Good animation
This was good, the graphics and animations were smooth and looks like you put alot of effort in. I gave sound a 0 because of the absolutly shit music you used, as soon as i herd what it was going to be i just pressed mute. Any thing is better than that ridiculously bad heavy metal shite.
What about interactivity? There was a fully funtional menu! And I'm sorry that you don't like metal, but I can't pick music that everyone loves.
- Radioactive24
S'ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Astoundingly typical!
I suppose that is my fault, I have taken somewhat of a hiatus from NG, therefore making this post seem somewhat irrelevant to me. NG has its own shifting, swimming culture, and the AFD team is the essential counterpoint to it. Someone's gotta hate.
My problem begins where i didn't find this one nearly as fun or satisfying as the last submissions in recent memory, but 10 points on the effort. (notice, effort isn't a catagory, and that '10 points' is on some independant/imaginary scale)
So, keep it up I guess. I AM LIKE THE INTERNETS YOU MAKE CARTOON IT FUNNY WITH THE BLOOD AND SAMUEL JACKSONNNN ALL MY 5's ARE BELONG TO
Typical? Well, it's ok. I'm not sure how taking a hiatus really affects that, but w/e. And you aren't the only person hating. There seems to be of lot of that going around.
- Radioactive24
Don't be mad I didn't 10 anything...
Finally after I don't know how long, this thing finally debutes on NG.
I don't want to be all negative, so I will say that, for the most part, the animation was on par with the better NG submissions of the past. I think if we all knew we would have that much more time we could have made resounding improvements - I know I could have.
The music, for what it is, fits the AFD idiom, but perhaps not the animation. There are points where it clicks with the animation, but those instances are rare and sublimate the music to background noise.
The sound effects are far more rare than I was expecting. Many parts either had no sounds at all, or very few (and they were usually drowned out by the music). I took the time to mix together accompanying sound effects (even creating a few I didn't have) for my series, and I was sad to see that time go to waste.
Graphically is probably where this stands out. The motions are slick, the art is at least decent in all cases, the gore and effects are complimentary, and overall it isn't overdone. Some pieces could have used more polish - which could have been done had they realized the release would come so late.
I suppose it suffered from the downsizing required to fit the flash on NG, but the interactivity was lacking. The main menu looks nice, but is pretty boring without the accompanying music. There's no scene selections, and no nav bar while you're watching.
Upon perusing the reviews, one comment stands out in my mind - the humor. My particular part had no real punchline (except that somehow Snake is breathing fine standing on an atmosphere-less asteroid, falling toward Jupiter) and no planned comic moment. Prime's face floating by at the end used to be funnier before I added AFD5 to the asteroid - it stole the show. Dr Fuji ftw with the bombed eggs, the castle crashers clip is all mabout comic timing, and Rad24's tankman scene is well-placed for a laugh, but few others are intentionally funny. However, The entire concept of AFD is funny, and the irony is prevalent, so there's an echo of humor even without it being directed at you.
As far as style goes, it's an unfair question. Everyone here is imitating someone else's style, so the best you're going to get is a similar style to the original, but not an original style (you might have to read that a few times before it makes sense). I will say that the way in which most of these characters are executed each has its own styling, so that's where the 8 for style comes from.
Overall I'm happy I got an IM out of the blue in the middle of July - or August, whatever - asking if I'd make a part for some AFD series I'd never heard of, seen or given a damn about, really... I got to kill Optimus Prime finally (he is SO overused on NG), and I only killed Snake because it wouldn't have made sense not to - he was airless and falling toward a gas giant... I don't think there's anyone he can CODEC call to get out of that.
Anyway, peace people. I have a lv 56 paladin to level...
You and your WoW addiction...I hope you come back for AFD6 :D
- Radioactive24
fucking rocks
that was ace i got a bit bored near the end but thats because i was installing dawn of war dark crusade in background watching this whikle it installs, ill watch it again later see if i enjoy it more.
sad too see logos stepped down :( but he has got a website to run
cant wait for the next one
Yeah, he got really busy with...something...but, he decided to step down from AFD after 4.
that was funny
very good this is going on my favs i was temepted to give you a 10 but one thing let it down
WHY DID LILiUM Die why :'( *crys* no not lilium
Hey man, it had to happen eventually :D
- Radioactive24