Didn't work for me..
Chuck Norris's fist was funny, but I got bored before I could see more.
Reviews for "4 Swords Misadventures 6"
Humor and drawback.
As an opener, I would like to state that I have been watchin' this series before Episode Four was released. I was rather excited to see a new installemt and while there were laughs to be had, I can't find myself able to shake the feelin' that the humor was off it's usual mark of quality.
This isn't to say all the jokes were bad, however, some of them, especially the 300 joke, simply came out as too predictable and while that was even addressed within the movie itself, it just does change the fact that it was ANOTHER "This is X" joke usin' the same dialogue, save for the location name. There was a fair degree of cleverness to be had, Zelda's interrogation, for example and the moments like that kept this movie aloft. However, again, the fact that many jokes were either low in quality or just poorly presented hurt this piece a fair deal.
This also brings up a bit of a tangental note. In Episode 2.2, while ye had conciously made a Burly Brawl joke, ye actively avoided the obvious step of mass combat. In yer We Are The Champions video author note, ye stated that Bohemian Rhapsody had been done to death, and as such, would not make a music video of it. To me, this told me that ye were above makin' poor design and humor decisions simpley because of something bein' popular or a fad, as ye recognized this would have an overall detrimental effect on the quality of the production. To this end, I have to say I felt a bit of a sting when ye actually went through with the aforementioned 300 joke without some kind of a twist.
Further, the length of the video also caused it to drag at points, dampenin' the overall experience. What I'd enjoyed about previous installments (such as Episode 3, my personal favorite) was the rapid-fire succession of jokes and gags within the approximately five to six minute time frame most of them had. While the numbers might not add up to it, this one felt like it had the same number of jokes, but over triple the time span and once again, some of the jokes came across flat.
All of this said, I know ye're capable of significantly better and I can understand circumstances occurin' that can cause one to miss their mark, even by a large margin, thus I look forward to Four Swords Misadventures 7 and hope that ye get back on track with the most important part, the humor.
Good Luck.
VicHD responds:
The reason behind why I didn't decide to make a Bohemian Rhapsody Music video out of Four Swords was simply because back then I wanted to experiment with other ideas at the time. My intention in making those 4 swords videos was to find a Queen song and relate it to Zelda. When it came to BoRhap, I simply didn't find a lyrical connection with Zelda, which is why I didn't use it. though I did make subtle references to it in Princes of the universe.
As for the main story, It's a whole different Idea. Besides coming up with original jokes, I noticed that during the time I spent on youtube, most of the fans prefer random humor and occasional memes. I tend to experiment with a lot of things in & out of the Zelda games and I simply went crazy with this one.
I'm aware that not everyone has the same taste and there's no such thing as a "perfect" episode in a series, I'm only doing what I can to tell an amusing story, even if it means being oversaturated with old, yet popular, gags.
You will see more cleverness in future installments if I take this series in the right direction. Believe me.
Thanks for the constructive criticism. I'll keep that in mind.
my god
to be honest i didn't really like this at all but im glad i sat through the whole thing. There was some great elements that turned me over here. WHO MADE THAT ZELDA/SHIEK TRANSFORMATION?!!? that was unreal and if someone can animate that well in your group id say fuck the sprites (pardon my cursing) and focus on art cause that person's got talent lol. You guys should also get writers for the script it would really improve the quality. choose a different font for your subtitles and also keep that black box locked in place it was jumping everywhere. The voice actors need to sound more natural and not like they are "acting". there were some spelling errors i saw too like "relly" so you might want to proofread before submitting so you don't getting assholes like me :P. work on those elements for ep7 and i think you'll have no problem getting the same score if not higher :D. but honestly that zelda/shiek transformation was good put more drawn animations in the next one ;)
Lacked humor
Not that funny at all. Everything was predictable and done over 9000 times already, I was hoping for some fresh material but this wasn't good at all and definteley DOESN'T deserve number 2 on the boards.
some reviewers are retarded. I'll admit its better than the shitty ones but not better than "Link a heart for a hero" or "The real legend of link" No original content just made this boring and forgettable.
The highlight of this whole feature was the sheik transformation, that was the only part that required good animation skills and truthfully thats how the whole movie should have been since you dont lack the ability to orchestrate such well drawn animation. Sprites are for people who copy and paste you can do so much better.
Review
Too many references(Monty Python, Egoraptor, 300, Naruto? Everyone knows those, apart from kids) and not enough of real, self-made humour. Which is why I give a 6, because the thing looked quite nice and was smooth. I will not use the word r i p p i n g o f f someone's humour, because that would be too much. But to be honest, the only reason that I didn't like it was because of the reference humour.
Who made that transformation bit ? That fellow should stop investing in cheap humour and make some nice art flash, maybe something to do with anime or Zelda if he or she likes it so much. The only part I was really impressed in.
I expected much more from a large group such as this one. Sorry.