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Reviews for "Abyssal"

Meh

Well.. Im going to review it honestly, and say I was slightly disappointed.
To me, personally, I found it quite emotionless. It just lacked that sense of danger i really think would've made this a real thrill.
I understand what you were trying to do with the simplicity of the character, but in my personal opinion you actually need to give a character a personality, a sense of individuality, for the audience to emote to it. This is unless you're using the main character the main reason the audience is scared. My next point would be the sound usage. There was great potential but I think you just missed out on giving the sound effects that chilling edge which people are drawn in by, Im unsure but I THINK you would get this by making the sound start quiet, as you did, but instead of increasing it slightly, I would personally go forward and make it as loud as possible as it reaches the peak.

Artwork and the idea was great, its just a shame it didnt live up to its potential.

Can I ask you a question? When you made this, were you truly, truly inspired to make it, or was it just a side-project.. I find that if you give the animation your full attention that it will tend to create feeling in the audience as you subconsciously put in more what you feel in your gut about the subject, and they will most likely respond how you do. Plus, I guess you have to be totally inspired by it and feel some emotion for the anim yourself.

Or maybe thats just me.
I hope you find this review useful

Scythemantis responds:

I love making things in Flash in theory, but find the process to crushingly tedious that I never really put as much work into them as I plotted out in my mind.

I made this whole thing in one night, though I'd harbored the idea for it for over a year or two. I guess pretty much everything I make it side-project material, I've done flash for a while but not in a high volume and still consider myself a base amateur :)

interesting...

Was it me or did i see pob? also woot for naked woman lantern fish thinghy.

Scythemantis responds:

Yep! I can see why lots of people hated Pob when they were kids, would've scared me too

creepy

that was cool dude

lol

i think youve got the idea of that fish with the woman on the tentacle from devil may cry 4! lol

Scythemantis responds:

Nope, never played it. I was thinking of deep-sea anglers and what they would use as a lure if they fed on humans :p

Horrifying.

Watch this at midnight, it's terribly scary...

This animation gave me some serious chills. The heart-piercing sound choice was great, and all the personage designs - flawless. I loved the emptiness of this, a true abyss. The lack of background music was really nice and fresh after a long day's noise, you know?
Good job, keep it up. I will look more into your works during daylight.