Reviews for TOME Short: Hackers

[Dragothor]

Animation isn't in dispute

Kirb, your animation style has always been great, and it's always been improving. I've followed you ever since a friend of mine got me interested in TTA on fireball20xl, so let me just say, no one can complain about your animation. That part has gotten so good that people have gone from real reviews to nitpicking until the grand canyon forms out of a crack in the sidewalk.

Also, I really like your new voice actors. Especially for Rockoon, he never had a voice before except for some weird screaming. The new voice definitely fits the character.

Now to my own nitpicking. I didn't really like the french accent thing that rockoon did. It seemed a bit out of character. Same with the "You need some variety in your life" line. That being said maybe you have a new direction for him, I shouldn't really expect the same spambox as before.

And, the only other thing that bothered me were the two minor characters. You haven't usually included characters that "talked" in your series unless they were going to be funny or play a significant role in the story. I get that it was a joke that the pillar fell on the guy before he said what his sexual orientation was, it just wasn't more than a little funny.

Other than those two very minor aspects of the short, I love the new animation style, and your voice actors are great. I'll be impatiently waiting for TOME 2!

[SHIFTtheHEDGEHOG]

Oh, God. Where do I start?

No, I'm not talking of the animation. I'm talking of the other reviewers who seem to be unable to write a simple review about real improvements.

The style of this animation is SUPPOSED to be in such a way that it is. It's supposed to mimic the style of some RPGs. The "movie clip" thing that hiii111 mentioned, it's not bad at all, only different. The movements usually had that kind of "single animation" thing about it. Also, the environment can be anything the author wants it to be. And it's not ice, it's a valley of purple stone.

Rockoon is awesome! His energetic, yet sinister, attitude is necessary for a villain ( just ask the Joker). Also, Doubling is cool, too. His grumpy personality and need for money make him a very decent villain as well. And their design is perfect the way it is.

hiii111 also mentioned the two different views being unnecessary. That's part of the style! The far view is for action scenes to take place while the close view (mainly just characters) is for specific social interactions between characters.

Now, If you really don't like this series or its animation style, then don't keep watching it, giving it unjustly bad ratings, then trolling about how "bad" you think it is because it's not exactly how you like it (keep that bull crap on YouTube).

Now I will end this review by saying, "I can wait as long as it takes to be able to watch these awesome videos; just so long as the creator does not willingly stop the series in the middle of the story."

Keep up the good work!

[atrius86]

i liked it

i think that a few people are being rather harsh on this. @hiii111 to be honest i find a several paragraph long review more annoying than anything you mentioned in your complaints. most of what you complained about where actually just your personal style complaints cleverly stated as if it was hard fact that what the author did was wrong... i'm betting you were in debate club. but i guess what i'm trying to say to everyone else is don't judge this flash on this other douche bags opinions have a mind to judge it for yourselves.

[jaffar8]

i find something funny

i read a few of the other comments, i found them hilarious mainly because this animation is the character background to people in the previous episode, which ironically is episode 1, and its the fact that they arnt realizing this isnt a stand alone deal they are judgeing it solely on this... good job make tome 2 soon

[flashmonger]

Lame.

The racoon guy having the french accent was unnecessary. Seriously. And it pisses me off when people bleep words. And also the humor was trying too hard. Because of people trying to make you stop using gradients, you didn't shade at all. I prefer it that way. Even though you're a better animator than me. I suggest you take some advice from other people.