thanks for the offer of voicing - I may take you up on it :)
Characters - the next episode'll satisfy that - if I put everything in straight away it would be kinda boring in later episodes. The lack of females is largely due to the lack of voice talent - but my girlfriend wants to show some interest so said she'd do one so I might put one in the next episode if it's plot-relevant. I've got plenty of ideas for the other units, and they've all got their places to be in the grand scheme, so they'll be around at some point heh.
Likewise about the terrans kicking arse all the time - that may change too, I don't want to give that away but it's done now heh.
The scene thing is funky isn't it? That's kindof my fault for trying to keep the file so small I suppose, heh. Since it came out less than 5meg maybe I should've redone it - but it took forever to do it like that. The scene select is within the 'widescreen' symbol I used in every scene. The buttons in there didn't want to skip to scenes for some reason though, so I had to add up the frames from all the scenes to get them to go to the right place (went up to 10200 or something). I think the movie plays itself before deciding where that frame number is, or something stupid. Funny though yours runs so slow - my computer is a dead pig and after one slow click it's all quick as a 'flash' again. I assumed faster computers would be sweet with it, else I would've done something! I don't think the loading thing has anything to do with me though - I just use the NG preloader, maybe NG was having issues or something.
Thanks for that really impressive review - the best I've ever got probably! I wonder how my response measures up length-wise heh.
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pretty awesome.......i mean all the units and ships we draw pretty awesome.....i mean the battle was cool....im looking forward to new episode....
Very Very Nice
I've been waiting awhile to see this continued and i see that the wait was worth it.
Oh you haven't been left waiting too long ;) Glad you liked it!